Charitable giving is considered by most people as a discretionary expense. In other words if after all living expenses like the roof over our head and food on the table and other necessary items are paid and we have money left over we can choose to give money to charitable organizations we would like to support.

The Business of Me takes a different view of this as we believe that charitable giving should be a fixed expense. We believe this because of what is known as “The Law of Circulatio...

Women who have been in domestic violent relationships overcoming fear or the capacity to manage fear is crucial to the ability to break the cycle of violence in their lives.

Women who have endured domestic violence in their lives have come to live with fear and for so many women fear has become a way of life.

“The Business of Me” works with women to help them overcome their fears and especially their fears of dealing with their finances. If they are able to overcome their fear of deali...

In Nancy’s Story www.nancysstory.com I talk about author and Acclaimed Yale University anthropologist, David Levinson who, in a study he conducted of family violence that focused on battered women, found that in the 90 societies that he studied incidents of battering were practically non-existent when women have economic independence and support from other women.

Mr. Levinson’s complete study can be found in his book “Family Violence in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Frontiers of Anthropo...

It is no surprise that the incidents of domestic violence are on the rise in part due to the current worsening economic situation.

High unemployment and rising foreclosures have led to economic stress that has affected millions of families.  The stress has led to the hike in calls to domestic violence hotlines. 

The National Domestic Violence Hotline conducted a survey from November 12 to December 31, 2008 asking the callers on the hotline about the connection between financial issues and...