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...

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...

We’ve always been led to believe that the holidays are a joyous, magical time of year. A time when families come together, and everyone...

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...

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...

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

It seems amazing that less than 100 years ago, married women didn’t have the right to own property or to sign a contract.

Women become invisible as we get older. Never lose your sparkle!

In the Turning Anger into Power class we offer at the Finishing School for Modern Women, we talk about the importance of not labeling...

I went to the Wichita Community Foundation’s Focus Forward program on Monday. What I discovered in that hour and a half, shook me to my...

WeKan Founder Marquetta Atkins and Headmistress Jill I’m late! Usually I like to spend Friday morning writing my weekly article, but this...

Feeling stuck in the winter blues? Discover real-life ways to cope with seasonal depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Learn self-care tips, mindset shifts, and small actions that help brighten dark days.

I had the pleasure of seeing one of my favorite speakers, Bonnie Bing, this week at the Wichita Independent Business Associat

Choose to look at yourself and your body in a more positive way. The more you practice these thought patterns, the better you’ll feel...

The only New Year’s resolution I’ve ever kept, is to make no more New Year’s resolutions. It just never worked for me.

Since we opened in September 2015, over a thousand women have attended our classes. So far, students have had to come to the Finishing...

What could be better than celebrating our friendships with the women we love most?

You know, I’m just no good at saying “no.” I have been working on it, from strategies I’ve learned from the “Saying No” class we offer...

Very soon, I’ll be taking some time off for a little relaxation, and a lot of inspiration, to attend the National Federation of Press Women

Wonder Woman is my spirit animal. I became a super fan of this super hero when I was a 14, when the Wonder Woman series with Lynda Carter de