Welcome to my Substack!
My name is Yelena Sheremeta. I’m a Christian, married to a handsome farmer & cowboy, a boy mom, tax attorney, homesteader in training, business owner, and writer (more about me here!).
I’m so excited to welcome you to A Portfolio Life, a newsletter for the the woman desiring to build a strong marriage, purposeful life and an enduring legacy.
My husband, Daniel, and I got married in 2021 (within six months of meeting each other!) and we live in rural Missouri with our two sons: Levi & Luke.
In 2024, we left city life to buy a three acre homestead and a seed business in a small lake town. After seven years working for John Deere corporate, Daniel is now the CEO of our family business, Stockton Seed House, and I work for an accounting firm doing quality control and risk management.
This newsletter chronicles our journey to fulfilling our family vision:
living in the countryside with our kids,
owning farmland,
cattle ranching,
building a profitable family business,
developing multiple income streams, and
growing a thriving ministry to encourage young women to thrive in the single season (Yelena), disciple young men to become strong leaders (Dan), and equip young couples to build a strong marriage and an impactful life together.
This is our family legacy in the making and we’d love to have you join us!
What’s a “portfolio life”?
Every time I talk to other women, a common question and struggle is how to "balance" it all: work, family, ministry, health, hobbies, etc.
How do we prioritize what matters most to us?
How do we build a life of impact, instead of just conforming to what others are doing around us?
It's a unicorn we all keep chasing without realizing that there is no such thing as true balance.
Instead, what if we looked at it as building a portfolio life?
In finance, a portfolio is a range of investments held by a person or an organization. For women, everything we are and what we do is what we invest in.
We invest our time, health, talents, and finances into a variety of things in our homes and outside of our homes.
Each role and responsibility we add to our portfolio shapes who are and the kind of woman we become, and they co-exist together to make up a whole life.
As a result, we want to see a return on those investments. We want to see growth and to reap the fruit of what we sow. But we can’t do it alone, and we can’t always do it all.
That's what this newsletter & community is about: building and managing a portfolio life as we balance work and home for maximum return on our investment.
Think of this as the place modern Proverbs 31 women gather to grow together!
I also write at yelenasheremeta.com and on Instagram.
Whenever you’re ready, here are 4 ways I can help you:
If you want to cultivate unity in your marriage & build a thriving life based on what matters most to you, check out our Family Legacy Guide and the Dreaming Together Guide.
If you work in tax, accounting, law or finance, come join the Women in Tax community!
If you want to elevate your career, get promoted & make more money while still staying true to your values and prioritizing what’s important to you, check out my Elevate Blueprint course.
If you’re not yet married, subscribe to Seek in Faith, featuring encouraging notes to navigate singleness, dating & preparing for marriage. We’ve also developed a Dating Guide to help Christian couples vet a future spouse for compatibility!
