You guys! YOU GUYS! I couldn't be more excited to bring to you today's special Women On Purpose featured boss babe! I am 100000000% certain you've heard of ban.do. Behind ban.do is Jen Gotch. She's the cool chic I'm talking about. Being that I am a mom of a teen girl, and I happen to like pretty cool and fun hip things myself, {wink} the gal who started this company has been on my dream boss babe list for quite some time. Fun stuff … [Read more...]
Cocktails and Conversations Begin Tomorrow Night!
I couldn't be more THRILLED to announce this FREE Telesummit I'm hosting beginning tomorrow night. All those things you love to read about HERE on TheOPLife, all the fun stuff that we do, day in and day out? Those are the things we'll be sharing. Each evening, you'll be able to watch me alongside a guest expert boss babe I've invited to discuss a specific topic. It's totally free and you can watch from your phone OR computer. You can … [Read more...]
How To Get Rid Of Self Doubt
We've all dealt with this secret monster in our head. Those voices that say "no you can't do that." "You'll never succeed at that." "You're not good enough for that." Do you struggle with self-doubt? Perhaps you often wonder if you've made the right decision or have only a faint hope that your next job interview, project, deal you're going to land, or even date will turn out well. We start thinking about those fears. The most unfortunate … [Read more...]
The Truth About Back To School: A Mom’s Perspective
This is going to be a straight talk session I'm going to have with you and what I feel like back to school feels like for us moms. No nonsense. Straight talk about back to school, the good the bad and the ugly, and letting go. Grab some Kleenex and a cocktail. Things about to get real. This post reflects my personal feelings and my experiences. And I believe as parents we do the best we know to do. That is all we can do. Right? The truth … [Read more...]
Why My Remodeling My Office Is Important For You
Laptops have contributed to my demise this past year or so. I am coming clean and admitting it. They say admitting your problem is the frist step, right? HA! I haven't really had a "problem" per se, but I had some health issues and a bit of depression with deaths I've had to deal with, so I've been working literally "from bed". Watch my video to understand more of what I'm talking about and what I'm doing... but listen CLOSELY because … [Read more...]
Women On Purpose: Erin Bowman – Pop Star
I cherry pick the women I have had on my Women On Purpose series. I select women I admire, respect their work ethic, how they run their business, how they treat others, and really look at them as "the package deal". It's not about who is making a ton of money or has a bazillion followers, but who is living their dreams, following their passions, and loving life and loving others, making a difference in the lives of others. You guys have NO … [Read more...]
Design Your Best Life: Badass On Purpose
It's TIME. I'm so excited I can't even begin to tell you! I've had this vision for SO long... for years I can truly say. I had this vision of what I wanted to share with you as part of The OP Life. I had a vision of what I wanted to convey and teach and mentor and empower all of the women (and a few of the dudes too!) that I touched. It's this. Living On Purpose and having this fabulous fierce and badass life means having … [Read more...]
Women On Purpose: Mother’s Day Series – Mother Knows Best
For the moms, by the moms, to the moms... and the rest of anyone! There is no better wisdom than a mother's wisdom. A woman who birthed you, raised you, sacrificed for you, cried about you, stressed because of you, laughed because of you, was made to have you. You would not be here if it wasn't for your mom. It's the one job in this world that we don't get paid for but it's priceless. It's the hardest job in the world, but it's also … [Read more...]
How To Deal With Negative People
No thanks. You can take that somewhere else! No matter what we do, whether we work or not, we all come in contact with negative, difficult people from time to time. Our natural instinct is to fight back, defend ourselves, and react to their negativity with some of our own. However, we are not animals who are led by instincts. We are humans with the ability to control our responses. To fight anger with anger merely depletes our own energy … [Read more...]
How To Stop The Need To Please
Are you a people-pleaser? Do you try to help everyone at the expense of your own needs? Do you try to make others happy as a means of avoiding confrontation? Do you feel guilt when you put yourself first? I hate to say it but if these sound like you, you’re a people pleaser. Trying to make others happy at your own expense is a poor way to spend your time and energy. If you’re looking out for everyone else, who has your best interests at … [Read more...]
On Purpose In Person
Here's why I'm doing what I do. Do I love fashion? Um YA! Do I love decor? YESSSS! Do I love makeup and fluffing my hair? Um... have you seen me lately? What's all that got to do with living On Purpose? Everything. It's about getting REAL about what choices we make and it's about getting REAL with what's going on inside that head of yours. What are you saying to yourself? Are you good enough? Do you have what it takes? Are … [Read more...]
7 Steps To Give Yourself Mental Makeover
Makeovers. Come get a makeover. Your house just got a makeover. Want a makeover? Quite a buzzword, don't you think? Although you might take great care of your body, our face, skin, hair, and we're all about beauty, and even our homes, we may not give much thought to our mental self. It’s time to ask yourself, “What do I do to take care of my mind and keep it in excellent shape?” Here are some ways to give yourself a mental … [Read more...]
How To Be Productive While Procrastinating
Sounds kinda odd doesn't it? It's almost an oxymoron. How to be productive while procrastinating. Let's face it. We all procrastinate in some way. We're putting something off, doing other things than that one thing we need to get done. I know I'm guilty as charged! What's worse is that pit feeling in your stomach knowing you still haven't done what you NEED to get done, that thing that you're putting off. So I got to thinking... If … [Read more...]
Mothers and Daughters: Raising Confident Secure Young Women
Today I'm pouring my heart into this online journal I call WordPress about mothers and daughters and about raising confident secure young women. I also want to preface this post by saying I speak from my own personal experiences. I always had said I wished there was a handbook on how to be the perfect parent. There is no "perfect parent". All we do is the best we can do with what we know. I get asked all the time about my relationship with … [Read more...]
Out Of Office: Out To Market
If you can dream it, you can do it. YGG! You Go Girl! Unstoppable! Why can't that be you! All those things. Blah blah blah... Ya ya we've heard them all, and ya ya... I talk about that stuff.. a LOT. Why? Because I believe in that shit. I do. So much so that I taught my daughter to believe that shit. And WAY back when (not that long ago) she started a little business out of our kitchen that is now a full fledged big … [Read more...]
Word Of The Year: Empower
What's your word of the year? Have you ever had one? I've seen several posts on Facebook of people's word of the year and I thought to myself, what's my underlying theme for myself this year? What I want to be? Do? Accomplish? Live my life by? I've never done this before so I thought I'd do it this year. And I want to encourage you to as well. Why have a word of the year? We can SPEAK things into existence, speak LIFE into what we … [Read more...]
FinishStrongOP – Becoming A Better You
I've been alluding for quite some time that I've been working on something great, something awesome, something for YOU! Those of you a part of my private group, The OP Lounge, you already got a chance to see it FIRST and be the FIRST to sign up and work with me. I told you! Membership has its privileges! Let me first begin by telling you, if you're new around here, what OP means. OP means On Purpose. I believe living On Purpose is a … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Avoid Gaining Weight Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day
Although Thanksgiving has passed, I thought I'd talk about this subject of weight gain during the holidays. We're in the thick of parties and events, and what does that center around? Usually food and drink. The holidays and fattening food go hand-in-hand. Thanksgiving and the leftovers can last a week. Then it’s only a few more weeks until Christmas. New Year’s is the following week. Studies show that 75% of a person’s annual weight gain … [Read more...]
5 Steps to Embrace New Chapters in Your Life
Life is a journey. Death of a loved one. Major illness. Divorce. Loss of a job. Career change. Kids grown and leaving. Moving to a new city. Marriage. Having kids. I'm sure you've encountered any number of these. This is just a short list of life-changing circumstances that mark a new chapter in your life. As you're well aware, life is full of changes. Sometimes, the changes occur when you least expect them, and you end up with … [Read more...]
10 Quick Fixes for a Melancholy Mood
I always say we have a choice to be happy. It's a conscious decision to wake up on the RIGHT side of the bed and choose to see things from a positive perspective and be happy. It's your right! But sometimes, hormones kick in, life happens, and being happy isn't always easy. Having a down mood from time to time is entirely normal. After all, you probably won’t feel deliriously happy with life all the time. We're human. However, when you … [Read more...]
