Take a peek at just a few of my rituals that I take care of without spending a dime! I’m very excited about my new video series called LIVE THE GOOD LIFE ON ZERO CASH…Check it out and please leave your comments or questions here!
Happy Bartering,
Simone
Check out this eye-opening article from Own Your Power Member, Gini Grey!
Honor your needs from the inside out to improve your relationship.
It would be wonderful if our partner or spouse met all of our needs for love, sex, intimacy, finances, fun, recreation, encouragement, safety, support, passion, romance, nurturing, you name it. But we live in a world where each person has their own variation of needs and how they like them met, as well as how they like to express love to others. It would be challenging to have every need met by one person, and it would most likely lead to a codependent relationship over time.
Healthy individuals know how to honor their needs without putting pressure on loved ones to meet all of them. Some can only be met through relationship, while other needs can be honored within. Explore the following four step process of honoring your needs in order to improve your relationship.
Identify Your Needs
Each person has their own set of needs that if not met create discomfort. Make a list of all your underlying needs. Do you need peace and quiet to work, or do you perform better in a noisy environment? Is it important to have your home and office orderly and tidy, or are you comfortable in a cluttered environment? Do you tend to express your thoughts and feelings with others or are you more of an internal processor? Do you like to be recognized for your accomplishments or do you prefer anonymity? What other basic needs do you have?
What are the important components for you in a romantic relationship or marriage? Is regular physical touch, sexual intimacy, verbal appreciation, intimate conversations, gifts, shared activities, spirituality, or creativity imperative? Another way to identify your needs is to notice what bothers you. For example, if criticism is painful you may have a need for appreciation. If you feel lonely or left out, it may be time for intimate connection or quality time spent together. If you feel unseen or unheard perhaps you crave acknowledgement. Identify your specific relationship needs.
What Needs are Met and Unmet?
Notice what needs are already being met in your life. Where are you able to honor your needs on your own? Which needs are being met through your relationship? Take time to appreciate the areas where your needs are met in connection with your partner or spouse as this positive perspective will improve your relationship.
What needs are not being met? How does this affect you? How does it affect your relationship? Determine which needs you can honor on your own and which ones need to be met through your relationship.
How to Honor Your Needs
Brainstorm all the possible ways you can meet your own needs, even the ones that are directly related to your relationship. The more you honor your needs, the more empowered you will feel and the less pressure you will put on your partner and the relationship. How can you fill your desire for connection, fun or recreation outside of the relationship? Would increasing self-love, self-acceptance or self-esteem be a way to honor your needs? Explore ways to give these gifts to yourself.
As you begin to fulfill your own needs, your partner will feel freer and this will improve your relationship. Sometimes when a spouse is not being pressured to do something or behave a certain way, they let go of resistance and then are naturally drawn to meet their loved one’s needs.
Communicate Needs with Your Partner
For needs that can only be met through your relationship with your spouse or partner, or that are a ‘make it or break it deal’ in a romantic relationship or marriage, discuss these with your mate.
To ensure that your partner doesn’t feel judged or bombarded with requests, schedule a time to talk about both of your needs, not just yours. Communicate from the heart and soul so you don’t get lost in mental judgments or emotional manipulation. Approach the subject from a place of partnership and teamwork. How can the two of you find ways to meet each others relationship needs in a healthy way together? And how can you support each other to honor your own individual needs?
As you explore ways to honor your needs for yourself and with your partner, your relationship will improve as you will both be happy and satisfied from the inside out.
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Get to know of Own Your Power’s very own living Jazz legend…Diva JC! See why she loves what she does.
Simone
Name of business:
FYI Communications, Inc. and Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc.
Main service/product:
Music performance, education, production, and books.
How long in business:
13 years
What does your business do?
fyicomminc provides entrepreneurs, artists, authors, musicians, and cultural producers with corporate and marketing services including: corporation filing, website design and management, social networking, blogging, brochure and flyer design, printing, publishing, copy writing, editing, press releases, promotional material, graphics and logo branding, proposals, business cards and letterhead, letter writing, and special events.
fyicomminc has over 38 years of experience in the entertainment and publishing industry and understands the obstacles artists face promoting themselves. We educate our clients on the real-time opportunities the Internet presents to artists.
Any interesting fact(s) you can share about your industry? Many people know about the “show” in SHOW BUSINESS. Few know about the “business”!
Most popular problem you help people solve?
Branding and marketing with website content and social media.
What year did you kiss Corporate America goodbye and why do you hope to never go back?
In 1996, I was working as a legal secretary for an abusive attorney. I never ever want to feel like that again. With my company, I don’t abuse myself (except I work too hard) and I will never fire ME!
How do you stay motivated?
I wake up every morning happy to be alive and an entrepreneur.
Biggest pet peeve in business? Meetings! I cannot stand them, though they are a necessary evil.
What’s a bold move you took that turned your business around?
Wrote and self-published nine books. Didn’t wait for a publisher to say, “Yes, your book is good. Let us publish you.” All my books are now available at http://stores.lulu.com/divajc. I have three workshops I’ve designed to work with school-aged children and get paid very well to bring ARTS Education into schools where the arts have been CUT!
One thing that you would change if you could? Being the only employee in my company. I would hire three people to do the work I do.
What’s your favorite area on www.ownyourpower.ning.com? SIMONE!
What’s a unique talent that you have that might surprise us?
I am the Webdiva. Google Joan Cartwright!
You know the expression, ‘You can’t take it with you,’ … well, if you could, what would ‘it’ be?
My CDs and Books for everyone in Heaven.
It’s sadly time for your last meal on earth…what would it be?
Two broiled lamb chops with Basmati Rice and Broccoli, Tomato and Cucumber Salad with Olive Oil, Dill and Lemon Dressing, Dark Chocolate-covered almonds with Butter Pecan ice cream.
Have you used Social Networking to gain new contacts/business? If so, what have been any results?
I was on MYSPACE for a long time, but it started moving too slowly.
Then, I moved to FACEBOOK, where I’ve connected with over 1300 new friends.
Then, I do a weekly radio show onwww.blogtalkradio.com/musicwoman that has connected me with several quality female musicians and their fans around the world. Finally, my network, www.musicwoman.ning.com grew so much I had to delete members who didn’t add content, so I could pay the lowest monthly cost to keep the network ($2.95 a month for less than 150 members).
The best thing is that the U.S. Embassy rep found me online by typing in “Jazz singer, Florida” and paid me several thousand dollars to come to Kingston, Jamaica to perform on Feb 26 (2010) at the Blues on the Green Concert. Also, they bought 48 of my books to donate to two schools I visited during the 5 days I was there. I got made coverage on TV, Radio and in newspapers. All because of GOOOOOOGLE!
Most exciting moment that you got your time to shine? (ON TV? Won Award, Cover of Magazine? etc.)
Freddie Hubbard and the Kool Jazz All-Stars of 1983 recorded my composition SWEET RETURN on Atlantic Records in June 1983; after I was an M.C. at the Kool Jazz Festival in Philadelphia, PA, where I introduced Patrice Rushen in 1983 and Ella Fitzgerald in 1982. Ella hugged me in front of 10,000 people. Oh, My goodness!
What was your last barter and what was if for? (i.e.: Printing for Business Consulting, a Dress for a Hairstyle)
I helped a friend redesign her website and in exchange, I have received so many wonderful ideas to move my business forward that just keep coming.
What’s in your CD player/iPod right now?
My show with singer/composer Nadia Washington. All my shows for MUSICWOMAN are available on itunes.com
If you could have superpowers, what would you want?
To fly anywhere in the world I want to go and everything I need when I get there.
I want Scotty to “Beam me up!”
Website: www.fyicomminc.com, www.wijsf.org, www.joancartwright.com, www.divajc.com
Contact info you want in article: (email and/or phone)
954-740-3398, joan@fyicomminc.com
Joan Cartwright, Executive Director
Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc.
Diva JC
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The Own Your Power Biz Conference in NY features Keynote Speaker from Dr. Randal Pinkett “Season 4 Winner of the Apprentice” and other prominent business coaches To Empower Professionals To “Get Personal with Their Business Brand”
New York, NY – July 28, 2010 – The upcoming 2010 Own Your Power Biz Conference theme is “Getting Personal with Your Business”. The Own Your Power Biz Conference will be held on Saturday, September 18th from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm at Columbia University’s Faculty House. The Conference offers an exciting program chock full of powerful business and personal development workshops, prize drawings, complimentary coaching sessions, networking, entertainment, breakfast, lunch, and better yet….a low price point at only $99 for the Early Bird special, &169.00 Regular Registration. The conference’s business and personal development workshops are designed to broaden your vision and bring clarity for your businesses future. This conference is only for those SERIOUS about increasing their profitability and living their best life!
The Keynote Speaker is Dr. Randal Pinkett, the Season 4 Winner of Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice TV Show. Attendees will receive a complimentary copy of Dr. Pinkett’s Course, “ No-Money Down CEO”, engage in networking, and enjoy amazing entertainment by Grammy Nominee.
Attendees will receive expert advice from powerful motivational business coaches and a host of prominent speakers. The topics include ‘Authentically Yours, Publish Your Way to Success, There’s a Goldmine in Your Cell Phone, and other interesting topics to help professionals and small business owners empower themselves and grow their business.
Simone Kelly-Brown, Founder of the Own Your Power Biz Conference says, “Our goal is to encourage people to take action, discover their purpose and take those important steps toward success. Anyone who attends the Conference will leave with new contacts, new friends, and a game plan. The best part is that we’ll help you put it together!”
Participants also have the opportunity to showcase their business. Vendor Tables are available for only $199.00. All vendors will also receive a complimentary listing in the Own Your Power Resource Directory valued at $39.00 a year and will be featured in the print directory.
Attendees can register for only $99 with the early bird special until August 15th. After the August 15th the price will be only $169. For Registration or Sponsorship for the Own Your Power Conference, go to www.ownyourpower.biz/conference or 877-545-7352. The fee includes a full day of workshops, a Power Pack of gifts from sponsors, a delicious breakfast and lunch, a complimentary copy of Dr. Randall Pinkett’s “No Money Down CEO” Audio Business Course and much more. .
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About Us
Own Your Power Communications (OYPC – http://www.ownyourpower.biz), has been empowering entrepreneurs to take their company and life’s dreams to the next level since 1996. Owner and Founder, Simone Kelly-Brown is passionate about personal empowerment and encouraging professionals and business owners to OWN businesses and to pursue a holistic lifestyle. Simone has reached thousands with her advice and uses her talents best with various forms of media that include being an author, speaker, coach, and radio show personality. Through her programs under the OYP umbrella, Kelly-Brown helps professionals and entrepreneurs gain powerful results to help you own YOUR Power! This conference is presented in partnership with C&G Enterprises (www.cgenterprisesonline.com).
WWW.OWNYOURPOWER.BIZ/CONFERENCE
Own Your Power is all about Your Passion. Your Business. and Your Lifestyle!
SEPTEMBER 18, 2010 9-5pm @ Columbia University
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!
DEADLINE EXTENDED!!!
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION is ONLY $99.00 Before August 15st
Regular Price: $159.00
This fee includes a full day of workshops, your Power Pack Full of gifts from sponsors, a delicious breakfast and lunch, a complimentary copy of our keynote speaker Dr. Randal Pinkett’s No-Money Down CEO (Audio Business Course), networking, and amazing entertainment!
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OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER:Dr. Randal D. Pinkett Founder, Chairman and CEO, BCT Partners Season 4 Winner of “The Apprentice” |
Get ready for this exciting and informative conference. We will release further details shortly. Here are the topics that we’ll cover. Interested in sponsor, vendor, or gift bag opportunities? Email me and we’ll send you details soon. (simone@ownyourpower.biz) or call our office at 877-545-7352.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED:
Authentically Yours:
Learn how being yourself in business dealings and social media brings exceptional rewards! ‘Keeping it real” pays online and in person, but learn where to draw the line. In this day in age, you can no longer hide behind your company’s corporate identity. Your customers will appreciate an authentic brand and team behind it! In this workshop, we’ll help you find a balance that works for your image and your company’s image.
Publish Your Way to Success:
Learn how to strategize a plan BEFORE you write your business book. Find out creative ways to promote your services and events throughout your book. Gain speaking engagements and much more just from one book! Your book is your brochure that shows your personality, your vision, your goals, and your mission. Most importantly, your book can open doors! Our featured best-selling authors and experts will show you the way.
There’s a Goldmine in Your Cell Phone!:
Get the latest on how to master your relationships in business. Learn how to seek and keep a tight network and partners to assist you with your company growth. Learn how to develop long term, win/win alliances, the art of negotiation and sealing the deal, and the legal aspects of your partnerships and sponsorships.
Show Me the Money! Build Capital for Business:
Raising Capital is a huge issue for small business owners. Many people use their lack of money of their biggest excuse for not getting started. We’ll cover how to develop a clear plan to access capital and credit for future needs of the business. Having a reserve of capital is critical to building a business. Most importantly, we’ll offer creative strategies they you may have overlooked!
Build Your Power-House Volunteer Team:
You don’t have to do it alone! Some of the strongest corporations and organizations are run by volunteers and non-paid employees. Get clear on what you need to do to delegate, recruit, screen, train, and manage the effectively. The most important aspect we’ll also cover is developing incentives to KEEP your team for the long run!
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