Your Next Chapter

You aren't alone: many women struggle to think of themselves as extraordinary. But it is true, and it's time to for you to stop deflecting compliments and appreciation. You are an extraordinary woman, even if you do ordinary things!

Listen as Sharri shares what the true definition of an extraordinary woman is, and how believing you are one will open up your life to more goodness, more opportunities and more happiness.

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In the Extraordinary Women magazine and podcast, we share stories of women who are not celebrities, but women like us who have chosen to create and live lives of authenticity, passion, and always dream-centered.  The magazine, like this podcast, also has all kinds of additional tips, ideas, insights and even a dose of inspiration to help you to create YOUR amazing and extraordinary next chapter.

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With the world opening up again, aren’t you absolutely thrilled at having travel options again...  while also thinking  we might actually get to go on our planned excursions?

In today's episode, Sharri Harmel shares how both solo travel and armchair excursions are exciting ways to see the world, and all the benefits to us as we dream and step out on our next trips to exciting destinations!

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In the Extraordinary Women magazine and podcast, we share stories of women who are not celebrities, but women like us who have chosen to create and live lives of authenticity, passion, and always dream-centered.  The magazine, like this podcast, also has all kinds of additional tips, ideas, insights and even a dose of inspiration to help you to create YOUR amazing and extraordinary next chapter.

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Number Sixteen in London
The Pulitzer in Amsterdam
Hotel Daubusson in Paris
Relais Christine in Paris
Palace Perfect La Place Dauphine
Eurostar trains to Paris or London
Doni Belau and Girls Guide to Paris 

Does your self-confidence need a boost? It's a safe bet that most women can use a little help in this area.

Today, Sharri Harmel introduces the first episode of the Extraordinary Women's Book Club, where she highlights four books that can help in this journey of an extraordinary life! These books are fun and offer interesting insights into how you can grow your own self confidence. See the links below to get your copies, and let us know what you think of them, we'd love to hear from you! Send us a message here!

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The Extraordinary Women Dream Academy is just what you need if you are committed to making this the year you're going to get started on your dream!

A seven week program beginning in mid-April, the Extraordinary Women Dream Academy will be full of teaching, coaching, inspiration and ideas that will help you to clarify that dream and then break down the steps that you need to take to get there.  If this sounds exactly like what you need to make 2022 your year, message me to set up a time for us to talk, one-to-one. I want to make sure the program is right for you, so we have to have a conversation.

If you have yet to sign up for the Extraordinary Women magazine, go to ExtraordinaryWomenMagazine.com and join us. The Extraordinary Women magazine is quite frankly, a fabulous magazine where we always highlight two inspiring women that have stepped into their dreams in a big way. It’s inspiring, idea building, joyful, and like a really good friend. There are several additional columns, but we have just started a new section called “Subscriber Spotlight”, where one magazine subscriber gets to promote her business and share a bit about herself and her big dream.

Go to ExtraordinaryWomenMagazine.com and join us by clicking the Subscribe button.

Books from today's episode:

• The President's Hat by Antoine Laurain
• The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp
• Be: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself by Jessica Zweig
• The Right Questions: Ten Essential Questions To Guide You To An Extraordinary Life by Debbie Ford

Trust is an important topic because it impacts every single relationship we have in our lives….from the Uber driver, who we trust will take us to where we requested to go….to our best friends or partners, who we trust with our secrets, our sadness’s and our joys. 

Yet, the most important person in your life that you need to trust is YOURSELF.

Listen today as Sharri Harmel,  Chief Creative of the Extraordinary Women Circle and Community, as well as Editor-in-Chief of the Extraordinary Women Magazine shares from her experience the importance of trusting yourself!

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The Extraordinary Women Dream Academy is just what you need if you are committed to making this the year you're going to get started on your dream!

A seven week program beginning in mid-April, the Extraordinary Women Dream Academy will be full of teaching, coaching, inspiration and ideas that will help you to clarify that dream and then break down the steps that you need to take to get there.  If this sounds exactly like what you need to make 2022 your year, message me to set up a time for us to talk, one-to-one. I want to make sure the program is right for you, so we have to have a conversation.

If you have yet to sign up for the Extraordinary Women magazine, go to ExtraordinaryWomenMagazine.com and join us. The Extraordinary Women magazine is quite frankly, a fabulous magazine where we always highlight two inspiring women that have stepped into their dreams in a big way. It’s inspiring, idea building, joyful, and like a really good friend. There are several additional columns, but we have just started a new section called “Subscriber Spotlight”, where one magazine subscriber gets to promote her business and share a bit about herself and her big dream.

Go to ExtraordinaryWomenMagazine.com and join us by clicking the Subscribe button. 

Do you struggle with being satisfied with your life? Are you putting your dreams on a shelf for that perfect "someday?"  Some of us, no matter what our ages, can't seem to stay happy and we are constantly wanting MORE.

Sharri Harmel thought she'd live forever because year after year, she put what she wanted to create and do on the shelf for that someday when there was finally more time and energy.  And she actually thought that she had to fix the life she had! What she came to realize was that it's never going to be the right time and that you can never, ever fix your life when you're the only one working on it. Her work today is all about helping you step into your dreams.  Listen as Sharri helps clarify if you're downsizing your dreams.

Sharri is also pleased to announce in this episode the very first Your Extraordinary Women Dream Academy that starts mid April. It's seven weeks of teaching, coaching, inspiration and ideas that will get you moving on that dream that you have for 2022.

The Extraordinary Women Dream Academy is just what you need if you are committed to making this the year you're going to get started on your dream. You're finished talking about it and dreaming about it. This is the year you're going to figure it out and focus on one dream and get moving forward.

The Extraordinary Women Dream Academy will help you to clarify the dream then break down the steps that you need to take to get there. You'll get the needed support and structure as well as the confidence to step into your dreams.  If this sounds exactly like what you need to make 2022 your year, message me to set up a time for us to talk, one-to-one. I want to make sure the program is right for you, so we have to have a conversation.

In addition, the Extraordinary Women magazine is a fabulous magazine where we're always highlighting two inspiring women that have stepped into their dreams in a really big way.

There are also several additional sections, but we've just started this new section called Subscriber Spotlight, where one magazine subscriber gets to promote her business and share a bit about herself and a big dream. How cool is that? Like I said, we are DREAM SERIOUS. So go to ExtraordinaryWomenMagazine.com and subscribe.

And as always, subscribe to the Extraordinary Women with Sharri Harmel podcast here or wherever you listen to podcasts. 

Today’s podcast is a discussion of how we talk to and about ourselves. We’ll often disparage ourselves when we talk about ourselves with others. For some reason, we’re comfortable making negative comments about ourselves. Negative comments that if someone said them directly to us, we’d be completely crushed. Yet, we do it to ourselves. 

Then there are our private conversations we have ourselves, that inner voice we all possess. We can make statements and judgements galore to ourselves that are quite frankly, pretty abusive. 

I’m Sharri Harmel, Chief Creative of the Extraordinary Women Circle and Community, as well as Editor-in-Chief of the Extraordinary Women Magazine. 

I’ve been a coach for over 20 years and my dream is to create an even bigger platform so that all women can envision and then step into THEIR big dreams. 

If you have yet to sign up for the Extraordinary Women magazine, go to ExtraordinaryWomenMagazine.com and join us. 

The EW magazine is quite frankly, a fabulous magazine where we always highlight two inspiring women that have stepped into their dreams in a big way. It’s inspiring, idea building, joyful, and like a really good friend. There are several additional columns, but we have just started a new section called “Subscriber Spotlight”, where one magazine subscriber gets to promote her business and share a bit about herself and her big dream.

It’s much more than a magazine which is why we call it the EW Circle.  With a magazine subscription, you get the opportunity to participate in workshops, conversations and special benefits that are all about supporting you to make your dreams come true. No more just writing and planning…the EW circle is about helping you to make your dreams actually happen!  How cool is that?!

Go to ExtraordinaryWomenMagazine.com and join us by clicking the Subscribe button. 

Thank you for your precious time today and given I am now back in Boston; I’ll say See you soon!  And to my friends in Paris, Bonne journée.

Moving back to Boston after three years in Minneapolis took some imagining and envisioning. I had so many lists and ideas of what I wanted! To make that dream a reality, I had to think through some things.

When you think about possible dreams…what would you like to be doing…what would you be creating and what specific passions do you want to pursue? Are there skills you can bring forward into this new dream? What action steps can you take to be closer to making your dream come alive?

My Paris experience is similar to your path as you march towards creating your dreams.

Some days it all works…it feels perfect. Other days, you will question every aspect of that dream and your abilities.

Like me, you might have had your dream for a long time. What I learned though is that thinking about a dream and actually living it are two entirely different experiences.

How big of a stretch is it going to be for you to live your BIG dream?

Unless you have been holed up in a cabin in the woods with no Wi-Fi, we all are now very familiar with what’s going on in the work world and they are calling it The Great Resignation or The Big Quit.

Some industries are impacted much more than others but regardless of the industry, women, especially working mothers are overwhelmingly part of great resignation.

Covid changed us. All of us. We all felt the change, but some of us (and businesses) held onto the idea that we were going to return to a work system that looked not particularly different than the pre-pandemic world of work.

Now, after two years, we are all coming to the realization that life is not returning to what it looked like before the pandemic and is possibly changed forever. Women, especially mothers of young children, were the hardest hit has, they tried to juggle all the pandemic demands of the home, need for cooking, homeschooling kids, all while remotely working their job and women have overwhelmingly checked out and decided it was all too much.

It’s fun to imagine ourselves walking around in the dream we have mapped out for the next stage in our life. We are told by many in the field of self-improvement to do just that. I love it. I can see where I am, what I am doing, what I’m wearing and even imagine that it all goes smoothly.

Yet, something often gets in the way, and I start to sabotage myself. Can you relate? If not, yay for you but if you are like me and start sabotaging what it is you really want in life, ask yourself why do we do that? Why do we start doing little things that essentially sabotage our dreams?

Ladies, we’re afraid. We’re afraid of that BIG dream actually coming true. But wait! Are you kidding me??? Really??? I can’t possibly be afraid of my dream coming true right???