20 Secrets to Money and Independence: A Guide to Independence, Economic Empowerment, and Self-Awareness

20 Secrets to Money and Independence: A Guide to Independence, Economic Empowerment, and Self-Awareness by Godfrey, Joline. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780312262792.

How to be a glam grrl with money in the bank, the heart of a lion, and the passion to make your dreams come true. . . Loving ones weirdness (which Godfrey calls the fingerprint of the soul), getting loud (without apology), using money to exercise voice (while defying materialism), asking forgiveness (when permission has been skirted), are just a few of the secrets which open the door to the indie grrls real life. Not your standard how-to book, Godfrey uses the lives of REAL indie women to uncover secrets that make them memorable and individual. At the heart of Godfreys stories are instructions that help Y-Gen femmes find their voice, get and use money for their own visions and dreams, and help them gain comfort inside their own unique skins. Independent women, according to Godfrey, are not "lone wolves" but are independent while in the middle of love, friendship, and family. Geeks and girlygirls, surferchicks and soccerjocks, prom queens and poets, wild things and intellects-all femmes en route to claiming their own womanself will find the $ecrets divulged herein, of use on their journey. And added to the fun and function of the book are activities and events that readers can use to go deeper-either on-line or in real time. The founder of Independent Means, Inc., a company which produces such programs as Camp $tart-Up (a summer business program for Y-Gen women) and The DollarDivas MoneyFair, as well as products like Hot Company( and Women Who Dare(, Godfreys ideas emerge from her deep experience and work with the independent women whose daring and original management of their own lives are changing the very nature of the work/life conundrum.