The Feminist  

Kathryn Tull  

Topics: Domestic Violence, Motivational, Parenting and Children, Personal Development

Having found her way through the private hell of domestic violence to the radiance of self-recreation, Kathryn Tull, MFT addresses the difficult task of attaining peace and fulfillment in our personal and professional lives. A charismatic speaker, trainer, therapist, author and coach, Kathryn speaks from the heart and shines a light on how the significantly the simplest choices and the behavior of those around us impact our priorities and quality of life.
 
Her signature program, Take the Next Bold Step! delivers her inspiring story and practical system to truly step into your possibility and  accomplish your goals and dreams.

Programs delivered by Kathryn qualify for California Continuing Education Units for licensed MFTs and LCSWs. 

Other available talks include:

Proactive Communication for Positive Relationships
Nothing interferes with relationships like unsuccessful, unproductive communication. The audience will learn proven cognitive and physical strategies to transform even the most entrenched patterns of communication.  Personal productivity can increase almost effortlessly. Their relationships at work, home, and the community will all benefit!
 
Powerful, Poised Presentation
Now more than ever the first impression counts. Competition is fierce and you want to present at your best! Audiences learn the 10 most important skills to present yourself to make the most of your potential.
 
Children Exposed to Domestic Violence : Collateral Damage
Children exposed to domestic violence are more than 1000 times more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol, have criminal involvement, and grow up to become abuser or abused themselves. In more than 50% of families experiencing domestic violence, there are children under the age of 17.
Learn to recognize the signs of exposure to domestic violence in children,and how to address the impact of domestic violence on these often-silent victims.

Domestic Violence 101: Introduction to Domestic Violence
Relationship violence is occurring at epidemic rates. Almost every day we hear stories in the news about violence in relationships and families – sometimes deadly, and always traumatic. Even our most popular celebrities are not immune.  Learn to recognize the signs of an abusive relationship, the effects of abuse, and how you can help yourself or someone you love.

ACT Against Violence (Adults and Children Together Against Violence, a program of the American Psychological Association.) This program provides  specialized training for all human services staff and professionals. Audience will learn to train their entire organization in methods to prevent and relieve negative behaviors between parents, teachers, caregivers and their children.

Inquire about rates outside the area

Contact: (310) 920-9480
E-Mail: kathryn@nextboldstep.com
Website: http://www.nextboldstep.com

Gina Cloud  

Topics: Natural Beauty, Self Empowerment, Adolescents, Women's Issues

Do you think of yourself as a “woman” – or as W.O.M.A.N.? "Women are exploited biologically, sociologically, even personally," says Gina Cloud, who coined the powerful acronym W.O.M.A.N. – Wild, Open, Magical, Authentically-empowered, Nectar. "It’s time for images of woman that are woman-made." Gina's inspiring talks reconnect women and men alike with the mystery that is Woman – her essence, beauty and truth. “The true beauty of who we are has been lost or exploited by the media in all its forms," she says. "Empowerment is from the inside out, not the outside in – and so is beauty.” Her enlightening presentations explode the myths and misinformation put forth by our culture, the media and the medical community, and her new formula for becoming who you truly are is part Goddess, part feminist, part revolutionary ─ and all W.O.M.A.N.
 
Gina's dynamic, heartfelt presentations put this formula to work as she shares her wisdom plus little-known facts and info about alternative approaches to health, beauty and body/mind. The result? You'll reconnect with your feminine power and open to exciting new perspectives and possibilities for your life. Gina is also an expert in nutritional rejuvenation and chemicals in our environment and food supply, and she reveals little-known secrets that restore health and beauty. And her talks are not just for women. Her keynote talk for men reveals all they need to know about women’s issues and how to build intimacy with the women in their lives. You’ll leave her eye-opening presentations with a deep sense of self-love, self-confidence and self-healing rooted in a new understanding of the powerful medium of the Feminine. Her mantra? "Beauty is not skin-deep, but soul-deep and spirit-fed. It’s time to reclaim what we’ve lost and marry the ancient with the modern."

Her presentations include:

W.O.M.A.N.: A New Definition
Discover the magic inherent in W.O.M.A.N. – the new definition of “woman” as Wild, Open, Magical, Authentically-empowered, Nectar – and unleash your power!

Women’s Bodies as the Path to Self-Empowerment, Personally and Professionally
Tap into the enormous power of our biological cycles, specifically the menstrual cycle. Forget what they taught you about “that time of the month.” You’ll gain a new, positive perspective from this empowering presentation that restores the menstrual cycle to a place of honor and celebration in our lives and shows you how to use PMS (Powerful Monthly Sight) as a powerful tool to resolve problems and balance your life, both personally and professionally bringing you into harmony with your life as a woman

Honoring the Temple
What's your definition of beauty ─ and how much money do you spend weekly, monthly, annually, in its pursuit? Learn the secrets of natural beauty from the inside out as we explore food as a vehicle for beauty and health, safer health and beauty products, natural alternatives to cosmetic surgery and chemical therapies, and new ways to restore self-esteem.   

Is Pornography Ruining Your Life?
A bold, non-blaming exploration into why men turn to prngraphy and the hold it can have on their lives and their relationships. The journey to authentic empowerment is no different for men than it is for women. Men will learn to look inside to find the key to living a life that honors themselves, the women in their lives, and women and girls in society.

Gina Cloud was born in New Orleans. She hosts her own live Internet radio show, “W.O.M.A.N.: A New Definition,” on www.contacttalkradio.com, heard weekly worldwide by an audience in 250 countries. She has been featured in Los Angeles newspapers, and she's a frequent talk show guest on women's issues, including “The Rolanda Watts Show” and “The Health and Beauty Revolution” (KPFK Pacifica Radio). Gina's new book, W.O.M.A.N.: A New Definition is available and Wild Nectar, her unique line of intimate apparel, is in development. Her knowledge, inspirational energy and passion for delivering the whole truth make her a powerful speaker. She is breathtakingly bold and will step into any arena fearlessly in order to uncover and deliver information relevant to empowering both women and men. She's a gifted transformational coach, author, dancer, mother, poet and healer. Her profound ability to connect with people at the heart makes her a powerful speaker and counselor for women seeking to love, accept and celebrate themselves.

Gina conducts workshops for girls and women and does one-on-one Natural Beauty coaching, aimed at transforming your entire life from the inside out. Her popular program and upcoming DVD, The Sacred Facts of Life, brings the message of the “sacred feminine” to young girls, age 8-12. You can view promotional segments of this workshop on YouTube.  She is also the deeply devoted mother of a teenage daughter who now assists Gina in teaching her workshops for young girls.

What people are saying. . .  

Gina Cloud is amazing!! She is so what I'm about ─ women being in control of their lives and the way they bring children into this world. I recommend this book to all women everywhere, especially mothers.
Ricki Lake, talk show host, producer “The Business of Birthing”

In four weeks of working with Gina, I finally got in touch with the real W.O.M.A.N. in me and cleared stuck feelings that 15 years of therapy never touched.
─ L. Joiner (client)

While her focus is geared towards women, even men (like myself) can learn greatly from Gina Cloud's teachings.
─ The Immaculate CJ Miller, U.S. Air force (Japan)

Gina Cloud opened the door into womanhood for my daughter. She guided her, along with a group of her peers, to openly, honestly and lovingly embrace who they were becoming as young women. She took away the mystery and the fear. She made it exciting and empowering. And just in time!  
─ Risa Bramon García (mother of workshop participant)

Gina Cloud is doing work the world needs. We have to get back to basics, back into our bodies, and W.O.M.A.N. is our user's manual. This is vital, primary stuff here, people, told in a miraculously easy and funny way. A tool for men and women, boys and girls. Go women! GO GINA!
─ Pamela Adlon, Actress,  D.O.G (Disciple of Gina)

Gina Cloud demonstrates in her life and her teachings that you can dance your own path. You don't have to do what you’re told, or play by rules that you did not write. She carries in herself an authentic, creative, individual womanhood. Her passionate, fierce, and playful engagement with life inspires us all ─ women and men ─ to be true to our unique and divine nature.
─ Tim Ward, author, Savage Breast: One Man's Search for the Goddess

My work in the feminist anti-prngraphy field has taken me onto many radio programs, answering questions from a wide range of people, and Gina Cloud’s show “W.O.M.A.N.” is one of my favorites. She isn’t afraid to confront the questions we need to be asking.
─ Robert Jensen, University of Texas at Austin, author of Getting Off: Prngraphy and the End of Masculinity

Gina's activist work, coupled with her deep, gentle sensitivity and open heart, is the power behind a revolution.
─ Giuditta Tornetta, author of Painless Childbirth: An Empowering Journey through Pregnancy and Birth.

I've been waiting for Gina Cloud's re-delivery of this sacred information since I got my first period!
─ Jacquie Jordan, Emmy-Nominated TV Producer, author of Get on TV! and founder of TVGuestpert.com.

Contact: 310.994.6475
Fax: : 310.459.1938
E-Mail: g.cloud@verizon.net
Website: http://www.redefiningwoman.com

Jodi Michele Cooley  

Topics: Disabilities, Inspirational, Parenting and Children, Self-Care

Have you cracked the code that allows your dreams to come true? So many of us are taught to ignore our feelings or sock them away. As a result, we aren't truly aware of our feelings or how to live them out appropriately. The result? We end up full of rage, depressed or extremely disappointed, causing us to live our lives on auto-pilot, rather than by design. In her humorous, compassionate talk, Empowerment Coach Jodi Michele Cooley presents her 3-step Feel It Thru Method that helps you get crystal clear on what you’re feeling, and shows how to work with your feelings instead of against them. “When we give ourselves permission to feel all our emotions and work with our feelings,” says Cooley, “we develop incredible inter-personal relationships, as well as an awesome relationship with self.” Cooley’s breakthrough presentation shows how to decipher the messages from our bodies and emotions that say, “Give me freedom!” Our feelings are radar detectors, says Jodi, but often we don’t listen. ” We’ve all had a gut feeling that afterwards we knew was right on,” she points out. In Jodi's signature talk Whatever You Want, You Have to Feel Your Way There you will: • Learn to navigate your emotions and use them as fuel • Rebel against adversity • Stop living in default mode • Finally understand your life's journey • Jumpstart your creativity • Spearhead radical change in all areas of your life You’ll learn how to hear the messages your body and emotions are sending and take action without delay. This enhances your sense of well-being and replaces defeatist thoughts with feelings of hope. “Your personal mythology becomes a transformational journey,” says Cooley. “You accept life’s challenges and crash through the barriers that have held you prisoner.” From early childhood, Jodi Cooley turned obstacles into challenges. At age 6, she was the primary caretaker for her mother, who had MS, and later she developed her own health challenge: Transverse Myelitis. She’s been through severe depression and has a daughter with developmental delays. An inspiring, motivational speaker, she shares the wisdom and sanity she's gained in making peace with herself and the rest of the world. Using humor, humility and humanity, she makes each listener feel they are not alone, as she offers tools to expand beyond the limitations life hands us. You’ll leave Jodi Michele Cooley’s presentation with a deeper connection to your body and emotions, ready to experience greater aliveness, inspiration, enthusiasm, self-renewal and clarity. “I show you how to live in the “-ing” of the present, not the “-ed” of the past,” says Jodi. “People come away with greater clarity and a new perspective on their life.” Inquire about rates outside the area

Contact: (818) 762-4835
E-Mail: jodimichelecooley@gmail.com
Website: http://www.jodimichelecooley.com

Have You Forgotten?
 I've been thinking about the victims and hero's of 9/11 all yesterday and this morning and can't believe it's been 8 years.
There isn't much I can do for those who suffered so greatly that day, but I ask as you rush through your day that you take a moment of silence to pay tribute to the Victims who's live were so greatly impacted, Hero's who rushed in and the Service Members who put their lives on the line to fight terrorism and to protect our freedoms as Americans everyday! Sincerely Yours,
 Amber Joy
 "The Fem Mah Nyst"

    The first time that I read this I was 19 years old! Stupidly Married and way to young to have been mature enough to handle a enlightened approach to such radical ideals. When my then ex-husband handed it to me, I laughed... Not just a polite giggle, but a roll in the floor and kick your feet type laugh! It seems I couldn't hold my tongue back then and I still can't. 

    Were women being sedated or beaten into submission back then??, Really come on,  Who does this stuff??!! I really can't see how anyone would subject themselves to these kinds of expectations and submissive attitudes otherwise. When my current husband and I got married (Yes I divorced the other one for clear and obvious reasons) he knew that I refused and continue to adamantly object to becoming a "1950's JUNE CLEAVER!

1955 House Keeping Monthly
"The Good Wife Guide"
Verbatim

 

 

Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready, on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospects of a good meal (especially his favorite dish) is part of the warm welcome needed.

Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.

Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.

Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives.

Gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper, etc. and then run a dust cloth over the tables.

Over the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift, too. After all, catering for his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.

Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash their hands and faces (if they are small), comb their hair, and if necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part. Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer, or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet.

Be happy to see him.

Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.

 

Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first-remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.

Make the evening his. Never complain if he comes home late or goes out to dinner or other places of entertainment without you. Instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure and his very real need to be at home and relax.

Your goal: Try to make sure your home is a place of peace, order, and tranquility where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.

Don't greet him with complaints and problems.

Don't complain if he's late home for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through that day.

Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or have him lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him.

Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soothing, and pleasant voice.

Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him.

A good wife always knows her place.

There is no doubt in my mind that "The Good Wife's Guide" was written by a man, probably one who had never been married and probably never did get married, for apparent reasons.

Tune in Tonight for my conclusions to my experiment  Becoming June!
Also my personal thoughts and revised edition of "The Good Wife Guide"(which will posted at later Date!)


The "Fem Mah Nyst"
Amber Joy

 

 

 

 

Many Ladies find themselves in a rut trying to make quality love connections, despite the many choices, and their ongoing efforts. Time to work on demystifying the dating process!