We have a responsibility to support others in being their best.  Here are ten ways we can help each other realize the best that's within each of us. 

What does it mean for a woman to find her voice?  Voice is not only speaking.  It’s listening, responding, and being heard.  It is purpose, identity, imagination, and beauty. Your voice was created the moment you were conceived.  Sometimes it has been shut down – flattened.  Nurture it.  Don’t take it for granted.

Create the life you want

You don’t need to rely on others to get your needs met. Responsibility for happiness is yours. Your self-esteem is found deep inside. You surround yourself with positive energy.

You surround yourself with empowering and supportive friends. You require a profession, career, or business that expresses your skills, smarts, and passions.

Acknowledge your spiritual journey

Everyone has the power to influence what they deserve.Those who know and get what they deserve share a distinct pattern. It starts with these six steps.

When I work with women on how to influence their future I start with this exercise.  Make a list of 3 things in your past that are causing an “I deserve more” barrier for you.  These are the messages of that voice in your head saying, “You can’t do this. Or have this. Or be this.”  Let your struggle go.

What does your map for success look like?  I want everyone reading this to cut out words and pictures of all the things you want to be, to do, and to have; paste them on a big piece of flip chart paper and stick it to a wall that you will see every day.  I made my ‘Success Map’ 6 months ago.  You will read such sayings as, “Stop at Nothing”, “Straight Shooter”, and “Have Faith in Yourself and Faith Will Be in You” among several others.

There are 6 myths that I will bust (no pun intended!) about women and influence.  And here they are: 1.  The White Knight Myth.  This is the idea that women are only influential because of their husband, family, or others outside of themselves.  Men and some women believe that this is the only road for a woman to pursue her goals AND accomplish them. Reality:  Women are influential in spite of their husband, family or others.  Women are influential because of what’s inside them.

Reese Witherspoon, Julie Roberts, Anne Bancroft, Jennifer Jones and now Sandra Bullock.  Each of these women won the Oscar for Best Actress.  But what do they really have in common?  They brought to the big screen the real-life, not–so-everyday women who are among us doing remarkable things.

Soul isn’t a figment of your imagination.  It’s meant to expand your consciousness and connect you to something greater than yourself.  Women are embracing their souls, claiming the generous, guiding peace of their naturalness. How does a woman recognize when soul is knocking on her door?

• Answers appear from nowhere
• Unexpected good things happen
• Pain subsides
• Impossible wishes unfold
• Guiding another woman beyond what is easy
• Fears subsides & clarity enters
• You begin to confidently place your requests

Women are connection.  They connect with their friends, their children, and their spouse.  Women connect others.  We are the bridges that build relationships and foster communication.  Basically, women are the directors of the future. Women are wonderful sources of inspiration and support for each other. They are willing to bare their souls and share their experiences, even with perfect strangers. Put two women who are strangers together in a room, on an airplane, in a line at the drug store, and the sharing begins, frequently at a genuine level.