It’s funny how certain thoughts, statements and lyrics can drastically alter and shape your life. For instance, long before I would have ever known the name Gloria Steinem, I was well on my path to becoming a FULLY empowered female. **Before I get started, let me stave off the comments of how lucky I am
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So, I woke up this morning to find people sharing pictures of their Mom. No words. Just a picture. Well, this post was already scheduled. You see, my Mom’s birthday was September 6th, but I didn’t want this post LOST on a Holiday weekend, so I postponed it. Until today. The card I gave her
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I went for a solo hike (my favorite kind) yesterday and while I had no real destination, no time limits or expectations, it was definitely a hike that mattered. As long as I can remember, the woods have always been a sanctuary for me. Whether I arrived with righteous anger, blind fury, crippling anxiety or
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Many coaches encourage entrepreneurs to look at their competitors. You know, SWOT analysis and all that jazz. What do they offer? What do they charge? The truth is, it doesn’t matter…. if you’re doing things right. If you’re doing things RIGHT, your market knows that they can ONLY get YOU by coming through the doors
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At this point, I have coached / mentored thousands of women entrepreneurs, in nearly every industry you can think of, in every corner of the US and a handful of “other” countries as well.  And when money is coming in too slow, when scale can’t QUITE be realized, when they’re on the struggle bus for too
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Search for discussions on “Timing” in business and you’ll find tens of thousands of articles about timing the market, about how timing is critically important to a product or brand’s success. In certain cases, that’s true. Take Irene Blok’s fashionable facemarks, called Face Blok, which landed on Shark Tank. The sharks thought the masks “freaky”
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This is what I’m hearing, whether it’s Facebook, Linkedin, Pinterest or anything else…. the complaint I’m hearing is simple: “I FEEL LIKE I’M TALKING TO AN EMPTY ROOM,” This coming from people who are SHOWING UP consistently, but feeling un-heard, un-seen, un-acknowledged. (And going un-paid.) There IS a fix, and it’s not what you think.
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I was messaging back and forth this morning with a dear friend, discussing the beautiful mix of FRAMEWORK, FUN, and FAITH that success demands. She loves the FUN of it all.. as do I. The daily messaging, the authentic unleashing of the message, the delivering of the “cures.” I love it. I also love the
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Are you not a reader? Do you not ABSOLUTELY LOVE my long posts? I’m mortally offended, of course, but let me jump right to the point… just for you. The secret is to take the steps that go to the BANK first… and watch a funny thing happen: AS you make money, as you WIN
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