Purposeful Woman

Expand Your Centers of Influence

One of the challenges for women today, in particular, business women, is the opportunity to expand our network. Social media helps to some degree, however, we are creatures of habit and often find ourselves surrounded by the same people, having the same conversations. I learned of a business woman recently who created a “new normal” for herself [...]

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I just received this and thought – hey, I know some amazing women who have stories to tell. So I thought you should know about this. Check it out: The Story Exchange is looking for women business owners of all ages – from 18 to 81 – to be profiled in our high quality videos. [...]

Embracing Change

Are you an American Idol fan? Last night during the elimination show, mentor Jimmy Lovine evaluated each of the contestants performances. Of fan favorite Phillip Phillips, he said “Phillip is in danger of being passed by other contenders if he stands still.” That quote reminded me of the book Who Moved My Cheese. The classic [...]

Is Fear Holding You Back?

Over the years I have encountered women who are on the cusp of greatness and yet they hesitate. I have also met women in negative, even harmful circumstances who resist making a change. “What if I fail?,” they ask. “What if the change is worse that what I have currently?” And then the question that has often [...]

The other day I was talking about finding ways to determine what in your life brings positive emotions and what activities are more negative. We briefly discussed finding ways to turn the negatives into positives so that you can begin to move away from where you are today and travel closer to who you want [...]

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Look around. Not just your surroundings, but where you are in your life. Right now. Today. This minute. Are you where you want to be? Is this how you pictured your life to be when you reached this age; this stage in your life? As I travel the country meeting and speaking with other Purposeful [...]

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The theme for this year’s National Women’s History month is Women’s Education – Women’s Empowerment. In 1833 Oberlin college, in Ohio, was the first university in the United States to admit women to their campus. It seems like eons ago but when you consider that Harvard had been accepting men for over 200 years, it [...]

This evening marked a special occasion – the first Stark County/Canton, OH ATHENA International Leadership Awards ceremony. Nine incredible women finalists were recognized for their accomplishments in work, their charitable efforts and their mentoring and encouragement of girls and women. It was a spectacular night. One hundred and seventy-six men and women gathered to recognize [...]

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The other day we were talking about body language and the messages we unwittingly send with our bodies. It got me to thinking about how our bodies can continue giving after we are gone through the gift of organ donating. March is Eye Donor month. Since 1983 the National Eye Donor Bank has selected March [...]