As the person who was crazy enough to set herself up as the motivator and the creator of 8 Women Dream (trust me I often think I need to have my head examined … could just be the menopause), each week I try to come up with something inspirational to help those of us in [...]
About Catherine Hughes, Editor & Chief
Catherine’s dream is to make 8 Women Dream the premier online publication for women looking to change their lives. She is a published author, known for her humorous speeches on finding your dream life and blogging for fun and profit. Catherine also writes about her life as a mom at the blog, A Week in the Life of A Redhead and several online marketing publications. She would also like to be invited to speak at TED about her observations on people chasing their big dreams. Catherine posts on Sunday evenings and fills in when needed. Join me on Google+ rapieress@aol.com
How Toastmasters Can Help Your Dream
This week Greg, an 8 Women Dream reader asked me about the public speaking part of my dream and what’s happening with it. I am set to join Toastmasters full-time the first Tuesday in June. Have I been practicing public speaking in any way? Does nagging a teenage son to do his chores count? There [...]
The Top 8 Things To Do When You Want To Give Up On Your Dream
I was recently asked why I don’t give up on my dream. The truth is: I can’t. It’s simply not in me. When I was a teenager, I witnessed my father work through excruciating pain and constant vomiting, as an ugly cancer ate him alive. With his every last breath he continued to work as [...]
The Ultimate Guide To Getting Through A Dream Plateau
There’s no set step-by-step process that will help you recover when you hit a plateau on your way towards dream fulfillment. Obstacles and stalls are part of the process, and it’s up to your ambition, desire, and commitment to push you past the dream plateau and hopefully push through to a new life of dream [...]
What Is Most Important To You Today
Here’s this week’s inspirational message from Anthony Robbins. He addresses the reasons why we don’t succeed by looking at what is most important, and when we don’t look at this too, we set ourselves up to fail: Live an Extraordinary Life by Anthony/Tony Robbins What are your three pillars? Do you have them in place? [...]
Who Else Lives A Bold Life
As someone attempting to motivate others, I am often asked how do I stay motivated and on my own path. I read a lot, watch videos and listen to some great CD’s. I find motivation in nature and great music. But when I really feel stuck, I go look for fellow bloggers who like to [...]
Inspirational Video: Fulfilling The Dream Of Flight In A Wingsuit
What do you fear? TED speaker, Ueli Gegenschatz previews a short film of his dream of flying in a high-tech wing suit. He has no fear – not even of death. It is his dream to fly and land like a bird. Stay with the video to 5:45 minutes in and see him fly like [...]
What Dream Goal Are You Working On Today?
Are you lost on how to begin your dream today? Are you confused by where to start? Get out a piece of paper and a pencil. Write your dream at the top. Now just begin to write everything you can possible think of that you will have to do to achieve this dream. For example. [...]
The Ultimate Easter Week Motivational Video
For parents stuck at home with kids under 30 … OK 40 … this week: Enjoy your Easter week. And keep on dreaming – Catherine (Catherine’s dream is to be a motivator, motivational speaker and published writer. She is testing her theories on motivation with this blog and the seven other women who have volunteered [...]
How Do We Change
An important part of following your dream is to become fully conscious, fully present. Artist Chris Jordan shows us super sized images around some almost unimaginable statistics, helping us become more aware that our everyday actions DO matter. Keep on dreaming – Catherine (Catherine’s dream is to be a motivator, motivational speaker and published writer. [...]
What To Do When You Need Dream Motivation
How do we stay motivated to continue going after our big dreams? Author Daniel Pink makes the argument that to stay with long term goals we must have intrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation refers to motivation that comes from inside an individual rather than from any external or outside rewards, such as money. When you are [...]
Find The Courage To Live Your Dream by Les Brown
Courage is defined as having mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand fear. Les Brown, top motivational speaker, speech coach, and best-selling author says, “A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.” In the following video Les Brown makes the point that [...]
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