by Marianne Clyde What changed in your life? What happened to help you make a new choice? Maybe you quit smoking when you discovered it was bad for your health? Maybe you adopted a shelter dog after you found out there are so many dogs that need a second chance? Maybe you started advocating for clean water once you saw a statistic about how over 1,000 children under five die each day from unsafe...
by Marianne Clyde Self-loathing doesn’t always scream.Sometimes, it whispers. It hides in socially acceptable behaviors.It wears the mask of productivity, perfection, or people-pleasing.It’s subtle. Often praised. But deeply painful. The Quiet Struggle of Strong Women Lately, I’ve had conversations with so many incredible women—seasoned professionals, mothers, mentors, leaders. Women with life...
By Marianne Clyde Imagine feeling SO confident and self assured that within 6 months you have mastered the following areas in your life: How to set your INTENTION for a breakthrough and living in harmony with that. How to master you HEALTH and align with your body, mind and spirit. Master how to raise your awareness on ABUNDANCE and become a person of increase. How to become a conscious...
By Marianne Clyde Do people shake their heads when you talk about what inspires you? Do they think your dreams are far fetched or outlandish? Or selfish? Unreasonable? Do they tell you you should just relax at this time of your life? Do they laugh at you? Take a moment to think of some others who people shook their heads at… Sara Blakely (1971–) The founder of Spanx pitched her idea for footless...
By Marianne Clyde I recently posted a question to GROK (AI arm of x.com). Here was my question: "If I have a group of 10 people that I influence, and each member of that group has 10 people that they influence, and each member of that group influences 10 and that extension of influence repeats itself 10 times, how many people are influenced?" What would you guess? First, Grok confirmed that he...
By Marianne Clyde You have been created for a life you love. You have the power inside of you to make that happen! But how does that happen? How do we know what steps to take or which direction to go? You have to learn to pay attention Once you start to pay attention to what's going on in you and around you, you will realize that the Creator of the universe is talking to you, guiding and...
By Marianne Clyde Use your fingers to remind yourself: Thumb: Decide on a thumbs up day: Make a decision to have great day the moment you get up. Pointer: Point your way toward the future you want. Make a plan. Middle finger: Flick fear in the face. Fear has no room in your life; acknowledge it and remind it that you have what it takes. Ring finger: March forth. Take a step today in the...
By Marianne Clyde There is an area in which you excel! Many women don't even recognize their unique gifts. They often say, that's just the way I am. Or sometimes they think it's just a quirk, or a habit they have, or something "everybody knows." What we, as women tend to do, often, is to minimize ourselves. We minimize our gifts, our knowledge, our wisdom, our unique personality traits,...
By Guest Blogger Pamela Bishop I recently bought Marianne’s book Supernova Woman: Reimagining Life After 50 from my local bookstore which is located on our quaint and peaceful main street. I settled in at home in my comfy recliner with a cup of tea with Marianne! I was planning to spend about a half hour reading and then get back to the tasks I was planning for the afternoon. I became so...
By Pamela Bishop (guest blogger) As I reflected on what to write about, quite a few potential topics came to mind. In the end, the theme of the month of November in the United States kept gently nudging at the corners of my mind and my heart. Thanksgiving. What else can this theme be called? Words like gratitude, appreciation, tribute and acknowledgement are listed in the thesaurus. The word...
