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Author Jessica Hadari – Bath Barany

Creativity Coach & Publishing Maven, Beth Barany has been helping authors get their books written and edited, published and marketed into the hands of their readers for over 10 years. Beth is the author of The Writer’s Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book, and the bestseller Overcome Writer’s Block, and runs an active online community for authors www.BethBarany.com

Here is just a slice of what I took away from Beth Barany’s presentation at the February 2012 FEM Talks (very much paraphrased and sprinkled with my own thoughts) Enjoy!

Your book project will require you get really honest and present to four main areas:

Passion – If you are going to commit to and finish your book project it really must be written about something you are passionate about. Writing a book solely as a marketing strategy or in a “should” paradigm may not only be dissatisfying or frustrating but may not be the success you want it to be because it is not a true reflection of your deepest gifts and passions. The audience will feel that. What are you passionate about? That seems like such a cliche question…but worthy of your attention. Continue reading »

 February 22, 2012  "How To...", Inspiration No Responses »
 

Author, Amy Ahlers

It’s 2012…the year that has been touted as the end of the world. The end of the Mayan calendar. The apocalypse. Between hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and wars it can be easy to buy into the doom and gloom. (Insert ominous music here.)

Whether you believe in the predictions or not, one thing is certain: if you want to live your best year ever, live it as if it were your last risking, growing and stretching beyond your wildest dreams is required. And you’re going to have your Inner Critic to contend with. You got to go GREEN on your inner pollution.

You see, your Inner Critic’s job is to keep you safe, maintain the status quo and feed you Big Fat Lies to pollute your mind and keep you sleep walking. Why wait for the wake-up call, a near death experience or the world to end to break free? Let’s live today as if there is no tomorrow…and create 2012 a resolution revolution. Continue reading »

 

Author, Christine Arylo

See link to Christine’s free video below

When You Have Nothing More Left to Give… 

The alarm rings and you awake

Realizing that even though you just slept the night

Your body is exhausted

Your soul is tired

And while you try to fire your engine

To zoom out of bed to meet the day

You roll out, slowly, puttering instead of zooming

Your mind feels a little cloudy

So you attempt a few of your tried and true go-tos to slough off the tired blanket that has wrapped itself around your entire being

A shower, some yoga, caffeine, the internet … those should get you going

But yet even if they do provide a small jolt of wake up Continue reading »

 

Author: Claudia Weitkemper L.Ac., O.M.D., Naturopath, R.N.

I hope you have had a wonderful Holiday full of celebrating and spreading good cheer and spirit with your friends and family.  Now is a great opportunity to pamper ourselves with a gentle cleanse giving ourselves a break from the high sugar, fat, low fiber and artificial additives diet we consume during the holidays.   January and February, with the abundance of citrus fruits we have here in the desert, is a perfect time for a Liver Flush. Continue reading »

 January 14, 2012  "How To..." No Responses »
 

Notes from KC Baker’s December 2011 FEM Talks presentation, live in Berkeley.

Our favorite quotes & tips from KC Baker, founder of The School for The Well-Spoken Woman!

December 12th 2011 was a fiery and dynamic evening designed to reframe on-stage and on-camera fear & anxiety as pure power & charisma. Our keynote KC Baker, founder of The School for The Well-Spoken Woman teaches women how to craft presentations designed for impact, to unleash our voices out to the world.

Here are just a few of our favorite quotable quotes from KC’s interactive FEM Talks presentation “How to Generate Legendary Charisma & Freedom to Shine”: Continue reading »

 

Jessica Hadari shares about her experiences as a volunteer hospice caregiver in SF.

The way a person looks when life is leaving their body. Why is it that people at the end of their life often look light as feathers, so slight and thin. I guess for some of them, their bodies have fought so hard or so long that they simply have nothing left and no reason to layer on the usual fat and supple skin we are so used to seeing on even the thinnest of healthy human beings.

Writing this it seems obvious, that a person would be so thin, so slight at the end of life; but to see a person in the dying process as diminutive, as if they might sink down and disappear into their bed; skin like shrink-wrap over bones that seem impossibly thin and fragile, and also insignificant in the moment. Continue reading »

 December 8, 2011  Real living No Responses »
 

Flowers at the Guest House

Jessica Hadari shares her experiences as a volunteer hospice caregiver in SF.

Today’s shift seemed slow. I felt useless but there was little to be done. The cook had no tasks for me. The nurse had none. Jenny, Melanie and I sat with Ben and Alice while they ate. Both residents coughed a lot. It seemed painful for them to eat. It was hard to witness.

Ben was a bit flirtatious and seemed very open to our feminine attention. He told me his hands were cold – they were, but I think this was his way of getting to hold hands with me. I got a couple of smiles from Alice, who had not smiled at me before. I felt recognized.

And then everyone slept.

I had missed the email last week from Roy about Christian, the 30 year old resident with all the friends. He had passed on. I felt heavy with the information, but relieved because he had been so close last week and now it was over. Continue reading »

 November 22, 2011  Real living No Responses »
 

This wonderful conversation happened within our women’s Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RipeParadigm/

Feel free to join us on Facebook for these conversations and start your own any time…

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 November 20, 2011  Inspiration, Real living No Responses »
 

Notes from Elizabeth Bachaman’s keynote presentation at the November 2011 FEM Talks

Here is just a sample of the nuts and bolts advice that Elizabeth Bachman gifted to all of the women at the November 2011 FEM Talks. We also did a number of experiential exercises so we could practice embodying these practices in front of the room. Needless to say it was one of the most grounded FEM Talks! The usual ecstatic energy was replaced by an exuberant grounded feeling for the rest of the night. Here are just a few of Elizabeth’s teachings.

  • Do not make the mistake of focusing on the words (reading from notes, powerpoint etc) Find the beginnings and endings of each section or each point you want to make. Build up the parts in between with your own embodied teachings (talk about the stuff you have already mastered and do not need your notes to speak boldly about) Continue reading »
 November 18, 2011  "How To...", Inspiration No Responses »
 

Jessica Hadari shares her experiences as a volunteer hospice caregiver in SF.

Today’s shift was a breath of fresh air.

My morning started out with a lot of swearing under my breath. I was running late again! I was able to slow down on the BART trains.

I arrived early enough to get my americano at the corner cafe. Preparing for an upcoming women’s Tahoe writing retreat, I was glad to catch all of the email communications at the start of the day.

I headed to the Guest House – which already felt like a home. Continue reading »

 November 15, 2011  Inspiration, Real living No Responses »