Can you imagine creating a business that brings together your loves, your interests and your expertise?
 
 Listen as Sharri Harmel speaks with Bonnie Ashley from Bonavista Optics, Inc.  Bonnie is not your typical eyeglass maker. She has designed eyeglasses for the movie industry for years and more recently, she created an entire line of eyeglasses for the fabulous Downton Abbey!  Her story has so many good nuggets from which to draw inspiration and lessons on how to create a business that is successful while also bringing personal joy and satisfaction.
 
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Bonavista Optics, Inc. website, www.bonavistaoptics.com

Bonnie Ashley on Facebook, www.facebook.com/bonavistaoptics/
Bonnie Ashley Instagram, www.instagram.com/bonavistaoptics1/

Chateau Diaries, www.youtube.com/c/TheChateauDiaries/

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Do you still struggle with trying to get where you know you're supposed to be, but just not making it there? Many of us do and Sharri Harmel explains how a struggle with limiting beliefs (often rooted in our childhood experiences) can impact our success today.  

No amount of hard work will allow us to move forward unless we uncover those pesky unconscious beliefs and deal with them in the here and now, re-building ourselves, and our worthiness to have a happy life.   Listen as Sharri offers up a recent example of her own unconscious beliefs and shares her roadmap to a better way past them.

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Gratitude is being ready to show appreciation for and to return kindness, to be thankful.  Today’s guest, Sharon Saraga-Walters, explains that when combined with exercise, gratitude has the power to change your outlook and your life and can make you feel empowered, healthy and creative! 

Listen as Sharri Harmel speaks with Sharon about Graticise™365, her program that combines gratitude with exercise, to help you prosper spirit, soul and body.  Sharon Saraga-Walters has over 35 years experience operating and promoting her own businesses in health and wellness. She has a passion for exercise and gratitude, and that passion inspired her mission - changing the world with gratitude, by making gratitude an action, not a re-action.

Resources and links in this episode:

Visit Sharon Saraga-Walters at her website, www.graticise365.com

•  Facebook: www.facebook.com/Graticise365
•  Instagram: @graticise365 
•  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sharonsaragawalters/
•  Books by Sharon Saraga-Walters on Amazon

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Feeling feminine is so important throughout our lives; whether we are young women or women of a "certain age"... and whether we have a partner or not! Femininity is much more than the youthfulness that American women seek after; it is the essence of being female and it is vital to a life filled with joy.

In today's episode, Sharri shares how the French culture celebrates femininity and how this attitude may be the very source of the "French mystique" so adored by many women, especially in the United States. She also explains how femininity is tied to our self-esteem, our self-confidence… and even our everyday mindset.

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Cadolle Lingerie Atelier, on rue Saint Honore in Paris, France

• Website: https://www.cadolle.com/en/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maison.cadolle
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cadolle_official/

Style at a Certain Age with Beth Djalali 

• Website: www.styleatacertainage.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/styleatacertainage/ 
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BethDjalali

Cuup, virtual bra fittings

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The pursuit of a passion can often take you in a very different direction than you would expect!  Sandra Sigman, the founder and CEO of Les Fleurs (a beautifully French inspired floral home and garden shop in Andover, Massachusetts) learned to appreciate the beauty around her at the elbow of her mother and her mother's work in floral design. 

She first travelled to France in her early twenties, as a professional ice skater for Holiday on Ice.  Loneliness brought her to the flower shops of Paris, and a dream was born: she came back to the U.S. with plans to open a floral shop of her own. 

Listen as Sandra and Sharri Harmel discuss their shared love of French culture, creating beauty from ashes, and how being brave in the adventure can lead to accomplishing great things!

Resources and links in this episode:

Visit Sandra Sigman at Les Fleurs, Lesfleurs.com

The Stevens-Coolidge House and Gardens

Studio Carta, founded by Angela Liguori

Vivi et Margot, online French homewares founded by Charlotte Reiss 

Sharon Santoni, My French Country Home magazine

Foire deChatou, antique & flea market

For real estate, Aaron Lippert / [email protected], https://www.larochegroupe.com | US: +1 617 821 6406 | FR: +33 (0)7 85 66 72 08

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In today’s episode, Sharri discusses how sometimes we need to put that big “20 year dream” to the side and focus on figuring out how we want our lives to be on a day to day or a week to week basis … and plan no further out than one year! 

While asking herself practical and pointed questions (and even though it might be shocking for a coach to say it), Sharri demonstrates how you might get even more clarity on want you want to create in your life when you pull yourself into the present.

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On today's episode, Sharri Harmel speaks with Monica Michelle, founder and CEO of BloomTV Network, a video network dedicated to highlighting the diverse world of flowers and guided by professionals across the globe. Viewers are immersed in a world of floral fantasia, through education, health, flower-focused recipes, crafts, design, gardening, and so much more.

Monica shares not only her start up journey – which is loaded with ideas and tips that you can use if you are building a business – but also how to get involved in BloomTV Network if you are a creator with flowers!  If you simply want regular access to ideas, products and even the emotional healing benefits of flowers, be sure to investigate the beautiful work Monica is doing at BloomTV Network.

Resources and links in this episode:
BloomTV Network, https://bloomtvnetwork.com/

Interested in being a creator on BloomTV Network? Email Monica Michelle at [email protected]

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Busyness, cultural messages, and a reluctance to be vulnerable often get in the way of listening to the messages of our hearts, that "inner wisdom" that knows the right thing for us, at the right time and place. 

In today's episode, Sharri Harmel details how we lose sight of our "heart wisdom" and gives practical insight on how to start listening carefully to what your heart says, and how to remain open to possibilities!

Resources and links in this episode:
Episode 83: A Conversation with Beth Djalali

Episode 88: Jeepers Creepers, It’s Imposter Syndrome, Again!

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What business you start will many times come from what you are most passionate about.  Doni Belau, founder and CEO of Girls' Guide to Paris, started exactly that with her fabulous women's travel company that goes far beyond Paris.  In our conversation, Doni details her story and drive in building a company around what she loves, safe travel with and for women, and encourages all women to consider taking an entrepreneurial road like she did. 

 Doni also shares about an upcoming program that she's offering called Women's Travel Wisdom, with a retreat to a beautiful part of California for four days. This wellness retreat, however, is also a journey into learning more about ourselves as individuals, something that is so important to creating a joy-filled life.  Yes, eating right and exercising are important aspects of wellness, but self-discovery, mindfulness and empowerment are all key factors in the success of your business, too.  Listen as Doni Belau gives us insight into this different but necessary type of exploration.

Resources and links in this episode:

Girls’ Guide to Paris, https://girlsguidetoparis.com/
Doni’s upcoming excursions, https://girlsguidetoparis.com/trips-for-women/
Doni Belau on Instagram, @girlsguidetoparis
Doni Belau on Facebook, @GirlsGuideToParis
Women’s Travel Wisdom, https://womenstravelwisdom.com/start-here/
Carolyn Ray at Journeywoman, https://journeywoman.com/
Lola Akinmade & Loung Ung (speakers at Women’s Travel Wisdom)
Conscious Connection: Reframing Mental Health to Create a Thriving Life by Sarah Wayt (book)
Red Tent by Anita Diamant (book)
Eve Ensler, author of “Vagina Monologues” writes on women and power
Tara Brach, meditation teacher, psychologist and author of several books including international bestselling Radical Acceptance, Radical Compassion and Trusting the Gold. 

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Today on the podcast, Sharri Harmel talks about the dreaded “imposter syndrome” and some ways you can push back when you start to hear those internal thoughts of self-doubt. The definition of “imposter syndrome” is severe self-doubt. It’s primary symptom is questioning your abilities to accomplish whatever it is you are trying to make happen regardless of your intelligence, your talents, your training or even your prior successes! It's a stumbling block to your success, and there are ways to defeat it!

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