RESOURCES from 4word
The Future of the Workplace is a Kingdom Mindset Culture
Emma Sharma shares how her team navigated pandemic stress to their normal workflow and what she hopes will continue, post-pandemic. Read More
How Your Community Can Improve Your Career
Robin Y. Greenlee, Acting Chief Risk Officer of MapleMark Bank in Dallas, TX, shares how community helped her understand her calling and offers four lessons she learned along the way. Read More
Want To Get Healthy? Don’t Leave Your Mental Health Out of The Equation
Dr. Deb Gorton, psychologist and author, advocates for all of us to get more in tune with how our mental and emotional health is impacting our physical, more noticeable health. Read More
How a 4word C-Level Woman Fits Exercise Into Her Packed Corporate Schedule
Molly Smith, Chief Client Officer at HundredX with a side hustle as a health coach, shares why she became so invested in fitness and offers up her secret weapon to successfully fitting exercise into your own busy schedule. Read More
What the Bible Has to Say About Whole-Self Wellness
Kim Vastine shares a powerful message on God's plan and purpose for creating our bodies as temples and what that means for our physical, mental, and spiritual wellness. Read More
Wellness Isn’t a Destination; It’s a Journey
Cassie Dennis shares how leaving her job gave her a fresh perspective on the fact that wellness isn't a destination but rather, a journey. Read More
Post-Pandemic Financial Planning: Expect the Unexpected
Independent Financial Advisor Valkyrie Lang talks about the biggest impacts the pandemic had on people's financial health, especially women. Read More
Financial Planning 101: The Two 10% Steps You Shouldn’t Skip
Financial expert and author Erin Botsford shares the one thing she wished someone had told her early on about financial planning. Read More
The Growing Importance of Women and Investing
Ronald Blue Trust returns to the 4word blog to encourage and empower women to play a larger role in their finances and investment strategy. Read More
To Get Out of Debt, Stop Presuming the Future
Mary Hunt, founder of Debt-Proof Living and the author of "The Smart Woman’s Guide to Planning for Retirement," shares what the single most important financial planning "thing" to do this year is, and you've probably already guessed what it is: get out of debt. Read More
How to Guide Others Towards a Future of Success and Faith
Our women-of-faith organization invites you to become a mentor and join our community of women “And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” Hebrews 13:16 4word invites you to Become A Mentor to a rising leader and… Read More
Encouraging Women to Embrace Their Finances
In a guest article, Ronald Blue Trust advisors, Carol and Emily, share their experiences and insights on the importance of women being involved in personal finance. Read More
Are You Experiencing Workplace Abuse? Read an HR Expert’s Insight On How to End The Abuse
Dawn Kaiser, author, HR expert, and Global Joy Refueler, offers her insight into how to correctly identify workplace abuse, the right way to confront it, and what those in leadership positions should do to protect company culture against fostering abusive behavior. Read More
How to Process Your Brain’s Default Reactions to Feedback
Diane Paddison lists three mental triggers you may encounter when receiving feedback and how you can use those triggers to retrain how your brain reacts to feedback. Read More
A Father’s Advice to His Working Daughter: ‘Don’t balance—blend.’
Gene Glaeser and Amber Maenius, a father/daughter duo, share how they both came to realization that trying to find balance is a lofty goal that should be replaced with a new practice of finding ways to blend. Read More
Are You a Go-Getter? Here’s Why You Should Become a Go-Giver
Sandy Lamb, owner and CEO of Altitude Business Coaching and 4word Advisory Board Member, offers her advice for choosing collaboration over competition. She also talks about why there isn't an age cutoff for learning to be an emotionally intelligent leader. Read More
Why Women Avoid Drawing Attention to Their Workplace Accomplishments
4word: Houston leader Marty Lundstrom talks about the moment she realized she (like many women in the workplace) shied away from putting a spotlight on her accomplishments, and shares two practices any workplace can implement to encourage self-confidence in their employees. Read More
Why It’s So Hard to ‘Let Go and Let God’
4word: Houston leader Tana Deshayes explains why she thinks Christians struggle to let go of their difficulties and hand control over to God. Read More
You Can Ask For Help At Work and Not Be Weak
Accountant and author Courtney Watson talks through how she learned to leave behind the idea that independence equals strength, and shares four questions everyone should ask themselves when something has us stumped. Read More
Insecurity: The Biggest Threat to Inner Strength
Catherine Gates, Executive Director for Women in the Marketplace, guides us through the idea that our lack of inner strength and resilience stems from allowing insecurity to win, and how we can rally against that insecurity to win back our drive. Read More