Monthly Archives: April 2011

Entrepreneurship: Getting Started

If you ever sold anything at all: Girl Scout Cookies, lemonade in front of your house, raffle tickets for your church, you have already been an entrepreneur. Apply that earlier experience to what you would really like to do today, and you have the makings for success. Elizabeth Wilson started by selling her school lunch. Today, she has written books for all ages and helps teach women how to start their own businesses to achieve success. Her book, When Life Gives You Lemons, Open a Lemonade Stand, tells how you can take small steps to financial independence. Dr. Nancy and Elizabeth talk about how women are already doing the hard work, with the stay-at-home-mom being the hardest Continue reading

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Survive and Succeed

Can you imagine waking up in the intensive care unit and discovering that you’ve lost two months of your life? That’s what happened to Nancy Michaels and she is completely grateful to be here to tell her story. Nancy Michaels is called “America’s Most Sought-After Fortune 500 Consultant,” but she didn’t get here the easy way. When Dr. Nancy asked her to tell her personal story, Nancy Michaels revealed a long history of denial: denial of her abusive marriage, ignoring her own health, accepting the superficial trappings of “success.” Then she got kicked on her butt. She almost lost everything, even her life. Continue reading

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Online Success Story

What would you do if you were laid off six times in eight years and trying to feed hungry children? Sharifah Hardie developed a successful business and became Google’s #1 ranked professional business consultant. Her new book, And Here’s Your Box: From Laid Off to Loving Life, tells about her personal journey and the stories of a hundred others from various professions who Sharifah has helped to achieve career success. Continue reading

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Living Longer Joyful Lives

If you are waiting for something to happen before you can be happy and feel good about your life, you need to stop waiting and be happy now. Get out of the doldrums and “Carpe Diem!” That’s the philosophy of Dr. Elaine Dembe, a 62 year old chiropractor, who wears the title, “The Passion Doctor,” with pride. Continue reading

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Global Human Trafficking

This Conversation between Dr. Nancy and Nancy Deville exposes eye-opening facts. This story is so tough and so unbelievably true, Nancy had to create a riveting fictional thriller to make the public listen. Based on 20 years of research, her new novel, Karma, tells the tale of human bondage, the dirty little secret that no one wants to talk about. But it is a world-wide crisis with untold millions of women and children disappearing every day. Continue reading

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Be Happy Now

Many women today are struggling to look at the bright side. When times get tough, we reach out our hands to help one another. That’s what WomenSpeak has done with Dr. Nancy’s expert guest, Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo. Elizabeth combined her physical therapy training with a Ph.D. in psychology when she discovered how crucial the mind is in healing the body. That important mind-body connection created a dedication to help people discover that they have the skills within themselves Continue reading

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Parenting Girls to Lead

Are your daughters or granddaughters growing up to believe in themselves as “leaders” or do they imagine themselves as pretty, gown-wearing, princesses-in-waiting? Are you equipped to counteract society’s premature sexualization of girls? Are you instilling a positive image of strength in your girls as you raise them? Parenting expert Dr. Janet Rose has made it her life’s work to coach parents how to help girls choose self-esteem and self-reliance over dependence on a man for their future support. Her free e-book Continue reading

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