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As I was driving home from my dance class this morning I was behind a car with the bumper sticker which read:
Behind every Successful Woman is Herself. And let me add: behind EVERY woman (no matter her perceived status) is HERSELF.

As a self- employed entrepreneur and writer every waking moment is a confrontation and conversation with myself. Inside of myself are many different voices, each vying to be the main voice, the boss. If on nay certain day the boss is task-oriented there is no limit to what I can accomplish. If the voice that wins out is the sloth well it’s all down hill from there. When I study the lives of super successful people I am always awed by their drive and ambition. Sometimes I tap into some of that but I have to say there is not a huge well of that in me. The trick to success, as I see it, is to tap into what you do have in abundance and use that to propel you forward towards whatever goals seem interesting and fulfilling to you. To thine own self be true and all that.

If you are drawn to being an entrepreneur, a business owner,  what a path of challenge that is! If you are more the visionary and lees the implementer,  it can seem that nothing ever gets done! Learn your strengths and delegate everything else is the most  important distinction to make or you’ll find yourself going slowly and surely stark-raving mad. I can vouch for that myself.

Check out the amazing entrepreneurs I have interviewed on my talk show, Priestess Entrepreneur: Kitchen Table Conversations.
Each and every one of those women is an inspiration and boldly courageous.

Scroll down through the blog posts or click on the GUESTS tab and check out these amazing women!
Leave a comment so I know you were here. What are some of your challenges on your own journey to whatever success looks like for you?

This is a special week for me on Priestess Entrepreneur: Kitchen Table Conversations with my guest Susan Melching, owner of Susan Melching Skin Care Professionals. Besides the fact that I am great advocate of proper skin care (it is our largest and most sensual organ!) Susan is one of my oldest and truest friends. I met Susan when she first started out in a two room office many, many moons ago (too many to count!). She and I grew our businesses simultaneously – she ultimately purchasing the building she is now in on the corner of Folsom and Pine in Boulder, and me selling my business, writing a book, and reinventing myself as talk show host promoting women in business. She and I often laugh and muse in wonder at our lives, how far we have come, and how long we have held sacred each other’s dreams (and continue to do so). There’s nothing like a companion on the path for the long haul to help you keep everything in perspective. And that we surely do for one another.

The coolest thing about Susan’s work is that she is just one step away from the dermatologist, a few of whom she works with closely. Susan is committed to continuing education so she is always on the very front line of what is new and what is best for the crucially important care of our precious skin. If I ever want to know ANYTHING about skin I ask Susan. if she doesn’t know she will f ind out.

Susan’s skin care clinic is equipped with the most incredible tools and machinery to get our Colorado tortured skin (ah…that 5% humidity which my hair so loves my skin hates!) in tip-top shape. Susan can identify precancerous moles and growths (sending you off for more doctor care and follow-through) and she offers an amazing lymph drainage treatment to get built-up toxins moved out. You can schedule a consultation with Susan and find out what’s the perfectly best treatments and follow-up care for you. Once you experience some of her facials and peels and such you will be hooked. Your skin will thank you every day.

Not only is Susan the most knowledgeable skin care person I know but she is also an inspiring entrepreneur, courageously pushing herself to grow and learn.  And she has the perfect touch for your most important skin. For all Priestess Entrepreneurs, caring for all parts of our sacred selves is just part of the protocol. Susan Melching provides the ultimate in Priestess quality skin care. Call Susan for your consultation today! 303. 442. 7921

My interview with Susan will be aired on Comcast Channel 22, Boulder Valley Media Alliance, this week on
Monday at 6pm, Thursday at 6pm, and Sunday at 11am

You can also view the interview online in its entirety at http://vimeo.com/13476249

Leave a reply here and give me feedback on the interview.
To learn more about Susan, her clinic, and her work check out her website at http://SusanMelching.com

This week on Priestess Entrepreneur: Kitchen Table Conversations I have the pleasure of interviewing a Goddess yogini right here in Boulder, our own Cindy Lawrence. I first met Cindy many years ago when she was doing private yoga sessions with a mutual friend who was suffering from cancer. I had heard my friend rave about her personal yoga teacher over many shared cups of afternoon tea. My friend adored Cindy and looked forward to their time together as a highlight of her week. When I finally met Cindy I could understand why.

Cindy’s gentleness and compassion is obvious as soon as you meet her. What is not obvious is her unique way of practicing yoga, Goddess yoga, yoga that honors, supports, and brings forth the divine feminine in each of us. Ah! This goddess yogini is also a Priestess. Priestesses work with the Divine feminine principle, bringing that energy into balance-first with self, then with the outer world. First within, then directed outward.

As an empowered Priestess Entrepreneur being in your body in a healthy way is a MUST! Learning to live comfortably and lovingly in your body is the Goddess Yoga way. Cindy’s style is so natural, so all-embracing of the feminine way. I love her best because she loves all things Venusian. After our interview she said she was headed for a cup of tea and a chocolate croissant. Truly a yogini after my own heart.

You can watch this inspiring and informative interview on Boulder Valley Media Alliance Comcast Channel 22 on
Monday, July 19th at 6pm, Thursday, July 22nd at 6 pm and Saturday at 11am

Even easier you can watch the interview in its entirety by clicking on: http://vimeo.com/13205369

You can learn about Cindy’s wonderful yoga work, check out her class schedule, see upcoming workshops and see some fabulous photos of couple yoga on her website at http://YogaThatHeals.com

A few months ago a book fell off the NEW FICTION shelf at the Boulder Public Library where I was perusing for some summer reading. When a book falls off the shelf I would be remiss to not look it over carefully. The title certainly intrigued:
The Murderous Urges of Ordinary Women by Lois Meltzer.  Being a self-published author myself  ( Priestess Entrepreneur: Success is an Inside Job and other must-have works for purchase at my ONLINE store, published by The Beatrice Brown Publishing Company- that would be me)  I  always look to see who published the book I am about to read. Publishing company: Certain Age Press.

Ok, so I am an ordinary woman of a certain age and, God knows,  I certainly have had murderous urges. The cover clinched it for me. American Gothic except that Granny is sporting sunglasses and holding a shotgun.
A keeper for sure.

I went home and read the book in one sitting. I laughed out loud. I squealed with delight.  I even shed a few tears. The book follows the antics of 4 women friends over the age of 50 who see that their general invisibility gives them the power to take action in ways they were wouldn’t consider before!  Justice will be served. Scales will be balanced. And are they ever clever! Kind of reminds me of when my tenant throws cigarette butts in the yard and I flush the toilet when he is in the shower. Oops.
All in all,  The Murderous Urges of Ordinary Women is a fine way to spend a hot summer’s day. Because I am the sort who does this type of thing, I tracked the author down through her website.  If you are an author you MUST have a website, even just to direct people to Amazon and to receive correspondences. I needed to know if she was local as I wanted to interview her on my show.

As it turns out Lois lives far from me in the Pacific Northwest and had no plans to be in Boulder any time soon. Not to be thwarted I suggested a phone interview. There was so much I wanted to ask about the characters, her self-publishing experience, her inspiration. It was agreed. We tried once but due to technological glitches only my voice came out. We rescheduled and what you have here is a totally fun and  inspiring interview of the delightfully clever and warm-hearted author of  The Murderous Urges of Ordinary Women, Lois Meltzer.

Grab a cup of tea and enjoy the chat.
Please leave a comment so I know you were here.

And…if you are an author or know of an author who wants to promote her book through an interview with me  have her contact me at cinnabelle@earthlink.net.

Thank you and happy listening!

Cindy interviews Lois Meltzer, author of The Murderous Urges of Ordinary Women

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I am a massage junkie, it’s true. I am totally hooked on the short and long-term benefits of excellent body work. Fortunate as I am to live  in a town that is very massage-sophisticated I have experienced what I had thought was the entire gamut of massage experiences until I met up with Cat Cantor. And all I can say is “Beam me up, Cat.”

Cat, like me, has an affinity for the planets, a strong connection to the mobile hurtling through space that is our solar system. As it turns out, the planets resonate at unique sound vibrations. Those sound vibrations each have healing properties,  associated with the qualities of the planetary bodies – literally music to my astrologer’s heart. Cat taps into the energy of the planets through the use of tuning forks, in the totally cool practice of Accutonics. Hence her website http://MusicalHands.net

You really have to hear Cat talk about all this because I could be bungling the description of it.  And the BEST, of course, is to have the experience of this powerful healing massage technique yourself.

What I DO know is that Cat’s massage techniques will have you feeling like you you took a trip to outer space and still get to sleep in your own bed that night. If you think you feel more relaxed just to take a little road trip, imagine the healing experience of leaving the orbital pull for an hour or two. Nothing like it!

If you’re going to live your Priestess empowered self, doing good, uplifting work in the world, your first priority has to be to care for your precious body. Massage is a GIVEN for the empowered Priestess Entrepreneur. We each have to care for this amazing vehicle that carries us through our lives. The body can take some heavy hits, both physically and mentally.  A gifted bodyworker , like Cat, can help re-align and relax your body so it can return to its natural state of well-bring. Now doesn’t that sound divine?

Best to hear Cat talk about her work yourself. I interview Cat this week on Priestess Entrepreneur: Kitchen Table Conversations. You can catch the show on Comcast 22 today (Sunday) at 11a.m., Monday at 6p.m., Thursday at 6p.m., and Saturday at 11a.m.

You can also watch the show online in its entirety by clicking on http://vimeo.com/13198228

The only thing missing from Cat’s work is a car service to take you home after the session!

Due to a scheduling glitch (and it wasn’t even Mercury retrograde, go figure) the inspiring interview with Susan Osborn, Life coach through the inevitable series of unexpected changes on the river of life, will be broadcast this week on Channel 22. Of course the interview can be viewed in its entirety online by clicking on the VIMEO link:  http://vimeo.com/12340832

Susan’s story will touch your heart, inspiring you with courage to face the curious and sometimes downright, freaking-you-out, unexpected challenges life throws your way.

Last night as I was trying to keep my terriers calm through the over-the-top testosterous outpouring of fireworks in my neighborhood, which are clearly more for getting away with  illegal activities in the loudest possible way (will I NEVER move from this college boy infested neighborhood?!) 

I was flipping through the HBO channels (which I now get because it’s cheaper to receive HBO than not in my present tentative agreement with Comcast) I came upon the movie 21 grams. I have seen pretty much every movie in the genres I prefer but had missed this one somehow. The movie was exactly about unexpected change, the most challenging kinds. The cast was the best: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts (who deserved an Academy Award for that role), and Benicio Del Toro. I was deeply moved by the movie – 21 grams being the exact amount of weight we lose immediately upon death. Weight of a soul? Who knows?

The unexpected is the only thing we know for sure is to happen. Asking for help and support along the way seems the only sane thing to do. More on that in the Priestess Entrepreneur interview with Susan Osborn. http://vimeo.com/12340832

Sandy Hirsch and Christine March are the owners of a rather special purse company called LauraBella Fashions.

Born of a family tragedy-the death of their beloved niece, Laura, in a snowmobile accident – the sisters created the company to carry on the joy and vibrancy of Laura’s life. To celebrate and honor her life, these sisters give back much of the proceeds of sales of the purses to charities Laura loved and supported. The love just keeps on giving.
The purses are not only beautiful but practical as well. These inventive women bring their alluring aesthetic to their must-have designs. Heartwarming and inspiring,  this is an interview you won’t want to miss!
And you definitely want to check out all the fabulous handbags on their website
http://LauraBellaFashions.com

Here’s the link to watch the interview in its entirety.
The pompom purse is my favorite.
http://vimeo.com/12481396

I have been thinking a lot lately about unexpected change. Unexpected change can show up in all different ways, scanning the entire spectrum of our experiences. You can meet the love of your life at the freezer section at the grocery store wrestling over the last container of Haagen-dasz coffee ice cream -extra fat – or you can lose all your  investments with a market downturn. You can win the lottery ( I hear some people win it twice. Once guy won the lottery AND the scratch -off ticket bazillions in the same day!) or you can a be diagnosed with a fatal illness.

Whatever it is that comes your way on any particular day you can pretty much count on it not being exactly what you thought it would be. That’s LIFE- ever changing, ever unfolding, always a surprise, often miraculous. Personally I like to chat about what is occurring in life and what part I have in making that all happen. What parts do I control (hardly any – mostly my thoughts and
my reactions) and what parts do I absolutely have no control over ( most everything)? A coach is a great person to bounce ideas off of and work things through with (excuse the dangling participles).

A coach is a great aid on the journey of life. Kind of like a river guide. No way are you going to venture down a river without a guide. And believe me, the river of LIFE is way more wild these days than the Colorado River bookin’ it through the Grand Canyon. My suggestion is FIRST get an astrology session ( with me!) to get your own personal map of the river of your life, then get yourself a good coach (guide) to help you navigate the tough patches.

Check out the inspiring Priestess Entrepreneur  interview with Life Coach, Susan Osborn, fearless guide on the River of Unexpected Changes on this week’s Priestess TV. You can watch the show on Comcast 22, Boulder Valley Media Alliance, Monday at 6p.m.,
Thursday at 6p.m., and Saturday at 11a.m.

Or watch the entire interview  any time at all online at  http://vimeo.com/12340832

Unexpected changes are becoming so commonplace we are pretty much expecting the unexpected.  With rebel disruptive planet Uranus teaming up with only-making-it-more-so Jupiter you can pretty much be assured there’s going to be more of that coming down the pike. What to do?

Well first check out my totally cool interview with Life Coach Susan Osborn, a woman who fearlessly addresses this most challenging of all beasts: the unexpected. Like most good coaches. it has been the curve balls Life has served up to Susan that has pushed her to develop her coaching in this particular way.

Susan’s intelligence combined with her gentle, compassionate nature -towards herself and others- makes for a compelling and engaging interview. Not to be missed!

Catch us tomorrow (Sunday) at 11am, Monday at 6pm, Thursday at 6pm, and Saturday at 11am. on Comcast 22, Boulder Valley Media Alliance.
Or you can watch online at any time by clicking on  http://vimeo.com/12340832

No need to try handle all of this by yourself!
Life coaching can be so helpful.
Check out Susan’s interesting work – she just might be the perfect coach for you!

A friend gave me the coolest bracelet that always calls attention when I wear it. It’s made of large antique buttons piled one on one another, complemented by a swirl of bent silver. It looks like an intergalactic watch. Ask me what time it is and this watch/bracelet always reports that it’s right NOW! NOW is the time to wake up and be in your full empowerment.

OK, easier said than done. And not to be tempted on one’s own. Help is necessary and required. This week’s guest on Priestess Entrepreneur: Kitchen Table Conversations is a change-agent, wake-up assistant and facilitator of which I speak.
Join me and Jade Sund of Awaken Sister as we address the immediacy of stepping fully into our female power. Jade combines her years of training – she is a student of NLP and Hawaiian spiritual training, and so much more, to bring her coaching clients into full awareness, full state of awakeness and full empowerment in life.

Our conversation is both lively and inspiring. Jade shares her own journey confronting her own limitations – not to be missed!

The interview airs this week on Boulder Valley Media Alliance, Comcast Channel 22  the following days and times:
Sunday, 6 June at 11 a.m.
Monday, 7 June at 6 p.m.
Thursday, 10 June at 8 p.m.
Saturday, 11 June at 6 p.m.

To view the interview in its entirety online click on:  http://vimeo.com/12306631

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