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Set a goal to Evolve Your Money Mindset in 2022
The Pledgettes want to help you achieve that goal so we are giving away our first Money Workbook of 2022 for FREE! Download it, go through the assessments, take action, and check out the valuable resources. Active Pledgettes members will...
Bear and the Bull – Why You Can Never Break Up with Money with Jenn Uhen
Thanks to Bear and the Bull for having me on their podcast last month to talk about my biggest money mistakes, why it's important to empower womxn to be more engaged with their finances and how you can be more intentional with your spending. I love having money...
What’s a Financial Therapist? A good addition to your Financial A-Team!
If you are a Pledgette or have been following along for any amount of time, you've surely heard about the importance of building your Financial A-Team. We even did a post on The Five Types of People You Need on Your Financial A-Team this past spring. So now let's meet...
Gratitude is Great . . . and a little complicated
by Alison Romer, The Pledgettes Community Cultivator Last month, The Pledgettes hosted the Expand Your Money Gratitude challenge with 50% of proceeds going to The Giving Forward Project. Every day in November, participants received a different journaling prompt which...
You Will Be a Millionaire
I have Big Financial Goals; you have them too! Now, let's talk about that lovely trigger word...Millionaire. I know it's a trigger word because it comes up in many conversations I have: with Pledgettes members, not-yet-Members and at events. It can be overwhelming...
Holiday Shopping? Shop Local.
As soon as we started packing up our witch hats and cat ears the night of October 31st . . . we knew it was coming. Holiday 🎁 Shopping 🎁 Season🎁. It’s here. We spoke to three members of The Pledgettes community who run local businesses about...
Redefining Networking for Women
A Pledgettes posted this article, To Land Top Jobs, Women Need Different Types of Networks than Men, in our community last week and it resonated with many people, including me. I remember in my twenties, my (male) coworkers frequently golfed together. I was on the...
Exploring Labor Day
On this Labor Day, let's talk turkey. While the holiday has come to signify the "end of summer," it's origination was "an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers." (Department of Labor) Let's look at how we're doing on that...
Women’s Equality: The Best Book Still Being Written
Jenn Uhen's, Pledgettes Founder, Reflections of the Past and Desires for the Future Today is Women's Equality Day. A day that was chosen to celebrate the passing of the 19th Amendment, or Women's Right to Vote. This is also The Pledgettes' anniversary (a very...
Stop Trying to Be “Self-Made”
The Self-Made Man is a fallacy. Anyone claiming to be self-made is hiding a whole heck of a lot of people in their shadows. I proudly identify as a Community-Made Women and want to celebrate all those that have helped me on this journey. So enjoy...