PowHERbytes & ASKS from PowHERtalks Victoria

PowHERbytes and ASKS from PowHERtalks Victoria.

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Toni Desrosiers:

• Experiences and tradition nourish us more than food and feed our soul.
• Research turns into stories.

Toni’s ASK:

My Ask is that you create and collect stories that Keep Food Alive and share them with me. Learn from your parents how their parents kept food fresh. Forage wild berries with your best friend and eat them by the handfuls in the forest. Learn your grandmother’s famous recipe, the one you couldn’t get enough of as a kid. Then get in touch and tell me your story because we must capture the innate human wisdom behind our food and we crave stories, they inspire the good in us all. To keep humankind alive, truly alive, we need to feel inspired and I believe those are the moments worth sharing.

Jody Jackson:

• GOLF is a metaphor for life.
• Change the perception of how I need to be in the world.
• Golf is a walking meditation of presence.
• Honour the process instead of demanding perfection.

Jody’s ASK:

Samantha Skelly, photo credit Krysten Merriman

I am calling for an END to an out-dated perception and the BEGINNING of AN EVOLUTION REVOLUTION for GOLF ~ being Grounded | Open | Loving | Fun.  Join Jody Jackson Golf and pursue your personal growth and development via an individualized coaching program, semi-private lessons, group training, yoga for golf and/or a golf travel adventure with like-minded others.

Samantha Skelly:

• When shame is spoken, you can begin to heal and transform.
• You can’t put band-aids on bullet wounds.
• Beautiful is a feeling, not a size.
• Ask for a sign.
• What is your relationship with food?

Samantha’s ASK:

If you’re stuck in the diet/binge cycle, speak with me, your time is now. I want to support you in breaking free from the battle with food and your body.  The Society Program runs June 27th – December 12th.  Connect personally with Samantha today to learn more.  30 women who are interested in being invited into the program from PowHERtalks will receive $500 off their registration.

Sherry Strong:

• Obesity is a disease of scarcity not a disease of abundance.
• Sugar lights up our brains 8 times as much as cocaine.
• Disconnection is the cause of addictions.
• Addiction is your body not listening to your soul.
• Discomfort is there for a reason
• Need something sweet? Have a sweet conversation, hug someone.
• Choose the Sweet Life instead of the sweets!

Sherry’s ASK:

Join the Return to Food 7 Day Challenge – Take Your Life Back and Enjoy the Sweet Life – sign up at www.returntofood.com/product/return-to-food-7-day-challenge/

Dr. Seema Kanwal:

• Acknowledge your existence and presence, every day.
• Through adversity, you find your true family and friends.
• We are all patients.
• Create a wonderful life, not one that is less horrible.

photo credit: Krysten Merriman

Seema’s ASK:

My ask is that you acknowledge your existence and presence, every day.

Please connect with me on Facebook and Twitter for ideas and reminders on how best to stay true to your most powHERful Self.

Julia Chung:

• The problem with SMART goals is that the A attainable is attainable and typically misunderstood as limiting. 
• Create terrifying goals!
• Be an efficiency freak.
• We (Women) are a significant resource.
• Women need to step up, dream big, take risks!
• Stop being selfish.
• Your business isn’t just about you.
• Murder your self-limiting beliefs.
• Create a Responsibility Statement instead of a mission statement.
• Create the world in your own image.

Julia’s ASK:

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Jo Dibblee:

• Hell Ya!
• Launch full on!
• Stand ON your story not IN your story!
• Do you know how powerful you are?
• There are nuggets in your past.
• Find the gaps

Jo’s ASK:

Yes, you are that PowHERful!  I’m asking you to stand up, move from the shadows into the spotlight, and take your place!  I can’t wait to celebrate you!

Shaeah Love, photo credit Kysten Merriman

Shaeah Love:

• It’s in the heart of another that we truly heal. 
• I don’t have to do life on my own.
• Pause for grounding.

Shaeah’s ASK:

I mentor professional and/or affluent women who long to give back, to create their legacy and the powerful impact they are here to make and be deeply fulfilled in the process.

Please contact me for a complimentary Impact Empowerment Session if you are longing and ready to contribute to the betterment of people and/or the planet and create your legacy that has a powerful and meaningful impact. I would also greatly appreciate if you know of any women who are ready, to please pass on their contact info or have them contact me.

I am also available to speak about the ‘Creating Your Legacy and Your Butterfly Effect  Process’ and give inspirational talks on Empowerment, Meaningful Connection, Integrity, Authenticity and Vulnerability, please let me know of any women’s groups, events or organizations you think would be a good fit.

Anne Beaulieu:

• Put yourself first.  Nothing less will do.
• My tank is full and nothing else will do
• How are you compassionate to yourself?
• Rotate your compassion tank to you!
• Make friends with your heart
• Keep topping up your own tank.
• What’s It Worth to you to live a life with a full tank? 
• Strong women build strong families, communities and world.

Anne Beaulieu, photo credit Krysten Merryman

Anne’s ASK:

I want to become a household name on emotional intelligence… in China! Why there? So many Chinese women give their all while secretly hoping their tank will get refilled in return. Like you, these women are the mothers of our next generation of leaders and we all know a leader without compassion will never truly feel what our world needs right now. So who do you know who is Chinese, does business in China, and is willing to provide me with a speaking platform in that country?  Please invite them to reach out to me. Thank you!

Tracey Drake (PowHER Booster Address):

• Are you showing up, but not there?
• Every  experience and interaction matters.
• The real magic will happen when you show up for your own life.
• Be in the moment – be present.
• Everyone is grateful to be born.  We are blessed to be born a woman.

If you would like to learn more about Tracey’s soon to be released book or the Personal IPO workshops she conducts for women who want to be mindful in their personal and professional lives, get in touch with Tracey directly via email or connect with her on social media.

“Just like the little black dress – smart, savvy women of integrity never go out of style.”

Sonia Furstenau:

• Show up. Stand up. Speak up.
• Adapting to ever-changing circumstances.
• We are thread in a tapestry.
• Cultivate a culture of kindness, generosity and love.
• Bow into service.
• We can heal the world, one beloved community at a time.

Sonia’s ASK:

My ask is that you all work to bring back the village – recreate the connections and bonds in your neighbourhoods, in your towns, in your cities, and infuse your efforts with love: love of place, love of neighbour, love of community. We can heal the world in our daily interactions, one community at a time.

I would be delighted to share the story of Shawnigan in communities around BC, and provide the practical tools that we have used in our efforts to become highly organized.  We are a community that has shown up, spoken up, and stood up in order to protect the future that we want.

Carol Anne Hilton:

• It’s time to stand in our own truth and light
• When I grow up I want to be happy!
• Welcome home to yourself.
• Stand in your own truth and light.
• Change the story.
• Put the fragments together.
• Face the fear and transform terror.

Carol Anne Hilton, photo credit: Krysten Merriman

Carol Anne’s ASK:

Read the Truth and Reconciliation report. Examine your leadership in conversations about First Nations people. Hold conversations that matter about First Nations people.  Reflecting outside of thought patterns and journey within to explore your current beliefs and value systems. Are they true?  Do your beliefs and values support you, our nation or our actions as Global citizens?

Dana Caple:

• Families matter!
• The luxury of living in denial costs way too much.
• Look at the gap between your heart and your own wounds, between words and actions.
• Normal … except when it’s not.
• She likes herself, and we’re friends.

Dana’s ASK:

Respite for young families comes in many forms – look around your own community and see where YOU can best be of service.  We invite you to join Community Enterprise. Participate.  Engage.  Feel that amazing sense of fulfillment that comes from helping a young family create healthy changes.

Rachelle Dallaire:

• Academically provocative.
• Create passion from a need to understand.
• When you look at the land you live on, are you aware of who you share the land with?

Rachelle’s ASK:

Stop and reflect on your personal and collective responsibility to understand the history of Canada, especially as it pertains to the First Peoples of Canada.

Kindi Gill:

• Ugly faces return home.
• Suffering sparks expansion, then change advocates.
• What is the point of creation if only to see it destroyed?
• It’s not that it happens, but why it happens
• We look for solutions.

Kindi’s ASK:

My ASK is to be connected with event planners and organizations that need a speaker for conferences or concurrent sessions to inspire behavioural change.  Topics include mindfulness, stress management, conflict resolution, effective leadership, empowerment and self-confidence.

Leah Goard, photo credit Krysten Merriman

Loretta Cella:

• Pay attention to the core of who you are.
• Insert space between fears.
• Fears and anxieties are not easy feats that come from the past and often are not our own.
• Focus on something that lights us on fire, that we we want.

Loretta’s ASK:

Loretta is asking for your assistance in meeting her goal of enrolling 100 Canadians across the country to become leaders for humanity by end of 2017.

Leah Goard:

• The details of childhood get lost when you lose a parent at a young age.
• Crush the statistics!
• Take radical responsibility!
• Learn to say no.
• When deprivation calls, do something different.
• Your money story might have nothing to do with money.
• To change your world, start with your story.
• Abundance from the inside out

Leah’s ASK:

ASK:  Make a non-negotiable commitment to yourself to do whatever it takes to unveil and accept your story, take radical responsibility for your financial freedom and ask for help.  Go to www.leahgoard.com/abundance and sign up to be notified when the free money webinar is launching and to receive other resources to help you thrive.

Special thanks to Kait Burgan and Wendy Foster for capturing these powHERbytes.  

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