Oct
30
Embracing and Evolving the Feminine: Engaging the Gender Paradox
October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
We are committed to spreading the word about this unique global conversation among women on feminine power. Here’s an update on this weekend’s event: Join Zen teacher Diane Musho Hamilton for what promises to be a bold and fascinating exploration of the relationship between our freedom and our femininity – one that will illuminate our [...]
Oct
26
Micro Loans Can Help Your Small Business Take Off
October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Great news if you’re entrepreneur or own a small business that you’d like to expand. We’ve posted before on Kiva.org, which gives loans as small as $25 to help small business owners in developing countries. Now it’s hoping its microlending strategies can offer a way out of the recession here, and has started offering similar [...]
Oct
21
Retirement Security for Women In Generating Income Rather than Wealth
October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment
In part because we live longer, and also because of the ways in which women’s retirement benefits are tied to how much we earn during our working lives, women face a greater longevity risk – danger of outliving our assets – in ways that men don’t. How women can get more guaranteed income in retirement [...]
Oct
16
Feminine Power: Women on the Edge of Evolution – Teleseminar Invitation
October 16, 2009 | 6 Comments
“The world will be saved by the western woman.” His Holiness the Dalai Lama. What is our role as women in creating the future of our world? Thanks to ‘blogee’ and friend Julia for sending us the following invitation to a free teleseminar for a life-changing conversation with leading women visionaries and change agents, including [...]
Oct
16
The New Retirement Community: Lifelong Learning on a College Campus
October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Senior communities centered around golf courses will one day become a relic of a past generation, and one alternative cropping up are apartments and condos within walking distance of college campuses. They’re called university based retirement communities, and a very cool idea. Am I the only one who dreamed of being a perennial student while [...]
Oct
12
Ten Qualities of Self-Renewing Adults
October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara was one of the early coaching and leadership development organizations to recognize that for organizations and individuals, shifting from old models of linear hierarchical control to a 21st century world of flow and opportunity means we need to develop new skills to live and work creatively. With less predictability [...]
Oct
10
Protect Your Assets by Letting Your Heirs Know How to Claim Them
October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment
At this stage in life, who among us isn’t swamped with papers to keep track of? And not just ours but our parents’ as well. Insurance policies (life, long term care, auto, home), medical files (who see what doctor, their meds) financial documents (checking, savings, CDs, safe deposit boxes, investments), legal (wills, living trust). Staying [...]
Oct
8
Help for Menopausal Women on World Mental Health Day
October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
If you are a woman in perimenopause or menopause and feel depressed, or perhaps mildly depressed (called dysthmia), first of all, know that you aren’t alone. Studies show that depression is common during the transition to menopause. Then take action to take care of yourself. Observe National Depression Screening Day by completing the NIH supported [...]
Oct
7
If you’ve woken up lately asking yourself what you want to do with the rest of your life – that classic marker of midlife – sign in to make sure you don’t miss this 7-part series on creating your best life for the years ahead. Today we’ll enlist the help of “living on purpose” coach [...]
Oct
3
Carolyn Myss Defies Gravity – Part I
October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Carolyn Myss has done it again. This keynote describes her latest work, Defy Gravity: Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason. She’s not talking about levitating or anti-aging treatments – but defining healing in simple and intuitive terms through mystical eyes. For several years she’s been studying the works of 16th century Spanish mystics Teresa of [...]
