Women For Hire on Fire in LA
On Tuesday morning, I had a great time meeting and conducting a workshop called Living in Transition with Aliveness and Courage at the Women For Hire Expo in Los Angeles. The women I met were so motivated and on top of their game. Paying attention to their strengths, they are leveraging what they’ve got to get out and start their own entrepreneurial ventures, while in the meantime are prepared to meet employers who need sharp and willing people who will get the job done. No whiners in this bunch. I was really impressed with their humor and persistence, two attributes we can all use when the going gets slow.
You Just Gotta Fight Your Way Through
What Kind of Optimist Are You?
I always encourage lifelong learning, but now is absolutely the time to stretch out of our comfort zone to embrace the possibilities that this time of change presents. Stepping into change stems from hope….
When you see spontaneous social protests erupting from Tunisia to Tel Aviv to Wall Street, it’s clear that something is happening globally that needs defining. There are two unified theories out there that intrigue me. One says this is the start of “The Great Disruption.” The other says that this is all part of “The Big Shift.” You decide.
Paul Gilding, the Australian environmentalist and author of the book “The Great Disruption,” argues that these demonstrations are a sign that the current growth-obsessed capitalist system is reaching its financial and ecological limits. “I look at the world as an integrated system, so I don’t see these protests, or the debt crisis, or inequality, or the economy, or the climate going weird, in isolation — I see our system in the painful process of breaking down,” which is what he means by the Great Disruption, said Gilding. “Our system of economic growth, of ineffective democracy, of overloading planet earth — our system — is eating itself alive. Occupy Wall Street is like the kid in the fairy story saying what everyone knows but is afraid to say: the emperor has no clothes. The system is broken. Think about the promise of global market capitalism. If we let the system work, if we let the rich get richer, if we let corporations focus on profit, if we let pollution go unpriced and unchecked, then we will all be better off. It may not be equally distributed, but the poor will get less poor, those who work hard will get jobs, those who study hard will get better jobs and we’ll have enough wealth to fix the environment.
Horrible Bosses and Bravery Sometimes do Mix
It’s an interesting phenomenon – the issues my clients face seem to come in waves. Recently I’ve seen several people who are struggling with horrible bosses and really lousy work environments. It makes sense, right? More people are more stressed at work that ever. Doing more with less, less turn around time to get things done, more emails, texts, etc coming at us than ever. But is this really unavoidable? Do you have to suffer in silence, take the abuse and then spread the negativity by talking it out with your friends and family; growling at the cashiers your encounter, drinking too much, or however else you deal with the nasty behavior of people who ‘control’ your working life?
You know what I’m going to say, right? No you don’t have to take it. Recently several clients of mine has decided that sticking it out in toxic work situations was not worth the risk of ruining their mental and physical health. They actually decided that, even without actual jobs to move to but with other options in the wings, to resign. Making the decision was scary, certainly, all things considered. But all things were considered, so clarity reigned. This is where the bravery lives.
Entrepreneurship: What It Takes and Do You Have It
Join us for our June 8th Panel Discussion and Networking Event!
Scroll down to read about our panelists whose inspiring stories and tips will help you formulate ideas and new strategies to move forward in your own business and career!
Have you been contemplating striking out on your own, by starting a new business? But a little – or a lot! – hesitant to do so? Not even sure where to begin, or if it’s the right move for you?
It’s clear that entrepreneurship is our way out of this recession – whether you head out on your own while working, or want to be a more innovative and proactive contributor in your current workplace – it’s essential to hold on to that bigger view of what’s ahead of you.
Join us on June 8th to meet our five panelists who will be speaking about how they started their businesses and what challenges and opportunities they’ve experienced. This will be an opportunity to hear the truth about working for yourself, from a variety of people who transitioned from employee to employer.
Event attendees will hear about the panelists’ trials and tribulations in launching businesses of varying kinds, and the accompanying ups and downs of entrepreneurship. We’ll be discussing the steps that the panelists took in order to follow their passions and to create their own autonomy. Attendees will learn about what it takes to get going, and to keep going, and will receive a realistic picture of what to expect, how long the process takes, and what not to do when launching a business.
Daisy Swan will moderate this panel, while adding information and recommendations for how others can make a similarly successful jump.
June 8th event attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions, offer perspectives and meet other curious individuals of like mind. Light refreshments will be available, and as with all of Daisy Swan & Associates’ events, there is a strong potential for meeting highly creative, intelligent people of all ages and LifeStages, through the networking portion of the evening.
June 8th event guests may opt-in to be included in, and receive, a contact listing of all attendees, for post-event networking purposes.*
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Time: 6:45 PM to 9:00 PM (Registration, 6:45 PM; Program, 7:00–8:15 PM; Open Networking, 8:15–9:00 PM)
Location: Working Village
212 Marine Street (between 2nd and Main Streets)
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Tickets for this event are $35 per person in advance, and $45 per person at the door.
$35 per person (in advance of the event):
Panel Members Include:
Amy Swift Crosby is the founder of SMARTY, a women’s entrepreneurial network based in Los Angeles, and as such, Amy has created hundreds of programs designed to foster community, education and collaboration across many business platforms. The thousands of women-owned businesses who have been helped by SMARTY have put Amy into the league of connector of women, creator of top notch in-person content and conduit for visibility, media and partnerships. Amy founded SMARTY in 2008 after a seasoned career as a brand strategist and copy writer in the beauty, fashion and lifestyle industries, where she continues to advise. www.smartypeople.com
Natalie Compagno fell in love with traveling when she spent a Summer in France for a high school exchange program. She has been to over 75 countries and six continents and her favorite part about seeing the world is how much she learns about world culture, music, art and people. Research is everything, which is why in 2007 she bought the Traveler’s Bookcase, an indie bookstore devoted to travel located in West Hollywood. She runs the store and is committed to helping people discover really unique travel destinations and experiences, whether at home or abroad. Natalie uses her travels to discover new and rare books from around the world to import, available in store or online at TravelBooks.com. Some of her most memorable trips have been to Iceland, Zimbabwe, Nicaragua and Slovenia, but her favorite city will always be Paris.
Chris Woodward is the president of Henry Woodward Communications, a Los Angeles- based corporate marketing and public relations firm. She creates successful campaigns for companies across the Western United States. She has spent more than two decades representing companies in a wide range of industries, including health, finance, insurance, architecture, engineering, real estate, law, recreation, high technology, and aviation. Chris has designed campaigns for Los Angeles World Airports, the Boeing Company, Earth Tech, Loyola Marymount University, and Raging Waters Theme Parks, to name a few. Three years ago, Chris created My PR Tools to bring the benefit of her expertise to small businesses with her marketing and PR consulting packages and DIY marketing guides.
She shows professionals and entrepreneurs how to stand out from the crowd and take their business to the next level with affordable marketing strategies that hit the sweet spot with target clients.
Reisha Fryzer graduated from Boston University’s business school, and then took a year off to study French in Paris, where she learned what her mama meant by eating fresh. Parisians shop daily for the ingredients they need for that day’s meal – from the neighborhood bakery, to the butcher shop, to the farmers’ markets that were open every day. When she returned to L.A. she learned her way around local farms and farmers’ markets, then earned her chef certificate at the Epicurean Culinary School and supplemented that with vegan cooking classes. Reisha then turned her love of agriculture and the slow food movement into a business that could bring this healthy way of eating to her neighbors in Los Angeles…that was the start of Farm Box LA, her business that delivers organic fruits and vegetables to your front door.
Josh Crosby is a multi-sponsored ultra-endurance athlete, Ironman World Champion Competitor, and World Champion rower. He brings an elite caliber athletic pedigree to Indo-Row®, a growing international fitness program he created for an intense, full- body, team-oriented workout. Indo-Row®, short for ‘Indoor Rowing’, was launched in 2004 at a small studio in Santa Monica with only 5 rowers. In 2008, Josh partnered with Fitness Quest, a renowned marketer and investor in early stage lifestyle products, and with WaterRower, a rowing machine manufacturer, in order to scale the business internationally. Now, with two bustling locations in Los Angeles and in 50 fitness clubs and boutique studios worldwide, Indo-Row has quickly grown into what has been dubbed “the next spinning”, for its popularity and cult following. Josh is a regular on the international fitness convention circuit where he has become a respected presenter and personality. Josh also consults with companies like Gatorade and FISA, the International Rowing Association, and has been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Angeleno, DailyCandy, CNN, The Today Show, Fox News, Extra, Fit TV, and as the face for Nike, New Balance, Asics and Adidas. www.joshcrosbyfitness.com
For more information, please call 310-820-8877 or email [email protected].
* Event attendees may submit their contact information for an ‘opt in’ networking list; it is not a requirement that all event attendees submit their contact information to this listing.
Tavis Smiley: If At First You Don’t Succeed, ‘Fail Up’
If you want to learn about success, talk to a successful person. If you want to learn about failure, talk to a very successful person. In his new book Fail Up, TV and radio host Tavis Smiley offers lessons on how to turn life’s setbacks into success.
2011 marks Smiley’s 20th year in broadcast — and that anniversary got him thinking: “The way I arrived at this place [of success] was failing my way — all the way,” he says. The book is sort of a Top 20 Worst-Of list: It details the 20 biggest mistakes of Smiley’s life.
Some of these mistakes were news even to Smiley’s close family. Before the Fail Up manuscript arrived at his parents’ house, Smiley called home to tell his mother and father they were about to read things they’d never heard before. Smiley was the first person in his family to go to college — but when he marched across the stage at Indiana University to get his diploma, he hadn’t really graduated. It technically took Smiley 16 years to get his degree; during college, he had been arrested and sent to jail for check fraud. “I couldn’t bring myself to tell my parents that I’d gone to jail while I was in college,” he says. “[Or] that I didn’t have a college degree.” (more…)
A Special Co-Teaching Program at Insight LA
| Date(s): | April 9 (Saturday) | |
| Time: | 1:00pm – 4:00pm | |
| Description: | During this three hour workshop, we will learn how to apply mindfulness practice to our decisions during times of career transition. We will see how mindfulness can transform our experience of change from stress and anxiety to clarity and well being which allows us to see options more clearly and make skillful choices. Through meditation practice and discussion we will explore how to align mindfulness practice with the, often times, complex process of career change.ABOUT THE TEACHERS:
Jane Davis has practiced in both the Vipassana and Zen traditions since 1996. She has completed Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practioner’s Program, an intensive 2-year course studying the Buddhist Suttas. She also volunteers as the Insight LA CFO, and teaches classes and sitting groups. Jane is currently teaching about how to apply Mindfulness to our work environments. Jane has had a twenty-five year career, first practicing as a CPA and later specializing in financial management for small businesses. She is currently working in the non-profit and entertainment industries. Daisy Swan is a career strategist, coach and counselor who has worked with hundreds of clients over the past 20 years. She founded Daisy Swan & Associates in 2003 providing one-on-one coaching as well as support groups and workshops to meet the needs of individuals. Daisy has been practicing meditation for roughly 30 years, is a certified co-active coach, as well as a certified somatic coach. |
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| Location: | InsightLA Olympic 1430 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 |
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| Directions: | See Map | |
| Level: | All Levels | |
| Cost: | Sliding scale from $40 to $60 (Register here)Please pay at the highest level of the sliding scale that you can afford. This helps us make sure those who pay less can attend.
Whatever you pay above the lowest end of the sliding scale is a tax-deductible donation to InsightLA. Please email or call us to arrange for work/study or reduced fee (less than $40). |
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| Contact Information: | [email protected] or 310-774-3325 Or register here. |
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Liminas Exclusive: L.A. Career Expert Interview
Source: Liminas.com
Daisy Swan, a career strategist, coach and counselor and head of her own career private practice, knows what it means to be a Liminas woman. Her career {and passion} was born from the confusion and uncertainty of her days during that time. We went to Daisy with all the concerns, stress, and questions our readers are struggling with and she shared great career advice and life tips to help all of us Liminas women find the balance and happiness we seek.
Ashley: First of all, please tell us a little about yourself and how you got started in this line of work. Also, are you familiar with the Liminas concept? Do you feel that you are/were a Liminas woman? (more…)
A Writer Writes
I listened to this interview on KCRW’s Bookworm program today and was really grateful to have heard this. I thought you might be too. While the discussion about the book itself is yummy, the rest of it is very satisfying to hear — especially for any of us who have ever contemplated being a writer. Or for those who are currently writing for a living, or attempting to. I know that I wanted to be a writer from the time I was 10 years old when I read Harriet The Spy. I always have loved writing, and loved the idea of being a writer. And over the past few years have found out just how hard it is to actually write and publish a book. I hope you’ll take the time to listen to this recording and be inspired, as I was. — Daisy
Work-life Balance
Work-life balance is a concept that supports the efforts of employees to share their time and energy between work and other important aspects of life. It represents the challenge that is put before the individual and which requires a constant process of balancing in different life aspects. The term "work-life balance" was used for the first time in America during 80s.This concept defined unhealthy lifestyle many Americans lived -neglecting family and friends, as well as personal needs every individual has.
One of the most important aspects of modern HR management is finding a balance between work and life. It actually involves a continuous process of balancing between responsibilities at work and those at home. The main argument for the introduction of these programs within company’s HR department was the fact that organizations realized that they must be aware of different needs their employees have and to show respect in order to keep their employees.
Feeling that work is having a negative impact on family may seriously disturb mental and physical health of the individual. These individuals, in situations like this, often show burn-out syndrome, high level of stress, less satisfaction with life, symptoms of depression and generally have poor health.
Many people think that “work-life” balance is impossible to achieve, but the truth lies in how you organize and plan your time and how you organize and spend it. If you organize your time wisely, you’ll see that many things can be done during the day. Try to stay focused and to stick to the plans you’ve made. Take 15 minutes at the end of each day to plan your next day. Soon, you will find that this “planning activity” is becoming a routine for you and that you really achieve work-life balance.
The most important thing is that you should your potentials, capabilities, and off course shortcomings. Identify your needs and desires, define goals, set priorities, create a mini action plan and strategy that will help you better manage your time and activities. Enjoy your work – but remember to rest and have fun, for example in cosmik casino.
Women For Hire on Fire in LA
On Tuesday morning, I had a great time meeting and conducting a workshop called Living in Transition with Aliveness and Courage at the Women For Hire Expo in Los Angeles. The women I met were so motivated and on top of their game. Paying attention to their strengths, they are leveraging what they’ve got to get out and start their own entrepreneurial ventures, while in the meantime are prepared to meet employers who need sharp and willing people who will get the job done. No whiners in this bunch. I was really impressed with their humor and persistence, two attributes we can all use when the going gets slow.
You Just Gotta Fight Your Way Through
What Kind of Optimist Are You?
I always encourage lifelong learning, but now is absolutely the time to stretch out of our comfort zone to embrace the possibilities that this time of change presents. Stepping into change stems from hope….
When you see spontaneous social protests erupting from Tunisia to Tel Aviv to Wall Street, it’s clear that something is happening globally that needs defining. There are two unified theories out there that intrigue me. One says this is the start of “The Great Disruption.” The other says that this is all part of “The Big Shift.” You decide.
Paul Gilding, the Australian environmentalist and author of the book “The Great Disruption,” argues that these demonstrations are a sign that the current growth-obsessed capitalist system is reaching its financial and ecological limits. “I look at the world as an integrated system, so I don’t see these protests, or the debt crisis, or inequality, or the economy, or the climate going weird, in isolation — I see our system in the painful process of breaking down,” which is what he means by the Great Disruption, said Gilding. “Our system of economic growth, of ineffective democracy, of overloading planet earth — our system — is eating itself alive. Occupy Wall Street is like the kid in the fairy story saying what everyone knows but is afraid to say: the emperor has no clothes. The system is broken. Think about the promise of global market capitalism. If we let the system work, if we let the rich get richer, if we let corporations focus on profit, if we let pollution go unpriced and unchecked, then we will all be better off. It may not be equally distributed, but the poor will get less poor, those who work hard will get jobs, those who study hard will get better jobs and we’ll have enough wealth to fix the environment.
Horrible Bosses and Bravery Sometimes do Mix
It’s an interesting phenomenon – the issues my clients face seem to come in waves. Recently I’ve seen several people who are struggling with horrible bosses and really lousy work environments. It makes sense, right? More people are more stressed at work that ever. Doing more with less, less turn around time to get things done, more emails, texts, etc coming at us than ever. But is this really unavoidable? Do you have to suffer in silence, take the abuse and then spread the negativity by talking it out with your friends and family; growling at the cashiers your encounter, drinking too much, or however else you deal with the nasty behavior of people who ‘control’ your working life?
You know what I’m going to say, right? No you don’t have to take it. Recently several clients of mine has decided that sticking it out in toxic work situations was not worth the risk of ruining their mental and physical health. They actually decided that, even without actual jobs to move to but with other options in the wings, to resign. Making the decision was scary, certainly, all things considered. But all things were considered, so clarity reigned. This is where the bravery lives.
Entrepreneurship: What It Takes and Do You Have It
Join us for our June 8th Panel Discussion and Networking Event!
Scroll down to read about our panelists whose inspiring stories and tips will help you formulate ideas and new strategies to move forward in your own business and career!
Have you been contemplating striking out on your own, by starting a new business? But a little – or a lot! – hesitant to do so? Not even sure where to begin, or if it’s the right move for you?
It’s clear that entrepreneurship is our way out of this recession – whether you head out on your own while working, or want to be a more innovative and proactive contributor in your current workplace – it’s essential to hold on to that bigger view of what’s ahead of you.
Join us on June 8th to meet our five panelists who will be speaking about how they started their businesses and what challenges and opportunities they’ve experienced. This will be an opportunity to hear the truth about working for yourself, from a variety of people who transitioned from employee to employer.
Event attendees will hear about the panelists’ trials and tribulations in launching businesses of varying kinds, and the accompanying ups and downs of entrepreneurship. We’ll be discussing the steps that the panelists took in order to follow their passions and to create their own autonomy. Attendees will learn about what it takes to get going, and to keep going, and will receive a realistic picture of what to expect, how long the process takes, and what not to do when launching a business.
Daisy Swan will moderate this panel, while adding information and recommendations for how others can make a similarly successful jump.
June 8th event attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions, offer perspectives and meet other curious individuals of like mind. Light refreshments will be available, and as with all of Daisy Swan & Associates’ events, there is a strong potential for meeting highly creative, intelligent people of all ages and LifeStages, through the networking portion of the evening.
June 8th event guests may opt-in to be included in, and receive, a contact listing of all attendees, for post-event networking purposes.*
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Time: 6:45 PM to 9:00 PM (Registration, 6:45 PM; Program, 7:00–8:15 PM; Open Networking, 8:15–9:00 PM)
Location: Working Village
212 Marine Street (between 2nd and Main Streets)
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Tickets for this event are $35 per person in advance, and $45 per person at the door.
$35 per person (in advance of the event):
Panel Members Include:
Amy Swift Crosby is the founder of SMARTY, a women’s entrepreneurial network based in Los Angeles, and as such, Amy has created hundreds of programs designed to foster community, education and collaboration across many business platforms. The thousands of women-owned businesses who have been helped by SMARTY have put Amy into the league of connector of women, creator of top notch in-person content and conduit for visibility, media and partnerships. Amy founded SMARTY in 2008 after a seasoned career as a brand strategist and copy writer in the beauty, fashion and lifestyle industries, where she continues to advise. www.smartypeople.com
Natalie Compagno fell in love with traveling when she spent a Summer in France for a high school exchange program. She has been to over 75 countries and six continents and her favorite part about seeing the world is how much she learns about world culture, music, art and people. Research is everything, which is why in 2007 she bought the Traveler’s Bookcase, an indie bookstore devoted to travel located in West Hollywood. She runs the store and is committed to helping people discover really unique travel destinations and experiences, whether at home or abroad. Natalie uses her travels to discover new and rare books from around the world to import, available in store or online at TravelBooks.com. Some of her most memorable trips have been to Iceland, Zimbabwe, Nicaragua and Slovenia, but her favorite city will always be Paris.
Chris Woodward is the president of Henry Woodward Communications, a Los Angeles- based corporate marketing and public relations firm. She creates successful campaigns for companies across the Western United States. She has spent more than two decades representing companies in a wide range of industries, including health, finance, insurance, architecture, engineering, real estate, law, recreation, high technology, and aviation. Chris has designed campaigns for Los Angeles World Airports, the Boeing Company, Earth Tech, Loyola Marymount University, and Raging Waters Theme Parks, to name a few. Three years ago, Chris created My PR Tools to bring the benefit of her expertise to small businesses with her marketing and PR consulting packages and DIY marketing guides.
She shows professionals and entrepreneurs how to stand out from the crowd and take their business to the next level with affordable marketing strategies that hit the sweet spot with target clients.
Reisha Fryzer graduated from Boston University’s business school, and then took a year off to study French in Paris, where she learned what her mama meant by eating fresh. Parisians shop daily for the ingredients they need for that day’s meal – from the neighborhood bakery, to the butcher shop, to the farmers’ markets that were open every day. When she returned to L.A. she learned her way around local farms and farmers’ markets, then earned her chef certificate at the Epicurean Culinary School and supplemented that with vegan cooking classes. Reisha then turned her love of agriculture and the slow food movement into a business that could bring this healthy way of eating to her neighbors in Los Angeles…that was the start of Farm Box LA, her business that delivers organic fruits and vegetables to your front door.
Josh Crosby is a multi-sponsored ultra-endurance athlete, Ironman World Champion Competitor, and World Champion rower. He brings an elite caliber athletic pedigree to Indo-Row®, a growing international fitness program he created for an intense, full- body, team-oriented workout. Indo-Row®, short for ‘Indoor Rowing’, was launched in 2004 at a small studio in Santa Monica with only 5 rowers. In 2008, Josh partnered with Fitness Quest, a renowned marketer and investor in early stage lifestyle products, and with WaterRower, a rowing machine manufacturer, in order to scale the business internationally. Now, with two bustling locations in Los Angeles and in 50 fitness clubs and boutique studios worldwide, Indo-Row has quickly grown into what has been dubbed “the next spinning”, for its popularity and cult following. Josh is a regular on the international fitness convention circuit where he has become a respected presenter and personality. Josh also consults with companies like Gatorade and FISA, the International Rowing Association, and has been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Angeleno, DailyCandy, CNN, The Today Show, Fox News, Extra, Fit TV, and as the face for Nike, New Balance, Asics and Adidas. www.joshcrosbyfitness.com
For more information, please call 310-820-8877 or email [email protected].
* Event attendees may submit their contact information for an ‘opt in’ networking list; it is not a requirement that all event attendees submit their contact information to this listing.
Tavis Smiley: If At First You Don’t Succeed, ‘Fail Up’
If you want to learn about success, talk to a successful person. If you want to learn about failure, talk to a very successful person. In his new book Fail Up, TV and radio host Tavis Smiley offers lessons on how to turn life’s setbacks into success.
2011 marks Smiley’s 20th year in broadcast — and that anniversary got him thinking: “The way I arrived at this place [of success] was failing my way — all the way,” he says. The book is sort of a Top 20 Worst-Of list: It details the 20 biggest mistakes of Smiley’s life.
Some of these mistakes were news even to Smiley’s close family. Before the Fail Up manuscript arrived at his parents’ house, Smiley called home to tell his mother and father they were about to read things they’d never heard before. Smiley was the first person in his family to go to college — but when he marched across the stage at Indiana University to get his diploma, he hadn’t really graduated. It technically took Smiley 16 years to get his degree; during college, he had been arrested and sent to jail for check fraud. “I couldn’t bring myself to tell my parents that I’d gone to jail while I was in college,” he says. “[Or] that I didn’t have a college degree.” (more…)
A Special Co-Teaching Program at Insight LA
| Date(s): | April 9 (Saturday) | |
| Time: | 1:00pm – 4:00pm | |
| Description: | During this three hour workshop, we will learn how to apply mindfulness practice to our decisions during times of career transition. We will see how mindfulness can transform our experience of change from stress and anxiety to clarity and well being which allows us to see options more clearly and make skillful choices. Through meditation practice and discussion we will explore how to align mindfulness practice with the, often times, complex process of career change.ABOUT THE TEACHERS:
Jane Davis has practiced in both the Vipassana and Zen traditions since 1996. She has completed Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practioner’s Program, an intensive 2-year course studying the Buddhist Suttas. She also volunteers as the Insight LA CFO, and teaches classes and sitting groups. Jane is currently teaching about how to apply Mindfulness to our work environments. Jane has had a twenty-five year career, first practicing as a CPA and later specializing in financial management for small businesses. She is currently working in the non-profit and entertainment industries. Daisy Swan is a career strategist, coach and counselor who has worked with hundreds of clients over the past 20 years. She founded Daisy Swan & Associates in 2003 providing one-on-one coaching as well as support groups and workshops to meet the needs of individuals. Daisy has been practicing meditation for roughly 30 years, is a certified co-active coach, as well as a certified somatic coach. |
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| Location: | InsightLA Olympic 1430 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 |
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| Directions: | See Map | |
| Level: | All Levels | |
| Cost: | Sliding scale from $40 to $60 (Register here)Please pay at the highest level of the sliding scale that you can afford. This helps us make sure those who pay less can attend.
Whatever you pay above the lowest end of the sliding scale is a tax-deductible donation to InsightLA. Please email or call us to arrange for work/study or reduced fee (less than $40). |
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| Contact Information: | [email protected] or 310-774-3325 Or register here. |
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Liminas Exclusive: L.A. Career Expert Interview
Source: Liminas.com
Daisy Swan, a career strategist, coach and counselor and head of her own career private practice, knows what it means to be a Liminas woman. Her career {and passion} was born from the confusion and uncertainty of her days during that time. We went to Daisy with all the concerns, stress, and questions our readers are struggling with and she shared great career advice and life tips to help all of us Liminas women find the balance and happiness we seek.
Ashley: First of all, please tell us a little about yourself and how you got started in this line of work. Also, are you familiar with the Liminas concept? Do you feel that you are/were a Liminas woman? (more…)
A Writer Writes
I listened to this interview on KCRW’s Bookworm program today and was really grateful to have heard this. I thought you might be too. While the discussion about the book itself is yummy, the rest of it is very satisfying to hear — especially for any of us who have ever contemplated being a writer. Or for those who are currently writing for a living, or attempting to. I know that I wanted to be a writer from the time I was 10 years old when I read Harriet The Spy. I always have loved writing, and loved the idea of being a writer. And over the past few years have found out just how hard it is to actually write and publish a book. I hope you’ll take the time to listen to this recording and be inspired, as I was. — Daisy
Work-life Balance
Work-life balance is a concept that supports the efforts of employees to share their time and energy between work and other important aspects of life. It represents the challenge that is put before the individual and which requires a constant process of balancing in different life aspects. The term "work-life balance" was used for the first time in America during 80s.This concept defined unhealthy lifestyle many Americans lived -neglecting family and friends, as well as personal needs every individual has.
One of the most important aspects of modern HR management is finding a balance between work and life. It actually involves a continuous process of balancing between responsibilities at work and those at home. The main argument for the introduction of these programs within company’s HR department was the fact that organizations realized that they must be aware of different needs their employees have and to show respect in order to keep their employees.
Feeling that work is having a negative impact on family may seriously disturb mental and physical health of the individual. These individuals, in situations like this, often show burn-out syndrome, high level of stress, less satisfaction with life, symptoms of depression and generally have poor health.
Many people think that “work-life” balance is impossible to achieve, but the truth lies in how you organize and plan your time and how you organize and spend it. If you organize your time wisely, you’ll see that many things can be done during the day. Try to stay focused and to stick to the plans you’ve made. Take 15 minutes at the end of each day to plan your next day. Soon, you will find that this “planning activity” is becoming a routine for you and that you really achieve work-life balance.
The most important thing is that you should your potentials, capabilities, and off course shortcomings. Identify your needs and desires, define goals, set priorities, create a mini action plan and strategy that will help you better manage your time and activities. Enjoy your work – but remember to rest and have fun, for example in cosmik casino.
