Barbara Stanny Is On A Mission:

To revolutionize women’s relationship to money.

I grew up relying on my father (the “R” of H&R Block), then my husband, to manage my money. But a devastating financial crisis became a personal wake-up call.

I share my journey to financial independence in hopes of inspiring, and even better, motivating YOU to become smart (or smarter) with money.

My life took a miraculous turn when I began, as a former journalist,  interviewing financially savvy women. I discovered a surprising series of insights that all these women shared – insights that enabled them (and eventually, me) to get ‘smart’ about money. Those insights became the core of my first book, Prince Charming Isn’t Coming: How Women Get Smart About Money (Penguin).

Suddenly, I was a financial expert, with a whole new career…traveling the country educating women about money. But I couldn’t make money, at least not very much, no matter how hard I worked. That’s when my mentor, Karen McCall (www.financialrecovery.com ), told me I was an  underearner.

“I am not!” I protested. “I’m a writer.  Everyone knows writers don’t make money!!!”

I truly believed that….until I decided to focus my research on women’s earnings. Rather than concentrate on the wage gap and gender barriers, I turned my attention to the women who were breaking those barriers.

I interviewed over 150 women who made $100,000 or more. My goal: to find out how they did it, if I could too, and how to avoid the pitfalls along the way. From this new research came my next book, Secrets of Six Figure Women: Surprising Strategies to Up Your Earnings and Change Your Life (HarperCollins).

I not only uncovered the secrets that enabled these women to become financially successful, but for the first time in my life, I became a six-figure woman…before I even finished writing the book.

At the same time, I began giving Overcoming Underearning seminars to teach others what I was learning. A few years ago, I went back and interviewed hundreds of women who had attended my seminars. The result—my latest book, Overcoming Underearning: A Five Step Plan to a Richer Life.

I still offer OU seminars, but I am no longer teaching them, passing the baton to a remarkable teacher I personally trained.  I’ve shifted my focus to what I call Sacred Success™ The content is brand new, based on my eye-opening interviews with women who make millions. Believe me, the map for achieving affluence is very different from the secrets to overcoming underearning!

Sacred Success™ is about pursuing your soul’s purpose, for your own bliss and the benefit of others, while being richly rewarded. To learn more, I invite you to read my blogs about Sacred Success™ (beginning with Sweet (?) Surrender) and attend my Sacred Success™Retreats.

My background in business, my Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology, my extensive research and my poignant experience with money has given me a unique perspective on women’s financial issues.