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    Working up the Nerve
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Nov 9, 2019
    • 6 min

    Working up the Nerve

    I was nominated by Saunders and Cash for an Entrepreneur of the Year award. They had these characters made of us. They gave me quite a neck trim, and got the nose on the nose! I spent most of yesterday feeling a bit nervous. I had a short but important presentation to give late Friday afternoon, so the appointment was on my mind. I may look calm and smooth on the outside, but like most people, I’m paddling like hell on the inside! I don’t think there’s anything wrong with be
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    What's  on Your Front Burner?
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Mar 31, 2019
    • 6 min

    What's on Your Front Burner?

    “If your brain was a stove, what would be on your front burner?” While this is probably the worst pick-up line I’ve ever heard
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    Love Yourself
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Feb 15, 2019
    • 5 min

    Love Yourself

    I’ve been single for several years now and I’m okay with that. I did the math and figured out that I’ve been paired up 87 percent of my adult life, so a little time off has proved to be a good thing. This time alone has given me the chance to get to know myself better. Just like any relationship, improving the connection I have with myself takes work. The classes at the Finishing School for Modern Women is certainly part of this journey. Especially in the beginning, many of t
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    Survey Says...
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jan 27, 2019
    • 5 min

    Survey Says...

    Marion City Library, located in a 1912 Santa Fe Depot One of the things I love the most about the Finishing School for Modern Women is community. It doesn’t matter if we’re working on ourselves, or on a public project, bringing people together to make things better is powerful. This weekend has been a loving example of this for me. I witnessed community coming to action to connect neighborhoods divided by a highway, through stories and artwork to build cultural bridges. The F
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    Drum Roll Please!
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jan 15, 2019
    • 6 min

    Drum Roll Please!

    It’s taken an entire year, but at long last it’s DONE! Just this past week we ran the final tests and, fingers and toes crossed, at long last the online subscription classes are ready to go! It’s been a quite a journey over the past year, tangoing with technology, learning more new skills than I’d ever imagined, and peeling the layers back one by one until – voila! It’s soup. Thanks to my far-flung friends, for putting the idea into my head at the National Federation of Pres
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    What Would You Like?
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Dec 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    What Would You Like?

    When I started the Finishing School in September 2015, I had no idea where it would go. I started out doing classes at the Wichita Art Museum, Harvester Arts and Watermark Books to test the concept and to decide if I really wanted to spend all my extra time and money giving classes to help women own their power. It only took three months to convince me that not only did I want to continue, but that I wanted to go all in and find a dedicated space to house the school and my bu
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    Just One Word
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Dec 29, 2018
    • 6 min

    Just One Word

    At the beginning of this quickly passing year, I tried a little something different for my New Year’s resolution. I had given up making actual resolutions long ago, as I explained in an end of year article last year, deciding to set goals instead. I’ve known for a long time that resolutions rarely stick, and have had good successes reaching my goals, not just at New Years, but all year long. Then I heard about an idea with such beautiful simplicity, I had to give it a try. Th
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    Thriving Through Chaos
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Oct 6, 2018
    • 5 min

    Thriving Through Chaos

    I’ve given and lot of thought into what I want to write in response to everything that’s been going on the past few weeks in the political arena, and all the issues the appointment of this Supreme Court Justice has brought up. I’ve experienced a full gamut of emotions. I’ve been heartbroken, pained, inflamed, disappointed, distressed, despondent – and tired. I think it’s weighing heavily on all of us. Have you noticed how tense and hostile it’s feeling out in the world? Peopl
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    You've Got This!
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Sep 29, 2018
    • 4 min

    You've Got This!

    My Great Uncle, Dad, and Grandpa I always had the feeling that my father would have liked his first born to be a boy. But he got me instead. Not that he was disappointed at all. I just think he wanted to share “manly” tasks and hobbies with a son. Eight years later when my brother came into the world, my Dad finally had a boy he could do things with. In the meantime, I got to be his “big helper” and help him work on our car and things around the house. When I was little, my
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    Replenished and Exhausted
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Sep 16, 2018
    • 5 min

    Replenished and Exhausted

    It’s an odd feeling, to be exhausted and replenished at the same time, yet here I am. In the past seven days I’ve been part of two incredibl
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    What Will You Do?
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jul 16, 2018
    • 7 min

    What Will You Do?

    In the Turning Anger into Power class we offer at the Finishing School for Modern Women, we talk about the importance of not labeling emotions as “good” or “bad,” and see them instead as clues that hint at action that needs to be taken. For example: Anger is a catalyst, to spur you into action to go from “Oh, hell no,” to “Now what.” I take what we teach seriously, and work to live my life by our teachings. My anger over what I learned from the statistical data from the Focus
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    Teach Them to Fly!
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Feb 25, 2018
    • 4 min

    Teach Them to Fly!

    My six-year-old birthday "tea party." I realized when I decided to go with the name “Finishing School for Modern Women” for empowerment classes, there might be some confusion. When most people think of finishing schools, they think etiquette classes, especially for young women. I chose to go with it anyway, to put a spin on the tradition and start a conversation about changing old-fashioned ideals about women. Don’t get me wrong. While I think good manners, poise and grace ar
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    Will You Help?
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jan 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    Will You Help?

    Usually I’m the one who people turn to for help and I’m always glad, if I can, to give it. So, I’m not used to asking others to help me
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    BIG Announcement!
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Dec 17, 2017
    • 5 min

    BIG Announcement!

    Since we opened in September 2015, over a thousand women have attended our classes. So far, students have had to come to the Finishing School, at a specific time, to take these classes. Unfortunately, this has meant that people who have time conflicts and commitments, prefer to learn on their own, or live outside the Wichita area, can’t come learn with us. I'm going to need your help. I am super excited to announce that I am taking the Finishing School for Modern Women online
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    Gratitude or Platitudes
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Nov 22, 2017
    • 4 min

    Gratitude or Platitudes

    Forgive for being so predictable, in writing about gratitude this week. Since Thanksgiving is nearly here, being thankful is on my mind. It is interesting to me that one day a year, while we fill up on food and togetherness, we pause for gratitude. Of course, thanks to Oprah, most people know about gratitude journals and how important it is to be thankful every day. Researchers have found that writing down a list of positive events at the end of the day makes people happier a
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    Supporting our Sisters
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Oct 18, 2017
    • 4 min

    Supporting our Sisters

    What could be better than celebrating our friendships with the women we love most?
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    Not for the Fainthearted
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jul 15, 2017
    • 2 min

    Not for the Fainthearted

    In my head, I will always be this woman, although the mirror tells me a different story. Not that I mind getting older. I don't
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    Easing the Pressure
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jun 5, 2017
    • 2 min

    Easing the Pressure

    Have you noticed an increase of tension in your life? From what I've been reading on my friends' Facebook posts, I know for certain
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    Boss Lady
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • May 26, 2017
    • 2 min

    Boss Lady

    Since I was a little red-headed girl, I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up – a business owner. I didn’t know what kind of business I wa
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    Fierce Women
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • May 19, 2017
    • 2 min

    Fierce Women

    An event crossed my feed on Facebook this week that got my attention. Smaltz Brewing Company has brewed a special beer, She’Brew, to celebra
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