A reflective essay using the legend of Picasso to explore pricing, self-worth, and the psychology of value. Drawing on personal experience, business insight, and a Catholic faith perspective, this post challenges professionals to charge fairly, balance confidence with humility, and seek wisdom — from both the market and God — when discerning the true worth of their time and talents.

In All the Cool Girls Get Fired, authors Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neil offer an honest discussion on being laid off and coming back stronger. Along with actionable steps, they share other well-known women’s firing experiences in various industries, highlighting that being laid off – fired – is a shared experience that can become a setup for the next chapter in your professional life. 

We live in a world that celebrates speed:  fast growth, instant results, quick decisions. But prudence slows us down, not to paralyze us, but to make sure we’re acting with wisdom rather than by impulse. Aquinas reminds us that prudence isn’t just about caution; it’s about discernment. He even says that “prudence implies a right ordering of reason toward action.”

Are you a visionary hitting a wall? 

If you feel stretched thin and overwhelmed by the weight of trying to break into the next phase of growth, you can feel like a failure. So often, as women, we assume that if things feel chaotic or heavy and our work isn’t producing results, there must be something wrong with us. 

What if you’re just wearing too many hats? The right support can allow your vision to move forward. 

As a woman in business, it’s easy to know that professional development is important, but hard to make the time to think through the options, much less register and attend. How do you know that time will be well spent and fruitful?