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Mom-Preneurial Advisory Board Meeting

Mom-Preneurial Advisory Board Meeting

Jennie Hammers of eco-ditty for winning the iParenting Award. Jennie has redirected her sales tactic toward the wholesale market and will be attending Natural Products Expo West the weekend of March 13th. Her goal is to walk away with 30 wholesale accounts. We’re behind you Jennie!

Katie Wise of Yo Mama Yoga and Family Center for achieving a record month in membership and class participation!

Sara Khoudary of WCJ Graphics for redirecting her business mission and experiencing huge momentum and a record month as a result. Thank you, Sara, for being our guest speaker at our last meeting and enlightening us on marketing and promotional strategies. The work you do with logos and promotional items is nothing less than magical!

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Gain Momentum, Find Balance, Build Your Business!

REGISTER NOW for the March-August Session

Spring is just around the corner and with it comes renewal and growth. Spring is a great time to renew yourself and open the doors to your own personal and professional growth. The Mom-preneurial Advisory Board opens to NEW MEMBERS starting March 3rd. Membership in this sacred group will prove to bring you clarity, momentum, and a sense of balance from the inside out – true success!

Being a mom and an entrepreneur is tricky business that requires ‘know how’, spiritual awareness, and a solid support structure.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have an advisory board for your business and a support system for yourself?
Step right into an inspirational group of women who care about your success and give you straight, honest feedback about your products, services, business model, and sales and marketing approaches. Add in a business coach who can guide you through the ins and outs of running a business, and get the emotional support you need as a mom. Sounds too good to be true, but the Mom-preneurial Advisory Board is just that – a group of like-minded moms and entrepreneurs who function as each others’ advisory board and support structure.

What makes us different?
The premise of the group is to advise each other in all aspects of our businesses – marketing, legal, organizational, etc. What makes this group different from similar groups, is that while we focus on the many aspects of running our business, we also spend time working with our businesses in relation to our biggest job which is mothering and being the CEO’s of our households.

Who is it for?
The Mom-preneurial Advisory Board is for moms in all stages of business ownership.

  • Got an idea?
  • In the start up phase?
  • Been doin’ it for a while?
  • Got a mature business?
  • One woman show?
  • Got employees to manage?
  • Local, national, international?


Regardless of your stage or type of business, you have so much to offer and so much to gain. That’s the beauty of this group – we’re in it together.

How does it work?
Your specific needs are addressed through participation in two group meetings per month and a one-on-one coaching session per month. In addition, you will have the support of a rotating advisory partner each month to foster ideas and strategies. There is a 6 month commitment required to join the group.

What do I get per month?

  • Two group meetings (one 2 hour in-person meeting plus one 1 hour teleconference)
  • One 40 minute one-on-one coaching session
  • Advisory Partner support
  • Email and phone support as needed
  • Access to valuable business and personal success resources

When:

  • 1st Wednesdays of the month 9:45-11:45am in-person at locations in Boulder county
  • 3rd Wednesdays of the month 10:45-11:45am teleconference

Cost: $145 per month (discounts available for paying in full)

Register: (303) 642-3105, gretchen@motherhoodtransitions.com

Reserve your seat today!

Reserve your seat today!
All registrations must be in by Tuesday, March 2nd at noon

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2010 Mom Makeover Contest

2010 Mom Makeover Contest
2010 Mom Makeover ContestMoms, have you entered the Colorado Parent 2010 Mom Makeover Contest yet? You only have until February 21 to enter. One lucky Mom will win a relaxing massage, a new, fashionable look and a consultation with life coach, Gretchen Reid of Motherhood Transitions. For all the details, go to ColoradoParent.com and click on the Mom Makeover button.

Last year’s Mom Makeover Winner, Chris Bird
2009 Mom Makeover Winner, Chris BirdDozens of women of all ages and stages entered the 2009 Mom Makeover contest. Chris Bird was chosen because of her particular circumstances. After relocating from St. Louis to Denver for her husband, Danny’s job, Danny was diagnosed with cancer. Although Danny beat cancer, he was put on disability for a year sending Chris back into the work force.

After professional organizers helped the Birds organize their home, and a makeover artist worked with her ‘look’, Chris started her work with Gretchen Reid. Gretchen helped Chris tap into lost passions and uncover her natural strengths to discover a new career in social media. She helped her rewrite her resume to make it marketable, provided networking and job hunting tips, and even helped Chris and Danny clarify their expectations of each other in order to make their transition more manageable.

Chris’ perspective on her work with Gretchen:
“Getting past ‘my stuff’ became the next hurdle, and that’s where motherhood and career guru, Gretchen Reid of Motherhood Transitions, came in. In addition to re-working my resume, Gretchen helped me to identify the negative talk in my head that can block possible positive events from occurring. I was allowing my own ‘mom-guilt’ about no longer being a full-time mom for my daughter and my fear of a jobless economy among other things, steer me into a self-perpetuating anger and frustration at my situation. She also helped me to see what is possible from the experience instead of dwelling on what was supposed to be. Together we assessed my professional strengths and she opened my eyes to new possibilities in a career path. A career that I had so much as thrown by the wayside was beginning to be revived and I was suddenly excited about it again, but now with a new twist. I have since become a fervent student of social media marketing and am combining my writing, design, advertising and marketing skills with the new media to offer a complete marketing solutions to clients.”
~ Chris Bird

What is Chris doing today?
2009 Mom Makeover Contest winner, Chris Bird after makeover!Chris started her own blog, creatively named Mama Bird’s Blog: Transitioning from nest to desk. After working from home for six months honing her skills, Chris was offered a full-time contract position. She is now thrilled to report that she is building her own business in social media, serving a number of clients to increase thier visibility and sales numbers through creative marketing…all while balancing work, marriage and motherhood. While this 3 ring circus is not an easy task, Chris is handling it like a pro. This experience has challenged both Chris and Danny, as the forced switching of roles has proven to be rewarding for both, and positive for thier daughter as well. This is a true success story of a woman taking action to do what is best for her family and for herself. When I spoke with her this afternoon she stated, “I have you to thank for setting me on this path. I could not have done it without you!”

Read Chris’ journey through her blog here.

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Tree_House_BuildlingMotherhood Transitions has new office space in South Boulder! Many of you know about the Treehouse Building on 29th street just north of Baseline. It is a fabulous building right in the middle of a pond – where else can you find that in Boulder, Colorado? We are housed along with Yo Mama Yoga and Family Center – a perfect partnership to support moms in all phases of motherhood. Come on over and see us!

Office Hours are 9:30-4:30 on Thursdays AND we are offering a RockNMoms Circle, a drop in coaching group, 12:30-1:30 on Thursdays in the Roots Studio on the 2nd floor.

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New Year Reflection

As we are a month into the New Year and the chaos of the holidays have settled, this is a great time to reflect on the previous year, take a look inside, and envision the future as you would like it to be. This year is even more special!  It is the mark of a decade past and a decade to come.

Look Back
Looking back is a process of reviewing the past year, and if you choose, the past decade. Take a moment to review all of the things that you intended to do over that period of time. Which of those did you do?  Which did you not? Now add to the list all the things that you did that you didn’t even intend on doing. Take note of where your energy and focus was and how that created where you are today.

Look In
Once you have taken a quick look back it is now time to take a look inside. Are you where you want to be?  Are you where you are due to clear intentions or happenstance? What supported you in achieving some of those things you are proud of? What got in the way of those things you did not accomplish? Life is not completely in our control, in fact, perhaps not at all in most cases, though we do have a great deal of influence over our lives in general. Take a look at your internal dialogue, beliefs and internal state of being. Look around yourself and see what kind of support you have for achieving your dreams. Now is your chance to make necessary changes from the inside out to manifest your life the way you want it.

Look Out
“So what now what!” is one of my favorite sayings. Where ever you are today is the first day of the rest of your life. The next step you take is the first step into your future. What will that future hold for you? I have been thinking a lot about the question, “What do I want to do before I die?” Kind of a heavy question, but a good one to see if my actions of today are in alignment with what I ultimately want. If you would rather, start with a day, week, a year or a decade. Now is the time to set your course. Imagine looking back on this year and doing this very exercise. What do you want on your list of accomplishments?

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