Kim Story

Do You Know Where Your Money Is? It’s the end of the first quarter of 2024 and I just completed my weekly, monthly, and quarterly budget updates and snapshot. Money and f […]

40 and Fabulous This past September I hit a milestone – 40. I like these milestone years because they are easy to use as indicators of how far I’ve come. Unl […]

Refrigerator Empowerment This past week I received a call from a girlfriend.  She said, “I just really need to share some of my frustrations with my husband.” (She […]

If You Fail To Plan, You Are Planning To Fail It is January 1st. I create a copy of my 2023 goals, rename it to 2024, and start to evaluate my plan. I evaluate each of the categories: Career, […]

Joy Is A Choice This past weekend I had the opportunity to deliver a keynote speech at a local Toastmasters conference. I opened by reciting the opening to Robert […]

The Wonder Woman Complex Growing up I was a straight A student. My family valued my independence and I leaned into their praise. It became part of my identity. I learned […]

Lessons From An IKIA I remember the first time that I gave someone feedback.  I was in 1st Grade and was standing at the water fountain with another little girl. We […]

Empowered By Change “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”  “If you aren’t moving forward, you’re moving backward”  When it comes to the subject of change, it become […]

You Don't Have to Be Perfect, Just Persistent One of my favorite stories is that of the persistent Florence Chadwick. She was a long distance swimmer who set out to swim the 26 miles from the […]