Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am passionate about financial freedom and have made it my mission to share my expertise in finance with millennial women worldwide. I spent 10 years building a career in finance, working in banking and wealth management and became a chartered investment manager. I learned an incredible amount of valuable information during that time, I am so excited to be able to share it with those who need it most now!
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my book is Millennial Money Queens. It came about spontaneously! I was out for a walk with my husband and having a philosophical conversation about the state of millennial women and money. Unfortunately, many millennial women suffer financially due to outdated societal beliefs about the role of women in society and how that relates to money. I believe millennial women hold an important key to our society’s future success, we are very passionate about important issues like gender and race equality and sustainability. With the right financial education and empowerment, we can make a difference and create abundance for all! Millennial money queens is a term that represents what I wish to offer every millennial women, to be in charge of her money and create her dream life.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I do have unusual writing habits. I first discovered writing a few years ago, I woke up after having a dream about writing a book for young people about the inner power every human being holds. I simply started writing and the words just flowed! It was an incredible experience! I ended up writing 2 books in that series but never published it. I had the same experience when I started writing Millennial Money Queens, the words just flowed! I simply planned out the outline and the book was complete within a couple of weeks.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham and Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill were high influential in my whole journey in becoming financially strong. I quickly realized that these books hold immense power yet they did not speak directly to millennial women who certainly need to be empowered with this information right now.
What are you working on now?
I am working on a follow-up book, it’s built in a program format to help readers implement all the Millennial Money Queens strategies in 21-days. I am very excited to release this, as we know information becomes very valuable once it’s used.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
The best place is to visit my website www.millennialmoneyqueens.com
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Believe in yourself and never stop going for your dreams! Whatever path we choose, there will always be hurdles and challenges and those are actually blessings in disguise, they help us push ourselves out of our comfort zones, to expand and become greater versions of ourselves. There is always so much to learn, always be open minded to learning new things.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Everything is just a story we tell ourselves. This really marked me because life is often a very subjective experience, we all have different backgrounds, personalities and belief systems, we filter events through all that and the experience we end up with is a product of the choices we have made all along in life. A lot of us are subject to harsh self-treatment and judgement, those are all just stories we tell ourselves, they are not hard and absolute truths, we are always rewriting the story of our lives, the choice is yours!
What are you reading now?
Buddha’s Brain by Rick Hanson
What’s next for you as a writer?
I aim to impact 1 million millennial women to develop financial stability and freedom. Creating the tools to help them do that has been an incredible journey so far, the next step for me is to continue expanding my reach and help our generation make history in a beautiful way. Millennial women are approaching an important point in their lives, we are maturing and we need to make choices now about who we want to be, what kind of life we want to live and what kind of world we want to create. By making the right choices now, we can create something truly beautiful, finally put an end to outdated things like gender pay gaps, racism and the destruction of our environment. With the proper funding and education, all that will come much more easily.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza, Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, the Bible and a survival book.
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