Your Next Chapter

In today's episode, Sharri Harmel shares important insight about launching your business by looking at the steps a trapeze artist takes to hone their craft, with the goal of helping new entrepreneurs move forward in reaching their dreams. As a trapeze artist, you climb the ladder to the platform, stand ready to grab that first bar. Your timing is perfect as you leap from the platform and grab...

In today's episode, Sharri Harmel speaks with Margaret Gay of 27 Teas , who shares incredible nuggets of wisdom as she explains her journey to starting and growing her tea company, the special challenges of an entrepreneur and how to keep moving forward in her dream while simultaneously remembering the importance of generosity. Resources: Margaret Gay and 27 Teas can be found at: The 27 Teas...

Life isn't always happy or joyful, is it? There are times in our lives when we are disappointed or hurt, and often when we face those unchosen (but required) new beginnings! Today, we’re going to talk about how to move through those disappointments that can put huge roadblocks in your emotional well-being and as a result, get in the way of you doing and creating the life you want. Resources:...

You aren't alone: many women struggle to think of themselves as extraordinary. But it is true, and it's time to for you to stop deflecting compliments and appreciation. You are an extraordinary woman, even if you do ordinary things! Listen as Sharri shares what the true definition of an extraordinary woman is, and how believing you are one will open up your life to more goodness, more op...

With the world opening up again, aren’t you absolutely thrilled at having travel options again...  while also thinking  we might actually get to go on our planned excursions? In today's episode, Sharri Harmel shares how both solo travel and armchair excursions are exciting ways to see the world, and all the benefits to us as we dream and step out on our next trips to exciting destinations! Re...

Does your self-confidence need a boost? It's a safe bet that most women can use a little help in this area. Today, Sharri Harmel introduces the first episode of the Extraordinary Women's Book Club , where she highlights four books that can help in this journey of an extraordinary life! These books are fun and offer interesting insights into how you can grow your own self confidence. See...

Trust is an important topic because it impacts every single relationship we have in our lives….from the Uber driver, who we trust will take us to where we requested to go….to our best friends or partners, who we trust with our secrets, our sadness’s and our joys.  Yet, the most important person in your life that you need to trust is YOURSELF. Listen today as Sharri Harmel,  Chief Creative of the E...

Do you struggle with being satisfied with your life? Are you putting your dreams on a shelf for that perfect "someday?"  Some of us, no matter what our ages, can't seem to stay happy and we are constantly wanting MORE. Sharri Harmel thought she'd live forever because year after year, she put what she wanted to create and do on the shelf for that someday when there was finally m...

Today’s podcast is a discussion of how we talk to and about ourselves. We’ll often disparage ourselves when we talk about ourselves with others. For some reason, we’re comfortable making negative comments about ourselves. Negative comments that if someone said them directly to us, we’d be completely crushed. Yet, we do it to ourselves.  Then there are our private conversations we have ourselves, t...

Moving back to Boston after three years in Minneapolis took some imagining and envisioning. I had so many lists and ideas of what I wanted! To make that dream a reality, I had to think through some things. When you think about possible dreams…what would you like to be doing…what would you be creating and what specific passions do you want to pursue? Are there skills you can bring forward into this...

My Paris experience is similar to your path as you march towards creating your dreams. Some days it all works…it feels perfect. Other days, you will question every aspect of that dream and your abilities. Like me, you might have had your dream for a long time. What I learned though is that thinking about a dream and actually living it are two entirely different experiences. How big of a stretch is...

Unless you have been holed up in a cabin in the woods with no Wi-Fi, we all are now very familiar with what’s going on in the work world and they are calling it The Great Resignation or The Big Quit. Some industries are impacted much more than others but regardless of the industry, women, especially working mothers are overwhelmingly part of great resignation. Covid changed us. All of us. We all f...

It’s fun to imagine ourselves walking around in the dream we have mapped out for the next stage in our life. We are told by many in the field of self-improvement to do just that. I love it. I can see where I am, what I am doing, what I’m wearing and even imagine that it all goes smoothly. Yet, something often gets in the way, and I start to sabotage myself. Can you relate? If not, yay for you but...

Some of you might be very clear on the business or project you want to start. But for many of us, it takes some deeper soul searching as we struggle through figuring out what business or project we want to start. We brainstorm, create mind maps, draw out options. We ask questions like what will be the product or service of my business? How will I bring that product or service to potential clients?...

But…. there is always a, but right? Well, I don’t know about you, but what often happens to me is that I start out with a bang and then junk starts to get in the way. By junk, I mean that same old stuff that I keep trying to manage but always seems to get in the way of me making my dreams happen. And…. because I want this year to be the year YOU get started on turning your passions and interests i...

But why is acknowledging our accomplishments so important before creating our plans for the coming year? Acknowledging what we accomplished actually adds to our self-confidence. Most of us spend lots of time thinking about what we didn’t get done today, yesterday or at this time of year, the past year. At the end of almost every day, we are almost conditioned to think about what we didn’t get done...

No matter how hard it is. We MUST behave as the leading ladies of our own lives. I want you to ask yourself that question over and over this week. If you were writing the screenplay of your life going forward AND you’re the leading lady, what would you be doing? Would the dreams you have remain in your journal, in your head? As the leading lady would you be trying on some new experience or explori...

Frankly, ladies, none of us has any idea of how long we’re going to be alive, so we might as well get going on whatever it is that we want to create or dream of creating in this lifetime. Right?? I had to share this because something fabulous happens when I use the five-second rule to count down. I launch from a negative, self-doubting mindset to the why not? mindset . Try it yourself. 5-4-3-2-1,...

Some of you have artistic gifts, maybe organizational, writing, cooking, design or people gifts. These are all presents or gifts that you received when you were born. No one has the same combination of gifts! Well, I took out many of my gifts when I was a child, but somewhere along the way, I re-wrapped them and put them back into my closet. I’m sure some of you can relate.

MICHELE LEMAITRE is an award-winning artistic entrepreneur, Michele INVENTED a new process and style of 2D & 3D Sculptural Mixed Media, representing the surface of bodies of water, with bold COLORS THAT CHANGE with the movement of your body. The artwork is a metaphor for resilience, self-reflection of changing one's own perspective to open up to new possibilities.                         ...

I finally took in all the input I could hold and sat back and realized, I’m doing this my way …. it may not be perfect, but it must have my stamp on it, otherwise what’s the point right? We always, always have to return to who we are at our core and do what makes sense for you- and that may not make sense to anyone else but you. You. The fabulously unique you.

Krystal Kenney is an American living in Paris for the past ten years. She is a photographer and author, as well as the host of a popular podcast where she interviews creatives connected with Paris. Krystal loves starting new projects and recently started helping others grow their businesses and bring their projects to life. Learn more at www.missparisphoto.com

Our little stretches, our little pushes to do what we really want to do, are so important because they get us ready. Those little stretches are what prepare us for the transformation, the bringing the dream into reality. Yes, learning, exploring, imagining, mind mapping, and planning…. you name it, is all super fun and can even be quite energizing. But the real stretch only happens in the doing.  ...

If we learn to savor and value our time, suddenly it becomes very easy to prioritize how we spend our time. As for people- I think you’ll feel just as I do. If you want to make moments count, make the time, you’ll find yourself becoming super vigilant around who and how you spend your time. Saying no to the lunch you really didn’t want to attend or the coffee chats that are rehashing problems or t...

I am in the middle of planning out this holiday, which is going to be very different for me than in previous years, not the least because I’m in Paris. I began by asking myself, what is it I really want for this holiday season? I think most of you are in that same place. I don’t know about you, but I want calmness, and nothing rushed.