Your Next Chapter

On today’s episode, Sharri Harmel speaks with Kelly Djalali who is an incredibly talented food blogger. Kelly is the founder of Djalali Cooks where she shares amazing recipes and her cooking expertise, whether you’re cooking for one or for your whole family. She also shares how she got started and gives tips on steps you can take to get started on your journey as well.     Kelly Djalali’s website,...

You have unique talents and gifts that no one else in the world has so how are you going to use those gifts and talents? What is it that you want to do? What will you regret not doing?  Today Sharri shares how building your self-confidence is the way to get to your big audacious goal. Don’t give up on your goals or ideas and don’t let yourself think for one second that it isn’t possible!         ...

On today’s episode, Sharri Harmel speaks with Cynthia Coutu. Cynthia is the founder of Delectabulles, a company all about women and champagne. She has a wealth of information when it comes to champagne and has created a space for women to step into the knowledge that they could take anywhere with them and feel more confident while also having the chance to network with other women. Listen in on Cy...

How are you preparing for your next season? Your next chapter? Is there something you want to build or create? In today’s episode, Sharri Harmel shares steps we can take to turn our thoughts and ideas into action. She also discusses how things like vision boards and accountability partners help us to move forward on our goals.       Resources and Links:   ·    Monica Michelle, BloomTV Network, htt...

On today’s episode, Sharri Harmel speaks with Sara Griot. Sara is a style strategist and she stepped into that role after founding two different clothing design and manufacturing businesses, plus she has raised a family. Sara's mission now is to take all of that knowledge that she has accumulated about clothing design and turn around and help women to learn what works for their unique body ty...

You might think being a grown up comes automatically with age, right? In today’s episode, Sharri Harmel discusses how she is a case study for that not always being true. She also shares advice on 10 things she has learned as an adult that we can all apply to our lives as we move forward on our journey. She reminds us to do the things that make you happy and that we are the CEO of our own life and...

On today’s episode, Sharri Harmel speaks with Diana Wentworth, an amazing thought leader who wrote Chicken Soup for the Soul Cookbook. Along with her husband, she founded the Inside Edge, which was an incredible inspirational breakfast group that met in Hollywood, California. She also created a “five years from now” plan that was hugely successful and that is used by many inspirational thought lea...

How long have you had a dream that you haven't moved forward on? Those dreams that you have been thinking about, planning for, and imagining for a long time… Your time is now! Your only limitations are the limits of your own creativity and big vision.   In today’s episode, Sharri Harmel shares what you can do inside your home or wherever you are to keep moving forward on your dreams. Get crea...

On today’s episode, Sharri Harmel speaks with Jo Packham, the founder and editor of Women Create, a series of magazines that highlights creative women. Jo is a lifetime entrepreneur and absolutely one of the most amazing idea generators. Her journey has several turns along the way but that doesn’t stop her. She shares such good wisdom that is inspiring and lessons on creating a business you believ...

Are you wondering about working with others to "create magic" in your business or life?  Does the very idea make you nervous or excited? Collaboration means to work with someone to produce or create something, and yet it really is so much more.  Healthy collaboration creates life-changing energy, benefitting your business and personal life in amazing ways.   In today’s episode, Sharri Ha...

Can you imagine creating a business that brings together your loves, your interests and your expertise?    Listen as Sharri Harmel speaks with Bonnie Ashley from Bonavista Optics, Inc.  Bonnie is not your typical eyeglass maker. She has designed eyeglasses for the movie industry for years and more recently, she created an entire line of eyeglasses for the fabulous Downton Abbey!  Her story has so...

Do you still struggle with trying to get where you know you're supposed to be, but just not making it there? Many of us do and Sharri Harmel explains how a struggle with limiting beliefs (often rooted in our childhood experiences) can impact our success today.   No amount of hard work will allow us to move forward unless we uncover those pesky unconscious beliefs and deal with them in the her...

Gratitude is being ready to show appreciation for and to return kindness, to be thankful.  Today’s guest, Sharon Saraga-Walters, explains that when combined with exercise, gratitude has the power to change your outlook and your life and can make you feel empowered, healthy and creative!  Listen as Sharri Harmel speaks with Sharon about Graticise™365 , her program that combines gratitude with exerc...

Feeling feminine is so important throughout our lives; whether we are young women or women of a "certain age"... and whether we have a partner or not! Femininity is much more than the youthfulness that American women seek after; it is the essence of being female and it is vital to a life filled with joy. In today's episode, Sharri shares how the French culture celebrates femininity...

The pursuit of a passion can often take you in a very different direction than you would expect!  Sandra Sigman, the founder and CEO of Les Fleurs (a beautifully French inspired floral home and garden shop in Andover, Massachusetts) learned to appreciate the beauty around her at the elbow of her mother and her mother's work in floral design.  She first travelled to France in her early twentie...

In today’s episode, Sharri discusses how sometimes we need to put that big “20 year dream” to the side and focus on figuring out how we want our lives to be on a day to day or a week to week basis … and plan no further out than one year!  While asking herself practical and pointed questions (and even though it might be shocking for a coach to say it), Sharri demonstrates how you might get even mor...

On today's episode, Sharri Harmel speaks with Monica Michelle, founder and CEO of BloomTV Network , a video network dedicated to highlighting the diverse world of flowers and guided by professionals across the globe. Viewers are immersed in a world of floral fantasia, through education, health, flower-focused recipes, crafts, design, gardening, and so much more. Monica shares not only her sta...

Busyness, cultural messages, and a reluctance to be vulnerable often get in the way of listening to the messages of our hearts, that "inner wisdom" that knows the right thing for us, at the right time and place.  In today's episode, Sharri Harmel details how we lose sight of our "heart wisdom" and gives practical insight on how to start listening carefully to what your hea...

What business you start will many times come from what you are most passionate about.  Doni Belau, founder and CEO of Girls' Guide to Paris , started exactly that with her fabulous women's travel company that goes far beyond Paris.  In our conversation, Doni details her story and drive in building a company around what she loves, safe travel with and for women, and encourages all women t...

Today on the podcast, Sharri Harmel talks about the dreaded “imposter syndrome” and some ways you can push back when you start to hear those internal thoughts of self-doubt. The definition of “imposter syndrome” is severe self-doubt. It’s primary symptom is questioning your abilities to accomplish whatever it is you are trying to make happen regardless of your intelligence, your talents, your trai...

Can you imagine that sweet spot where you can create and build a business that is the intersection of what you love, where your talents lie and maybe what people need?  In today’s episode, Sharri Harmel speaks with Mindy Miraglia, owner of Berkshire Camino, who walked the 500 mile Camino de Santiago not once, but twice!   When Mindy Miraglia returned to the beautiful Berkshires of Massachusetts af...

Throughout our lifetime, we all have things we love… and yes, that can change over time, depending upon our circumstances and life stage.  But it is the passion for those cherished activities and interests that can guide us to our next exciting business, if we investigate them with intentionality! In today’s podcast, Sharri talks about exploring the things you love as a really fun way for you to l...

Thinking about writing a book? Wondering if there's someone who can "come alongside" you and help you get published? Listen as Sharri Harmel talks with Morgan Gist Macdonald of Paper Raven Books.  Morgan Gist Macdonald reveals that publishing is not even that difficult, that you can get visibility, reviews on the book and really connect with the right segment of readers, in this qui...

Wish you could wake up every morning excited for the day and look forward to what you're doing? What if you started with believing you've earned every wrinkle, sunspot and cellulite you have? Being proud of your age and how there is purpose to your life and business really comes down to loving who you are and what you're doing.  So many of the women Sharri speaks with describe the j...

Do you wish you could launch into something new and exciting but feel discouraged because of your age? Listen as Sharri Harmel talks with Beth Djalali of Style at a Certain Age , who has been writing and sharing for years about the ways women can feel attractive, strong, and even chic, whether 42 or 72 years old.  Sharri and Beth discuss her journey from new blog to her now wildly successful and m...