Dear Smart Women,

Welcome to all the new Smart Women Members this week! So happy to have you as part of the Smart Women FamilyCassidy as well as the brand new wealth and health blog posts.

In the Health section I share a video of the 1st woman to ever regrow her own breast after a mastectomy using her own stem cells. And I think you will recognize this smart woman pioneer right away.

What’s Coming Up at the Smart Women’s Institute

Ultimate Business Building & Implementation Program

Have you ever wanted a coaching and implementation program. For years, I’ve coached and ran masterminds only to leave all the implementation to the client. For the first time in our industry, we will be offering a full program that includes coaching, info products, one-on-one branding strategy, and then our SmartWomenTeam.com division will then build everything you need (website, social networks, newsletters, and more!) and also implement your marketing for the first three months. I can’t wait to help brilliant women live their WHY and make money doing what they love A LOT FASTER. Stay tuned for all the details in the coming weeks and be the first to sign up for this program.

Take Care!

Sheri McConnell

Smart Women’s Institute™

http://www.smartwomeninstitute.com

This “intro” was taken from our latest newsletter. Not getting our newsletter? Sign up by clicking on “Grab Your Smart Tools Now” at the TOP of this page and you’ll also receive a free membership!

Dear Smart Women,

Welcome to all the new Smart Women Members this week! So happy to have you as part of the Smart Women Family!

A big big congrats to all the Smart Women that help make Smart Women Live Their WHY the #1 Bestselling Consulting book on Amazon last week! This is the second time in two years that Smart Women have used their buying power to catapult a female authored book right through the male dominated publishing ceiling. The top 25 spots in business books are held by men about 99.7% of the time. This has to change. Once of my goals this year is to write the next NY Times Bestselling business book for mainstream women. I want to help pave the path for more balance in the information getting to the public. Mainstream women need to learn what we are teaching ladies.

On that note… Want to be author in our next book? THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE to sign up. Hop on over to http://www.smartwomeninstitute.com/2012transitionbook and check out the details. (This is the last time we will offer this opportunity for at least the next 2 years)

Is someone holding the space for you? I sure hope so.

I am leaving for Miami in the morning for my first mastermind meeting of the year with JJ Virgin, Pamela Bruner, Annika Rockwell, and Jackie Wicks. I have participated in masterminds for years with many of the leaders on the Internet today. Having vibrant, smart, brave, courageous, business women hold the space for me is absolutely the reason I am successful. They kick my butt and understand common blind spots and growth spots. And they are full of resources because they are successful also. Don’t forget to make networking with other women who have profitable businesses a priority this year. No excuses. Just make it happen..

Take Care!

Sheri McConnell

Smart Women’s Institute™

http://www.smartwomeninstitute.com

This “intro” was taken from our latest newsletter. Not getting our newsletter? Sign up by clicking on “Grab Your Smart Tools Now” at the TOP of this page and you’ll also receive a free membership!

Please take time this week to read this article of how an evolved man sees his wife (and all women) in relationship to himself (and all men). I was brought to tears reading this because he truly expresses an evolved healthy way of being and thinking in our intimate relationships with each other. Enjoy!

A few days ago, after a particularly exquisite evening with my wife Chameli, I put this post up on Facebook before going to bed:

“I have had many, many great teachers in my life. A super abundance. No one and nothing comes close to the woman who is now asleep in the bedroom. My marriage has become the guru, the salvation, the muse, the crack through which the divine shines through.”

When I woke up the next morning, there were the usual offerings of people who liked the post as well as comments. One man had the vulnerability and courage to post this on facebook:

Read More: Why It Is Wise To Worship A Woman

Dear Smart Women,

Welcome to all the new Smart Women Members this week! So happy to have you as part of the Smart Women Family.

Today is an exciting day for all Smart Women!

Smart Women LIVE Their WHY goes to #1 on Amazon today!

Please share this link today to help take a female authored book to number one on Amazon. The boys do it all the time because they work together and use leverage. Let’s show the male dominated publishing/business world how powerful women are by showing them our leverage, ladies! Please share this information TODAY and grab a copy for yourself and friend while you are at it.

Just copy and paste this below and post on social networks, blogs, in newsletters, and feel free to forward this email also.

Smart Women Live Their Why. Over 400 pages of powerful stories from women entrepreneurs all over the world. Grab out latest book today only: http://tinyurl.com/buywhybooktoday

This is Last Week to hold your Spot and JANUARY 31 is Deadline to submit for our Spring Book, Smart Women Embrace Transitions

We have tweaked the title of our next book and taken 2012 out of the title… as much as I’d love to focus on 2012 and the magic around it, my editorial team and I decided that this book is so special already that taking the “2012″ out of the title really allowed us to help women with transitions for years to come. Make sure you check out this page today so you don’t miss this opportunity to partner with us for the next decade. We will not publish another compilation book for at least the next few years.

Only Two Weeks Left to Become an Author In Our Next Book! Deadline January 31st.

We have tweaked the title of our next book and taken 2012 out of the title… as much as I’d love to focus on 2012 and the magic around it, my editorial team and I decided that this book is so special already that taking the “2012″ out of the title really allowed us to help women with transitions for years to come. Make sure you check out this page today so you don’t miss this opportunity to partner with us for the next decade. We will not publish another compilation book for at least the next few years.

Only Two Weeks Left to Become an Author In Our Next Book! Deadline January 31st.

Title and Mission of Book

The Smart Women’s Institute^TM is proud to open up the opportunity for you to participate and be an author in the 5th book in the Smart Women SERIES^TM.

Our first 2012 book title Smart Women Embrace Transitions – How to Lean Into Change with Your Body, Mind, and Soul will be a compilation of tips, advice, inspiration, and stories from women who have “thrived” through transitions.

The mission of our next book is empower women to embrace change as a catalyst for growth and to share how this is especially important moving into 2012.

Your stories regarding transitions such as career changes, marriages, child birth(s), adoptions, deaths, health changes, etc. are encouraged.

LEARN MORE NOW at: http://www.smartwomeninstitute.com/2011/12/become-an-author/

Have You Officially Joined the Smart Women’s InstituteTM Yet? It’s free!

If you you haven’t officially joined the Smart Women’s InstituteTM yet, now is the time. Click HERE to join now and get a lot of cool SMART TOOLS. And remember, if you post the membership seal on your website and/or at Facebook, and email us, we’ll send you a free PDF copy of our latest book, Smart Women Live Their Why!

Take Care!

Sheri McConnell

Smart Women’s Institute™

http://www.smartwomeninstitute.com

This “intro” was taken from our latest newsletter. Not getting our newsletter? Sign up by clicking on “Grab Your Smart Tools Now” at the TOP of this page and you’ll also receive a free membership!

Q: When did you realize your big WHY?
A: Always wanted to go into either teaching or nursing from a young age. It wasn’t until I was a qualified nurse and on my journey of getting a degree that I realised – training and coaching other healthcare professionals was my why.

Why? Because nursing wasn’t enough, I wanted to help patients thorough the expertise and compassion instilled by the care delivers.

I wanted to make their lives easier, fulfilling and enjoyable and by doing that – share these same 3 values with those who needed the healthcare professionals guidance, care and expertise.

Q: How and when did you make living your WHY a reality?
A: This why became a reality when as a Marie Curie Leader I fostered a culture of support, growth, opportunity for the Marie Curie nurses who provided palliative care in the patients home.

This was a ‘tipping of the toe’ into an area that totally excited me. One where it feed my ego of making a difference – MAD.

Since then, I have created Enabling Success for health and social care leaders and managers. Building there confidence and emotional resilience in heading their organisations because it can be lonely at the top.

Q: What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned so far about living your WHY?
A: Keep on track – take action – otherwise if you just sit on the tracks – you’ll eventually get run over.

Q: What is coming up next for you?
A: Developing a Global Network using the principles of Sheri McConnell and her Smart Women’s Institute

Q: Name some authors or books that have influenced your life in a positive way.
A: Paul McGee ‘SUMO’ Shut Up and Move On, Joey Martin – Shift Speaker Training,

Q: What excites or ignites your soul?
A: travel, adventure and sunshine! Its the opportunity of not knowing where the day is going to end, how its going to pan out and with warmth of the sun to keep your spirits high.

Bio: Jen Sutton
Enabling Success and Your Success Factors
From Bedpans to Business Plans…

Jennie Sutton started her career in Nursing then went into leadership within healthcare as a result of her passion to make things better. Better for those who received care and better for those who delivered care.

Jennie enjoys getting people to realise their potential and believes that the way to facilitate that is through stepping out of your comfort zone whilst being supported in the process. Jennie works with practitioners within health and social care sector to overcome the challenges facing them in a highly stressful and emotionally charged profession.

Jennie currently combines her training, coaching and speaking business http://www.enablingsuccess.com and http://www.yoursuccessfactors.com with that of being a GP Practice Manager in Cumbria, in the UK.

Jennie is also a mother of four children and founder of a number of social enterprises, ranging from a Women’s Theatre Group to a Community Led Initiative in Health.
Jennie is some one who makes things happen. ‘No’ is not an option and provided the outcomes or actions make her MAD (Make A Difference), Jennie’s talents to make things come to fruition is her creativity and resourcefulness.

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About this section: Each week we feature one of our Smart Women Book SeriesTM authors. If you would like to be featured in an upcoming newsletter and on our blog permanently, click here: http://www.smartwomeninstitute.com/2011/12/become-an-author/

Dear Smart Women,

Welcome to all the new Smart Women Members this week! So happy to have you as part of the Smart Women Family.

I have so much to share with you. This year is off to such an exciting start!! We have a brand new section in this week’s newsletter: Smart Women Book SeriesTM Interviews. Enjoy! Many of you know I produced a newsletter for the National Association of Women Writers for over a decade; my favorite section was the interview section. We asked women writers the same 5 questions each week and what was so beautiful was how diverse the answers were and how brilliance comes in so many packages. As you read the weekly interviews, take notice of this. And of course, if you can make it into our next book, we’d love to feature you too.

Upcoming Deadlines

JANUARY 19 – Amazon Book Launch for Smart Women LIVE Their WHY

Please share this link anytime next week and especially on January 19th to help take a female authored book to number one on Amazon. The boys do it all the time because they work together and use leverage. Let’s show the male dominated publishing/business world how powerful women are by showing them our leverage ladies!

Please share this information below on January 19 and grab a copy for yourself and friend while you are at it.

Please share: Smart Women Live Their Why. Over 400 pages of powerful stories from women entrepreneurs all over the world. Grab out latest book today only: http://tinyurl.com/buywhybooktoday

JANUARY 31 – Deadline to submit for our Spring Book, Smart Women Embrace Transitions

We have tweaked the title of our next book and taken 2012 out of the title… as much as I’d love to focus on 2012 and the magic around it, my editorial team and I decided that this book is so special already that taking the “2012″ out of the title really allowed us to help women with transitions for years to come. Make sure you check out this page today so you don’t miss this opportunity to partner with us for the next decade. We will not publish another compilation book for at least the next few years.

Only Two Weeks Left to Become an Author In Our Next Book! Deadline January 31st.

Title and Mission of Book

The Smart Women’s Institute^TM is proud to open up the opportunity for you to participate and be an author in the 5th book in the Smart Women SERIES^TM.

Our first 2012 book title Smart Women Embrace Transitions – How to Lean Into Change with Your Body, Mind, and Soul will be a compilation of tips, advice, inspiration, and stories from women who have “thrived” through transitions.

The mission of our next book is empower women to embrace change as a catalyst for growth and to share how this is especially important moving into 2012.

Your stories regarding transitions such as career changes, marriages, child birth(s), adoptions, deaths, health changes, etc. are encouraged.

LEARN MORE NOW at: http://www.smartwomeninstitute.com/2011/12/become-an-author/

Have You Officially Joined the Smart Women’s InstituteTM Yet? It’s free!

If you you haven’t officially joined the Smart Women’s InstituteTM yet, now is the time. Click HERE to join now and get a lot of cool SMART TOOLS. And remember, if you post the membership seal on your website and/or at Facebook, and email us, we’ll send you a free PDF copy of our latest book, Smart Women Live Their Why!

Take Care!

Sheri McConnell

Smart Women’s Institute™

http://www.smartwomeninstitute.com

This “intro” was taken from our latest newsletter. Not getting our newsletter? Sign up by clicking on “Grab Your Smart Tools Now” at the TOP of this page and you’ll also receive a free membership!

Q: When did you realize your big WHY?
A: When I turned 40, I was at a high point in a way and low point in another way. I had reached my professional and financial goals I set when I turned 30, thinking at the time they were impossible. But I was losing interest in my current career; it was no longer challenging or fulfilling. It was time to set a goal to hit by my 50th. I had spent the last 3 years steadily making healthy changes to my lifestyle. I started losing weight and getting in shape. At 40, I was in the best shape of my life. I had energy, confidence, and self awareness. It provided a springboard for growth in all areas of my life. Being fit had given me so much, I decided I had to share that with other women. I decided to share my passion for exercise and nutrition and become a life coach specializing in health & fitness. I enrolled at the International Coach Academy and became a coach. I was searching so hard for my ‘calling’ and it was right there under my nose.

Q: How and when did you make living your WHY a reality?
A: I live a healthy lifestyle one day, week, month and year at a time. The battle for a healthy lifestyle is won in the little moments when you have to do the right thing when no one else is watching and may never know your victory. You’ll know. Small changes add up to big results over time. It’s not a perfect road; it’s a slow, ever-evolving road. It has so much to teach you about you. I launched The Personal Evolution Company to help women through their journey and discover their why. To transition to a healthy lifestyle, it takes commitment. Looking good for one-time event isn’t going to cut it. There must be a bigger reason for the changes to stick. There is a lot of information available about how to exercise, what to eat, and even a lot of compelling health reasons why you should. NONE of it matters until it gets personal. People have to find their WHY to really make the change to a healthy lifestyle.

Q: What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned so far about living your WHY?
A: The most important lesson I’ve learned so far about living a healthy lifestyle is about promises. First, set goals that are totally within your control. You can’t control how much weight you lose this week or where it comes from. You CAN control what you eat, your portions and your exercise regimen. When you set your goal for the week, say it is to walk 3 times this week for 30 minutes at your minimum target heart rate, then you are making a promise to yourself. KEEP your promise. Only commit to the things you are willing to do. Start small if you have to. Once you make the promise to yourself, keep it.

Q: What is coming up next for you?
A: My next project is to widen my reach and create a community of support for women on their journey to being healthy and fit. I want to launch a national organization for women that provides inspiration, education, self awareness, motivation, and tips.

Q: Name some authors or books that have influenced your life in a positive way.
A: The most influential book in my life is Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I read this book (several times) early on in my professional career. It helped me grow up. The first habit alone was worth it’s weight in gold: Be Proactive.

Other authors I like are Tom Peters and Timothy Ferriss. A great book about eating healthy is anything in Tosca Rena’s Eat Clean series. Her recipes are fabulous, all whole foods and they taste great.

Q: What excites or ignites your soul?
A: It’s a total rush to see someone get excited about something he or she wants to do. I love positive energy. There’s no better feeling than accomplishing a goal or a milestone…unless you’re sharing someone else’s moment. Of course, I also get excited over a great golf shot.

Bio: Stacie Cole is an expert at creating a healthy lifestyle. She is a former gym owner, personal trainer and nutrition counselor. In her late 30′s she renewed her commitment to eating better and exercising. Losing over 40 pounds, she shed her size 14 clothes for a new wardrobe of 4′s. Stacie decided to center her professional life on her passion for a healthy lifestyle and launched The Personal Evolution Company (www.PersonalEvolutionCo.com) to help women live in the healthy, fit body they deserve. She is married to the man of her dreams, Jason. They live in Florence, S.C. with their Schnoodle, Putter, and Great Dane, Luna. Their goal is to move to the St. George, Utah area soon where they can hike the red rock canyons often.

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About this section: Each week we feature one of our Smart Women Book SeriesTM authors. If you would like to be featured in an upcoming newsletter and on our blog permanently, click here: http://www.smartwomeninstitute.com/2011/12/become-an-author/

Dear Smart Women,

Welcome to all the new Smart Women Members this week! So happy to have you as part of the Smart Women Family.

And a big welcome to 2012! This is our first newsletter of the year and I personally feel like I am about to burst with joy over the possibilities for all Smart Women.

This is the year of transition for many and as a company, we are committed to helping you move through all change and grow.

Speaking of transitions, would you like to…

Become an Author In Our Next Book!

Title and Mission of Book

The Smart Women’s Institute^TM is proud to open up the opportunity for you to participate and be an author in the 5th book in the Smart Women SERIES^TM.

Our first 2012 book title Smart Women Embrace Transitions – How to Lean Into Change with Your Body, Mind, and Soul will be a compilation of tips, advice, inspiration, and stories from women who have “thrived” through transitions.

The mission of our next book is empower women to embrace change as a catalyst for growth and to share how this is especially important moving into 2012.

Your stories regarding transitions such as career changes, marriages, child birth(s), adoptions, deaths, health changes, etc. are encouraged.

LEARN MORE NOW at: http://www.smartwomeninstitute.com/2011/12/become-an-author/

Have You Officially Joined the Smart Women’s InstituteTM Yet? It’s free!

If you you haven’t officially joined the Smart Women’s InstituteTM yet, now is the time. Click HERE to join now and get a lot of cool SMART TOOLS. And remember, if you post the membership seal on your website and/or at Facebook, and email us, we’ll send you a free PDF copy of our latest book, Smart Women Live Their Why!

Take Care!

Sheri McConnell

Smart Women’s Institute™

http://www.smartwomeninstitute.com

This “intro” was taken from our latest newsletter. Not getting our newsletter? Sign up by clicking on “Grab Your Smart Tools Now” at the TOP of this page and you’ll also receive a free membership!

Smart Biz Tip of the Day

Manifest a Brand New Reality Through Journaling

Dear Smart Women,

Some of you may know that for ten years I was the CEO of the National Association of Women Writers before reinventing the company into the Smart Women’s Institute™.  For years I was happily down in the rabbit hole serving a target market of primarily women writers.

That journey was just what I needed in my thirties as I learned how not to be a super mom anymore to my children (thank goodness!) and I learned how to create an extremely profitable company that didn’t require I work more than 25 to 30 hours a week on average.

The reason the writing journey was so important for me and I believe it is for you too (even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer) is that the physical act of putting words on paper is healing and it is the best tool I know of to manifest a new reality with in the very near future.  Along my journey of changing into a new person over and over again, you can bet I was journaling as I figured it all out.  Somedays I was letting the universe know what I intended to do and other days, I was mapping out entire plans and the steps to make it happen.  And somedays, I needed to vent about what wasn’t working in my life. Remember frustration leads to change.

To help you commit to the journaling process, I offer a few tips.  Enjoy!

Just write, don’t think.

Make a list, write your intentions for the day, week, or year.  Or just write something you are grateful for. Commit to a daily practice and I promise you that journaling is one of the best tools I know of to support the process of cultivating a higher self.  Of course once you are committed, “think” all you want.  But in the beginning while trying to create the habit, I find it is best for people not to think too much.

You are brilliant.

The more physical space you give yourself to express your real thoughts and feelings, the more wisdom will emerge.  I call this tapping your brilliance… the more you do it, the easier your newly discovered brilliance begins to flow.

Speak your truth.

If you are not honest with yourself in the physical realm on paper, the universe knows you are not ready to move forward and grow.  You will uplevel when you are ready to learn from yourself and the universe.

Practice makes juicy.

Perfection = Poison  Honestly, I wish the word “perfection” didn’t exist so we wouldn’t even know what it meant.  Women especially would be much better off!  My suggestions for a truly enriching  journaling experience are to develop a ritual, show up for yourself and connect deeply to the voice inside you as often as possible.   Five minutes or five words can be just as powerful as five pages.

Supporting You – One Smart Step At A Time,

Sheri McConnell

Smart Women’s Institute™

http://www.smartwomeninstitute.com

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