My Village Well with Michelle
By Michelle Francois-Walsh
My Village Well with MichelleJul 31, 2020
Wild Writing with Laurie Wagner
Laurie Wagner has been publishing books and essays, and teaching writing for the last 25 years. She is a process guru and has a genius for holding space, helping people unzip what’s inside of them and get ink on the page.
A creative brain-stormer, she specializes in out-of-the-box ways to tell your stories. Her Wild Writing classes are the cornerstone of her live work. She teaches weekly small online groups, and also hosts the Wild Writing Family, a large group of writers from around the world who write together weekly. She is the author of Living Happily Ever After: Couples Talk about Long Term Love, and Expectations: 30 Women Talk about Becoming a Mother.
You can find more about Laurie HERE
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Canadian Mystic, Janice Gallant
Janice Gallant is an artist, writer, mystic and a guide for women’s personal empowerment. She lives in Central Alberta with her family. Soulfully Aligned Women was created by Janice as she worked to integrate creative flow, manifesting and personal empowerment in her walk as a mystic. Janice’s journey into the mystic path began back in 1995 when she trained under a shaman for 3 years. Her book, The Creation Guild, is a guidebook that helps you refine your own craft of manifesting. Janice mentors women in self-awareness growth and offers online creative workshops and programs. Her current certification program The Soulfully Aligned Creative Mystic Certification program is beginning this summer and is a 9 month transformative journey for women who are passionate about awakening this for women around the world and creating change in their own life and in the world.
FREE GIFT: https://mailchi.mp/9b65e311b382/8-days-of-painting
Website: https://janicegallant.com/
Teachable: https://janicegallant.teachable.com/
IG: Soulfully Aligned Women IG: Janice Gallant Art
FB: Soulfully Aligned Women (private FB group)
Bubble Wrap
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Love,
Michelle
Dear Body, You are a Marvel
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Michelle
Family Mission Statement
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Love,
Michelle
Spiritual Guidance with Intuitive, Amber Blandford
Amber Blandford is an intuitive guide, Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath® Certified Practitioner, and registered yoga teacher (RYT-200). She holds 2 graduate degrees in spirituality from the Franciscan School of Theology and has completed The Resilient Heart™: Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath Certification. When she worked as an end of life specialist for 7 years, Amber saw individuals transform through the presence of holistic support. This struck her and shifted her mission to help the living, truly live now—to experience the fullness of an intuitively informed and intentionally directed life. In 2016, Amber founded Joyful Spaces, LLC to help individuals align their space and soul through letting go and intuitive guidance. She leaned on her innate wisdom and directed her own healing when her mother, father, and brother died within 4 months in 2019, which confirmed her calling. Most recently, Amber’s work has been featured in Better Homes and Gardens, Insight Timer, and she was named one of Shondaland’s JoyMakers.
FREE PDF on Manifesting
HOW TO MANIFEST ANYTHING IN 3 STEPS
by Amber Blandford
Your external world is a reflection of your inner thoughts and feelings. When you
manifest, focus on what you want, rather than what you don't want. Imagine what you
want to happen in the future instead of what you observe presently in your life.
Then, add an important step–add juicy, wonderful, expansive feelings that are
congruent with you having this desire. Really feel that it’s here now for you.
When you connect with having what you want like money, health, an amazing career, or
wonderful relationships and unique opportunities, they will arrive in time.
Try to have some fun with the process and create some compassion for yourself as
you allow the universe to respond. Remember, it takes more than a day to grow a
garden. Enjoy yourself while you wait.
The Manifesting Method:
1. Write down your desires in the present tense. Ex: I am very happy; I love being at
the beach with my friends; My career is so life-giving
2. Make a conscious effort for 2-3 minutes each day to feel like you already have
the desired outcome in physical form.
3. Offer gratitude for these gifts from your heart center.
Try this method and let me know how it is for you. May it be wonderful and full of ease!
amber@joyfulspaces.org joyfulspaces.org insta: @joyfulspaces You can find out more about Amber at https://www.joyfulspaces.org/ www.myvillagewell.com
A List of Directions
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Love,
Michelle
Masterclass
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Love,
Michelle
Stuff
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Love,
Michelle
Ordinary Things
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Love,
Michelle
Putting Yourself Out There with Shana McLean Moore
Shana McLean Moore is the founder of The Gigis, an organization for women ages 50+, with the mission of gathering, growing, and giving back to the community together as we create more connection, purpose, and visibility for women of a certain awesome age.
She has authored three books of essays (with a memoir in progress) and wrote a column for the Times Media, Inc. family of newspapers for seven years. In 2019, Shana gave a TEDx Talk called “Silican: Your Antidote to the Silicon Valley Grind” and has since delivered the presentation as an interactive workshop in corporate and educational settings, as well as in group coaching sessions. Facebook: Shana McLean Moore Writer Website: Shana McLean Moore www.myvillagewell.com
I Have Given Up
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Love,
Michelle
FREE Mental Health Services with BeWellLine
Welcome Kiriaki Gamez from BeWellLine! BeWellLine is an Alter Health Group Company dedicated to making mental health care, life guidance, and community-based counseling available to everyone across California, FREE of charge. We believe in the power of community, and more importantly, we believe in you.
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The F Word
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Love,
Michelle
For all the Babies
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Love,
Michelle
Cheers!
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Love,
Michelle
D.R.E.A.M.S.
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Love,
Michelle
The Power of Symbols with Whitney Freya
Whitney Freya has declared 2024 as the year of SELF-reclamation for her Creative Community. She uses her Sacred & Personal Painting Practice and her online programs and Creatively Fit Coach Training to guide you into living life as art, a Life Artist. She has three published books to inspire your journey, her latest being 30 Days to Unstoppable, Be the Dream Made Visible, that are all available on Amazon or WhitneyFreya.com.
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WhitneyFreyaCanvas to receive her prompts for your own journey of SELF-reclamation in 2024 & beyond!
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Hot Tubs in Heaven
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Love,
Michelle
I Don't Go to Church Anymore
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Michelle
Why You Should Pick Me...
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Michelle
Books in a Basket - A Trilogy
I didn't even realize how incredibly nostalgic children's books could be until I started writing about it...
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Love,
Michelle
10 Tips to Not Lose Your Sh*t, Holiday Edition with Karen Adamski
Karen Adamski, aka "Shama Mama", is a shamanic practitioner, Certified Crystal Healer, Certified Creatively Fit Coach, artist, and teacher. After leaving a 27 year HR management career in the Silicon Valley, Karen chose to purposely transform her ‘career’ into what it is today…pretty much the complete opposite of corporate America. Today, Karen works with clients from all over the world to bring them healing in the form of vibrational medicine, meditation, art, nature, color, kindness and much more.
Heart & Mind Balance - A Painting Practice
This is a simple little course that's great for all ages. It fits in nicely with our discussion in terms of keeping our balance. And at one point I will talk about Creative Engagement....this offers them a fun solution.
LINK for FREE GIFT:https://shamamama.teachable.com/p/heart-mind-balance-a-painting-practice
Coupon Code: MyVillageWell
Expires Jan 15, 2024
https://www.facebook.com/ShamaMamaKaren www.ShamaMama.teachable.com
Story Time with Michelle #3: Disneyland
💜Remember Story Time at the library? 💜Welcome to Story Time with Michelle from Village Well! 💜Each week I will share a little snippet of writing scratched out in 10 minutes or less. Because life is just material. And each one of us has a story.
I am so glad you are here...
Story Time with Michelle #2: The Mall
💜Remember Story Time at the library? 💜Welcome to Story Time with Michelle from Village Well! 💜Each week I will share a little snippet of writing scratched out in 10 minutes or less. Because life is just material. And each one of us has a story.
I am so glad you are here...
StoryTime with Michelle #1 : Don't Give Up
💜Remember Story Time at the library? 💜Welcome to Story Time with Michelle from Village Well! 💜Each week I will share a little snippet of writing scratched out in 10 minutes or less. Because life is just material. And each one of us has a story. I am so glad you are here... www.myvillagewell.com
Mic Drop: The Den, Writer's Workshop
Welcome to our first podcast featuring Village Well's very own authors from our Writing Workshop, The Den. There is power in hearing the story unfold in the writer's own voice, so we asked women to pick their favorites to share.
Each prompt is unique, collected with inspiration from music (think Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill) , amazing mentors (Joy Reichart, Nancy Slonim Aronie, Natalie Goldberg), and God.
Each piece was written in 6-8 minutes, and is unedited.
Each of these brave women are badass warriors...Kelly, Laura, Lory, Alicia, Nic, Beth, Pam, Michelle, Ana, Alma, Akika and Lori will leave you feeling the feels.
This is what happens when women gather. Please consider this your invitation to join us for our next 4 week session of The Den facilitated through My Village Well. Just say YES.
30 - Ritual & Transformation with Yvonne Velasco Brock
Yvonne Velasco Brock, MATP/CSG, is an Indigenous Spiritual Counselor of Maya, Mixeca and Apache heritage, who supports people to gain insight and balance, and amplify personal power through spiritual and holistic exploration. Yvonne has a MA in Transpersonal Psychology, a Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Guidance, and is a member of Spiritual Directors International. She combines Transpersonal theory and Indigenous wisdom to offer diverse tools for people to become empowered by their own wisdom. These tools include individual and group facilitation, Spiritual and Contemplative practices, and Creative Expression. Yvonne is also an artist.
http://www.yvonnebrock.com/ @yvonne_spirituallifeguide
You can learn more about our community at www.myvillagewell.com
31 - Hey God, Hey John: An Open Conversation with Poet, John Roedel
John Roedel is an improv comedic who "stumbled" into writing a few years ago as his life began to fall apart all around him. During his dark night of the soul, John began to have fake conversations with "God" on Facebook to poke fun at his spiritual and personal crisis.
What began as a flippant way of making light of his doubts in the Divine turned into something he wasn’t at all prepared for: God wrote back.
Since creating the popular "Hey God. Hey John." blog on Facebook three years ago, John has tackled such topics as his journey to mental health wellness, his lack of faith, the joy and pain of raising a child with autism, and grief, all in the form of a simple conversation with "God."
Eventually, these conversations transformed straight into poetry that has touched hundreds of thousands of people all around the world.
John’s newest book “Remedy” has been on the Amazon bestseller list for poetry since its release this past November. You can learn more about John at www.johnroedel.com
John will be sharing poetry and story with Village Well on February 9, 2022 from 7-8 PM PST. RSVP to myvillagewell@gmail.com
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29 - Your Money Story with Mariah Hudler
Mariah Hudler, LCSW, MBA
Mariah Hudler is a Financial Therapist, Consultant, and Coach who works with individuals, couples, and entrepreneurs wanting to improve their relationship with their money. She does this by helping them connect with their emotions, become clear with their intentions, and be confident in their decisions. Her mission is to reduce the financial stress associated with modern life by promoting a balanced, financially healthy life. What grounds Mariah is her family, cycling, tacos, adventures, and financial security.
Mariah will be sharing her wisdom at Self-Love in 2022.
You can find Mariah at: korufinancialtherapy.com
You can learn more about our community at www.myvillagewell.com
28 - Ho'oponopono with Anitra Hooper
Anitra Hooper is a transcension coach, healer, and speaker. She is committed to helping individuals heal deeply, love unconditionally, and live authentically as their best selves in every moment.
She utilizes her emotional empathy, intuitive connection, training in self development, Reiki, Ho’oponopono, and experiences in emotional mastery, to walk with clients through their healing journey to achieve a harmonious life!
She works with leaders who serve powerfully and are ready to show up perfectly imperfect in their lives and businesses. Whether it is by practicing vulnerable communication, creating robust boundaries rooted in deep self-love & forgiveness, healing past trauma, or learning to trust divine inspiration from the Universe and to take their manifestation work to the next level, she is able to guide them to their next best step.
Anitra has said yes to coming to teach at the Self Love Project in the Fall of 2021. You can learn more about her:
https://harmonious-living.ck.page/d07faf2441
You can learn more about our community at www.myvillagewell.com
27 - At a Crossroads with Sam Dahlin
Sam Dahlin was an alcoholic until he passed out at wheel at 21, and spent the night in jail. He also firmly believes that God saved him that night.
Sam is licensed Marriage and Family therapist who has been married for 25 years and has 3 daughters. He is a founder of Crossroads Academy, a residential treatment center for adolescent boys, and he is all about helping these youth find their natural highs. Sam believes taking care of our mind, body, and spirit are key to being healthy and happy. He has also run 13 marathons (Boston, NYC, and Chicago), 2 Ultra marathons, and in February he is running a 100 miler. He's also currently training for the Ironman in May. In his free time, he also enjoys playing 2 man Volleyball, coaching his daughter's team, snowboarding and wake surfing. And you guys, he had me taking notes on just HOW is it, at 50 years old, he still does all of this!
You can find out more about Sam :
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26 - Divine Healing with Jessica Davis
Jessica Davis is a psychic intuitive healer and counselor. She offers energy healing sessions that are divinely guided and address the exact issues that need to be healed for you in that moment. These sessions help clear out any doubts or fears you may have and allow you to step into your true power! And Jessica will be coming to share her gifts with Village Well in 2021 for the Self Love Project.
Book your appointment with Jessica here: https://www.facebook.com/Divine-Healings-with-Jess-100402611549934/
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25 - Knitting Our Way Through the Pandemic with Amy Thompson
Amy Thompson is an award winning teacher, enthusiastic wife, optimistic mother who believes that strength comes from adversity; humor helps almost everything; and no one gets tired of hearing how great they are. Amy will be teaching at Self Love Project through My Village Well. You can find out more at:
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24 - Truth Bombs with Lisa Duerre
Lisa Duerre spent 25 years leading inside some of the top tech companies in Silicon Valley. Now as an Executive Coach, Business Advisor, Speaker and Organizational Change Facilitator she's on a mission to ignite leaders in tech to get kickass results at work, lead high performing teams, and be present for the moments that matter. She believes head and heart belong at work and you need more than technical skills to be a leader worth following. Side note,: you'll hear her yell "Dude" when you celebrate a success with her. She also loves using truth bomb cards here, there, and everywhere created by Danielle LaPorte. (www.daniellelaporte.com)
You can read about Lisa in this article:
You can find Lisa at:
lisa@lisaduerre.com, lisaduerre.com 408 915 7537
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23 - Feng Shui Your Life with Aelita Leto
Aelita Leto is a classically trained Feng Shui Master. Since 1989, she has studied and worked with internationally recognized masters in architecture, exterior and interior design, the mantic arts and Feng Shui. Three decades, her practice, based on an ancient art, has grown successfully by word of mouth. Aelita has built a consultancy that attracts private clients, public organizations and businesses. Having completed nearly 1000 Feng Shui consultations in the US & Europe, Aelita is considered a leader in the field. Aelita as Feng Shui Consultant provides a unique skills set to her clients. Combining academic studies in physics, mathematics, and laws, Aelita brings structure and order to an art form that is both spatial and multidimensional.
Aelita will be teaching at My Village Well for the Self Love Project. You can learn more about beautiful Aelita here:
OM TAO Feng Shui Consulting & Chinese Astrology Services
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22 - Wisdom Dating with Gail Weiner
Gail Weiner, LMFT, has been in clinical practice for over 3 decades helping women and couples thrive. She’s the creator of Datewise, a unique program for single women that combines the depth and precision of therapy with the targeted behavior changes of coaching. Gail is also a trained writing coach who guides clients to craft unique online profiles that attract the right matches. She’s taught Humanity Sexuality graduate courses, leads Empowered Dating groups and workshops, writes for First Date Stories, has appeared on multiple Voice America radio shows, various podcasts and speaks widely on the psychology of women’s empowerment. Gail currently sees couples and individuals over Zoom. Village Well is thrilled that Gail will be coming to Self Love Project in 2021.
Contact: datewise@icloud.com
https://www.alignable.com/san-rafael-ca/datewise
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21 - A Walk into Empathy with Cecilia Kremer
Cecilia Kremer is an Empathy & Leadership coach. She helps emerging leaders and entrepreneurs unlock their inner power and fulfillment through meaningful self-connection. She also helps them further develop their capacity to build positive relationships, to foster prosperous synergy and sustain long lasting virtuous alliances. Village Well is thrilled that Cecilia will be teaching for Self Love in 2021. Join us!
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20 - Embracing Imperfection with Mary Mosham
Mary Mosham is an award-winning leadership coach, mindfulness teacher, and author. She specializes in leadership, team and personal development, yoga and meditation, and corporate mindfulness. With over 20 years’ experience in corporate change consulting, leadership development, yoga and mindfulness training, she partners with individuals to create meaningful careers, lives, and legacies, and businesses to develop high-performing and mindful leaders, teams, and cultures. She is the author of Mindful Career: Seven Keys to End Burnout and Unlock Your Greatest Potential. Village Well was thrilled to co-collaborate with Mary for the Enneagram Series: 9 Pathways to Freedom.
You can learn more about our community at www.myvillagewell.com
19 - The Deep Dive with Karla Obernesser
Karla Obernesser enjoys working with people to nourish their relationships. She has a private counseling practice in Bellevue, WA. She and her husband of 32 years have been partnering to enrich their own relationship and the relationships of others by providing retreats and programs. Together they created WeDO Relationships - WeDO Relationships is a platform fostering life-giving relationships that withstand adversity and will be releasing online programs for couples to access online. Together, Karla and Richard have 4 children whom they adore.
You can find out more about Karla at: www.counselingwithkarla.com and www.wedorelationships.com (under construction)
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18 - Burnout is Real with Nicole Kleemann
As a Creative Leadership Coach, Nicole Kleemann empowers curious, and courageous women to transform limiting beliefs and create choices that will bring their lives and careers to new heights. When she went through a burnout, Nicole learned to lean into creativity to find her voice and path again. That's when she decided to leave her international career managing diverse and cross-cultural teams at Google to focus on her true passion of coaching and bringing her experience and wisdom further into the world. Nicole will be kicking off Self Love Project of 2021 in January. Learn more at www.myvillagewell.com
You can find out more about Nicole at:
www.nicolekleemann.com
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17 - Home for the Holidays with My Dad, Tom Francois
My dad, Tom Francois, is the original Love Sprinkler. The man literally makes friends with anyone, anywhere and at anytime. My brothers and I lovingly refer to him as: The Mayor. He is a below the knee amputee, who was hell bent on learning how to take his first steps before my twins did twenty years ago. He was married to my Foxy Mama for over 50 years before she went Home due to Cancer. And most recently, my dad rebuilt his home after losing it in the Santa Rosa fires.
Through it all, his insatiable work ethic, love of family, steadfast faith, and spot on sense of humor, have paved his path. It has never been about what my dad has done in his life, it's about the way in which he does it.
And me? Well, I hit the Jackpot. Dad, I sure do respect you. And boy, do I love you.
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16 - Fail Fast with Martha Nino
Own your facts, fail fast, and be okay without things being perfect. These words perfectly describe Martha Nino's outlook on life.
Born in Mexico, in a grass shack and a dirt floor, Martha's parents risked everything to come America to have a better quality of life. As a baby, Martha was handed to a stranger to pass as her mother, to bring her safely across the border, while her parents crossed the desert on foot. There was absolutely no guarantee that this family of 3 would be reunited. Some 40 years later, this very story is what landed her on stage to speak to an audience of 1,300 people.
Martha's contagious zest for life, curiosity, and love of trying new things, make her both relatable and lovable. Martha is hoping her voice speaks for those that cannot speak, that her experiences motivate those who live in fear, and allows those who think that the impossible is possible.
You can find Martha Nino : connectwithmartha@gmail.com and on Linked In
Martha will be coming to teach at My Village Well for the Self Love Project in 2021.
You can learn more about our community at www.myvillagewell.com
15 - The Power of Saying Yes with Sean Garcia
Sean Garcia is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked in a variety of settings including clinical, educational and currently in private practice. As one of a handful of trans-identified clinicians in Silicon Valley, Sean is extremely passionate about supporting transgender people and their families as well as the co-occurrence of neurodiversity. This population is the primary focus of his practice, and he now hosts monthly Trans Brotherhood adult group and a Transgender Tween group. Sean is actively involved as a speaker and facilitator for educational training and enrichment for parents, staff, and students as well as a consultant for other health care professionals. You can learn more about Sean at seangarciatherapy.com
And keep your eyes peeled, because Sean will be our first token dude to teach at Self Love in 2021!
You can learn more about our community at www.myvillagewell.com
13 - Unlocking the Goddess Within with Kathleen Joan
Kathleen Joan is committed to the resurrection of the Divine Feminine, especially within her own Catholic Christian tradition. She holds Master’s degrees in theology and ministry and has over 10 years ministry experience, including directing retreats, teaching classes on religion and spirituality, and leading small group spiritual communities. She is also a certified Reiki practitioner. She has lived in the Bay Area since 2009 and enjoys singing, hiking, and spending time with her husband. If you would like to find out more about Kathleen or her New Moon Goddess Circles that she leads monthly, check her out :www.brigidsflame.org
Kathleen will also be teaching at Village Well for the Self Love Project in 2021
You can learn more about our community at www.myvillagewell.com
12 - All Kinds of Brilliance with Nicole Connell
Nicole is a Qoya movement teacher. Qoya is a fusion of yoga, dance and feminine movement designed to help women reconnect to their innate wisdom, wildness and freedom. When she's not dancing, she runs her own business helping children with learning differences find success, and she also facilitates girls' leadership circles. Nicole will be making a return appearance, teaching Qoya for the Self Love Project through Village Well in 2021.
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11 - Capturing Your Beauty with Maria Abelaye
Maria Abelaye is the owner and founder of Heartbox Photography in the Bay Area. Maria believes that every woman, whether she has loved or despised the camera, deserves to exist in a photograph and works to advocate to further that message through her portrait services. Maria specializes in everyday real women like you and me, and gives them to opportunity to celebrate every year of her life through stunning images, whether she is 18 or 80.
You can find Maria at : heartbox-photography.com
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10 - A Mother of Two Black Sons with Ana Jones
Ana Jones has worked with families and older adults for the last 20 years. She is the founder of Phlex65 a technology app that connects families and caregivers using Android and iOS devices/phones. She has made time in her weekly schedule to speak out against racism, and the injustice and inequities for BIPOC, and has aligned herself with various groups to bring about changes to curriculum in education and community outreach programs for marginalized individuals. Village Well is thrilled that Ana will be sharing her story for Self Love in 2021.
Ana's words: "In one of our marches my niece, Mela, dedicated a song to the movement and to my son whose poem I shared before she sang. Andra Day "I Rise Up" - a mantra I hold fast - as I continue to find places to speak and share the truth about prejudice.
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9 - Girls Empowerment Movement (G.E.M.) with Corrie Samaniego
Corrie Samaniego's vision is to help young girls and their families be tomorrow's leaders and social changers. Her ability to motivate and inspire others to be leaders is her unique gift. Over the past 25 years, she has coached thousands of young female athletes and inspired them to own their own leadership style. If you want to part of this monumental movement, you can find Corrie here:
gemgirlsmovement.com
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8 - Staying Curious with Maggie Nazario
Maggie Nazario is a facilitator of change for those yearning to step into the highest vision of their identity through self healing work. Maggie is not only a gifted intuitive leader, she is the founder and creator of a Colorfull Collective: a space where conversations take place with people of color sharing their gifts and stories. Maggie is a Reiki Master, and helps facilitate ancestry work and work through akashic records. Maggie will be teaching at the Self Love Project in the fall through My Village Well; register through myvillagewell.com. You can reach out to Maggie at maggie.guidedintuitive@gmail.com
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