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Central California Women's Conference

The CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE was founded in 1988 by State Senator Ken Maddy of Fresno, California. The conference is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, non-political organization designed to educate, motivate and inspire women to be the best they can be in their professional and personal lives. The 2010 CCWC will be held on September 14 at the Fresno Convention Center. The one and only Marie Osmond is this year's keynote speaker. As always, the confefrence will also feature many phenomenal session speakers, whom are professionals throughout the community.


EVERYONE NEEDS THEME MUSIC!

 The other morning, my plumbing pipes leaked and I sprung a major leak. Let me clarify….they weren’t exactly MY pipes, although at my age, that wouldn’t be so surprising. Actually, the pipes in question belong to my water heater. So, there was water squirting everywhere and a sound (much like the one my dog’s stomach [...]

Find the Elf in YoursELF

I think everyone should have a recording of a child
laughing. Although we adults often chastise the younger
humans in our lives for giggling inappropriately, the
reality is that kids really know how to access joy and they
readily give themselves permission to have fun. When
children think something is funny, everyone around them
knows it…and their laughter is contagious!
We first [...]

Balancing Your Career Dreams with Time for Self and Family

Many women enter the working world excited about the possibilities. They were told as girls they could accomplish anything. No one told them it would be hard to accomplish “everything.”
In researching my book, Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction, I found that more and more women feel the need to realize their [...]

Creating Empowerment Circles

The tired cliché “women’s work is never done” is a reminder that a woman, whether she be housewife or C.E.O., carries a tremendous nonstop workload. With an inbox that is never empty and a “to-do” list that never quite gets done, most women are chasing an illusive ideal put forth in the booming economies of [...]

ARE YOU RIGHT BRAINED AND LEFT “BUT”ED?

Roger Sperry, a Nobel Prize Winner, initiated the study of the relationship between the brain’s right and left hemispheres.  His findings showed that left brain thinking tends to function by processing information in an analytical, rational, logical, sequential way.  Left brainers deal with situations by collecting data and making analyses to reach a logical conclusion.  [...]