It’s time to find your Fierce and Fearless voice! If you’ve ever been called a “smart cookie” or a “tough cookie”. It means you’re sweet and will stand up for yourself any day of the week. Yet speaking up and having a voice doesn’t mean we use it well.

What is it that you want right now? I’d like you to write it down. Think about it. If this is something that you really want. Please tell me why aren’t you going after it? Are you feeling weak? Are you feeling like you’re not equipped to bring it to fruition? What ... Read More »]]>

It’s time to find your Fierce and Fearless voice! If you’ve ever been called a “smart cookie” or a “tough cookie”. It means you’re sweet and will stand up for yourself any day of the week. Yet speaking up and having a voice doesn’t mean we use it well.

What is it that you want right now? I’d like you to write it down. Think about it. If this is something that you really want. Please tell me why aren’t you going after it? Are you feeling weak? Are you feeling like you’re not equipped to bring it to fruition? What is holding you back?

I was once described as a “tough (chocolate chip) cookie”. The irony about that is I don’t particularly care for chocolate chip cookies. In fact my favorites are peanut butter, oatmeal & lemon cookies.

You see sometimes women hear the word tough and they immediately think it will diminish their femininity. When in fact it’s the complete opposite. When you are tough, you are 100% unequivocally standing in your feminine power.

Speak your mind.

I see so many women who are afraid to stand up for themselves. Yes “Worrying About What Other People Think Syndrome” is on the rise. We have been taught to be strong and overcome our fear of asking for what we want. It’s time to put it to good use.

I think it’s important to be outspoken and develop your communication skills so you are taken seriously and still get the results you want.

If “smart cookie” or a “tough cookie” is resonating with you. Congratulations! You are brave and chances are go through problems in your life easily, you can stand up for yourself, and you are not a pushover.

If you’ve never been called a “tough cookie” it might be time to align with the characteristics of one so you can be more secure with who you are, develop your own identity & refuse to be treated like a subordinate.

“Tough cookies” have spent years developing a strong character; they don’t complain and work diligently to overcome obstacles. It doesn’t have to take you years but if you commit you’ll find yourself reaping the benefits of your new characteristics a lot sooner.

If you are holding back right now, playing small, being soft or taking baby steps. Make your move BEFORE you are ready. Make the decision to be the woman who is determined to do what they want and know that you will succeed even in difficult situations. Life will be a lot sweeter!

Who’s That Girl? After spending 10+ years in Hollywood as an Actress/Dancer/Body Double Ungenita Katrina Prevost learned how to Perfect Her Potential™. Today she is the World’s First Beauty Empowerment Author & Speaker & named “The Tony Robbins of Beauty”. She helps female entrepreneurs bring structure back into their businesses and balance back into their lives by going from “Frazzled To Fabulous”, a simple, easy to implement system that gets results, ultimately improving their lives and businesses.

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“Life is what happens to us, while we are busy doing other things”.

CLARIFY YOUR IDEAL LIFE! How do you get from where you are today to where you want to be? Before you ponder the ‘How’, take a long hard look at where you truly want to be!

Think of it like a trip to the hair salon. It goes something like this:

You wake up one day and look in the mirror. ‘Bad Hair Day’? Hmmmm? Now, every woman knows what that feels like.

“I could probably use a trim. Maybe some layers. Are those roots showing already? Maybe I will go ... Read More »]]>

“Life is what happens to us, while we are busy doing other things”.

CLARIFY YOUR IDEAL LIFE!
How do you get from where you are today to where you want to be? Before you ponder the ‘How’, take a long hard look at where you truly want to be!

Think of it like a trip to the hair salon. It goes something like this:

You wake up one day and look in the mirror. ‘Bad Hair Day’? Hmmmm? Now, every woman knows what that feels like.

“I could probably use a trim. Maybe some layers. Are those roots showing already? Maybe I will go for that new highlighting style, I saw in that magazine? Yes, definitely, highlights. But is it really that bad? Nahh! I’m going to hold off for another week or so, maybe when the kids go off to camp. I just can’t commit right now, I can live with it. Just.”

Two weeks later…

“Ok, that’s it. I am not feeling very pretty. The color has faded, the shape is gone and the roots are horrible… I can’t believe I went out like that last night. That’s it, I ‘m calling ‘Rodger’ at the salon right now”!

As you walk into the salon you know precisely what you want. (Or at least what you don’t want and are willing to let ‘Rodger’ fix it for you), and you know exactly how you expect to feel when you walk out the door.

So why should ‘clarifying your life’ be any different? The only difference is that your hair is a necessity – this is clear. Life goals, on the other hand are not always as visually obvious.

What Is Your Vision?

Begin by describing in as much detail as possible the kind of life you want to live. You must know exactly who you are, what you want to do, and where you want to go. In short, you must become CEO of Yourself, Inc. No matter what you are doing you are the CEO of Yourself, Inc. The decisions you make and the actions you take determine the success of the enterprise which is Yourself, Inc.

To create a balanced and successful life, your vision needs to include the following areas: work and career, finances, recreation, health and wellness, relationships, personal goals, and contributions to your community.

Here are a few questions designed to broaden perspectives and widen the lens.

1. What brings me joy and excitement?
2. What does it cost me to “play it safe?”
3. What are my gifts to the world?
4. Whose life is it anyway?
5. When I don’t listen to attentively to someone, what am I listening to instead?

You’re GPS the process of getting from where you are to where you want to be is like using a GPS (Global Positioning System). For the system to work, it simply needs to know where you are and where you want to go. We use our GPS all the time in our boats and cars. So now set some coordinates towards your own vision.

Your GPS figures our where you are now by signals it receives from several satellites and calculates your exact position. When you type in your current position and your destinations, your GPS plots a perfect course for you. Now all you need to do is follow the instructions.

Success in life works the same way. All you have to do is decide where you want to go by clarifying your vision, lock in the destination through goal-setting, affirmations, and visualizations and start moving in the right direction. Your inner GPS will keep unfolding your route as you continue to move forward. In other words, once you clarify your vision, the exact steps will keep appearing along the way.

Moving Forward

Once you have a clear Vision of where you are heading, there are a few principles to keep in mind as you move towards your goals.

1. Take 100 % Responsibility for your life
[You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.]

2. Be clear why you’re here
[Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a purpose.]

3. Decide what you want
[The indispensable first step to getting the things that you want in our life is this: Decide What You Want]

4. Believe
[The number one problem that keeps people from winning is lack of belief in themselves.]

Finally, how do you know if you’re on the right path? The same way you know when you‘re not: You feel it!

Live Passionately,
Coach Chris

Christine Spencer, Certified Life Coach for Women, Eternal Optimist and Philosopher of Happiness.

Of all the things I love about my life and work is the opportunity to meet amazing and dynamic women. Coaching women to guide them to discover their passion and create a life of purpose and prosperity is the most rewarding thing I could do in life. Watching women discover inner awareness’s, aha moments, and spiritual breakthroughs is a life altering experience for me.

Christine founded Salon Rouge & Spa on the principles that the essential glow of beauty must come from within and that every guest who visits should leave physically refreshed and mentally rejuvenated.

The mission of Salon Rouge & Spa is to take special care of each of our guests by offering quality services with natural products in a tranquil healing environment by a knowledgeable and enthusiastic team. Our ideal is that each guest experiences enhanced well-being through our personal touch. Well being – more than just good health, well being describes a state of wellness of body, mind and soul, where all are in a state of health, the individual is happy and prospering. Well being is not available by prescription and there is no one path and many different roads can be taken to arrive there.

You can visit Christine’s websites at christine-livepassionately.blogspot.com/ and http://www.girltimecoaching.com/ and Salon Rouge

She knows how to work a room, she’s always impeccably dressed, and no matter how hard you might try you just can’t seem to break her confidence. Hate her or love her, everyone wants to be her. Here are 10 tactics to achieving your own Girl on Top status:

Gina Mak started writing fiction when she was in approximately her eighth year of practicing law.  Writing briefs to present to the court, she learned to love the process of putting thoughts and arguments on paper.

I loved, most of all, putting together a “story” that worked to persuade the judge one way or another.  Writing gave me a gratifying feeling of accomplishment, and I just wanted to take that a step further and see if I could tell a story to a wider audience.  Creating a fictional tale full of anecdotes from real life felt like a natural extension to ... Read More »]]>

Gina Mak started writing fiction when she was in approximately her eighth year of practicing law.  Writing briefs to present to the court, she learned to love the process of putting thoughts and arguments on paper.

I loved, most of all, putting together a “story” that worked to persuade the judge one way or another.  Writing gave me a gratifying feeling of accomplishment, and I just wanted to take that a step further and see if I could tell a story to a wider audience.  Creating a fictional tale full of anecdotes from real life felt like a natural extension to what I was already doing, and it held the potential to reach the kind of audience I was looking to entertain — an audience made up mostly of mamas who’ve gone through the roller coaster ride of becoming a parent, keeping a career going and maintaining a healthy marriage.

I suppose when I published my book, what I actually did was create a home-based business.  This was not exactly my goal, but in today’s internet economy, if you’ve got something to market, you’ve got to be on the web, and so that’s where I spend much of my time exploring new avenues to sell my book.  It’s the perfect job for a busy mommy of three (a.k.a. an unpaid chauffeur), as I market my book whenever the kids are settled and I have spare time (which is very rare, but it happens).

Gina was inspired to write Frozen Pancakes and Fake Lashes by her own experience of becoming a mother.  Before children, she had near zero domestic ability.  She’d never been around children much, wasn’t even sure she liked them.  Certainly, I had no idea what to do with a newborn.  But when I held my baby in my arms for the first time, I fell completely in love with her and the feelings she created in me.  Suddenly, I found myself rising to the occasion, though rather ungracefully at times.  I turned from a full-fledge career girl wearing Manolo’s to the office, to a nursing, walking pacifier for my baby, and it amazed me how quickly the transformation became complete.

Naturally, having fully immersed myself into my new roll as lactation machine extraordinaire, I lost touch with my feminine mojo, and my best friend (bless her heart) forced me to take a good look in the mirror one day.  I hardly recognized the woman staring back at me — her baggy old white t-shirt was wrinkled and stained with breastmilk and whatever the baby had upchucked, and her hair was tied into a simple, styleless ponytail with three inches of roots showing.  Worst of all, were the dark lines under the eyes developed from sleepless nights spent caring for a newborn.

My story was too comical not to share with other women.  I knew that this was not just my story, but the story behind many women.  Plus, it seemed like more and more often, my women friends were becoming either the main breadwinner or a substantial contributor to the household income, and, like me, we were all grappling with trying to balance the whole career, motherhood, and marriage act.  So I set out to turn our story into a novel that would hopefully be funny, relatable and somehow compelling at the same time.  After all, there’s no better feeling than knowing that you are not alone in your suffering!

Aside from readers posting positive reviews on Amazon, Gina’s favorite experience as an author came when she and her husband were on vacation in Hawaii recently.  While leaving the pool area at our resort, her husband noticed that a woman lounging under an umbrella by the pool — a complete stranger — was reading her book.  Thank goodness she looked amused by the material.  Catching her in that moment gave me a great feeling.

Gina hopes to find the time and energy to start writing another novel soon!

Visit www.gperalmak.com.  Pasadena, California