Horizon Conference is Your Opportunity
Speak to almost any successful business woman and she’ll tell you that her success was thanks to a number of opportunities. Of course the presence of opportunities does not ensure success; it’s what one does with those opportunities that matters. When Tiffany Dowling, CAWLM publisher and president of Motion Marketing & Media, was presented with the...
Continue ReadingLearn, Grow…Dance your way to a fresh start in 2012
Who doesn’t like a clean slate? I love January, because it always feels like you can start over or get an opportunity to begin a new chapter. Everyone needs that now and then. There are also times when a fresh start is bestowed on you. I’m sure there are many people out there who feel like they may not have wanted a fresh start but there it was starring...
Continue ReadingTraditions, Treats and… 80′s Music – It’s going to be a great Holiday!
We’re set to embark on another holiday season, and let me just say, they come faster and faster every year. I love the holidays though… I actually put my holiday decorations up earlier than I ever have before. It really wasn’t because I was more in the mood this year or because I made a trip to Bronner’s CHRISTmas store. In general, I think...
Continue ReadingBe Thankful for the Little Things
Is it just me or does everyone start to reflect on what they’ve accomplished for the year in November? I think I do this in month 11 because there’s still time to tick off a few of those lingering to-dos in month 12. I hope you’re less like me and have all of your to dos completed and you’re prepared to celebrate the holidays in style without worry...
Continue ReadingWe Mean Business
Women are forces to be reckoned with in so many ways. Not only are we capable of balancing our kids’ schedules, the family finances and our educational opportunities, but we’re also creating and pursuing business opportunities like never before. In fact, more and more women are starting businesses all over the country as well as right here in mid-Michigan....
Continue ReadingBig Dreams & Big Ideas
It’s always interesting to me when I hear from younger people that they just don’t know what they want to do with their lives. I’ve always had the exact opposite problem. I want to do too much and am always dreaming big. In fact, my friends and family are consistently reminding me that it’s okay to say “no” — every now and then. It’s hard for...
Continue ReadingLove Lansing, Support Local Businesses
Many of you already know how much I adore this community of ours. Every day I wake up and feel blessed to be a part of such a wonderful city, region and state. I don’t take the opportunity that I have to be a part of something bigger than myself for granted. Therefore, I consciously work to promote local businesses and when possible purchase services and...
Continue ReadingPleasantries Are More Than Just Pleasant
It’s not unusual for people to have different understandings of any given concept and it’s not unusual for that understanding to change over time. Civility is definitely one of those words that I believe is in flux and transition. Based on the new technological age and other progressive movements, we are shifting our idea in society of what civility means...
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Now it’s Back to the Future …
At the CAWLM office, we’ve put our legwarmers away for a while and decided to get back to the future. Not so fast, I say. Spending several months reliving the 80s has brought back so many memories and made me think about how much time we spent on our relationships way back then. Okay, I don’t want to be construed as the woman who wouldn’t let go of her...
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Lions and Tigers, They Got It Right
I’m feeling a little like Oprah lately. Not in the mega-media maven, multi-billionaire, woman-of-the-year talk-show host sort of way, but in the never-ending diet roller coaster kind. I have always had an issue with my weight. What’s interesting to me is that over the years I’ve found that I have triggers that push me into food naughtiness. If I...
Continue ReadingLive Like There Is No Tomorrow
I have always been a person who tries living each day fully. It’s important to me to put in a solid day’s work, love like there is no tomorrow, have some fun (of course) and say what’s needed to be said to those in my life. As you know, it’s tough to stay on task. We’re all so busy, but focusing on what’s truly important is critical for true...
Continue ReadingChange is Inevitable – Happiness is Optional
I’m certainly not the type of person who would encourage any individual to stop reading or watching the news, but sometimes the information is so negative that I believe you have to put on a filtering cloak of optimism to make it through each day’s news cycle. I need a balance of unbiased, solid-reported, real news (and I’m aware that sometimes it is...
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