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		<title>The Greatest Gifts are Small Packages Wrapped with Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alisha Askew]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever felt like you were doing something just to be doing it but you really didn’t know “why” you were doing it? Or… have you ever felt as if you had this grand vision which caused you to work yourself to the bone but the end result only left you feeling exhausted, deprived, and unfulfilled? One day I was door to door marketing for my Rejuve-N-Luv Body Scrubs when I came across a sweet lady who really supported my vision and mission. Not only did she invest in my body scrubs but she also gave me a purple wooden paddle that quotes, “Do Small Things With Great Love”. As my heart overflowed with warmth and my eyes filled with tears, it was a simple reminder that the greatest gifts come in small packages and are wrapped with love. The funny thing is, before ever meeting this kind woman, I have always told customers that my Rejuve-N-Luv Body Scrubs were handcrafted from the heart with love. Even though it is something so small, I pour my heart into the creation of each product; and although I have a grand vision for empowering moms, I will not let my final destination consume “me” or the greater purpose behind “why” I do what I do. In the beginning of my journey I got caught in all of the hype of trying to be a successful a mompreneur and life coach which caused my focus to be misaligned with my what my heart desired and the greater purpose that I was serving. See, what often happens is that our eyes start to get bigger than the view in front of us and then we easily get distracted, side tracked, and rerouted all because we lose touch with where our heart and true desires were leading us. Be intentional! Whatever dream, goal, or vision that you are setting out to achieve, know that it does not have to have be monstrous, glamorous, or shiny in order for it to light up the world. As long as you follow your heart, act intentionally, and execute it with great love, no matter how small or how big the deed is, your light will shine&#8230; and it will shine BRIGHT! But most importantly, remember that a woman who listens to her heart and walks purposefully towards her dreams will attract the divine opportunities and people with her light. So the next time that you are “going”, ask yourself, 1) what is the greater purpose that I am serving and 2) am I following my heart and acting with love. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; . &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Things I Learned After I Resigned</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 08:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Lynn Foster]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little more than a year ago, I left my &#8220;cushy&#8221; job in corporate to strike out on my own. I&#8217;ve learned a lot during that time and now I&#8217;m ready to share. Here it is…the long awaited, much anticipated TOP TEN LIST of things I learned after resigning from my J-O-B. If not comprehensive in coverage, it is at least true in every aspect. This journey to one year post-resignation has been one of the most interesting, surprising, and rewarding of my career. There have been technical AND personal lessons all along the way. Some have been edifying and others have been just downright frustrating and debilitating. Thankfully, I have a wonderful support system which has carried me through the lows and celebrated the highs. May it always be so and may it keep me mindful of how to do it for others as they strike out on their own. Enjoy! #10. DO, finally, go on a field trip with your kindergartener’s class. Do NOT ride the bus with said class. #9. Setting up a website and a blog will involve forming a really close relationship with Doug the support guy at GoDaddy, the email support at Weebly, and the WordPress consultant (Booyah!), and basically anyone who is willing to answer your dumb I’m-not-a-millennial-what-does-this-button-do questions. #8. Spending three hours trying to export and reformat your contacts from a Mac OS to excel is stupid. There’s an app for that. It took five minutes. SMH. #7. SMH means “shaking my head.” This and many other acronyms give you lots of street cred with the cool kids hanging out on social media. #6 So, Mailchimp is not a great ape that works for the post office? Got it. #5. Coordinating calendars is difficult when you are on the same network, but nearly impossible when you aren’t and you are reduced to trading availability through email. Thankfully, there’s an app (or 10) for this, too. #4. Writing your own website content is kind of fun, but it turns out the “About Me” page is actually the hardest part to write (cue René Descartes). Have you ever really tried to answer the question: “Who am I?” It’s HARD! #3. QuickBooks: It is neither quick nor a book. Discuss. (#ihateaccounting) #2. It only takes two years, the loss of all daily access to PCs, the installation of Microsoft Office for Mac, two OS upgrades, and a few Apple classes to turn a Mac from a glorified TV into an actually useful piece of technology. (Where’s that Staples button…) #imamac #thatwaseasy And the number one thing I have learned… #1. People want to help. They really do. Receiving support and encouragement, and accepting help from friends, colleagues, and surprisingly friendly strangers on twitter (@ericlmitchell) during this time of major change has been a bigger blessing than I could have ever imagined. Everyone should be as lucky as me. &#160; Got anything to add to my list? What have you learned that you carried forward after making a BIG decision? Let me know in your comment below!]]></description>
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		<title>Rest Now or Pay Later: Importance of a Sabbath Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2015 09:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alisha Askew]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why has living in the hustle and bustle of life become the new norm; where every waking second of our day is preoccupied with “something that absolutely has to get done, no matter what”? The only time that we truly think about taking a break is when we have over exerted ourselves and are burnt out. Can you honestly enjoy your break when you are, at that point, too tired to rest? Can you honestly enjoy your break when you are, at that point, too tired to rest? Last week started off very exciting and then ended with overwhelm. I launched my new Shine Bright Bold &#38; Beautiful mini 5 Day eCourse which empowers mothers to overcome self-doubt and overflow in self-empowerment! I made a big business no-no of completing each video and content on the same day that the eCourse was sent out to subscribers, so I always felt behind and time restricted. By end of day Friday, there was a complete difference in my temperament, my focus, and my motivation. All I can say is that I don’t think that I have experienced a happier entrepreneur moment than when I submit that last and final mini eCourse video to my subscribers! However, the sad thing was… I was so anxious to start another project on Saturday, despite any overwhelm and fatigue that I was feeling from that week. As soon as I picked up my computer to start another task, the words “Just Rest” came to me. That is when I started thinking about the Sabbath and how I told myself over a month ago that I was going to start resting on Saturdays. I slowly put my computer on the table and a sense of peace flowed throughout my entire body. No guilt. No remorse. Just an inner peace and stillness that my body, especially my mind was yearning! That is when I started thinking about the Sabbath and how I told myself over a month ago that I was going to start resting on Saturdays. I slowly put my computer on the table and a sense of peace flowed throughout my entire body. No guilt. No remorse. The thought of taking a day of Sabbath, or a rest day, is naturally frowned upon as we have been conditioned to work, work, work! In the beginning, I was even uncomfortable with myself for saying, “Today is my day of rest!” As the day went on, I felt like I achieved a major accomplishment of cherishing the moment, celebrating my Sunday-Friday work efforts, and being at peace with myself to take a load off, be easy, and “just rest”. So what exactly did I do on this day of rest? I did everything that may have been unintentionally neglected throughout the chaotic week. I prayed, meditated, and read in the morning, noon, and evening. I truly enjoyed quality time with my son and family. I released the negative energy from the week. I opened my mind and my heart so that I could more easily receive the guidance that I yearn on my purpose driven journey. I took a beautiful, rejuvenating, and well needed nap. And I just enjoyed the day for what it was. The benefits of rest and relaxation are endless, and many are priceless to the one and only precious life that we are given. During the week I may find some “Me Time” to balance all of the pressures from the day, but I am claiming Saturday as my day of Sabbath; my day of rest! I would love to hear how you find time to “Just Rest” and what are some of your favorite things to do during this so called “frowned upon” down time that is well needed and highly deserved?]]></description>
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		<title>My Dad Died 8 Years Ago, But He&#8217;s Still Teaching Me Life Lessons Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Brennan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I was little, I wanted to build a business/brand/invention/something&#8230;but I never knew what that &#8220;thing&#8221; was. I&#8217;ve gone down a few paths before, and given some things a shot, but could never quite put my finger on what I was destined to do. Growing up, I always wanted to start a club or group in my neighborhood, but that &#8220;club&#8221; always ended up being me and my neighbor girl (lol) and never really amounted to much. I am from a pretty small town, called Corry, PA, where only about 6,600 people live. My dad was a Metallurgical Engineer and my mom worked in our school system as a Teacher&#8217;s Aide. I had a great childhood and was surrounded by very positive, friendly people (for the most part). But, when it came to choosing a career, I never considered anything too &#8220;outside the box&#8221; because those kinds of jobs didn&#8217;t really exist in Corry, PA. I didn&#8217;t know that you could get paid to re-arrange furniture and decorate someone&#8217;s home! My mom and I did this all the time and I loved it! I didn&#8217;t know that you could video yourself doing something, post it online, and make money from it. And I certainly had no idea how to design a website or build a platform for social sharing&#8230;I didn&#8217;t even know these were viable options! And, to be honest, being involved with computers meant you were quite &#8220;nerdy&#8221;, which was not what I was going for in my teenage years (ohhh, how the tables have turned now, lol). I ended up getting a degree in Biology (not nerdy at all, right?) and then followed that up with a Master&#8217;s in Education. Being a teacher was one of the few career paths I was very familiar with as a kid&#8230;that and being a banker, waiter, doctor, shop worker, and retail associate. After I got out of graduate school and discovered the power of the internet, I realized that I had not even come close to tapping into the big world of opportunity that was out there; I was surely bit by the &#8220;entrepreneurial bug&#8221;. Then it hit me&#8230; my own father had his own international business, run out of our basement, and was an entrepreneur all this time! But, to me (growing up), all that meant was that he traveled and was on his phone/computer a lot. He never called himself an &#8220;entrepreneur&#8221; and I had NO IDEA the sacrifices, challenges, and hardships him and my mom faced to support our family, especially in the early &#8220;risky&#8221; stages that are full of uncertainty. Occasionally he would talk about a successful &#8220;deal&#8221; he&#8217;d won, which usually meant he wanted to celebrate! He&#8217;d treat us to a nice dinner or give my mom and I some money to go shopping ( ), but I never knew the courage and strength he had, because I was simply too young. But now, I&#8217;m super curious and wish I could sit down and talk with him. My dad passed away almost 8 years ago&#8230;I was 22 when he died. I&#8217;m really pissed about the fact that ALS (Lou Gehrig&#8217;s Disease) took him away from me too early&#8230;I had so much to learn from him and didn&#8217;t even know it. My parents did a great job of &#8220;sheltering&#8221; my brother and I from the pressure that owning your own business can bring, especially with all of the international travel and stress that can cause on a family/marriage; we, for the most part, had no idea. But I don&#8217;t want to be &#8220;sheltered&#8221; anymore. I want to know the real hardships, struggles, challenges, and successes (that usually only your family well tell you, but), I have to learn about my father and his journey through a third-person, my mom. She has great stories and information to share with me, but it&#8217;s nothing quite like hearing it from someone who&#8217;s been through it first hand. She often recalls phrases or lessons she learned from him, regarding his business, and passes them down to me&#8230;one of them being &#8220;Don&#8217;t ever burn a bridge&#8221; and I really do take this advice to heart. When I think about it, I get really sad that my dad isn&#8217;t here on Earth with me to see what I&#8217;ve accomplished so far. When I escaped the &#8220;bubble&#8221; of my small town and migrated to the beautiful city of Charlotte, NC, I became even more motivated, driven, and passionate about making something of myself. For me, teaching just didn&#8217;t cut it, however I enjoyed my several years in the classroom&#8230;especially the people and student&#8217;s I worked with. But, as I&#8217;d think about my life, and what it looked like (I have visions&#8230; I know, it&#8217;s weird), but I never envisioned myself being a teacher forever; there had to be something more&#8230;but what was it? As I said before, I&#8217;ve dabbled in a few little &#8220;ventures&#8221; but nothing compares to what I feel for WIRL Project. I can share so much about my life on this platform and people actually care! I can connect people to empowering and inspirational stories that will help them, and I can be myself without using a filter, hashtag, or fake persona&#8230;I can be me. I can get advice and read stories from people who are like-minded and who also want to share their story&#8230;this has always been what I love doing anyway, it makes sense that I am so passionate about it. Recently, I met with a small group of entrepreneurs in Charlotte and one of the guys from our group gave me one of the nicest complements I&#8217;ve ever received&#8230; it solidified everything. He said, &#8220;Sara, you&#8217;re a visionary &#8211; you see things other people can&#8217;t see and have a passion to bring these visions to life. You are going to make something of yourself, and I think WIRL Project could really be &#8220;it&#8221; for you.&#8221; Now, I barely know this guy. He doesn&#8217;t know my story, or that I&#8217;ve been searching for years to figure out what I was meant to do, but when he said this to me, it all made sense. So now, I look back on my life and the lessons I&#8217;ve learned along the way in a different way. I don&#8217;t look back simply to remember, I look back to recall the experiences and lessons I learned from my dad, mom, hometown, school, colleagues, and from work and I&#8217;m still learning everyday. Who says you shouldn&#8217;t look back&#8230;for me, it&#8217;s teaching me invaluable lessons and launching me forward in ways I&#8217;d never thought possible. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>My Life Right Now: The Real Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Brennan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it really like to be me? Often times I wonder, does anybody care? But then, just as I&#8217;m feeling insecure, something or someone comes along and makes me feel really special and important. For example, when I shared last week that I had created and announced WIRL Project &#8211; the flood of emotions totally outweighed any doubt I&#8217;ve ever had in how much people love and support me &#8211; last Tuesday was one of the most awesome days to date! But even in the ordinary times, like every morning when I see my son for the first time, he smiles at me and there is truly no way to describe that level of happiness. But, as we all know, life isn&#8217;t always happy&#8230;it&#8217;s not always rainbows and butterflies (which social media likes to make people think). And actually, to be honest and &#8220;real&#8221;, before WIRL Project, my day-to-day life was kind of a mess. I struggled with feelings that I NEVER anticipated as a new mom&#8230;I sometimes felt &#8220;trapped&#8221; in a playroom with a toddler watching The Wiggles, feeling sad that I&#8217;d &#8220;lost&#8221; my independent, outgoing life that I once had. Then it would smack me in the face because I was sitting and playing with the most beautiful little human being on this earth (yes, I&#8217;m biased), and I felt shitty about it. Damn &#8211; that reality sucks when you feel something but know you shouldn&#8217;t. My day-to-day life became so focused around the baby, that I was really losing my sense of who I was as a person and I didn&#8217;t know what to do about it. Throughout all of these arguments I would have with myself, I didn&#8217;t really want to admit to my husband, friends, or family that I wanted to escape in some way, shape, or form. I felt guilty for wanting to get a babysitter or put my son in school because I was perfectly capable of taking care of him&#8230;but didn&#8217;t always want to? Wow &#8211; that was even hard to write&#8230;but it was true. So, for a long time, I didn&#8217;t say anything and then, one day, after having breakfast with my son, watching Wiggles or Pooh, and having snack time for the 1,000th time, I realized that I needed to face reality and stop living a life that was &#8220;perfect&#8221; for most, but not for me. So, I talked with my husband and we decided it was time for me to take a leap of faith and pursue something I&#8217;d had brewing in my head for such a long time. We decided that it was time that we enroll Mason into a &#8220;Mom&#8217;s Morning Out&#8221; program on Tuesday mornings, and that I get a sitter another morning (or two) of the week so I can venture into something of my own. Did I feel guilty, yes. Was I afraid, yes. Was it hard to say goodbye to the every-day-is-the-same kind of life we were living, yes! But, as I got into the groove of things, I started to get a pep in my step again and I started to feel a confidence that I&#8217;ve never felt before. I learned that I was not choosing to walk away from my son, or my &#8220;life&#8221;, but that I was choosing to do something for myself&#8230;which is what was missing all along. And, crazy as it sounds, it has made me a better mom, wife, and overall person. I can&#8217;t sit here and tell you that walking away from my sweet boy three mornings of the week, as he cries and yells out &#8220;Mama&#8221; as I&#8217;m walking away is easy, but what I can say is that I am 100% a better person for being strong and allowing myself to face the reality of what I was feeling and actually do something about it. So, what is it really like to be a full-time mom, wife, and entrepreneur? Well, it&#8217;s hard, crazy, frustrating, rewarding, and tiring, but most of all&#8230;it&#8217;s perfect for me. I can&#8217;t wait to share with you my journey as I continue down this new, awesome road; I can promise you there will be ups and downs and things are going to get crazy, but I can also assure you that with me, you will always get the REAL story, because in the end, when you&#8217;re real and honest with yourself and how you feel about your emotions, life, etc. then, I believe, you will be better equipped to love and be passionate about the people in your life and the things you do. From all this, I&#8217;ve learned to take a break if you need one, in fact, take several if you&#8217;d like; they don&#8217;t make you look weak and people will admire your courage and strength. Listen to the &#8220;whispers&#8221; in life, and if they sound crazy, talk to someone, act when you&#8217;re ready, and don&#8217;t be afraid to take chances. Life is too short to be anything but happy; it&#8217;s cliche, but so, so, so true!]]></description>
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