Rebecca Mielke

How Dave Ramsey is Wrong About Budgeting for Clothes Do you see spending on clothes for yourself as an indulgence? If you follow Dave Ramsey, that might be a logical conclusion. But Dave Ramsey is wrong! His EveryDollar budget percentages don’t even include a category for clothing, but clothes are a legit need. No wonder […]

Is there something you keep buying because you think it should work but it never does? I’ll tell you, I still fall for this one item every now and again, even though I know better. Understanding your own style preferences provides a kind of immunity from buying mistakes. By not making buying mistakes you can

Does getting dressed up around the holidays stress you out or is it fun for you? Do you find yourself asking “What’s my aesthetic?” In this article, I explore the topic of getting dressed for the annual holiday party, so you can relax and show up as your authentic self. It’s that time of year.

Does your personal style reflect your visual identity? Are you the main character in the story of your life? In this article, I lay out the process used by costume designers to dress characters for visual story-telling and share how you can use it to plan your own wardrobe. Most people think wardrobe planning is

The Key to Outfits That Fit Do you know the key to creating outfits that fit and flatter your body? In this article, I’ll share three silhouette secrets to help you create flattering outfits and avoid the frump. When I was a busy mom of school-age kids, with a wardrobe full of nothing but jeans

How much money could you save if you only needed one or two pairs of shoes instead of one or two dozen? These days we are all looking for ways to make our lives more sustainable. In this article, I will give you my foolproof affordable fashion strategy for putting the right boots with the

Traveling With a Single Carry-on When I went to my recent personal development retreat, I was pretty proud of myself: I wore everything I took with me except maybe five pieces. And I packed it all in a single carry-on. In this article I’m gonna walk you through my exact what-to-pack strategy for traveling with

In this article, I’m talking about the three seasons of a woman’s life: Maiden, Mother, and Mentor, and the wardrobe tasks and goals associated with each. The concept originated with pagan goddess mythology, the Triple Goddess, but I’m not using it for goddess worship. I just want to use the framework to address some of

The Interaction Styles in Confirming Type When I first started training to be a personality profiler, one of my friends had been having a hard time being sure about her type. Like any self-discovery system, including the enneagram and even seasonal design theory, the individual, not a test, is the ultimate authority on their own

How Do You Feel About Power? Do you know your power colors? How important is it to you to feel powerful? I suspect a lot of people are a little ambivalent about the whole concept of power.  Recently I was introduced to a feelings wheel with three negative emotions; sad, mad, and scared; and three