Archive for the ‘Finding your voice’ Category

First thoughts, and staying silent

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Seeing this image reminded me to continue to speak aloud, my personal truth, as a feminist woman. How often do we stay silent in fear? Remember that: First thoughts have tremendous energy. It is the way the mind first flashes on something. The internal censor usually squelches them, so we live in the realm of [...]

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Why Not Wednesdays :: Ask for a Discount

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Here at Red Dress Studios, we are all about taking risks (so that you can build bodacious confidence muscles!). That is why every Wednesday I ask readers, “Why not?” do something daring, creative, and unconventional. This month’s WNW Theme is Money. Taking risks with your money may seem irresponsible. Trust me, your confidence in the ability [...]

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Red Dress Conversations #31 | Curvy Couture

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

This week’s guest: Anslee Connell of Savannah Red Website: http://www.savannahredislove.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/rockmygypsysoul About Anslee Anslee Connell is a Georgia-born singer, photographer, and full-figured clothing designer, who made her way to Austin during the summer of 2007. A handmade junkie herself, Anslee fell in love with Austin’s appeal of locally made crafts and couture, and thus [...]

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Why Not Wednesdays :: Raise Your Rates

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Here at Red Dress Studios, we are all about taking risks (so that you can build bodacious confidence muscles!). That is why every Wednesday I ask readers, “Why not?” do something daring, creative, and unconventional. This month’s WNW Theme is Money. Taking risks with your money may seem irresponsible. Trust me, your confidence in the [...]

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Red Dress Conversations #30 | Faith, Feminism, & Telling the Truth

Monday, August 9th, 2010

This week’s guest: Ronna Detrick of Renegade Conversations Website: http://www.ronnadetrick.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/RonnaDetrick Also: For more amazing conversations with Ronna, check out A Conversational Space About Ronna Ronna loves good conversation – on pretty much any topic – but especially when it’s challenging, provocative, and transformative. And she feels incredibly lucky to be able to have [...]

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Ideas for combating blog overwhelm

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Sometimes it’s hard to keep coming up with content for your business blog. Everything has to be super high quality, especially if your site is content-driven (like this one—which means that the blog is on the front page). I imagine the pressure to feel akin to something like what magazine editors go through to produce [...]

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Why Not Wednesdays :: End The Silence

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Here at Red Dress Studios, we are all about taking risks (so that you can build bodacious confidence muscles!). That is why every Wednesday I ask readers, “Why not?” do something daring, creative, and unconventional. This month’s WNW theme is Relationships. Taking risks in or with relationships is scary, especially for women, because it is often [...]

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Separating the voices…

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Tell me…Who are you scared of failing of front of? This question gets my clients every time. It forces you to pause, slow down, and think. Because the answer is so important. The reason the answer to that question is so important is because we are all unconsciously letting that shape the decisions we make [...]

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Why Not Wednesdays :: Go to an event where you know no one

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Here at Red Dress Studios, we are all about taking risks (so that you can build bodacious confidence muscles!). That is why every Wednesday I ask readers, “Why not?” do something daring, creative, and unconventional. No one likes to feel like an outsider, all alone, with no one to talk to. So this dare is [...]

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Red Dress Conversations #27 | Speak up, Speak out, Holla Back!

Monday, June 28th, 2010

This week’s guest: Emily May of Holla Back NYC Website: http://hollabacknyc.blogspot.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/ihollaback About Emily Emily May is a nationwide expert on public safety for girls, women and the LGBTQ community. She is co-founder of HollabackNYC.com. Emily has a MS in Social Policy from the London School of Economics, is a winner of the 2008 [...]

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