4KSDesigns is an Online Baby Boutique specializing in Custom memory books. We email parents once a week starting at baby’s birth until the first year. They get a newsletter with tips on keeping baby safe, recalls, product reviews & recommendations and a quick form to fill out about baby’s milestones, special outings, appointments, etc. we then gather this info and send them a complete professionally printed memory book with a handcrafted unique fabric cover designed only for them, a ribbon closure, and is book store quality bound. No more blank pages, scribbled out words, or forgotten memories!
Biz Blast – ClosetFly.com
May 31, 2010 By 1 Comment
Mayna Sgaramella is a Wardrobe Consultant and Personal Stylist with Closet Fly. She specializes in educating men and women on dressing for their body type, choosing the right colors for their skin tone, and teaching them how to maintain a wardrobe that works for their lifestyle. Her mission is to help you look your best while doing more with less.
As the owner of Closet Fly, she shares valuable fashion advice speaking at seminars and workshops for local businesses to help companies represent a more professional image. She is also the creator of Girls’ Night In-Style home parties that teach women “what to wear, how to wear it, what to purge, and when to splurge!”
But before rummaging through her clients’ closets and helping them shop, Mayna worked as a business consultant helping teams get results, and applies this training to her business today.
She is also a volunteer for Dress For Success Seattle, dressing disadvantaged women in donated professional attire. Mayna is great at making her clients feel comfortable in an otherwise vulnerable situation. She believes that anyone can look fabulous regardless of their size, shape, age, or profession if they know “the rules” to proper fit and color.
About Closet Fly:
Closet Fly provides you with services and information to easily maintain a wardrobe that works. It can be as basic as helping you find an outfit for an event, or as detailed as organizing and creating a new wardrobe to fit your lifestyle. Sometimes, all you need is someone who is honest and supportive as we go through your closet, learn how to shop efficiently, and coordinate outfits for a complete, fabulous wardrobe.
Investing in yourself and in your appearance is just one of the many ways to improve the quality of your life. You deserve it!
Mayna believes you can look great at any shape, size, age or profession. Through her services at Closet Fly, she will share with you valuable fashion advice that many have applied at home and at work. She communicates that “every day we are sending a message to the world through our appearance, so it is important for us to evaluate whether or not our message is aligned with our intentions. Maintaining a wardrobe that enhances the way you present yourself to the world can help you look your best, and more importantly, you’ll feel amazing.”
Visit: www.closetfly.com for more information.
Interview: Leslie Hunt & Ann Marie Boskovich from American Idol
May 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Today I will be interviewing two past American Idol contestants with one of my clients, and guest co-host, Janie McQueen from SusuAndJohn.com! I am so excited! Let me tell you a little about each one!
Ann Marie Boskovich – Top 36 of American Idol 8
A native of the Ventura, Calif., area, Ann Marie made her public performance debut at age 5, singing Over the Rainbow at her great-grandmother’s funeral. At age 13, she appeared on the soundtrack for Disney’s direct-to-video feature The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, singing Part of Your World over the closing credits. She also sang God Bless America at the 2003 NBA All-Star Game.
Here is her latest work, “Everything Is Beautiful” from the “Letters To God” soundtrack. You can see more of Anne Marie by visiting her MySpace page.
Next up is Leslie Hunt! This American Idol Season Six Top 24 Contestant, has a new record out Your Hair Is On Fire (Ellenel Records) is a product of passion and tragedy, helped along by the talents of drummer Vinnie Colaiuta (Frank Zappa, Herbie Hancock) and bassist Vail Johnson (Stevie Nicks, Herbie Hancock). She auditioned for American Idol in Los Angeles. She says the disease Lupus has been the toughest obstacle in her life. Lesie Hunt is a musical phenomenon. Her impressive performance history (onstage with familiar names like Kenny Rogers, Rick Springfield and Ides of March/Survivor?s Jim Peterik) is equal to her keyboard talent and her prolific self-composed song catalog. Her style emanates pop, rock and soul, with influences including Bjork, Joni Mitchell, Feist, Fiona Apple, Jeff Buckley, Ben Folds Five and Stevie Wonder, without taking away from the sheer originality of her sound, not to mention the power and control of her distinctive voice. www.lesliehunt.net
- MommyMentor at 11pm with Leslie Hunt and Ann Marie Boscovitch
- Time for R and R Noon with Kinnik Sky and Paris Bennett and Mishavonna
- Not So Soccer Mom 1pm with Kris Allen and Carole MacIntyre (mom of Scott MacIntyre) and Becky O’Donohue
- Believe in Fairytales 2pm with Jessica Sierra and Becky O’Donohue
Wednesday, May 19th
- Learning and Laughter with Louise 9am with Carole MacIntyre (mom of Scott MacIntyre) and John Stevens and Becky O’Donohue
- Paying it Forward 10am with Carole MacIntyre (mom of Scott MacIntyre)
- keeping it together Noon with Paris Bennett
- Dare to Dream 5pm with Leslie Hunt and Becky O’Donohue
- Getting It Done at 9pm with Mishavonna
Thursday, May 20th
- Living the Dream Moms at 10am with Becky O’Donohue and Tatiana
- Mommy on a Shoestring at 2pm with Leslie Hunt
Friday, May 21st
- What’s Your Story 10 am with Mishavonna
- Kitchen Chat with Carole MacIntyre (mom of Scott MacIntyre) and Jessica Sierra
- Random and Unscripted 3pm with Natasha with Stevie Scott and Mishavonna
- Dara on Radio at 7pm with John Stevens and Carole MacIntyre (mom of Scott MacIntyre
Get more info on the guests - http://louisesattler.wordpress.com/179-2/
Radio Show: Life is Mental: Think Thin to Live Thin
May 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
We are thrilled to be speaking with Kelly Stallings on this week’s radio show. As a mom, (or dad) we know that after we have our babies, losing that ‘baby’ weight comes more into focus. How are we going to do it? We may try different programs, as I have, only to get set up to be let down. What an amazing way to lose weight…thinking, visioning, and believing it can happen!
Kelly Stallings is a licensed psychotherapist and the author of Life is Mental: Think Thin to Live Thin, the simple solution for addressing the mental aspect of weight loss. Since 1994, she has worked with people to create significant changes in their life including increased overall physical health by teaching the appropriate uses of cognitive behavioral techniques for healthy living. Kelly’s book and training has been featured on several television news shows, radio shows and popular magazines like American Baby and Success for Women. She is a dynamic speaker who quickly engages the audience and puts them at ease with her warm, ‘no fluff’ personality. Connect with Kelly on Facebook and twitter to receive her Life is Mental tips and techniques.
Signup for Kelly’s newsletter at www.lifeismental.com
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Show Guest: Daphne Cohn, CEO of Raw Food Mamas
April 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Daphne Cohn is the founder and CEO of Raw Food Mamas, an organization dedicated to helping busy moms dramatically increase their energy and take back control of their health.
Daphne has a bachelors from UC Davis and is a graduate of the National Institute of Whole Health. She is passionate about food, spirituality and pleasure. Daphne has taught classes on nutrition and on spirituality across the country. She lived for three years at a Zen center in Northern California, worked on two organic farms and is currently running her company while raising two beautiful children.
Daphne is committed to helping every worn out, overworked and exhausted mama awaken the mama goddess within!
We will add the complete podcast here once the show has ended and as always, you can download it directly from iTunes using this link: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-mommy-mentor/id361239061
Show Guest: Shell Mendelson, MS – Career Path Counselor
April 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Career planning, done right, is an experience in creating options and learning how to use ones preferences to create a career path. The goal is not to limit a teenager or young adult, but to teach them a process for collecting career information. This information is about themselves and the world of work. Career planning teaches older teens and young adults how to use that information to make decisions that will help them learn how to support themselves through a job they love. Given that most of us will change careers at least three times in our lives, career planning provides the tools that will take them easily through any life transition.
I began my career in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling in 1988 in Sacramento, CA, after earning a Masters Degree from San Francisco State University. I specialized in creating job choices and career transitions for employees injured in the workplace through the Workers Compensation System. Eventually, I transitioned into the area of Career Counseling, and in 1991, I continued my training with Career Master, Richard Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute, the foremost guide for Career Changers for the past thirty years. I have been listed in his book for the past 18 years. In the following years, I worked with individuals and groups utilizing the Bolles Method of Career Planning. In 1998, inspired by my son and with concern that good school art programs were becoming less and less available, I made the decision to take action. After moving to New Braunfels in 2000, I made yet another transition by starting a new creativity-based company that I was called upon to create, utilizing the career change methods I taught adults for many years.
As an older mom with a love of art and entrepreneurial skills, I saw the need for art education outside the school systems where art programs were either limited or unavailable. For several years, with single-minded determination, I developed an art education franchise to fulfill the need where school programs were being eliminated throughout the country. At the time, nothing else was available in the US. The result was the formation of KidzArt (www.kidzart.com), a now international art education franchise with 60 plus franchisees in 29 states nationally and in over 8 countries internationally. As a franchisor and CEO of the company, I learned valuable lessons in creating a profitable business model, coaching new business people in all areas of their operation, in franchising and bringing together high caliber professionals to develop a winning concept. I also learned that ultimately, for me, franchising was not my true calling.
After having spent over ten years developing KidzArt, I am again drawn back to the Career Counseling field with a renewed passion inspired by my sixteen year old son, to fulfill a much needed niche providing a personal service to help Older Teens and Young Adults identify their life’s work. I also bring a wealth of business resources and education for budding entrepreneurs. My philosophy is that it is never too early to get started in the process of identifying one’s life work – be it a college major with a complimentary minor, career direction , job hunt guidance following college graduation, or identification of good work with or without a degree. There is a need on every level that I intend to fulfill. I am excited to serve New Braunfels and its surrounding communities with excellent Career Planning services for Generation M (ages 15-28) and selected adult group – divorcing women and women returning to the workforce. Here’s to your Journey!
For more information on Shell Mendelson and NB Careers, visit www.nbcareersnow.com
Interview: Inner Vision Portraits
March 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
What a pleasure it was speaking with Pamela Moss, founder of innervisionportraits.com about the powers of vision boards and possibility portraits. Dr. Pamela Moss, PhD. is a visioning expert, visionary artist, and the founder of www.innervisionportraits.com, a company dedicated to helping women (particularly women leaders and change agents) who want to see their path and embrace their power. Pamela’s work is featured in a #1 mysticism bestseller, two college textbooks, and national TV, as well as private art collections across the US. Listeners (and readers) are invited to get 2 gifts: the “Seeing Your Light” handbook (a powerful visioning exercise) and a complimentary “Power Session with Pamela” to examine your goals and challenges and explore what’s the most powerful thing you can do now to take your life or business to the next level. You can get them both at www.powerofmyvision.com.
FREE GIFT OFFER: Listeners/Readers are invited to get 2 gifts: the “Seeing Your Light” handbook (a powerful visioning exercise) and a complimentary “Power Session with Pamela” to examine your goals and challenges and explore what’s the most powerful thing you can do now to take your life or business to the next level. You can get them both at www.powerofmyvision.com.
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Interview: Susan Mershon, Comprehensive Virtual Solutions
March 14, 2010 By 1 Comment
Comprehensive Virtual Solutions is a small business created by Susan Mershon to support your small business. Most business owners and entrepreneurs juggle all the daily needs of their business. They are CEO, sales manager, marketing director, customer service representative, bookkeeper and administrative assistant. Not to mention they work nights and weekends! This doesn’t leave much time to grow a business. We are a virtual assistant firm providing a variety of services to assist you with running your business. Partnering with us allows you the time and energy to concentrate on growing your business.
The benefits of outsourcing to a Virtual Assistant are limitless. Here are a few of the top reasons our customers use our services:
• Time Saved. Outsourcing your work to an experienced professional allows you the freedom to focus on generating new business and taking care of your clients.
• Money Saved. A Virtual Assistant requires no agency fees, recruiting expenses, benefits, training or office overhead/equipment.
• Pay As You Go. With a Virtual Assistant, you pay only for the services rendered, when you need them. Their schedules are flexible and they can work within your unique deadlines and budget.
• Peace of Mind. You can take confidence in knowing your work is being managed by an expert who is also a small business owner.
• A Fresh Perspective. Virtual Assistants are entrepreneurs who know what it takes to run a business effectively. They’re not an employee, but rather a collaborative partner who fully understands the objectives of their clients and truly cares about their success.
• Added Skills and Equipment. Virtual Assistants offer a diverse skill set and own state-of-the-art software/equipment you may not have at your disposal, saving you valuable money, time and resources.
Our mission is to develop a collaborative partnership with each of our clients and provide them with business solutions that save them time and money, ultimately allowing them to achieve their dreams of growth, increased profitability and success.
After being part of corporate America for over 20 years, Susan Mershon founded Comprehensive Virtual Solutions to fulfill her dream of being her own boss. She has held a variety of positions in her 20 year career in Information Technology, including management, human resources, training and development and project and program management. She is a certified Project Manager through the Project Management Institute. She’s also a wife and mother to two wonderful boys!
Interview with: Bundles of Energy
February 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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“Bundles of Energy” was founded just over a year ago by Michelle Giangualano when the need for easy to understand sport nutrition information was requested of her by her son’s hockey team. Michelle competed in two Winter Olympic Games as a long track speed skater in 1994 & 1998. She brings a wealth of passion, experience and a grand vision to the company. In October of 2009 Michelle partnered with Jenn Champagne; wife, parent, and athlete. Jenn’s journey to a healthier life through food reached new heights when her twin sons were put on a wheat and dairy-free diet. Jenn found the transition to that diet to be difficult. She believed that there was a need for this information to be more available. Therefore, when Michelle identified the concept of a gentle shift, she jumped at the chance to help other people to make change. She puts her passion to work behind the scenes, working at the “social media game” and management of the company. The “Bundles of Energy” team also includes three energetic and knowledgeable holistic nutritionists. Marcie Brown, Adrianne Smith and Carrie Dancey all contribute so much to both the success and vision of Bundles of Energy. They are continuously adding new recipes, articles and tips for readers and are eager to teach at hands-on events.
“Bundles of Energy” is centered on the principles of holistic nutrition creating accessibility and ease of learning to anyone working toward a healthier lifestyle through in-home workshops and our soon to be launched, online membership program. They are a trusted source of nutritional information with tools, tips and ongoing support that contribute to creating healthy lifestyles and relationships to food and our planet; whole foods, whole body, whole planet.
The goal is to inspire everyone to treat their bodies with the ultimate care by teaching each person about the importance of “real food” and regular exercise; knowledge is power. When you know more about the food you are choosing you are more likely to alter your choices to meet your health commitments.
Begin to make small changes today. As you get comfortable with each change, move on the next one. Sign up for the “Bundles of Energy” newsletter and you will receive your own copy of 25 gentle shifts to amazing health to help you get started as well as an invaluable wallet reference card for the grocery store. It is a quick reference for: Organic best buys (lists which foods are most important to buy organic); and on the other side: Deal breakers (frequently used ingredients to avoid). The monthly newsletter is full of great nutrition articles, news from like-minded professionals and of course, recipes! Enjoy and eat well!
www.bundlesofenergy.com
www.bundlesofenergy.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/jennboe
Today’s Show Guests, Mollee Bauer & Michelle Lienhart
February 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Mollee Bauer has a long history in the parenting and pregnancy space on the web. For as long as her son has been around (13 years) she’s been one of the initial pioneers of parenting and pregnancy online communities and applications. She’s one of the inventors of the first web-based interactive pregnancy calendar and one of the original staff of BabyCenter.com. Pregnancy.org was founded September 10, 2001 and continues to be one of the biggest women owned and operated parenting and pregnancy web sites available today. Pregnancy.org is proud of the over 4.1MM visitors to the site in the last year and hopes the growth of our extended family continues to blossom. We offer parents and parents-to-be a free membership that includes the web’s best pregnancy calendar and BBT charting tool, thousands of articles, expert Q & A, vibrant online communities, local content, video libraries, blogs, and product reviews. All of these tools help our members feel secure, knowledgeable and able to make the journey to parenthood that much easier. Pregnancy.org itself is the winner of the 2006 silver W3 award in family and parenting as well as a 2009 Gold Horizon Award.
Michelle Lienhart creator of Just Be and mom (10 yr old step-son, 16 year old daughter & 20 year old son). Just Be is a state of mind, a way of life, and a philosophy. It is a line of apparel and accessories not meant to inspire…but to Just Be. Each Just Be item has its own Just Be saying—be free, be organic, be peaceful, be sweet, be proud, be green, be fabulous, be the change, be natural, etc. Just Be gear allows people to show the world how they like to Just Be. You can view the entire line at shop. jb-justbe.com.
There are tees for the whole family—men, women, kids and infants. We have a line of 100% organic cotton tees as well. All Just Be tees are printed on super-soft, combed ring-spun 100% cotton tees with a soft-hand technique using eco-friendly ink. This means that there is no “plastic-y feel” to the design. In fact you can’t feel the design at all and it is also better for the environment.
Just Be is being built around an online community for people to share how they Just Be. Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are used, along with a customized website and blog at www.jb-justbe.com. People share and show how they Just Be by uploading photos and videos to the blog and the other social networking sites.
Just Be also has several kinds of fundraising programs that you can use to raise money for your school, club, class or other organization. You would earn $5.00 for each tee and $3.00 for each accessory you sell. And…each seller earns a free t-shirt for every 10 shirts they sell! Go to www.jb-justbe.com for more information.
Just Be also has several kinds of fundraising programs that you can use to raise money for your school, club, class or other organization. You would earn $5.00 for each tee and $3.00 for each accessory you sell. And…each seller earns a free t-shirt for every 10 shirts they sell! Go to www.jb-justbe.com for more information.
Some international movie stars are now wearing Just Be tees because of the Oscars. Just Be was selected to participate in the exclusive celebrity gift bags given away at the Academy Awards in February 2009. From that event, Just Be organic tees were specifically asked for to be featured in Closet Cyclers, a new documentary focusing on Hollywood, celebrities and green products for a better environment. The celebrities, such as Mycole Metcalf, Jenny McCarthy, Kate Winslet and Daryl Hannah (just to name a few), will be wearing the tees during the filming of the documentary.
Just Be tees were given to celebrity tween and teen girls and boys at an event in Los Angeles. Celebrity tweens and teens from hit television shows and movies, such as Zoey 101, Wizards of Waverly Place, Hannah Montana, Princess Protection Program, Dance Flick and more will be sporting our tees. We also received a personal request for tees from the Cyrus family—Miley and Billy Ray.
Just Be also participated in a Back to School Celebrity Kids Gift Bags. Among the recipients were the kids of Angelina Jolie, Courtney Cox, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Garner, just to name a few. I received a personal thank you from Courtney Cox’s daughter Coco.
Just Be was named an “Inspired Innovation” by Inc. and Fast Company magazines. The company was featured in their October 2008 issues.
It’s a good time to…Just Be.
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