Inspirational Women

Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition invitation! Jeannie Falls and Zoe Freeman, 2 of the leaders at the Pike Market Senior Center inform us of some of the services offered to Seniors--such as wellness support, daily lunches, the food bank. Figgy Pudding is a major fund raiser that supports the services, and in offering them build a community where the people involved feel needed, and want to do thei...

It's about the Jingle Bell Run 2018! This major event, the largest Jingle Bell Run in the country, is critical in raising important funds for the work of the Arthritis Foundation. The amazing, Medical Honoree Dr. Laura Matsen Ko, started her involvement at age 8! Her orthopedic surgeon dad inspired her to follow in his footsteps, and now she performs hip and knee replacements, as well as working w...

Supporting the important life saving, life-giving work of the March of Dimes. A new mom, Everly Babineaux shares her quite new experience of baby Jace entering the world at 25 weeks--truly a miracle. Not too many years ago, little Jace would not have stood a chance of being here. But all the research and education instigated by and largely supported by March of Dimes (our donations) has and contin...

Susanna Liller is an organizational development consultant and executive coach, and now also an author. Susanna's new book: You Are a Heroine: A Retelling of the Hero's Journey, captures Susanna's personal and professional life, her work facilitating workshops and retreats for women. It's a guidebook, and is perfect to use with a journal, and to consider reading and working through it with a group...

Michelle Hollomon is a mental health counselor in private practice in Seattle, and she is also an author. Michelle's new book "Losers, Users, and Abusers and the Women Who Love Them", is a great resource for each of us, really, because fundamentally it is personal growth work, and we can always be growing and becoming better. However, the sad truth is that abuse and domestic violence are at very h...

Diane Diresta is founder and CEO of DiResta Communications in NYC. Diane is a Certified Speaking Professional, and only 12% of speakers hold this designation. She tells us that skillful mastery of speaking, of giving a presentation, whether to one person, or a large audience, is a quality that will distinguish us, and give us the edge in many endeavors. It's great to start young, and Diane relates...

Nataly Restokian brings us some important insights into the lives of women in the Middle East, specifically in Lebanon, where she lived until a decade ago. Of Armenian heritage, Nataly found success as an actress, a journalist, and TV host. And Nataly shares the 'price' of that life that left behind 10 years ago, moving to Quebec, and she is now a Canadian citizen. As a new author, her first novel...

Saeeda Hafiz is a yoga teacher and wellness expert, and a holistic health educator with the San Francisco Unified School District. Saaeda is also an author: The Healing--One Woman's Journey from Poverty to Inner Riches. This is a deep and honest sharing of her life--one filled with addiction and domestic violence and poverty. Saeeda's journey, surviving her childhood and youth, and choosing educat...

Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals is an important and historical woman in the US. She is one of the high school students who became known as the Little Rock 9, and who played a significant role in desegregation. The Federal Court had ruled on integration in all schools in the years prior, and some leaders in Little Rock, Arkansas determined to make it reality in their city. In her memoir "March Forward, Gi...

Patt Lind-Kyle a teacher, therapist and consultant. Patt is also an author, whose newest book is: Embracing the End of Life: A journey into Dying & Awakening. End of life is a topic most want to ignore, yet it's part of life, and as Patt guides us to understand in this new book, by embracing this we can live life more fully. www.pattlindkyle.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...

Kasey Mathews is an author, speaker, and Transformational Life Coach. Her life experiences have brought Kasey to the work she does today. In sharing this she inspires us to look at our life and find the magical to celebrate each day and our whole life. Kasey's new book "A Mom's Guide to Creating a Magical Life: 8 Steps to Feel Happier, Inspired and More Relaxed" can be considered a companion on ou...

Lisa Luckett joins us in a commemoration of the 17th Anniversary of 9/11. Lisa's is a personal story, as she lost her husband in the collapse of the towers that fateful day. It's a personal story because she shares in her memoir-- The Light in 9-11: Shocked by Kindness, Healed by Love, the way the tragedy brought renewed life and spirit to her and her young children, the youngest just a few months...

2 dedicated members of PAWS from our Puget Sound area-- Eve Firestone is the Events Manager and gives a current overview of all the work being done at PAWS both with domestic animals, and those from the Wild. Eve has the first invite to the big event coming up, the PawsWalk! Dedicated volunteer and fund-raiser for the Paws Walk is Kara Gearhart, cofounder of the Cat City Bobcats team, a team that...

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk is a successful fundraising event, but there is still more need for research and support activities. We get the stats and details for the Walk from Emily Vega and Christina Kelly from The American Cancer Society. Christine Olson opens her life to us, just hearing the dreaded diagnosis less than 2 years ago. And she is alive due to the newest technology. Mo...

WOW--Washington Outdoor Women! Ronnie McGlenn, founder, Jen Syrowitz, Executive Director, have super info about this 21- year-old non-profit. WOW offers hands-on workshops from basic fishing to water-fowling, and survival skills, from archery to medicinal plants for trailside use, to snowshoeing, plus, plus and more! Throughout the year various day workshops are offered. Looking at the list you'll...

Jill Weisenberger is a registered dietitian nutritionist, certified diabetes educator and a Wellcoach®-certified health and wellness coach. These credentials indicate the passion Jill has to help us be well, get well, stay well. Jill is an author and shares the details for this life style in her important book. Prediabetes: A Complete Guide: Your Lifestyle Reset to Stop Prediabetes and Other Chro...

Deborah Santana is an author, seeker and activist for peace and social justice. She is founder of Do A Little, a nonprofit that serves women and girls in the areas of health, education and happiness. She's penned a memoir--Space Between the Stars, and now is the editor of a magnificent collection of stories in the anthology: All the Women in My Family Sing. 69 Women of color share experiences, tho...

Marie Unanue is a writer and now has turned this talent to writing children's literature. Her focus is on bullying, using a menagerie of pets and animals to demonstrate the character traits of kindness, gratitude, cooperation, empathy, self-control. The book: The Adventures of Phatty & Payaso is a chapter book, great for summer reading, great for parents reading with kids. It's also fun that t...

Jo Ann Simon is a corporate executive, a lifelong nutmegger. Jo Ann is also an author, and her new book....Rose Colored Glasses: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Hope is a result of Jo Ann's journaling after her husband died. Jo Ann opens up her life as a wife, a partner, a caregiver. Jo Ann's husband Tom suffered a tick bite, was alternately diagnosed with Lyme disease and ALS--they have similar sympt...

Maia Duerr a writer, organizational consultant, and coach for people going through life and career transitions. It's more typical for people to have several career changes in their life time. Maia conducts workshops, retreats, and online programs, drawing on her years of Zen meditation practice and training to help people discern their ideal work for a particular time. Maia shares this in a wonder...

Susan Wiggs is a popular and prolific NW author. Along with bringing us a great summer read, Susan's newest book "Between You and Me" brings us an opportunity to think about and discuss issues that are relatable to life. The story line takes us into Amish country as well as a big city medical center in Philadelphia, to a clash of cultures, family issues, not the least of which is parental expectat...

Bonnie Jane Hall is the author of "Reaching the Shore--A Story of survival, Courage and Endurance" along with contributions from her son Devon Jake Douma. This is one story of the juvenile justice system, a story of family, of the typical challenges, and a stark view into prison walls. I feel we can say the penal system if not broken, has many cracks. Devon's experiences told directly give us thes...

Debbie Reber is a NY Times best selling author, speaker, founder of TiLT Parenting, and a proud mom. Being a Mom has been a hands on education, as Debbie's son has been diagnosed with ADHD and Asperger's, but along with this came little or no direction or help in working with him. Ultimately Debbie's written "Differently Wired--Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World". Her experiences...

Joanna Charnas is a social worker and a licensed psychotherapist, and author. Her writing focuses on a condition, chronic illness that has been part of her life for the past several decades. Her latest book: 100 Tips and Tools for Managing Chronic Illness, is not just for those with illness of any sort, it really is a great handbook for just dealing with life. In it we feel Joanna's personality an...

Amber Rae is an author, artist, and speaker. Amber is an inspiration in her ability to analyze her life, and realize just what she felt passionate about, that she wasn't doing it, and then set about making it happen. It's a process, for any of us, and Amber Rae did the absolute great work of documenting her experiences to share with the world, those of us desiring to live our passion as well. We c...