A Website Is Your Most Effective Selling Tool As A Motivational Speaker – You Could Be Losing Business Because of a Few Minor Mistakes My two biggest sources of business are word-of-mouth-referrals and clients who find me through internet searches. Last year 50% of my business came from strangers who found me on the internet. That means [...]
Top 8 Women Motivational Speakers Who Dream Big
As I work on my dream of becoming an international motivational speaker, I’ve begun to overdose on YouTube videos of famous women motivational speakers who dreamed big. I asked myself this question: If I could invite any 8 motivational speakers for dinner who would I invite? This question led to me Googling and doing some [...]
The #1 Way To Improve Women’s Self-Esteem – Get The Guy’s Perspective
In my dream journey to improve women’s self-esteem worldwide, I photograph women daily who wish their bodies and features were different. But what if we’re focusing on things that men don’t even notice? Could we improve women’s self-esteem if we knew our partners adored every last “flaw” we perceived? Women are critical. Most of us grow [...]
Dreaming of Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse
Dreaming of a zombie apocalypse is not something most would look forward to. Most mothers would love to have a bouquet of flowers or breakfast in bed for Mothers Day. This fitness dreamer wanted to get covered in mud and run like a crazy person through a 5k obstacle course with my son while being [...]
Are You Being Fascinating Enough? How to be Fascinating
When your dream is to be a top blogger and you are regularly writing on your blog, you should eventually (hopefully) arrive at the place where you are consistently asking yourself, “Can I do better?” and “How do I make this better for my audience?” Checking in with yourself and striving to be better is [...]
5 of the Top Food Trends in 2013
This week I’ve been thinking a lot about food trends and my culinary dream while writing my ebook. Do you remember the Life cereal commercial with Mikey and his brothers? Two of them didn’t want to eat the cereal because they were sure it was healthy so they nominated poor Mikey to try it. [...]
Would you Nominate me for National Geographic Traveler of the Year?
For the past 11 months I’ve been writing about what it’s like to travel the world with children and lead the traveler’s life. Does this make me a National Geographic Traveler of the Year? I’ll let you decide, but here’s the information on this latest National Geographic traveler contest: WASHINGTON (May 1, 2013)—National Geographic Traveler [...]
Motivational Speakers Are Scared To Death Too
Motivational Speakers Deal With Fear Every Day We often think that reaching our dreams is a matter of being good enough, having the talent, getting noticed, being in the right place at the right time, being better than the others, working the hardest, or knowing the right people. While all of these might play a part, I think that what really stops [...]
How to Deal with Loss When you are Dreaming Big
When you decide to dream big, you must also understand how to deal with loss. You must prepare yourself for the likelihood of loss. I know that it’s hard prepare for loss — it sounds like I am asking you to expect negative events to happen. But we must always give up something to make [...]
Find Your Body Role Model
Growing up I didn’t have many body role models. I consider a body role model someone you can look up to who doesn’t fit the mold but rocks their body anyway. Today’s generation has Beyonce, J Lo and Kim Kardashian. Curvy has become chic and desirable. They even sell padding to make your bum and [...]
Using Your Internal Guidance System to Create a Fulfilled Life
One of the great joys of my life is that I am so blessed to be connected to so many extraordinary souls on this planet, many of whom are incredible artists, teachers, healers and creators all dedicated to making this a more peaceful, joyful world. One of those goddesses reappeared in my life recently, when my friend Zen DeBrucke, who teaches the art of using your internal guidance system to create a fulfilled life, returned from a sabbatical spent traveling with her beloved husband.
Thinking of Trying a Detox Cleanse? Product Review of Kaeng Raeng
Fitness dreaming can take some interesting turns when testing a product. We were contacted a few months ago from a company who offers one of the hottest new detox cleanse on the market. Kaeng Raeng is an all natural detox meal replacement designed to help you lose weight, remove toxins, bolster your immune system, and [...]
