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So apparently Mercury is in retrograde or something and last week's newsletter got demolished by the newsletter-eating monster. And then it was time to go enjoy the last bit of summer with my kids - SO - my apologies, but it was a good lesson in "Oh Well!" for me. The benefit is that you get two experts in our quick tips from "A Woman's Worth" this week, Allison Nazarian, who gave some great ideas on how she is using social media in her business, and Lynne Ganley, who talked about her success with Arbonne!
If you haven't downloaded these interviews yet, you can do so here - they were a lot of fun for me.
I'm experimenting with a new blogging media this week - video. Let me know what you think! I love the idea of just talking to you. But I have to admit that I am not crazy about how I look (inner critic, shut up!). Maybe next time, I'll put on some make-up and brush my hair. But I guess this is also me. How I am most days - scrambling around, convinced that at some point I might just fit in a shower.
Somehow, I'm thinking you can relate! As always, I'd love your feedback on the blog!Be Wise!
Kiva
Hey Wise Women!
You know those BIG house projects that we love to avoid? Well, my husband Michael and I tackled one of those this past weekend. We cleaned out the tack room in our barn to turn it into my new office (yeah!). Well, it's a barn. So in addition to lots of boxes that we haven't opened since we moved back to New Hampshire from Cincinnati six years ago, we found lots of dust, lots of spiders and a (very cute) fox hiding in the corner!
Well, in one of those boxes was MY FOLDER. Do you have a folder? Mine held term papers and love notes, pictures and drawings and this story. It's my favorite piece I ever wrote and I didn't think I had a copy any more. Thing is, it's not really a story. It's highly unfictionalized, non-fiction. In other words... Alli is me. I named her Alli because I was reading Pillars of the Earth at the time and Aliena was my heroine! Guy is my brother - because that's what my dad and step-mom said they would have named him if not Ian. Creative, huh?
But, I have to say that reading this story 20 years later made me cry. For old hurts and for growing up. I hope I'm not being overindulgent to share it - but it begs a question for all of us. If there are old hurts and patterns of thinking about ourselves from our childhood that we need to let go of. 'Cause this one is still an ouchie one for me, and it's just not true anymore.
by Kiva Leatherman
Money is not a difficult thing. Let me say that again… money is not difficult. It is neither good nor bad. It has nothing against you and you shouldn’t have anything against it. Money is simply the mechanism that we use in society to exchange our efforts for goods and services. That is it.
And yet, so many women I talk to give money all of these attributes, or even worse, feel like it’s not something that they can get control of or have in their lives. I hear women business owners afraid to charge more and other women afraid to ask their husband’s about their financial situation. I hear stories of women that have been taught, from the earliest age – that rich people must be bad and that there is pride to be had in struggling. I hear of women that have saddled themselves with debt because shopping makes them feel good and I hear of women that won’t spend a dime on themselves because they have guilt about spending their “husband’s” money.
by Susan White [eventide coaching]
There is a certain universal grace which comes during crisis. It is the moment one realizes she has a choice.
I know a woman who fell deeply into anger, jealousy and questioning her own worth when faced with her husband’s infidelity. About three weeks into the implosion of an often difficult marriage, a dear friend repeated back to her the venom she had just vented. In that moment, this woman , consumed with her emotions, understood that she was on the verge of unrecognizable to herself.
Later that day, she made a choice.