Australian Girl Birthday Video Competition 2010

Hayley & Sarah Solich - Beyond the Winter Debut Single

Enjoy my 12 year old daughter, Sarah's debue single, a duet with me entitled Beyond the Winter!

Choices for Women Workshop, 5 June 2010

How to get your creative juices flowing

Hayley Solich: 5 tips to a fabulous website.

You just never know where your words are going to end up!

I was on Twitter chatting with a friend and I told her about my daughter and something she had said when she was a young child. She'd drawn a picture of the family but her younger sister was missing from the picture. When asked where she was, she replied with a very serious face, "She's still in the pencil, silly." We all erupted in laughter because she was such a funny little thing.

Well, Dr Lynn Dorman Phd, an American Psychologist was in the process of writing her e-book, "You can totally screw up as a mom and still raise great kids!" She sent me a direct message asking if she could use that quote in her e-book.

Well, surprise, surprise, her e-book is finished and there is Sarah's quote on Page 84.

I love the thought that a 70 year old woman would take the time to share her wisdom with the younger generations. There is just something very special about our Elders and it touches my heart when they desire to reach out and pass on what they know.

Here is some info about the E-book, just in case you are interested in the book.

Dr Lynn Dorman, a 70 year old New Yorker with a Ph.D. in Psychology and a law degree is the author of "You can totally screw up as a mom and still raise great kids!"

She says, "I managed years of teaching, doing therapy and psychological evaluations, and engaging in developmental research. I wrote some textbooks, got married, had a son, got divorced and through it all kept playing sports and keeping my sense of humor and of the absurd. [Which was sorely needed at times as I practiced law in the area of child abuse and neglect.]"

She also goes on to say that if she, a fully qualified psychologist with all her years of practical and theoretical experience, can make mistakes, why are you expecting yourself to be the perfect parent?

Lynn writes a completely practical, at times very insightful, expose of life as a parent and addresses the questions for which most parents are desperate for reassurance and answers.

Her wisdom gleaned from a lifetime of service, her humour and candidness are worth far more than the cost of this e-book.

Highly recommended as an easy read with tools that will help you to discover the answers to those questions that are most pressing in relation to parenting.

Click here to purchase your copy of Lynn Dorman Ph.D.'s book.

Make-it-happen Personal & Business Mentoring Program

When I first came up with the concept of the Make-It-Happen Business & Personal Mentoring Program, it was because I saw so many of the women that surrounded me full of vision but with no pathway towards that vision.

Sure, we all have ideas of what can happen, but how many of us really transform those ideas into reality? How many of us know how to "make-it-happen"?

So what stops us from being able to bring into fruition those things that we see for our lives? It may be:

• Procrastination - it looks hard so we think we'll do it sometime
• Lack of knowledge or skill - we know what we want but we really don't know how to go about it
• Lack of motivation - we would like to do it but there are just some blockages in our beliefs or values that are keeping us from moving forward in leaps and bounds
• Lack of vision - an inability to see the pathway towards achieving the goal
• Frightened of failure - we are frightened of letting ourselves and others down
• Worried about what others think - we live in the fear of being rejected
• Lack of focus - we are so busy responding to opportunities we lose sight of our direction

Or a combination of many of them.

Whatever your reason, there is always a way where there, it is often just a matter of finding the will to find the way. As my mother always said to me, "There is no such thing as can't, only won't!" and I have to agree. Sometimes we just need someone in our lives to not only keep us accountable, but to also give us the practical support.

When I founded Women Can International Inc in 2007, it was in response to a desire I had to reinforce the message that Women Can. 'She can turn her can'ts into cans' was the topic I was invited to speak on at a ladies meeting and as I was leaving the meeting to drive home I felt the responsibility of carrying that message further abroard. Consequently, Women Can International Inc was born and carries the vision to help women to find and take the next step in their journey.

Since then I have seen so many women with desire, some with the motivation to achieve their goals, but many lacking something, some key ingredient to their life recipe.

It is my pleasure to work with women to achieve their success and I am seeing real results.

An example of how this program is working...One of the women I have been working with for the past 12 months is Kath Mazzella OAM.



Kath Mazzella is a Gynae Cancer survivor who is transitioning from community volunteering to a much higher public speaking profile. When I met Kath she had lots of ideas but no clear pathway. We were able to sit down together, to plot out where she was, where she wanted to get to and a pathway. I call this my 3C's approach:

• Clarify the vision
• Crystalise the plan
• Create the pathway

Through this process, Kath and I identified some areas where her skills or knowledge needed improvement and put together a plan of how to overcome these. Her Action plan was an empowering co-creation process.

12 months on and Kath now has her promotional kit together including: her website, business cards, promotional DL sized cards, a powerpoint presentation for her Communications Workshop, a speaking tour of NSW lined up, a grant proposal for a WA speaking tour prepared, she is featured in Finally at 40 magazine in March edition 2010, has a book that I am writing with her 60% completed. Kath's also been given speaking opportunities at our Petticoats & Pearls event, plus a range of positive connections that will keep her inspired and busy for the next 12 months.

We are connecting once a week to keep her projects moving forward and on track, because it is so easy for Kath to get other ideas and chase after them. Sometimes you need someone to say, "Hey, slow down and focus." Kath is really blossoming through the whole process. Plus we have had the added bonus of a very special and rewarding interdependent relationship.

Kath is just one example of the many women that I am working with in my business, The Creaticians. Others include public speakers, trainers, artists, small business owners in a range of busineses, authors, online business owners, and business consultants. Visit my site and read the testimonials of my clients. These are real women, living real lives and experiencing real change in their businesses.

If you are looking for someone to come alongside, to inspire, connect, facilitate growth and encourage you to "Make-it-happen", then why not claim your free 30 minute consultation with me valued at $90. Those that have taken up this consultation offer, often tell me they get way more than they expected out of the opportunity.

To find out more about the Make-It-Happen Business or Personal Projects Mentoring Program visit The Creaticians website.

Kath Mazzella on Sexual and Gynae Health Awareness

Kath Mazzella is a Gynae Cancer survivor and this is her address to those gather for the Vulva Awareness Day in Perth, Western Australia, 2009.

Kath Mazzella

Kath's incredible message to the world about losing her genitalia.

The Easy Way - How a Woman Deals with A Man's Reluctance to Maintain His Plumbing

This video explores the female/male partnership in relation to maintaining the plumbing in the household. Check out how this diminutive woman motivates her husband to desert the TV to go fix the leaking tap!

The Easy Way - How a Woman Deals with A Man's Reluctance to Maintain His Plumbing

This video explores the female/male partnership in relation to maintaining the plumbing in the household. Check out how this diminutive woman motivates her husband to desert the TV to go fix the leaking tap!

Susan Boyle ~ ''Wild Horses'' by TommyUSA

Just love this. Can't wait for her CD to come out, cause it's going to be sublime.

Life's Wisdom

Enjoy what life has taught me.

Online Marketing Proformas - successful or not?

I have been watching online marketers for many years now. You know, the ones that work with a one page proforma where they make you an offer, tease you with a free product, in the hopes of securing your email address or even better, you buying into the product. Then they bombard you with testimonials about how great their product is, kind of like the midday and middle of the night commercials you see on television. My question is, do these really work?

For me, I look, see that they are the same old standard approach and immediately they have lost me. Is this how others feel?

As someone who is involved in packaging and marketing, I'd really appreciate the feedback of my online friends as I am going to be advising my clients in relation to these processes. What are the outcomes for this type of marketing? Is anyone doing it and having huge success?

I know this probably sounds just a little cynical, but I've seen a lot of people selling business and marketing systems and having a bit of success with selling the systems, but how many who buy these systems are also experiencing success? There is lots of talk of growing rich online, but I'd like to see the evidence of it. Anyone who has an opinion is welcome to post a response. I am truly interested in what you think.

It just makes you wonder about Twitter Grader.com

I have been studying Twitter Grader for some time now, as I can see that people put a lot of value on being ranked highly there.

In my study, I have noticed how easy it is to influence the rankings merely by conversing with others, by retweeting their tweets and by increasing the number of followers you have and the quality of those that are following you and your ability to engage them interactively.

Then I thought to myself last night, how would I be ranked if I were in America instead of Australia? So I decided to do a little test. To change my location settings in Twitter.com to New York, USA. The outcome was astounding. I was ranked in the 600's when my location was Perth, Western Australia. Then suddenly I ranked in the top 200's when I changed my location to New York. This raises a lot of questions about the validity of the rankings system. My rating of 99.98 went up to 100 as well and the only change was a change of location!

This tells me that the whole Twitter Grader.com site is biased towards people living in America.

I have decided that I will no longer support this site in protest of it's rating system.

What do you think? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

"I" Live

Just love Kurt's gorgeous voice. Goes straight through you.

If you like this, you'll probably love the Shrek Hallelujah version he does, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2NEU6Xf7lM&feature=related

Do you have WISDOM to share?

The 1 pound miracle baby

Saw this video and it made me cry. What a miracle of life and determination on the part of one so small. Also, you could almost tangibly feel the love of the parents pouring into this child.

An invitation to women in Perth, WA

I'd like to extend an invitation to all women to come and meet us at the Portabello Restaurant and bring along your girlfriends.

9:30am, 4th April, 2009, Portabello Kinross, 3 Shin Way, Kinross 6028.

Looking forward to seeing you girls there!

All Things Women Radio Show: Interview with Beth Graham-Aumau

Today on the All Things Women Program I interviewed Beth Graham-Aumau from the Small Business Centre, North-West metro office based in Joondalup.

Beth shared her personal business journey and also valuable information about what the Small Business Centre offers small business owners and also tips for people starting out in business.

To listen to the audio, click here.