NPR's "Tell Me More" Interviews Me on Money Management
Money saving tips.
My Social Networking Strategy
Doing things decently and in order.
(Video) How To Start a Couple's MasterMind Group (Part 2)
Three tips for organizing your time together.
Take The Indie Business Pledge
A pledge of commitment to your life and your business.
How To Start a Couple's MasterMind Group
[Video] How To Start a Couple’s MasterMind Group.
Excellence 101
Donna Maria shares a few “excellence basics,” courtesy of the local elementary school.
Tips For Single Mom Small Business Owners
Debbie Bilezikian’s tips for single mompreneurs.
Bliss, Diss and Kiss: Reflections on marriage on my 9th wedding anniversary
Donna Maria reflects on 9 years of marriage to her high school sweetheart.
Teaching children about money
Donna Maria shares a lesson she taught her children about money after last weekend’s impromptu garage sale.
Wordless Saturday
Wordless Wednesday, Late For those who don't know, a Wordless Wednesday blog category contains posts that consist only of a graphic; a picture or sketch that the blogger likes or uses to send a special message to readers. Priia Cosmetics' Mineral Makeup Coach Blog has a fun Wordless Wednesday category. I have never had a Wordless Wednesday category…
Redemption Chili
Donna Maria shares her recipe for Redemption Chili, the perfect homemead meal for a busy work-at-home mom.
Good Home Managers Make Good Business Leaders
Donna Maria shares why good home managers make good business leaders
Making Love and Money
Donna Maria shares her perspective on the working with your spouse in a family business.
Top Ten Tips For Teaching Children About Money
Top Ten Tips For Teaching Children About Money
Prayer of the Week: Health and Strength
Donna Maria prays that small business owners will have the resources needed to be healthy and strong for their businesses, their families and themselves.
IBTV Episode 17: Saving Thousands With My Coupon Organizer
How to Organize Your Coupons For Maximum Savings Save for your kids’ college education? Sock away some more money for your advanced years? Take a vacation to Fiji? Learn to fly jets? I’m not sure I’ll be learning how to fly jets any time soon, but I do want to go to Fiji, and I’m…
The Entrepreneurial Imperative
The feds don’t do much to help today’s family make ends meet and find that elusive thing called work-life balance. But how much do we expect them to do? In my opinion, what we need to be working on is embracing the work-life merger anyway. This morning, a Good Morning America segment reported that the…
Family Second, Yet Still First
Yesterday’s post was about putting family first by keeping your heart in your home, even when it is not there physically. Yesterday while I was working at a local coffee shop (otherwise known as my office away from home), I talked with a mother of two small children who teaches 1st grade. She shared her…
Family First
Family First. Sounds good, but what does it mean? It’s tempting to define it according to the amount of time spent with your family compared to time spent leading your business. As Indies, there is always overlap, and since no two families or businesses are alike, there is no way to define for everyone what…
Moving Day!
Hi Everyone!! That’s me in my “cool shades” taking a break from the hassle of moving day. My daughter is the photographer. You can see her in my lens! Yes! I said “moving day.” That’s right. We’ve moved again. Last year, we moved from our hometown of Washington, DC to a town called Waxhaw, south…