Are you a woman who leads? Whether it’s managing a team at work, coaching the cheerleading squad, or running your own business… strong leaders have one thing in common. They know how to motivate other people to action!

When you think of women who lead, who comes to mind? Maybe Oprah Winfrey, Indira Ghandi, Margaret Thatcher… fearless females who stand out as championing a cause or motivating others for lasting change. What about people from your everyday life? We all know at least one woman who stands out as being an exceptional leader among her peers.

How about you… have you always wanted to lead a group? Maybe you already act as a leader in your own life and just need some reassurance that you’re in the right role.

Here are some common traits of women who [click to continue…]

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Ever have this happen to you? You are full steam ahead, fully motivated and engaged with your business and then suddenly you get a case of the “lazies.” Feeling unmotivated from time to time is normal, yet consistent lack of motivation will lower your morale and leave you feeling icky about your business. More often than not, when you find yourself in a constant state of “not feeling like it,” you were likely emotionally triggered at some point and spinning on a Cycle of Disempowerment.

Motivation is a big challenge for many FEMpreneurs and it is critical to running an extraordinary business. Many of my clients ask me why it is so hard to stay motivated, and my reply is always, that we forget the WHY of our goals. We lose sight of the bigger picture, the meaning behind the desire and instead we wallow in a challenging circumstance or recent disappointment, which leaves us unmotivated and or lackadaisical at best.

Sigmund Freud’s Pain/Pleasure Principle offers an explanation for this. People make decisions based upon [click to continue…]

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The 5 FEMpreneur Muscles that are Critical to Your Success

Being a FEMpreneur comes with unique challenges yet most of which can be managed and overcome with a little bit of creativity and diligence. Today’s FEMpreneur is a far cry from the “Superwoman” IDEAL from the 80′s. Today’s FEMpreneur doesn’t have to do it ALL, do it PERFECTLY, or get it all done TODAY. Yet, [...]

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Benevolence: The Key to Life Happiness?

I woke up this morning with an epiphany. Yes, a MAJOR aha moment greeted me with a smile first thing. This awesome awareness changes everything. It changes how I feel. How I relate to others. It changes how I spend my money and how I run my business. It comes down to one simple word: [...]

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From the Boardroom to the Baby’s Room: How to Ease the Transition

Hi everyone! I ran across Laura Owens one day as I was researching data for healthy living. I was ASTOUNDED by the depth of knowledge and VALUE that Laura offered on her websites. So, invited her to guest blog and she said “YES!”. I am delighted to introduce Laura Owens to you.  Enjoy! From the [...]

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Goals and Rewards go together.

Goals are not only a wonderful way to create success in life, they also come with GREAT reward. Press Play and the comment below. . . —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Susan Liddy is the author of the “Body Benevolence eBook; 8 Weeks to Loving Your Body” and “The Secrets to Ultimate Living; What You Wish You Knew When [...]

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Making excuses actually creates pain.

When we are making excuses, we are basically trying to get away from a negative feeling that we don’t want to feel. For example, perhaps we know we should get up and exercise, yet we’ll make the excuse that we’re too tired to avoid feeling the “pain” of working out. Excuse making actually creates more [...]

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Procrastinating about your goals? Well, what’s your excuse?

Sometimes accomplishing your goals feels frustrating or overwhelming and so you make excuses. Excuses that get you off the hook from having to deal with what you must do to accomplish your goal. What are your favorite excuses? (AKA “Little  You Reasoning”.) Press Play and then please comment. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Susan Liddy is the author of [...]

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Stop Procrastinating! Accomplish your Goals so you can feel Joy.

Instead of procrastinating and associating a lot of discomfort with your goals, embrace the JOY that comes with achieving them. This is a KEY to lasting motivation. Press Play and then please comment. .. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Susan Liddy is the author of the “Body Benevolence eBook; 8 Weeks to Loving Your Body” and “The Secrets to [...]

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An Oprah Winfrey Story

Here is a little story about a little African American girl who grew up the achieve GREATNESS. Every thing that this little girl had in her, YOU have in you too! Use this inspiring story to shift into the belief that you can create what you want in your life. Press Play and then please [...]

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