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This Week on WomanTalk Live – “Frumpy to Fabulous: Five Fixes to Flaunting It” with Natalie Jobity

        
Natalie Jobity                      Guest Co-Host, Susan Bishop

One of my favorite types of show on Oprah was the “do over” show – when someone submitted a friend, family member or co-worker for a style redo.  Some of those women were in their 50’s and had hair 5 feet long because they hadn’t cut it since they were in high school.  Others only had one uniform they wore all the time and  that was sweats and tennis shoes.  Others were living in the Dynasty 80’s and still wearing those huge shoulder pads in their jackets and waltzing into a room like Alexis Carrington.  Others wore their mother’s jeans.

And, the best part of the show was when the revamp was done and the “new” look was displayed.  The curtain would come back, the audience would gasp and viola!  – a fabulous, chic and stylish woman came out in all her glory.

This week, one of those magic makeover mavens is joining my guest co-host, Susan Bishop, and me on the show and we’ll be talking about how to upgrade your look from frumpy to fabulous.

Natalie Jobity of Elan Image Management is the bestselling author of Frumpy to Fabulous: Flaunting It.  Your Ultimate Guide to Effortless Style.  She works individually with women and groups as an image consultant, fashion consultant, personal shopper, branding/style coach and more.

Natalie is passionate about being the facilitator of transformation that is the hallmark of polishing and refining one’s image and presence.

Join us this week and find out how to release your image “saboteurs” and unleash your fabulous style potential.  When the curtains are drawn…watch out!

Saturday, May 19th, from 6:07-7:00 pm ET on Talkradio 680 WCBM Baltimore or “Listen Live” online   

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Be sure to check out last week’s show when I talked with Molly Shattuck of Molly Shattuck Vibrant Living about giving back to the community and making it a family affair.  As the founder and leader of the United Way of Central Maryland’s Families Living United program and the UWCM’s Healthy Food Ambassador, Molly shared the importance of instilling the giving back value in our children and the benefits that result for the family as a whole, individuals in need and the entire community.

If you missed the show or you want to share it with a friend, listen here.

This Week on WomanTalk Live – “Giving Back: Make It a Family Affair” with Molly Shattuck

Molly Shattuck

Several years ago, I interviewed the amazing Bettie Youngs, Ph.D., Ed.D., a teacher of the year, a university professor and Pulitzer-Prize nominated author, who is one of the Founders of Kids Korps and one of the authors of Teaching Kids to Care.  During that show, Bettie talked about the importance of families and communities coming together to teach our kids empathy and integrity – teaching them to care, and overriding the tendencies of selfishness, self-absorption, complacency, bullying and isolation.

My guest this week practices that in her own life with her family and with the Baltimore community as a whole.  She’s on a mission to make a positive difference and she’s doing it.

Molly Shattuck is the creator of the Vibrant Living Philosophy.  A visionary whose energy is second only to her generous spirit, Molly has changed the lives of thousands with her proven approach to creating and maintaining a healthy and vibrant lifestyle.  Recognized for becoming a cheerleader at the age of 38 and after having three children, Molly knows how to set a goal and achieve it!

As an accomplished business woman and part-time coach of the Baltimore Ravens Cheerleaders, Molly fully embraces life by setting and achieving extraordinary goals.  “Can’t” is not in her vocabulary.

Molly has been an avid volunteer with United Way of Central Maryland for 20 years. She and her husband served as co-chairs of the 2011 private sector campaign.  In addition, Molly serves as UWCM’s Healthy Food Ambassador, and is the founder and leader of UWCM’s Families Living United program.

Molly believes that to live a vibrant life, it’s important to give back to your local community by helping others in need and by protecting the environment. And it’s our responsibility as adults and role models to set a positive example for our children  – our own and those who are in our lives.

Join us this week and find out how and why volunteering together with children and friends is so meaningful and contagious for all involved.  Making a difference and leading the way…what a beautiful legacy to share with others.

Saturday, May 12th, from 6:07-7:00 pm ET on Talkradio 680 WCBM Baltimore or “Listen Live” online   

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Susan, Amy, Jodi and Beth

Be sure to check out last week’s show when Guest Host, Susan Bishop talked with Amy Connolly, Jodi Hume and Beth Terrence about how women are influencing change in the workplace.  Tune in to find out how organizations are starting to honor and value the “feminine” traits for the purpose of greater effectiveness and success.

If you missed the show or you want to share it with a friend, listen here

This Week on WomanTalk Live – “The Company of Women: How Women Are Influencing Change at Work” with Guest Host, Susan Bishop, and Amy Connolly, Jodi Hume & Beth Terrence

      
Amy Connolly      Jodi Hume                Beth Terrence

Although women have been in the workplace for decades, only relatively recently have organizations begun to truly recognize how much traditionally female traits and styles bring to the corporate table in terms of success. As practices such as increasing/supporting emotional intelligence, coaching, peacemaking and other “soft” approaches to productivity and profitability make their way into the corporate world, women have increasingly had the opportunity to take a personal stand for femininity at work and, as a result, are proving that these touchy-feely concepts are more than passing trends, but the beginnings of what is likely to be an enduring transformation of how we all work together and even what work means.

This week on WomanTalk Live, guest host Susan Bishop and a panel of organizational coaches, trainers and facilitators discuss the evolution happening in organizations today, what feminine energy means in the workplace and how all women can play an active role in forwarding the next evolution of organizational growth.

Joining Susan in the studio:

Amy Connolly is the Founder and Director of the Center for Mindful Awareness.  She teaches formal and informal mindfulness practices to individuals, families, communities, and businesses, so they can respond to life’s challenges with greater balance and ease.  Amy can be contacted at abcshines@gmail.com 

Jodi Hume, CPCC, Founder of The Business of Life is a Time Strategist, Executive Coach and Facilitator.  She works with busy leaders who want successful lives AND businesses, without always feeling pulled between the two.

Beth Terrence is a shaman and facilitator focused on helping organizations increase their clarity and purpose, communication, collaboration and conflict solving abilities.

Susan Bishop

Guest host, Susan Bishop, CPCC,  of Unlocked Box, is a personal and business coach who supports individuals and teams who want to increase their impact, enhance their focus and inspire action. She challenges her clients to expand their vision and put their unique gifts in play. She has smashed a lot of boxes in her own life and knows the courage it takes to bust out.  WomanTalk Live is proud to have Susan as our “Creativity Expert”.

Tune in this week to find out how women are influencing change in the workplace.

Saturday, May 5th, from 6:07-7:00 pm ET on Talkradio 680 WCBM Baltimore or “Listen Live” online  

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Ellen Koronet, Ann, Andrea Hylen &
Lisa Stearns

Be sure to check out last week’s show when I talked with Andrea Hylen, the founder of Heal My Voice; Ellen Koronet, who owns and operates a full service marketing research and creativity firm, LNK Creative: Focus Groups & Surveys for the Entrepreneurial Spirit; and, Lisa Stearns, a successful coach, athlete, teacher, author, wife and friend, and the creator and coach of the Finding Your Voice™ Program.  We talked about the very first Heal My Voice Book Circle Project which resulted in the book, Fearless Voices: True Stories by Courageous Women and about writing to heal.

If you missed the show or you want to share it with a friend, listen here.

This Week on WomanTalk Live – “Writing to Heal” – a Conscious Conversations Café Show with Andrea Hylen, Ellen Koronet and Lisa Stearns

        
Andrea Hylen              Ellen Koronet              Lisa Stearns

Joining me in the studio this week for a Conscious Conversations Café show are three amazing women:

Andrea Hylen, the founder of Heal My Voice;

Ellen Koronet, who owns and operates a full service marketing research and creativity firm, LNK Creative: Focus Groups & Surveys for the Entrepreneurial Spirit; and,

Lisa Stearns, a successful coach, athlete, teacher, author, wife, other and friend, and the creator and coach of the Finding Your Voice™ Program, providing women the tools they need to express themselves with confidence and clarity.

I’ve known Andrea Hylen for several years and have always been amazed at how she taps into the heart of any project she is working on and consciously creates projects that help heal.

Andrea is the Founder of Heal My Voice, whose mission is to empower women and girls to heal grief, loss, and trauma, and reclaim their inner authority, so they can discover and use their leadership skills in their homes, communities, and the world, by developing collaborative projects that encourage leadership, community building and the reclaiming of each woman’s voice.

In the spring of 2011, several of us – friends and strangers – came together (Andrea was part of the group) at a weekend retreat where we discussed how we would be fearless in our lives, live with courage, and hold a space and encourage other women to do the same.

In late spring, several of the same women gathered to kick off a book based on the theme of being fearless. Through the months, guided by Andrea and other women in the group, we met, we had phone calls and we wrote our stories. How had we or were we becoming fearless? How did we or how were we finding our own voices?

Fearless Voices: True Stories by Courageous Women is the very first book in the Heal My Voice Book Circle Project.  It provided the opportunity for twenty women (including me) to share the stories in their lives that needed some healing.

Join us this week as we talk about finding our voices through sharing the stories.

Saturday, April 28th, from 6:07-7:00 pm ET on Talkradio 680 WCBM Baltimore or “Listen Live” online  

Also, join us for the Fearless Voices Book Launch
 and Heal My Voice Fundraiser

Sunday, April 29, 2012

2:00-5:00 pm
Homewood Suites by Hilton
8320 Benson Drive
Columbia, MD 21045

Music, dessert, silent auction and book signing. Come meet the authors and connect in a loving, supportive community. Inspiration! Books will be available for purchase.

Open to the public.

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Barbara Holt Streeter, Ann, Cheryl Wood & Sonya Smith-Valentine

Be sure to check out last week’s show when I talked with Cheryl Wood, award-winning author, speaker and Empowerment Coach and the founder of Women Entrepreneurs Partnering for Profit (WEPP), and Sonya Smith-Valentine, CPA, Esq., and CEO of Financially Fierce, LLC and Barbara Holt Streeter, founder of The PR & Protocol Group to talk about what happens when women entrepreneurs come together to support, encourage and collaborate with each other.

If you missed the show or you want to share it with a friend, listen here.

This Week on WomanTalk Live – “Women Entrepreneurs Partnering for Profit” with Cheryl Wood, Sonya Smith-Valentine & Barbara Holt Streeter

Cheryl Wood

Sonya Smith-Valentine

Barbara Holt Streeter

So many women have dreams of starting their own business and doing something they love and want to share with the world.  But, we know it takes more than just loving our business idea.  It’s real work to get a business off the ground and keep it going.

Having a support network is crucial for the beginner and the established entrepreneur, and the three women joining me in the studio this week know what that’s all about.

Cheryl Wood, award-winning author, speaker and Empowerment Coach is known as the Fearless Living Strategist.   She works with women to help them ignite their Fearless Factor for living outside the box, taking calculated risks, and overcoming roadblocks in their journey to reach their full potential in life.  Cheryl challenges her clients to think bigger and stretch themselves to new heights.  She is also the Founder/President of Women Entrepreneurs Partnering for Profit (WEPP), a women’s networking organization designed to promote the success and sustainability of women in business through shared resources, maximized exposure, and increased revenue potential.

WEPP is a 12-month recurring program designed to provide a platform for women entrepreneurs to catapult their businesses, their earning potential, their resources, visibility and collaborations.

Also joining me in the studio are two women who are actively involved in the current WEPP program, Sonya Smith-Valentine, CPA, Esq., CEO of Financially Fierce, LLC, the Financial Success Coach For Your Life & Your Business and Barbara Holt Streeter, founder of The PR & Protocol Group, which provides services and training to individuals and companies that are ready to launch, build and maintain their image and reputation.

Join us as we talk about the challenges of getting a business going and flowing and what support, partnership and collaboration can mean for a woman entrepreneur.

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Lori Hollander, Ann, and Bob Hollander

Be sure to check out last week’s show when the WomanTalk Live Relationship Experts, Lori and Bob Hollander of Relationships Work, joined me to talk about the five biggest stumbling blocks in communication and what you can do about them.

If you missed the show or you want to share it with a friend, listen here.  It could be an important step to creating an extraordinary partnership.