Welcome to the Self Employed Life Blog! I was blogging earlier this year and took a hiatus. (You can see previous posts below. I kept the good ones.) Now that the blog is integrated into the www.womenearning.com website, it is so much better! This blog is dedicated to earning your worth, your own way.  I’m the founder of the Women’s Earning Institute, and I’ve been self-employed for more than a decade. In fact, I don’t think I’m “employable” anymore, in terms of the mainstream job market. Sometimes it makes me nervous. (Could I navigate traditional office software anymore?) But I rarely look back.

To me, being self-employed has become one facet of building a conscious life. It’s true that I became self-employed because my field (the psychology of money) didn’t really have a salaried counterpart. I started my first private practice in 1996 because that was the only way I knew to do the work I loved. I’m not sure how conscious I was at the time that I was embarking on being a business owner! Like many self-employed women, I did it because it seemed the logical thing to do at the time, and I loved my work. I loved the idea of flexibility and “being my own boss”. I loved being in charge. Back then, I didn’t love marketing, but I was willing to learn. And I knew that if I had children in the future, it would be easier with a flex schedule.

Well, a lot has happened in the last ten years! My career has evolved, and I like to think I’ve evolved along with it. Owning a business is an amazing personal growth opportunity, though it’s hard to think like that when things are not going well…. But the bottom line is, I strongly believe it IS possible to truly earn your worth, your own way. And to that end, this blog is dedicated. I welcome your comments.