SPIRITED WOMAN NEWSLETTER
Copyright Nancy Mills, 2005.
Issue 30. All rights reserved.
CIRCULATION: 1,998 (and growing!)
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YES! WE’RE ANNOUNCING OUR NEW WEBSITE!!!! And if you’re on our mailing list, you’re the first to know!
After you’ve read this newsletter go to: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com or http://www.thespiritedwomanblog.com either one will get you to the new site.
Let us know what you think! Post your comments on the blog or send an e-mail. We really want to hear from you!
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CONTENTS
- Spirited Woman Quote
- Editor's Spirited Message
- Spirited Woman Q & A – Frances Halpern
- Spirited Woman Media Coverage
- Upcoming Spirited Woman Workshops
- Host a Spirited Woman Workshop
- New! Spirited Woman Events & Activities
- Blog ? of the Month & More
- Join the Spirited Woman Club - Get a Free Listing
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SPIRITED WOMAN QUOTE
“When you believe in your inner truth, no one can stop you.” - Nancy Mills
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EDITOR'S MESSAGE
Welcome to the world of SPIRITED WOMANHOOD.
This is the most exciting month of my Spirited Woman life and I thank you all so very much for being a part of it. Finally, after three years of web ups and downs (mostly downs), the SPIRITED WOMAN website has gone live. Yes, it’s true! Our new site, which you can log on to via http://www.thespiritedwoman.com or http://www.thespiritedwomanblog.com is one of the first blog-centric websites in the country. That’s right. I built the entire site by using blog-based technology and I urge you to read more about what that is on our site – since it literally is the new wave of web design.
Finally, we’ve got a Spirited Woman! Store up on the site with great photos – where you can see what we sell -from scarves to Spirit! Boxes - and you can shop 24/7, which is great for the holidays. Plus, the new website is packed with a ton of new information and new features – such as the “I AM A SPIRITED WOMAN” PhotoScroll and a “Free Stuff” page – where you can find out what we offer for free. Plus, there are over 50 pictures on the site – all of spirited women, who’ve taken the workshop, and are part of our growing community.
NOW TO THE THANKS. I couldn’t have done this site without you – so many of you have helped with your poignant advice. Many women volunteered their time, so that I could take their photos to put up on the web. Others spent time taking photos and sending them to me. Many of you have written glorious testimonials. What can I say – but I am blessed with all of your support. And it just means so much. Please check out our site (be sure to look for your photo and/or testimonial) and let me know what you think by either posting your response on our blog or by e-mailing me personally. I really want to know.
Our Q&A this month is with Frances Halpern. A bonafide dynamo, who has a history of pushing through again and again and not taking no for an answer. After being a stay-at-home mom for 40 years, Frances re-invented herself and went on to become a successful newspaper columnist and reporter, published author of two books, and is now the highly-regarded radio Talk-Show host of the popular West Coast show, “Beyond Words.” She is a testament to second-stage careers. I urge you to read her “lively” interview.
And finally, if all goes as planned – starting in our November newsletter we will change our newsletter format. My goal is to include photos, graphics, less content, and more links. Wow.
As always, I would like to thank you for your support, comments, enthusiasm, and friendship. And for those of you new to the newsletter, I'd like to welcome you to our growing numbers. YOU inspire me, always. And I genuinely look forward to meeting you (again or for the first time) at a SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop in your city.
The SPIRITED WOMAN Newsletter is meant to be fun, informative, and inspirational. Your free monthly tool to stay connected with other spirited women nationwide. I welcome you forwarding this newsletter to ALL your spirited friends.
Nancy Mills
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SPIRITED WOMAN Q & A
Frances Halpern
I’ve known Frances Halpern for close to five years now. There’s a writer’s lunch group that meets weekly in Santa Barbara, and when I first arrived in town, I went not knowing a soul. Once I sat down, this gregarious, out-spoken woman, be-friended me. Where are you from? What do you do? How did you get here? A woman of a thousand questions, I instantly liked her. I later found out, she has a very successful radio show – no wonder for all the questions.
Frances was born 70something years ago in the Bronx. She married before she was 20, raised three kids with her husband Ted, and then later in life at the age of 40 – she blew the lid off her traditional life and went to work as a newspaper columnist. She won many press awards, and later wrote the “Writer’s Guide To West Coast Publishing” and the “Writer’s Guide To Publishing in the West,” and became widely known as a publishing expert.
Later on, in Santa Barbara, she started her own radio show called “Literary Lunch,” and then she was offered a highly coveted spot on NPR’s affiliate KCLU, where she co-created “Beyond Words,” a nine-year-long running show. She interviews everybody and anybody connected to the word – from actors to authors to producers. Frances has had quite a life.
Recently widowed after 58 years of a wonderful marriage, Frances, who never went to college and considers herself an Auto-Didact (someone who is self-taught) continues to live her life filled with an ever-burning passion for learning. Frances, my friends, is the real deal…a wonderful spokesperson for a positive attitude and for building your life on guts and dreams. Here’s Frances.
Q. You started your career late in life. Tell us about that?
A. The funny story is, I thought after raising my kids, I’ll get a little job in the school system because even though the kids were teenagers it’s still good to be around the house. And I was not able to make the cut as a clerk at the school system. Anger is what made me focus, because I felt that I was being dumped on as a woman of 40 and I ran across the street to the newspaper and I said you’ve got to give me a job. I think I put the woman’s movement back a 100 years because I burst into tears when this 27-year-old personnel guy in the school system said we weren’t thinking of hiring anybody quite as gulp mature as you who’s had no experience in the work force. He did not know that I had done a lot of volunteering, run a state wide political campaign, worked the precincts to build a library and he said that doesn’t count because you weren’t paid. At the newspaper they said who are you and why should we give you a job? And that made me focus again. So I said I’ll start writing a column for you and the then editor said all you housewives think you can write a column and the minute your kids come down with the measles or your husband wants to take you on a cruise you won’t deliver. I said my husband will never take me on a cruise and my kids have already had the measles. I sent them a few columns to show what I could do and I was paid 15 cents an inch and my editor said don’t pad. God forbid another 15 cents. The column was called “On A Clear Day.” It was a general column of what I observed in the community.
Q. How did you happen to get your show “Beyond Words?”
A. That was built on the fact that I at that point, nine years ago, had a lot of credits. Two published books, many, many published articles, almost 15 years probably at that time of writing weekly columns for major newspapers and I put together a proposal, by then I had hosted a local radio show in Santa Barbara called “Literary Lunch,” and I was known as somebody who knew about the publishing business. So I was invited by John O’Brien to be a guest on his show – he said we can do it on the phone – and I said I can drive down and he said no, and I realized afterward when I was hosting the show why he wanted me on the phone because it’s very hard to look somebody in the eye and say the interview is over. On the phone, it’s easy. So I did go down – it was suppose to be a 20-minute interview and he kept me for the whole hour. Then he asked me to come back the next week for another hour, then the next week. So three weeks I ran down to be his guest on his show, and then he said why don’t we get together and cook up a show – which became “Beyond Words” and he co-hosted it with me for several years, then I went on to host it alone.
Q. What makes a guest interesting?
A. To have great stories. To be willing to open up and to share. I find that the programs that resonate with the listeners are about the guests who will talk about their failures as well as their successes and who are not overly trained. A lot of people get voice coaches and they’re also told you have to say the name of your book every 2 minutes. But generally I do find people interesting.
Q. Who were some of the most interesting authors you’ve interviewed. Why?
A. That is another tough question. I’ll start dropping names. Tom Steinbeck, the son of author John Steinbeck because again, he was willing to share his life stories. Ray Bradbury because he’s still childlike in a very positive way and his attitude that every minute of every day is so wonderful to him and he shares that. He said something on the air about why we are on this earth, and I started to cry. He said we are here as humans to observe and to share and someday we are going to go as far as Alpha Centurion and that’s why we’re here. We’re going to go out there into space and do all these wonderful things. So of course, he was a wonderful guest. In nine years, every week, there have been hundreds of people I’ve interviewed.
Q. You’re considered an expert in publishing – what tips can you give us on getting a book published?
A. Supposedly, people who are asked that question who are either publishers or editors or very published authors give you the mantra. If you’ve written a wonderful book it will bubble to the surface and somebody will publish it. Well my answer is yeah, maybe, and maybe not. It’s a whole set of circumstances to get a book published. It’s timing. Okay the obvious – it should be well written. Then you have to get lucky. You have to make the contacts and the timing is really important. I know that’s a pretty out-there statement but the story behind every book is different. When I talk to published authors they all have a different story about how this happened.
Q. When you were a little girl what did you dream of (or want) to be?
A. I wanted to be a performer. I wanted to communicate one way or the other. Which is why I became a writer because when I was home with three children the idea of making the rounds with auditions was just out of the question. I guess I didn’t have the fire in the belly. But writing you can do once you put the children down for the night or even during their naps – you can sit down at the typewriter or the computer or with a yellow pad – and write – and that’s a form of communicating, so that’s what I did. Before I had a career in writing, I did the Homeowner’s Bulletin and the PTA Bulletin as a volunteer – all of these things that this guy at the school said I didn’t get paid for so it doesn’t count. But I was teaching myself how to write and how to count words.
Q. What characteristic in you do you feel most led to your success?
A. Attitude. Being aware of not having someone telling you no. Because even at the radio station and before that, when I wanted to get certain articles into certain magazines – when somebody tells me no and it doesn’t make sense – I think how can I turn that no into a yes. That is really crucial, plus a very positive attitude. I’m not particularly sensitive, I’m not easily offended or hurt and I think that’s very important in relationships and in career relationships and so when a magazine in Los Angeles kept telling me no, I said I’m not going to take no for an answer, I’m going to figure out how to get to them – and how I got to them was selling subscriptions to the magazine.
Q. Any advice for us in general?
A. Yes, I want to go back to that I’m serious about this, about attitude, about not being easily offended, about not worrying about who said what about you behind your back or to your face, about just being positive. Yes, it could be a lousy world either personally or generally, but when I wake up every morning, I say it’s going to be okay and I work my way through it. By the end of the day I may have had rejections but I am not going to take it personally, and I’m just going to keep going.
Q. Frances, why do you feel you are a spirited woman?
A. I feel that it is two things – nurture and nature. Both my parents were positive people. They certainly had a lot to complain about but it just wasn’t there. So it was the household that I grew up in, plus the extended family, I had 25 relatives and we all lived in the same building. So we had a lot of resources and I think some people are genetically more blessed – maybe somebody will disagree with that- and then it was helped through the nurture with the kind of upbringing we had in a very middle-class apartment in the Bronx. We just went out and did stuff. I don’t know if that makes any sense. But we did.
THANK YOU FRANCES. YOUR ATTITUDE IS SUCH A POSITIVE INFLUENCE.
Frances welcomes hearing from you. You can reach her via e-mail at: fjsaga@cox.net. You can also tune in to her 1-hour radio show, “Beyond Words,” on KCLU, 88.3 FM every Saturday afternoon at 2 pm PST. If you live in Santa Barbara or Ventura County or the tip of Malibu, you can hear her live, otherwise log on to KCLU.Org and hear her in real time.
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SPIRITED WOMAN MEDIA COVERAGE
What a thrill! What a ride! It seems as though every day the workshop is being mentioned - somewhere. Wow. Whether it's via the print media or the Internet, we're out there - catching on. Plus, Nancy is being asked to do more personal interviews in print, radio, and TV. So this is all great news!
Please go to: www.thespiritedwomanblog.com/press and read all about us!
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UPCOMING SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOPS
Get out your SPIRITED WOMAN drum and dance around the house. More and more women are attending the popular SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop all across the country. Who-ee! Over 500 women have signed up to date. So, don't miss out! Be sure to check out the calendar listings below and see what's in store for your area.
The SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop includes three hours of creative playfulness and growth. Emphasizes your ALIVENESS and reinforces YOU ARE ENOUGH AS YOU ARE. Great for transitions, movement. Attendees range from writers/artists/healers to business owners. Led by Nancy Mills, Creator of the Spirited Woman Approach to Life. Limited to 12 women. Offered at amazing locales.
For more info on the workshops or to sign up for one please call Nancy Mills at her toll free number: 888-428-1234 (in Santa Barbara call 805-698-3555) or e-mail her at: nancymills@thespiritedwoman.com.
BE SURE TO ASK NANCY ABOUT SPIRITED WOMAN GIFT CERTIFICATES. The workshop makes a wonderful, uplifting gift for a special person in your life. GREAT gift for daughters (age 13+). GO FOR IT!
Workshop checks are mailed to: Nancy Mills, P.O. BOX 20042, Santa Barbara, CA 93120. Checks must be received within 10 days of making a reservation. Credit card payments accepted. Partial scholarships offered. All payments due in advance of each Spirited Woman Workshop. All reservations final.
2005 FALL/WINTER WORKSHOP CALENDAR
SANTA BARBARA
**SPECIAL 3-YEAR ANNIVERSARY”
SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP
Sunday afternoon, October 9, 2005
Time: 1-4 pm.
Locale: Private Home (call for directions)
Cost: $95 (great refreshments included)
KAUAI, HAWAII
**SPECIAL EVENT**
SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP
Saturday afternoon, October 22, 2005
Time: 1-4 pm.
Locale: Mahina's Women's Guest House
Cost: $95 (You can also book through Mahina's: http://www.mahinas.com)
OAKLAND, CA
SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP
Saturday afternoon, November 5, 2005
Time: 1-4 pm.
Locale: Creative Juices Arts, 432 Bellevue Ave. Oakland, CA
Cost: $95
SACRAMENTO, CA
SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP
Sunday afternoon, November 6, 2005
Time: 1-4 pm.
Locale: Morningstar's Home (call for directions)
Cost: $95
LOS ANGELES
SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP
Sunday afternoon, November 13, 2005
Time: 1-4 pm.
Locale: The Black Box Theater, 12420 Santa Monica Blvd., WLA, CA
Cost: $95
LOS ANGELES
** SPECIAL EVENT**
MOTHER/DAUGHTER SPECIAL HOLIDAY SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP
Saturday afternoon, December 10, 2005
Time: 1-4 pm.
Locale: The Black Box Theater, 12420 Santa Monica Blvd., WLA, CA
Cost: $175 for two
MORE!!! SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOPS
In addition to several California locales, Nancy's goal is to teach more out of state workshops - see city wish list below. She is also open to your suggestions for other cities and is currently available for speaking engagements.
Atlanta
Dallas
Denver Area (including Boulder, Colorado Springs)
Houston
Memphis
Nashville
Portland
New York
San Antonio
And, if you're wondering…the SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop has been held in the following cities to date:
LOS ANGELES
NASHVILLE
PORTLAND
EUGENE
ASHLAND
LAS VEGAS
LAUGHLIN
SAN FRANCISCO
SANTA BARBARA
SAN DIEGO
BERKELEY
MAUI
OAKLAND
SEATTLE
CARLSBAD
PHILADELPHIA
In October, to KAUAI.
In November, LA, OAKLAND and SACRAMENTO.
TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS.
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HOST A SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP
In your city.
It's great fun! You'll love it. Anyone who hosts a workshop in their home or business receives a free workshop, great publicity, and a chance to meet other fantabulous women. Since the workshop size is small, most spaces work out ideally. If you'd like to host a workshop, contact Nancy Mills at 888-428-1234 or e-mail her at: nancymills@thespiritedwoman.com.
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NEW! SPIRITED WOMAN EVENTS, OPENINGS, & ACTIVITIES
Our new SPIRITED WOMAN! STORE has just launched on our new site. Filled with all sorts of fun items – from magical, colorful Spirit! Boxes to “I Am a Spirited Woman” T-shirts, we invite you to be one of the first to check it out and buy. As part of our launch, we’re offering Free Shipping and a X-mas Special. Please visit: http://www.thespiritedwomanblog.com/spirited_woman_store.
Yes! We’ve got upcoming special events galore – go to: http://www.thespiritedwomanblog.com/spirited_woman_workshop and check them out.
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THE SPIRITED WOMAN BLOG
Just click on: http://www.TheSpiritedWomanBlog.com/go_blog_blog_blog
For those of you who have never blogged – don’t worry – we now have really easy instructions on our blog page on how to post on our website. So, please try it. It’s fun!
Here’s the October blog question of the month.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT OUR NEW BLOG-CENTRIC WEBSITE?
We really, really want to know.
ALSO keep those other blog posts coming in too - and BE SURE TO TELL US WHY YOU FEEL YOU ARE A SPIRITED WOMAN. We want to know that too.
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AND NOW FOR THE THANKS!!!!!!!
BRIANA AND MARC – My new website would never have happened without the two of you! Never! Briana created my unbelievable logo, which every time I look at it I am filled with inspiration. And Marc – who literally is called a “creative genius” at the Mac “genius bar” in Century City is just that. He is patient, kind, and so smart he is off the charts. He helped me upload all my photos and taught me how to work Photoshop. Plus, he is a technical genius. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART BRIANA AND MARC.
THERE’S A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE TO THANK in Philadelphia. Everyone from Susan Duval to Nina to Edie to Bev and all my workshop attendees who went out of their way to make my trip a truly fantastic experience. It was a workshop experience I will always remember and I truly plan to go back to Bucks County where I stayed. I felt like I had come home.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERY WOMAN who poised for shots on the new website. Yes, I thanked many of you last time, but I forgot to thank Andrea, Clare, Cathyrn, and Margo for taking the time to have their photos taken. Not all shots made it up on the site – but you have all been with me in spirit! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
And THANK YOU, as always, to the many wonderful spirited women who have attended the workshops and have hosted it…you are ALL fantabulous and fun.
Plus, I'd like to say a BIG THANKS to the many attendees who have referred their spirited women friends, mothers, and daughters to the workshop. Means so much.
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THE SPIRITED WOMAN CLUB - LISTING BOARD
MANY NEW LISTINGS THIS MONTH!!!
Here's the good news. If you have taken the SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP you are automatically a member of the SPIRITED WOMAN CLUB, and you'll receive a FREE listing (up to 60 words) - monthly. For those of you who have not taken the workshop (come on girls, you need to join the club!) - the listing is $25 per month per listing. What a great deal!
This listing board is a great way to advertise your service, business, workshop, event or WHATEVER - and to stay connected with other spirited women. Currently, the newsletter reaches over 1,900 women. Think of it as your very own SPIRITED WOMAN DIRECTORY. Be sure to check out what other women are offering and support them! Also, see below HOW TO PLACE A LISTING.
UNCOVER YOUR AUTHENTIC VOICE...Presence, Connection and Joy through Singing with Sally Mabelle, New Zealand's transformational voice coach.
PHILADELPHIA, October 7-9, KAUAI October 14-16...Experience a
soul-empowering, heart-opening shift into greater confidence and vocal
freedom...especially powerful for the 'non-singer'. For more details or to register - email: sally@voicecoachnz.com or Call toll-free 1-888-417-0280.
http://www.voicecoachnz.com
Bring a WILD WOMAN WITHIN workshop to your city in the Delaware Valley area.
Presented by founder, Val Olson, psychologist/life coach, this workshop
explores nine dimensions of midlife reinvention: excitement, creativity,
power, legacy, pleasure, freedom, love, play and meaning. For women's groups,
conferences, organizations, retreats, gatherings. Energizing, fun,
inspirational, life-changing. Val: innergame@comcast.net. 215-297-0196.
DIVINE FEMININE with Caroline Muir, Joan Heartfield, Ph.D., Saida Desilets and Tomas Heartfield (www.divine-feminine.com) hosts one day, weekend and 10 day Mystery School certification training programs for women and men. Write to us at info@divine-feminine.com to receive our free newsletter. Or call Joan at 808 572-1250. Blessings to you all!
WE PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH – Are you an entrepreneur, coach, author, artist or performer? Need help writing copy for your newsletter, web site, PR & marketing collateral? We write, edit, or manage your entire project. We’ll coach you to do your own PR, marketing and fundraising. Customized services, outstanding results. http://www.CathrynHrudicka.com. For our e-letter or more info, contact: creative@CathrynHrudicka.com
WE’LL COACH YOUR INNER INNOVATOR OUT OF HIDING - Feeling stuck in your own business? Need to design more innovative products or services? Are you a coach, trainer, manager or artist who needs inspiring new programs? Seeking a creative retirement? At Creative Sage, we design exceptional creativity programs for businesses, nonprofits and individuals. Contact Cathryn Hrudicka, Chief Imagination offer: sage@CreativeSage.com http://www.CreativeSage.com
JOIN SUNRIDER INTERNATIONAL – highly successful and stable CA-based company. Chinese Philosophy of Regeneration, Concentrated herbal whole foods, cosmetics, skincare, and household products. Have more energy, be your own boss, live the life you’ve always dreamt! PT/FT, Contact: Sara A.R. Kalama, Independent Representative, 619) 428 -3811 or Sunphire2005@hotmail.com. Imagine the possibilities!
CUDDLE PARTIES in SF BAY AREA! Come join other spirited women (and men!) for the kind of pajama-party-non-sexual touch we used to love as kids, with the added benefit of heartful, respectful communication. A most inspiring, rejuvenating way to spend an afternoon! For more info, e-mail: suz@cuddlepartysf.com
FRIDAY NIGHT FUNNIES AT BUZZ COFFEE!!! Come check out comedians from HBO, Comedy Central & more every Friday Night 8pm at Buzz Coffee - 7623 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles 90036. Spirited woman and up & coming comedian, Laura Rosenberg, hosts every Friday. For more information on the show and Laura's comedy shows email laura@laurarosenberg.com! Hee Hee!!!
HEY, SPIRITED WOMEN! Come check out my new website, for my gift business, "Notably Gifted". I have all kinds of fun, useful and decorative things, and new items are added all the time. 10% discount when you mention "Spirited Woman". Thanks. Andrea de Lange, www.notablygifted.etsy.com
ATTORNEY Paul J. Backofen is an intellectual property specialist with over 9 years in practice. His broad technical experience coupled with his business experience provides clients a valuable perspective for identifying, capturing, protecting and exploiting their intellectual property. Mr. Backofen counsels industry leading organizations how to develop and run formal IP management programs. paulbackofen@crockett-crockett.com
RAWA SANTA BARBARA – supporting The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afganistan, an independent, non-violent humanitarian & polital group calling for the disarmament of warlords in Afghanistan, a secular democracy, and full rights for women. RAWA runs a hospital, medical clinics, orphanages, schools, literacy programs, work programs for widows, and provides food & supplies to refugees. For info: Sbrawa@aol.com; 805-569-2331.
INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY: Kelley Kitley, MSW Associate Clinical Social Worker (310) 570 5567 located in Westwood area of Los Angeles. Holistic and eclectic approach used incorporating psychodynamic, cognitive behavior, feminist, and mindfulness modalities. Specializing in eating disorders, addiction, depression, anxiety, and trauma with children, adolescents, and adults. Sliding Scale fee applies if needed. Supervised by Terry Beck, LCSW.
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO TALK WITH THE ANGELS? Or discover past lives? I can help you. Hi. My name is Charles. I have been assisting clients with private angel readings since 1997. Visit www.HiCharles.com and check me out. Join my mailing list, sign up for a class or private reading and discover your connection with the angels.
ROSE KAHN, MYOTHERAPIST AND CORRECTIVE EXERCISE SPECIALIST has helped many pro-athletes, celebs and body workers in Aspen. Rose Kahn - Myotherapy of Santa Barbara offers you the ability to RESOLVE your acute/chronic muscular pain, range of motion or circulation problems as well as self-care techniques that allow you to get off the need to see someone regularly! $125/hr. Quick Track avail. www.SBhealingarts.com/physical.htm
LYMPHATIC THERAPY - Birgitta Hansson combines Lymphatic Therapy, Reiki and her compassionate insights for detoxification, enhanced immune functioning, stress reduction and over all well-being. She also offers private Reiki classes tailored to the individual's previous training and schedule, in a 3-step process. Gift certificates are available. healer@sbhealingarts.com. 805-895-6532
PARLOR PERFORMANCES - Jeannine Frank's "accidental performing arts series" (now in its 16th year!) presents comedy, cabaret, authors, & more in a cozy West LA concert hall -- and also books artists for fundraisers, conventions and special events. For free monthly e-calendar or more info, contact Jeannine at frankent1@juno.com or call (310) 476-6735.
ATTENTION SPIRITED WOMEN INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS & DOCUMENTARIANS. CINEWOMEN L.A. WANTS YOU...to join our fabulous group of Independent Women Filmmakers! Screen your work at our monthly CineSalon. Attend CineGroup Meetings, Seminars & Networking Mixers and much more. Check us out at: www.cinewomen.org.
IF YOU ARE A DAFFODIL PUSHING TOWARD THE LIGHT OF SPRINGTIME - You need support and guidance. Focus your energies through Creative Life Coaching, and prepare to blossom. Adriana Diaz, M.A., brings thirty years of experience to the Coaching process. She can awaken you to the greater story you are living. Develop practical and insightful tools, to turn dreams into reality. www.adrianadiaz.com
YOUR DREAM HOME IN SANTA BARBARA!! My name is Laurie wolf and I am in the business of helping people buy and sell homes. I have a client appreciation program with my business where I send items of value each month. Would you like to be included in this program? Contact me at Laurie@villagesite.com, 805-683-7369 or cell 805-886-4710.
PROFESSIONAL PSYCHIC/CHANNEL - Since 1988, Liah Howard has been channeling a council of Higher beings who are loving and wise. You can receive guidance on all life's issues. Sessions are one hour long, are taped and cost $125. Phone sessions are available. Visit Liah at www.LiahHoward.com for more info. Kihei, HI. 808-269-3137
HAIKU HELEN - Helen will assist you in moving on with your life by understanding where you are and what you need. She is a 4th generation psychic now living in Maui, the heart chakra of the Earth. Incredible Mana (spiritual power) emanates here and will empower you. Contact her at: www.haikuhelen.com, e-mail: haikuhelen@wisperhawaii.com. 808-573-6343
FANTASY SHOE DESIGNS - One for each month of the year. High heel pictures for every occasion. Fun, whimsical, beautiful, and inspiring 11 x 12 matted/framed prints. Originals avail. Custom made corporate shoe pictures for your business. Margo Von Phul, D'JOAN DESIGNS. 805-963-1982.
FOR THE SPIRITED WINE LOVER - The Saucy Sisters' Guide to Wine…What Every Girl Should Know Before She Uncorks makes learning about wine fun. Packed with practical advice, this book helps any aspiring wine aficionada appear as if she obtained her Master Sommelier. Books personalized and gift-wrapped for FREE. To order go to: www.Saucysister.com
INSPIRATIONAL REALMS Unique cards for Inspiring moments of Every Day Life! Take a journey into different Realms! Fairie Realm...with 16 tiny Fairies dancing gleefully in our World! Nature Realm...with thoughtful sayings and naturally beautiful scenes. Note Realm...makes it easy to stay in touch with family, friends, and associates. Share Magic with this Special Collection of cards! www.inspirationalrealms.com
SPECIALLY FORMULATED ESSENTIAL WATERS - Eden Now is a new aromatherapy company created by Cheryl Finn. Her product line includes facial and pillow mists. Excellent for relaxation, harmony, and balance. Brings joy to the heart. Cheryl Finn. 310-779-2420
SUPPORT LOVE HUMANITY - You can create a better future for a homeless child in India by supporting Love Humanity. A monthly donation of $42.00 makes it possible for one child to live in a loving family home environment and covers food, clothing, shelter, healthcare and education for one child. Visit: www.lovehuminty.org
ATTENTION, 'DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES!' - Take a much-needed break with Travels With My Lovers, author and internationally known lecturer Erica Miner's award-winning novel about a single mom looking for love in some of the world's most exotic locales. Be inspired to express your emotional freedom! For info on this break-out book check out: www.ericaminer.com
GIVE THE GIFT OF CREATIVITY AND SUCCESS - To yourself or someone you love. Jumpstart your year with “Climbing the Rainbow: The Magic of Making Goals Happen!” workshops, books, tapes and kits. Discover how powerful and fun this creativity/goal-management system is. Just plug it in and go! Contact Gayla Mitchell. gaylam@highstream.net 818-752-2773
UBUILDABOOK PUTS IT ALL TOGETHER - What's inside is up to you. Imagine your own professionally published hard or soft cover book. You can make as few or as many copies as you like: order one, or thousands! Our books are printed on high-quality paper stock and bound using professional equipment. For more info, visit www.medialabsusa.com. 805-383-7272
CREATING SACRED CIRCLES FOR WOMAN - LA support group for mid-life women. Ignite your passion, embrace life, support one another in living a life that matters. Create connections, explore your spirituality, challenge mid-life myths, re-connect to your essence. Facilitated by Lynda Levy, MA. Sign-up: midlifecoach@comcast.net. 310-207-9829
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT FORGETTING YOURSELF AFTER 50 YEARS OR OLDER? Make your Brain Sprout with Vicki Mizel's Memory program and insure your well being at any age. Vicki offers either audiotapes or CD's on her memory program. She also offers a video training tape to help you or a loved one with an elder with memory problems. Go to www.brainsproutsmemory.com or call Vicki. 323-874-8801
TREAT YOURSELF TO REIKI - Let go of the stress of the day as you become filled with renewed vitality. Reiki is a safe, gentle form of touch and energy work that promotes relaxation and healing. I am a Reiki master and have been a practitioner since 1995. $50/hour. Frederica Welch, fhbwelch1@cox.net . 805-962-1969
SANTA BARBARA THEATER COMPANY - If you are interested in appearing or want more information regarding upcoming productions please e-mail/call Jamie at tsunamijgo@aol.com. 805-451-8504
MEDITATION CD's FOR BEGINNERS - If you want to meditate but can't squeeze in the time to go to a particular meeting at a particular time, you can start on your own with the help of Unwind Your Mind, the first in a series of CD's designed to help the beginner get started. Check out sample at: http://www.invitationtomeditation.com
CORPORATE EVENTS LAS VEGAS - specializes in personalized service/customer satisfaction for all aspects of event planning. We plan, coordinate and facilitate award dinners, galas, meetings, seminars, team building and cocktail receptions for groups of 20 to 2000+. We help our clients select venues, entertainment, menus and décor. For more info, contact: toni@corporateeventslasvegas.com or visit my website at: www.corporateeventslasvegas.com
MARKET YOUR WEBSITE LIKE THE EXPERTS - with Peggi Ridgway's “Successful Website Marketing” workbook. 138 pages of examples, action items and guides to listing your site with search engines, getting links from other sites and building a loyal community of followers at your website. $29.95 at www.MyWebSavvy.com or call the publisher, Wordpix. 800 200-1101
DAILY PASSION ACTIVATOR - from Life Coach Julie Jordan Scott is The Little Ezine with the Passionate, Purposeful, Powerful Impact. It will give you a burst of passion each weekday delivered free into your email box so you may begin to live more amazingly. To subscribe: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyPassionActivator/ or blank email: DailyPassionActivator-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
ACTRESS AVAILABLE - My name is SANJINI. If you're looking for an actress, please view my acting resume at www.sanjini-actor.com. View the photo gallery page to see different character looks. My contact information is: sanjinibhakta@lycos.com. 310-902-7713
STOP TALKING ABOUT IT & JUST DO IT! - Amy K's life coaching will transform your career, relationships or health. Experience your soul in action - set goals that honor your values and commit to the steps to reach them. Visit www.amykcoaching.com. 805-886-8361
LET YOUR SPIRIT SOAR - in the South Pacific! Fiji, Australia, New Zealand and more. Destination World (www.destinationworld.com) is much more than a wholesale travel reservation service. Our tailor made programs are for those who have been captivated by the extraordinary & will not rest until they experience it again. Judy McKenna, flyjudy@sbcglobal.net. 818-998-5839 or 800-536-0022
SHEN PHYSIO-EMOTIONAL RELEASE THERAPY - is a safe, reliable process that heals by unlocking trapped, painful emotion that we cannot unlock ourselves -lifting it from the body. SHEN helps with: Stress, Chronic pain, Depression, Migraines, PMS, Panic Attacks, Recovery from addictions, Abuse. For more info: www.shentherapy.info. Call Deirdre Wagner, CST, CMT. 760-912-5507
RED HAT WOMEN'S GROUP - The OVER THE TOP chapter in Ventura County/Channel Islands area is accepting interesting women who enjoy discussions on all aspects of women's life issues, who like to have FUN and do FUN things. The group is open to women of all ages. Only women 50 yrs. + can wear red hats (younger wear pink hats). Mary Lucid. 805-278-9009
INTERIOR ALIGNMENT FENG SHUI - Creates a sacred space by incorporating the best of the mystical traditions of the East and the practical methods of the West. Helps you realign stagnant or unhealthy energy and to restore harmony, balance and support in your surroundings. Also accelerates progress toward desired goals and aspirations. Karyn Armstrong, karyn@harmonicspaces.com. 503-525-2521
PIANO LESSONS - Classical and Jazz. Children and Adults. All Levels, All Ages. Now accepting students. My studio or your home. Background piano music for weddings and parties. Nancy Harris Jones, MA, Piano Performance. Member Music Teachers' Assn. of California. Member Music Teachers' National Assn. 805-967-1160
WILD WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA HANDCRAFTED SCULPTURES - "Wild" combination of glass, wire, clay and beads, the sculpted bodies are fused or lampworked with indivually-stylized details such as glass eyes and beaded hair. Uniquely created by Jo-el Helgesen, renowned jewelry and sculptor designer. 805-686-2417
ITALIAN LESSONS - I am a native Italian and I would like to teach you my beautiful language. For over 18 years, I taught in a private school in Santa Monica. I teach beginners to advanced, grammar/conversation. Laura DeLuca. 805-565-3720
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