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Neuralieve’s hand-held device to put an end to migraine!
Migraine is one condition nobody would like to be in and understandably so. It ruins your day, your work and everything in between. US Company Neuralieve has managed a breakthrough to alleviate you of the headaches. This hand held......
Ringtone will scare your sinusitis away!
Trust us to get you updated on your that’s- the- weirdest- thing- I- have- ever- heard department. This is so bizarre and it’s Japanese (nothing intended!). A company called Japan Ringing Tone Laboratory has come up with a totally......
Attractive woman make men accident-prone!
Men become more accident-prone in front of beautiful women, that’s what the scientists are saying and we women have known that for years now. Men have always tried to impress PYT’s by doing things they only claim but might......
Teaset prevents tea bags from dropping in!
The teaset by designer Vera Wiedermann is a very intelligent one at that. Teetotalers would know how irksome it is when you end up dropping the tea bag in your cuppa tea. There has been no good method of......
Video Game Wedding Invites are all about love, games and geeks in love!
Its time we allowed our minds to get blown away and honestly there is no other way after you learn of Darina and her 8-bit video game wedding invitation. Yes Darina with her fiancé. Both self-confessed Geeks, have taken......
The oblique clock…kinetic art!
For some odd reason all the clock that I have come across off late have some element of mystification in them; whether intentionally or unintentionally is something that only their creators can tell us. The latest confusing clock to......
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A blog post by jenn was featuredMySkins Bra and Panty ReviewAs your Beauty/ Fashion Classpert here at The Classy Closet, I am always on the lookout for amazing new products to help my fellow classy members look and feel FABULOUS! So I was totally fortunate to be selected to review...
White Hot Truth: because self-realization rocks.
a short rant about business cards
An old friend of mine was the Chief Technology Officer of one of the largest banks in the world. He helped Bill Gates design the techno part of his uber techno home. He wore navy pinstripes. He taught me a lot. The least meaningful but fun lesson: business cards are...
the suck factor of life balance, + passion as a cure to stress
I no sooner want to be balanced than I want to be a “good” girl. “Balance” is not something I want to live down to. - me If consensus is overrated, I think balance is too. I have no interest in living a balanced life. I want a life of adventure. - Chris...
branding 101: for plumbers + all entrepreneurs
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SEGMENT [4 minutes] . . . . . . POST THE POST I've sent dozens of clients to web designer, Sarah Bray over the last year and a half. Happiness abounds. Sarah is doing a Gold-Digging Excursion starting April 1 to help you "dig...
fire starter profile: Financially Smitten’s Lora Sasiela
Lora Sasiela is the founder of Financially Smitten. We did a Fire Starter Session last year and I was truly impressed with her knowledge (she's a psychotherapist by training and trade) and spirit (she's on a full tilt mission to help women make and manage real money.) When she launched...
doozers and losers: my favourite business mistakes
Devilish angel investors, pissed off magazine editors, princess-style spending, red flags firmly ignored. I’ve made some fabulous mistakes in the name of fame, fortune and reputation management. It is my most earnest wish to save you from a few of them. WHAT WAS I THINKING? 1. No partnership agreement. No one...
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DWC+ Teleclass Teaser: Social Media Tips
DWC+ Teleclasses Exclusively for DWC+ Premium members. Last week we heard from Lena West of xynoMedia and the Real Women Do Social Media series who showed us about Social Capital: Engagement Equals Money. Some of the tips we learned (and... ...
3 ways social media affects your business, even if you don't "do" social media
While I still talk to hundreds of people who don't "do" social media, I've noticed lately that whether they want it to or not, social media is changing things that they already "do." For example: Websites About Page. Last year... ...
Leaders Beware! Are You Walking the Talk?
With much attention being paid to empowering themes like the Law of Attraction, I’ll bet you never thought that setting POSITVE intentions or defining POSITIVE values for your team could throw your team members off track. Well, leaders beware! This... ...
The Golden 120 Seconds of Every Sales Call
This post is reprinted with permission from topshelf.entrepreneur.com. No matter what our role today, we're always selling something, so I went through my stacks of books and found a really short one called The Golden 120 Seconds of Every Sales... ...
Time for a Career Audit - Guest Post by Mireille Guiliano
It's now February - have you kept your resolutions? Enough with the get in shape ones. How about taking on a new and improved work life or career? As 2010 begins both a new year and new decade, consider pausing... ...
Spamming, Phishing & Spoofing - How to handle junk mail
We lost nearly a solid day of work last week when our customer service email was deluged with hundreds of crazy emails telling us that messages sent from our DowntownWomensClub.com domain were being rejected by the intended recipients. Now, we... ...
Joy Unexpected
It is Very Tempting to Title This Post "Hugs, FTW!"
Every once in a while the sound of my husband getting ready for work early in the morning will wake our daughter up. Usually, she'll ask him for a drink, or to quiet down and then she'll crawl back into......
I Should Have Posted This 3 Weeks Ago.
Click over here to read about it. Or, just enjoy the photos. Because the photos are always the best.......
I Guess What I'm Trying To Say Is That... I'm Sorry, Twitter
Today, for the first time in years, I suffered a massive panic attack. (I blame Carbonite. More on that later...) In 2003, I suffered from severe depression and almost debilitating panic attacks. Things got so bad, that I had to......
This morning I woke up feeling mixed emotions. On one hand, I was excited and proud. On the other, I felt like I had been punched in the gut. Every year, I write about the complex emotions I feel on......
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Warning: This Post is Full of SO MUCH CHEESE
I took this photo in the presidential suite of a hotel in Chicago. I've always been incredibly proud of this photo. Mostly because it has 3 of my favorite people in the world in it. Last weekend, I had......
Rise of the Innerpreneur
[tweetmeme] I feel more joy being less connected. A web presence... me using the Internet to communicate to the globe... sometimes, I wonder what I have gotten myself into. I question if an online life is truly sustainable and if I truly enjoy it. Do I really want to be connected and...
Kara Sorensen: February 2010 Innerpreneur Spotlight
Kara Sorensen Acupuncturist, Nutritionist and Solver of Food & Allergy Issues Acupuncture by Kara & The Food Craving Solution Follow Kara on Twitter I am: [tweetmeme]Kara Sorensen, and I am thrilled to help women and men be free of their food cravings with Acupressure over the phone. I’m a licensed Acupuncturist and have master’s degrees...
Feeling Small Makes Me Feel So Good
[tweetmeme] I can't believe how easy it was to shift my life in Toronto into low gear for the last 3 weeks. Sure, it was "stressful" before I left, but only because I made it so. Being away and unconnected for such a nice chunk of time showed me how overinflated...
I’m on a Field Trip in Nicaragua…
For the Next 3 Weeks [tweetmeme] My husband, Daniel, and I arrived yesterday afternoon in Costa Rica, in celebration of our 2nd wedding anniversary, where we are spending two days at Volcan Arenal -- in hopes of seeing some molten-hot magma -- before heading North to Nicaragua and the border crossing...
Michelle Barry Franco: January 2010 Innerpreneur Spotlight
Michelle Barry Franco The Brazen Soul Follow Michelle on Twitter I am: [tweetmeme] crazy grateful for the freedom to create my life and my body’s ability to grow and birth babies. wishing the whole time we are talking that I could somehow get inside of your head and see the world, your life, this...
[tweetmeme] You're already designing a life where you can express your beliefs and values in your work. "What if we looked at the world as a design project - how might we begin to make it better?" - Bruce Mau Try looking at your world more optimistically. Seek possibilities for improvement. Let...
Women's Voices For Change
THE TIME HAS COME! Katherine Bigelow wins Best Director A serious film from the first woman who was inclusive in her speech in an extraordinary way. Then the unimaginable: Best Film…Hurt Locker. Dedication to [...]...
Streisand announcing Bigelow: A class act.
I’m listening to Bigelow’s speech now. Thanking the people in Jordan and those in uniform felt real. On Twitter, though: “And the first woman director should have been MEEEEEE — f**k [...]...
Sandra Bullock! First Oscar. My favorite actress for bad days. That would be Miss Confidentiality. Her speech was so gracious. I finally cried....
Vera Farmiga on Clooney was wonderfully complex (though I kept being distracted by her bad hair day). Oprah’s tribute to Gabourey Sidibe felt just right, and reminded us that she’s [...]...
Best Foreign Film: I’m A Little Disappointed
I’d have liked it to have gone to “The White Ribbon,” which was not only beautiful and moving but also troubling, in a useful way....
Argentina wins best Foreign Film
That shout-out for Chile as the acceptor was being rushed off the stage felt really good....
Women For Hire
‘Don’t Let Your Judges Define You’
At age 81, Jules Feiffer—known for his edgy Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoons about sex, politics and neuroses—has written a memoir called Backing Into Forward (Doubleday $30). In the book, he recalls ups and downs in his long career, telling USA TODAY that it’s a “cautionary tale” about “getting rejected and slapped...
Bilingual and Need a Temp Job? Census Needs You
The U.S. Census Bureau is having a tough time in Texas finding Spanish-speaking Americans to help with its count. In Hartford, Conn., it needs folks who speak Russian, Korean and Urdu. In Boise, Idaho, where there is an influx of African refugees, the bureau needs people who speak Kirundi, The...
Teen Summer Job Market Still Tight -- But Worth Trying
The teen summer job market may slip below last summer's record low of 28.5% (45% in 2000) but experts say kids need to try, try, try again -- like their parents. Sue Shellenbarger reports that summer jobs can help kids get into college, that flipping burgers can be a learning...
A Well-Crafted Cover Letter Can Set You Apart
Given the stiff competition for jobs these days, career experts say writing an introductory note is worth it, especially for career-changers and those whose résumés show a red flag, such as an employment gap. Hiring managers say many job hunters don't submit cover letters, but those who do stand a...
Real Life 'Up In The Air' Hits Library
In Up In The Air, George Clooney stars as a corporate downsizer who personally informs employees that they're fired. But how would you feel if your firing was witnessed by a reporter profiling the company that does the whacking? That's what happened at the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library, a scandal...
Poll: One in Four Think Women's Place at Home
Women head governments, run companies and comprise about half the world's workforce, but a global poll shows that one in four people, most of them young, believe a woman's place is in the home. The poll comes at a time when women comprise more than 50% or all workers in...
Learned On by Andrea Learned
If GOP Could Go “Green,” Couldn’t Your Business?
How to engage the skeptics, whether on the topic of marketing to women or on the topic of sustainability, is a driving passion for me. What are the words, framing, and concepts that will be “accessible” to most people, and open up the conversation – so it doesn’t have to...
Call for Submissions: Women at the Forefront of Sustainability
My friends at WhatWomenMake recently posed a question that made me stop and think: who are the 2-3 women at the forefront of sustainability, and why? My first response, and that of pretty much all the smart sustainability-focused friends I quickly emailed, was – “wow – good question.” So that made...
Working Women: Key to Promoting Energy Efficiency
How women buy and how they work/lead is big news these days – no matter what brand, category, industry or organization. When you think about how to start to change the culture around sustainable life and business practices, women also appear to be worth serious consideration. This is particularly the...
Sustainable/Green Marketing Builds On Marketing to Women
Perhaps I’ve not been clear enough lately. Just as marketing to women really should not have been some hugely new concept when it started getting noticed a decade ago, so too should marketing to the sustainable consumer NOT be considered a whole new, hard to learn, concept. In both cases,...
The Social Studies Group and Learned On recently partnered to study the women who are really influencing “green mom” consumer behavior online. As with so many other issues, women exploring more sustainable consumer practices each begin an engagement with “green” for their own unique reasons. Our research found that these...
Today’s Consumer Seeks Enduring Value(s)
These days “the next big thing” apparently matters a lot less to consumers, and this cultural shift should certainly influence the way brands develop products and marketing strategies for the near future. Consider what Nancy Koehn writes in a Harvard Business Review article entitled “American Consumption and the New Normal:” So...
The Hubby Diaries
So far, March has been a crazy month at our house and it looks like we’ll have to keep up this high speed pace for at least 2 more weeks. We have some exciting things happening …. some of which, I can’t share with you just yet. But, suffice to say,...
Ok, I’m about to admit something that is probably common knowledge to those who know me but, I’m about to say it out loud (or, at least, via the internet to a group of unknown blog readers). I am anal. I like structure and I’m a bit obsessive. And, everything in my house...
I’ve been in sales and marketing for almost my entire career. For those of you who have ever flitted around this arm of industry, you may have heard a saying…. “The Last Three Feet” (A term coined by Edward R Murrow). The basic gist of this statement, in a sales...
There’s an interesting dynamic that happens when you officially enter coupledom. It sort of happens without knowing it and although you may not realize it’s happened to you, people around you are taking note. We spent last evening with some friends of ours. They have been dating for a little over...
Yes, I’m making the obligatory Valentine’s Day post. If you write a blog about marriage & relationships, I suppose you can’t let the magical day-of-love pass you by without acknowledging it. Valentine’s Day is not however, celebrated in our house in the most traditional way. I do like the concept of the...
For those of you who may not read my other blog, I thought I’d share with you why I’ve been sort of MIA lately. What you may not know, is that I have been unemployed for over 7 months. Being laid off was one the most challenging times of my...
Scale Junkie
I am not the biggest loser - open casting call for Biggest Loser 2010
On Saturday March 6, 2010, I went to an open casting call for Biggest Loser in Tampa at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. I had read about the event just a few days before and then over lunch with Ashley we decided we should go because the Biggest Loser...
Healthy You Challenge Check In Week 9, 2010
So Week 9, first week of March. I've finally reached a place in my life where I'm ready to start over. I've come to realize that writing about it, talking about it, thinking about it and wishing for it aren't EVER going to make it happen. Only ACTION can make...
Rock Bottom Reservation Center, how may I direct your call
Somewhere over the weekend I think I hit rock bottom, well maybe not the actual bottom but a small hill that lays inside of rock bottom valley. Just two years ago I was probably in the best shape I had been in for 15 years, even a year ago I...
Healthy You Challenge Check In Week 8, 2010
This past week has been quite a learning experience for me. Lets just say I'm working on a blog post now about it so I'll save it for then.So a lot of us said we were getting back on track, how did you do? I managed to maintain...good but I...
Healthy You Challenge Check In Week 7, 2010
Another week gone by! I have to admit, I've been wandering far far from the healthy path but I have a new map and I'm headed in the right direction once again. If you're off track and reading this, I hope you'll do whatever it takes to put yourself back...
On Saturday February 13 we had been out all day long doing errands. I hadn’t mentioned the word “Valentines Day” all week long. Honestly its not one of my favorite holidays so I don’t really care if we do anything special or not. Last year we went out to dinner...
Marcia G. Yerman
Today, heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States. Sudden cardiac death is the most frequent presentation of the disease in women....
Half the Sky Live Event Bringing Awareness to Women's Issues
Half the Sky LIVE captures an evening of discussion, musical performance, and the premier of Woinshet, a short film directed by Marisa Tomei and Lisa Leone....
Exploring Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Combining archival footage and photographs with interviews featuring comics, cultural pundits, elected officials, and scholars, Why We Laugh traces the history of black comedic performers from the early 1900s to the present....
The Super Bowl Slippery Slope: Advertising and Free Speech
I have to start off with an admission. I haven't watched the Super Bowl in over twenty years. Bone crushing violence......
Families Use Social Media To Respond To Gardasil Side Effects
As parents sought to navigate a situation where their healthy daughters had become sick and, in the worse case scenario - died, they turned to the Internet for answers....
Thoughts for a New Decade: What I Wish for Women
As we move into a new decade, I can't help looking over my shoulder at all the things I would like to leave...
TheGloss
Don't Be Ensembly Challenged: The 'Clueless' Lexicon
Interviewing Jill Stuart made us remember how many phrases there were in Clueless (one of the best fashion films ever!) that we used when we were 13, and now barely remember. But ... MorePost from: TheGloss...
Are you wondering what celebrity makeup artists are predicting to be the biggest beauty trends on the red carpet? Celebrity makeup artist Christopher Drummond makes these makeup predictions for Sunday night: Eyes: Of course, the smoky look will be big as it always is for the red carpet. It is...
Hot Deal : Pretty Faux Pearls for Spring
If you want to give your Spring and Summer outfits a touch of romanticism and a dash of vintage glam, an easy way to achieve this is to add pretty faux pearl necklaces and bracelets. You don’t have to spend a ton of money on them either! These Forever 21 Captured...
Sarah Hyland’s Guess by Marciano Satchel
Sarah Hyland (Haley Dunphy on the ABC comedy Modern Family) was carrying a cool GUESS by Marciano handbag as she arrives at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Presents an Evening with Modern Family at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre earlier this week. You can get the same bag directly...
In the latest issue of V MAGAZINE (issue #64), actress Kirsten Dunst discusses her unique friendships with both the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte and Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami, as well as her upcoming long-awaited film All Good Things. The pictures in the magazine, shot by Mario Testino, are absolutely beautiful....
This summer, bright nail polish will definitely be “in”. From neon orange to mint green, bold shades add a blast of color to your look. If you are looking for an eco-friendly polish, check out Kaia House. Kaia House offers eco-conscious formulas and paradise-inspired shades for summer. Their polishes are...
Lip-Sticking
The Academy Awards - A Woman-focused TV Show?
I'm happy to know the folks at Hoffman York. They're tuned in to the women's market like few others. Regular Lip-sticking readers will know that I have no patience for marketing to women that is dominated by men. Yes, men can "get it" and many do. Yes, men who take...
Where are the Women Bloggers In (Insert Industry)?
By Guest Blogger, Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter I just got back from a huge trade event, HIMSS 10 (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society). Lots and lots of exhibitors, 30,000 people...and - to HIMSS' credit - a "social media" education area and two panel discussion sessions with bloggers who focus...
Check out the BlogPaws or Bust Sweepstakes
By Guest Blogger, Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk We're just a little over a month away now from getting together in Columbus, Ohio with a large group of pet bloggers, online pet enthusiasts and pet brands for BlogPaws 2010. Yvonne has mentioned BlogPaws several times here on Lip-sticking and I...
Healthcare and Marketing: Want $30,000?
Some press releases are better than others. This one made me think of all of my readers. It's an opportunity worth sharing. "Non-profit Health Care Organizations to Win $30,000 in Professional Marketing Services" Worth a read, I decided. On your behalf, dear readers. Perhaps this relates to you and your...
The Importance of Having a 'Home Base' When Using Social Media
Whoa! The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of speaking here and here, business growth (exciting news coming down the pike) and of course launching the Real Women Do Social Media program. In the process, I've had the opportunity to speak with and meet some really fabulous women. One conversation...
"Should" Isn't The Same as "Will"
By Guest Blogger, Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter (From my "those dang customers have minds of their own" file) Once again, I'm serving as an adviser for the annual TVC equity symposium, where entrepreneurs present to potential investors. Adviser teams review the biz plan, help with everything from IP protection to...
Feministe
Friday Random Ten – the Natural Born Killers edition
So obviously this week’s Friday video is this, if by some chance you have not seen it (warning on the video — there is nudity and violence and lots of, to put it gently, problematic content): …that is a lot of Tarantino and a lot of product placement, and Gaga going...
A New York subway ad campaign tells women “Abortion changes you.” Lori’s take says it all — forced pregnancy changes you, too. Elsewhere in New York, one of our many worst New York nightmares came true – a woman was out at a bar, turned down a man...
Thursday LOST Roundtable: Dr. Linus
LOST spoilers below the image! This week on LOST, Ilana learns that Ben killed Jacob and seeks out revenge, while Jack tests his new-found faith at the same moment that Richard Alpert has lost his own. Meanwhile, Sideways Ben has to choose between power and someone he cares about. Check out the...
Exciting times for women’s political representation in India.
From the New York Times (link via this ain’t livin’): The upper house of India’s Parliament passed a bill Tuesday that would amend the Constitution to reserve one-third of the seats in India’s national and state legislatures for women, after the measure stirred two days of political chaos that could whittle...
Only some conspiracy theories are welcome at the Huffington Post. 9/11 Truthers are out, autism-vaccine-linkers in. Scary, since the Jenny McCarthys of the world are bringing a lot of disease and death to the children they claim to care about. Is this article for real? (via Jezebel). Treating fat...
A must-read article about race, class, caste and the American prison system. A few facts from the piece: There are more African Americans under correctional control today — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began. As of...
Awakening Women's Blog
The other name for longing is love.
We flocked to the mountains. Women from all over Switzerland, Germany and I from California. What called us here? In this ancient house I can hear the floor yearning with every step, the walls wake me up in the night with their songs of longing. The long dead sufi teacher for whom...
(image from ashesandsnow.org) If I asked you what area of your life is not really fulfilling for you, what area of your life is most compromised or lacking, I will guess that 90% of you will answer “intimate relationship.” This does not mean to imply that we all have dysfunctional relationships or...
Welcome to the Feminine Rejuvenation Retreat- in Mexico…
Women’s Yoga, Meditation & Embodiment Practices for Awakening the True Feminine Leader with Sara Avant Stover and Chameli Ardagh October 23-30, 2010 Maya Tulum Resort on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Dear Sisters, When was the last time you wrote “MY TIME” over a whole week in your calendar? That’s...
How would your life have been different?
(Photo by Mikaela Larm) Guestblog by Jennifer Wynne How might your life have been different, if, deep within, you carried an image of the Great Mother? And, when things seemed very, very bad, you could imagine that you were sitting in the lap of the Goddess, held tightly… embraced at last And, that you could hear Her saying...
The Divine Mother’s Game of Hide and Seek
Poem By Malika Shay,RYT,LE I find Her Woven Message Threaded deep Inside the Sacred Dance. She Whispers Through Each strand of My Hair, She Sings In a soft, purring, gentle Voice; Powering Her Fluidity, through my Hips. I Find Her Inside the Golden Shrine of my Chest. Sometimes She plays a Horrific Crescendo Drum, ((( < ))) In...
8 Easy Ways to Overcome PMS (and Your Other Womanly Woes)
Guest Blog by Sara Avant Stover Pesticides in your food, working long hours, stifling your emotions, air pollution: what do all of these things have in common? They all contribute to you health (or, I should say, ill-health) as a woman. Infertility rates, the early onset of menopause, irregular menstruation, and cancers...