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Shannon Miller Blazes New Trails for Women's Health

"When you fall, you get back up, you minimize your mistake, and you KEEP GOING." -- Shannon Miller, Women Will Save the World. 
Shannon Miller is the founder of Shannon Miller Lifestyle: Health and Fitness for Women. She is also the most decorated American gymnast in history and the only female athlete inducted into the U.S. Olympics Hall of Fame - and honor she achieved not once but twice!
In the ALP compilation, "Women Will Save the World," Shannon shares a unique perspective on what it means to be a trailblazer. She writes, "What is trailblazing, but simply going a little further than the women who came before us?" Doing gymnastics taught Shannon how to put a spin on failure. She learned that something that could be seen as "bad" could also end up being a catalyst for something better. For example, while training for the Olympic Trials, she landed wrong, dislocating and breaking her left elbow. She got up and refocused, pushing further and harder than ever. She not only made the team, she walked home with more medals than any other American athlete, from any sport!
Shannon was able to bring the lessons she learned on the mat and apply them to other trying situations throughout her life. When she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she "focused her priorities ... I had a new long-term goal: to live." She may have been temporarily knocked down, but she got up and she kept going, faster, stronger, and harder than before. 
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Kate Neligan: Raising the World's Consciousness

How Will Women Save the World?

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* This blog is part of Absolute Love Publishing's ongoing series celebrating Women's History Month and the book that honors women everywhere,"Women Will Save the World." 

Trailblazing

Kate Neligan

“It
became apparent that to really embrace my mission, I would need to step into my
greatness and let go of my old ego ways.”



Kate Neligan is the founder and CEO of Mindful Media Entertainment LLC and
Synergy TV. Mindful Media is a conscious media studio poised to elevate the
collective consciousness of the planet through mindful movies and
transformational television. Synergy TV is an on demand and online channel that
entertains, enlightens, and inspires.

 

In the book, “Women Will Save the
World,” Kate describes her transition of becoming a trailblazer. By the time
she was 31, Kate was the vice president of a major movie studio. She had climbed
the corporate ladder, had manifested everything she thought she wanted, yet she
felt unfulfilled. Then she realized she needed to forge a new path. She started
her company while still working overtime at the movie studio. Synchronicity
took over and in 2012 she was able to fully step into the role of entrepreneur.

 

We recently had the opportunity
to coordinate an interview to see how she is saving the world lately.

 

n  --  -- She
recently re-launched Synergy TV's website SynergyTVNetwork.com.

n       -- She
also started a unique movie-gifting service on Facebook called “GiftPlayLove.” It is an on demand service which features uplifting videos and a portion of the proceeds goes to selected charities. Short films are available to stream for 48 hours. Themes include acts of
kindness, change, forgiveness, the afterlife, and peace in the Middle East. The
idea is to gift these inspiring shorts in just a few simple steps: 1. Visit the
Facebook Page 2. Watch the trailers for free 3. Rent short movies for yourself or gift them to friends. www.facebook.com/synergytv

n      --  Kate
will also be launching Synergy TV's first licensed feature film, “Vitality,” as a $4 VOD rental with a health and
wellness theme

 

ALP: It sounds like you are breaking a lot of new ground lately!
Please tell us more about what inspired you to start the “GiftPlayLove”
service.

Kate: “The service
was originally conceptualized to be a day brightener and then evolved into

its deeper purpose which is to
share love through stories. I’ve always felt like movies are great

gifts and short films are rarely
monetized and yet people share them all the time. I felt like there

was a lot of potential for
filmmakers to make money from these videos, especially since one of

the first shorts we brought in
had 2 million views on YouTube. And I love helping charities so

I wanted to include the
opportunity to raise money for them as well. I figured if we synergized

with filmmakers and charities, we
would all promote the inspirational stories and the service and

create a triple win. I felt
Facebook was the perfect platform because you can tell instantly if your

friend or loved one is having a
bad day and needs to be cheered up or if there is something that

needs to be celebrated with a
gift.”

 

ALP: Would you say that you used the Law of Attraction to
accomplish this?

 

Kate: “I do use the
Law of Attraction often and I make sure to set clear intentions. The

roadblocks in creating
GiftPlayLove amazed me. I was really questioning the whole project and

if it would even launch. But, it
was really in my heart to do it. It really became a matter of raising

my vibration to the level of
creation in order to manifest. I was treating the launch like a to-do

list. But then I got clear that
this is all about sharing love and I shifted and it finally launched.”

 

ALP: What is it that inspires you to save the world in the ways
that you do?

 

Kate: “Raising
humanity’s consciousness is one of my deepest desires. I ask myself, how can

we synergize? We need to help
each other and our planet. I feel that sometimes we lose sight of

where we want to be in 10 years
as a society because we are so focused on what we want right

now. The truth is we need to
think about our collective future, the other generations, and the

legacy we leave behind. What kind
of environment are we creating? Saving the world for me is

really about creating sustainable
systems people feel more comfortable living in and solutions

that work. There is deep hurt
going on in the world and we need to stop creating from our

wounded places. Every little
choice makes a difference. My goal with Synergy TV, and with all

that I do, is to be inspired and
to inspire others to make more conscious choices. In my Master’s

program at USM, I learned from my
mentor Dr. Ron Hulnick that 'as we heal one issue, all of

humanity moves forward.'”

For more essays and insights on feminine Trailblazing – and all of the other characteristics helping women to save the world – get your copy of “Women Will Save the World” by Caroline A. Shearer. And be sure to check in to the ALP blog, as we will be bringing you more updates, profiles, and inspirational quotes in honor of Women's History Month!

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Dr. Katie McCorkle: Saving the World through Sustainable Healthcare

"Reaching out for something more, or behaving in new ways, requires a leap of faith into the unknown." -- Dr. Katie McCorkle, Women Will Save the World. 
Dr. Katie McCorkle is the author of "A Balanced Heart: 10 Weeks to Break-through" and the founder of Balanced Heart Healing Center, a nonprofit integrative health center for mind, body, and spirit offering care unconditionally. 
As Dr. Katie describes in "Women Will Save the World," blazing a new trail means stepping into unknown territory. And then taking things in a whole new direction. It is the act of taking a dream or a vision and making it a reality. Dr. Katie had a vision of a world where every person has affordable access to healthcare resources. In just a few years, she was able to create Balanced Heart Healing Center, which is guided by the 10 Principles of Unconditional Love. Dr. Katie describes her business as "a bridge between the way healthcare has been practiced in the past and the way it will be practiced in the future." 
She sees her business as a model, a demonstration of how a sustainable healthcare system can work for everyone. An example for others to follow. Like so many of the women in the book, Dr. Katie uses her feminine traits to save the world in which she operates. The inspiration, the love, and the joy can only grow from there. 
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Rochelle Forrest Blazes New Trails Through South Africa

How Will Women Save the World?

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* This blog is part of Absolute Love Publishing's ongoing series celebrating Women's History Month and the book that honors women everywhere,"Women Will Save the World." 

Trailblazing

Rochelle Forrest

“Women
lead with our hearts, not our heads.”

 

After 30 years of service in the
primary and aligned health professions, Rochelle Forrest founded her own
company, Create Health Naturally. She wanted to address what she felt was
lacking in the treatment of patients: a holistic view of their lives to reveal
the causal aspects of their ill health. She empowers people to happiness and
her work is changing the world, one person at a time.

 

In the book, “Women Will Save theWorld,” Rochelle describes having an awakening. She saw the divinity in nature,
in the rhythm of the seasons. She realized that helping others meant healing
herself; that’s when her inner trail began to blaze.

 

How she continues to save the world today:

Rochelle has founded, and
currently manages, the nonprofit organization Tummies, Minds, and Spirits. TMS
was created in order to fund other nonprofits that are focused on alleviating
“poverty of the mind” by turning passive recipients of aid into healthy,
economically active citizens.

 

Rochelle recently traveled to
Cape Town, South Africa, a trip that resulted in her desire to merge the
fundamentals of primary and psycho-social health care with education
principles. We had the wonderful opportunity to ask her a few questions about
her latest endeavors.

 

ALP: In the book, “Women Will Save the World,” you describe your
decision to help others as an “awakening.” Did you experience something similar
on your recent trip?

 

Rochelle: “In South Africa,
there is a system that is working and has documented outcomes with amazing
leadership in place. All they needed was funding. I knew that I could fill
their needs. My heart was called to expand their vision and make the system
duplicable. At the same time that it was placed on my heart, I realized that I
am to develop sustainable income for future generations to be impacted.”

 

ALP: Can you offer insight on what continues to inspire you to
save the world?

 

Rochelle: “I have known my
whole life that I have been grown for greatness and service. I have more energy
that anyone I know. I believe that together we can end cycles of mind
poverty. My vision [of saving the world] is working together globally with a
sustainable blue print for education and finances.

“‘When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and
when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.  Luke 12:48’”

 

Tummies, Minds, and Spirits has
aligned with Community Cohesion, an existing NGO (Non-Governmental
Organization) with a proven track record of working in the field of
psycho-social education and support in Cape Town. Rochelle has described this
work as, “Children leading children with no boundaries or blinders.” The
organizations are planning to roll out The Hangberg Project, which will
contribute to a repeatable, sustainable system that can be implemented globally
to empower communities and relieve “poverty of the mind.”

For more essays and insights on feminine Trailblazing – and all of the other characteristics helping women to save the world – get your copy of “Women Will Save the World” by Caroline A. Shearer. And be sure to check in to the ALP blog, as we will be bringing you more updates, profiles, and inspirational quotes in honor of Women's History Month!

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Raise Your Vibration with Fleetwood Mac!

This week on Raise Your Vibration Radio:

"Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac

Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac has produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums. She has been deemed "The Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll" and one of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" by Rolling Stone.

This song goes out to the Trailblazers. The ones who have a burning desire to go their "own way" through life. Trailblazing is an urge to be independent and an inherent feminine quality. 

This week we will be catching up with "Women Will Save the World" Trailblazers Rochelle Forrest and Kate Neligan. Check out our historical profiles on trailblazers Nellie Bly and Amelia Earhart to find out how they have used this quality to save the world.

For more information about "Women Will Save the World," including headshots and bios of contributors, please visit www.WomenWillSavetheWorld.com.

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Honoring Feminine Creativity

"Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost, but climb." -- Edna St. Vincent Millay



Edna St. Vincent Millay married feminine vitality and liberty with beauty and sensitivity through her poetry. She explored themes and terrain both in verse and life that opened new pathways for future generations of women. -- "Women Will Save the World"



A creative soul and an independent spirit, Millay expressed her femininity through her poetry. She also wrote and acted in her own plays. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1923. She also wrote opera for the Metropolitan Opera of New York. She was politically active and staunchly believed in freedom and equal rights. 



Millay refused many marriage proposals, choosing instead to work on her craft. When she finally did marry, it was to Eugen Boissevain, a progressive feminist who strongly supported her career. They were together for 26 years, until his death in 1949. She died a year later. 



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Donna Visocky Saves the World!

"Today I choose to face life head on; I choose to experience every minute of it, both the sorrow and the joy." -- Donna Visocky, Women Will Save the World.



Donna Visocky is the founder of BellaSpark Productions and publisher of BellaSpark Magazine. BellaSpark is named her 21-year-old daughter Kristi who died in an automobile accident.



In her essay in "Women Will Save the World," Donna shares a determined journey of feminine strength. Losing a child - or any loved one - is a devastation of unfathomable proportions. Sometimes we may think: "I could never make it through something like that." We think that until the day we do. 



Donna's story is about resilience, about picking up the pieces and creating something new from the grief. She started BellaSpark so that she could bring the messages of top spiritual visionaries and authors to others through events, workshops, and the magazine. In a world of so much hurt, Donna was able to reach for the light, and to share that "beautiful spark" with people all around the world.



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How does gratitude save the world?

How Will Women Save the World?

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* This blog is part of Absolute Love Publishing's ongoing series celebrating Women's History Month and the book that honors women everywhere,"Women Will Save the World." 

Wisdom

Jenny Craig, LCSW, BCD

“Forgiveness is a powerful tool we can use to reconnect to our
inner power.”

 

Jenny has a background in
neurology and psychology. She is an international coach at Insite Strategist
and the creator of the Live Your Power™ program. She hosts the Live Your Power
Hour, writes the Ask Jenny column, and has published several self-empowering
books such as “Weighing Your Options,” “Live Your Power – Tools to battle your
inner bully,” and “I am Brilliant,” a children’s book. She is also the creator
of the “I am grateful for…”™ ring, which is designed to train the brain to
focus on positive thoughts and improve the sense of well-being.

 

In “Women Will Save the World,”
Jenny shares the beauty of her natural inner wisdom as she tells how she came
to live authentically in her own power. She exalts forgiveness and gratitude,
and because of her education, she can give a scientific context to the power of
positive thinking.

 

How she continues to save the world today:

Jenny has just finished a six
week Grateful Ring™ curriculum. She will be partnering with nonprofits to get
the curriculum into schools. It is designed to take leaders on a journey into
the mind and body to discover the steps needed to make positive changes. In
terms anyone can understand, neurological and psychological secrets are
uncovered in order to change habits of the mind, boost self-confidence, how to
lower stress, and how to maintain a positive attitude in daily life.

 

The Ring on the Big Screen:

Gary Goldstein, the producer of
“Pretty Woman” wears the Grateful Ring™ in his latest documentary as does Zoe
Myers in the film “Perdition.”

For more essays and insights on feminine Wisdom – and all of the other characteristics helping women to save the world – get your copy of “Women Will Save the World” by Caroline A. Shearer. And be sure to check in to the ALP blog, as we will be bringing you more updates, profiles, and inspirational quotes in honor of Women's History Month!

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Hildegard of Bingen Saves the World!

"A human being is a vessel that God has built for himself and filled with his inspiration so that his works are perfected in it." -- Hildegard of Bingen, Letter to Elisabeth of Schonau, c. 1152



Hildegard of Bingen recorded her intricate visions in text, art, and music, which communicated emotion and philosophy across continents and centuries. -- "Women Will Save the World" 



Hildegard is recognized in the ALP compilation, "Women Will Save the World," for demonstrating the world-saving characteristic of feminine intuition. She was born in 1098. She came from a large family and was dedicated to the Church, as was common practice at the time. She later became a nun and then head of the female members of the Benedictine monastery. 



She experienced a vision of God, giving her a supreme and instantaneous understanding of religious texts. It was later verified by the Catholic Church as having divine origins and Hildegard was recognized by Rome as a religious authority at a time when women had very little influence. She wrote and performed Christian plays and continued to experience visions which enlightened her theology as well as her art. 



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Feminine Wisdom Will Save the World!

How Will Women Save the World?

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* This blog is part of Absolute Love Publishing's ongoing series celebrating Women's History Month and the book that honors women everywhere,"Women Will Save the World." 

Wisdom

Sue Lee

“I
have a zest for life that is unstoppable.”

 

Sue Lee is a Life Management
Skills educator and the creator of “I Believe in Me!” a DVD for preschoolers,
which received two national recognitions – a Parents’ Choice Award and a KIDS
FIRST! media endorsement.

 

In the ALP compilation, “WomenWill Save the World,” Sue Lee shares lessons from a wise woman—her mother. Sue’s
mom taught her something that we might identify today as the Law of Being. If
you want something, act as though you already have it. She said: “’You can be
anything you wish to be and become like anyone you wish to become. Just ‘be’ it,
become the trait you wish to have.’” It sounds easy, and that’s because it is!

 

We caught up with Sue Lee last
December while she was organizing her Sock-it-to-em Sock Campaign, which
included a “No Socks to Work Day.” In an effort to raise sock donations for the
homeless, participants of the event were asked to go without socks on 12/12/12
and to donate a pair instead. Sue met with a high level of success, collecting
over 10,000 pairs of socks! She garnered widespread community involvement, including
local sports team the Denver Nuggets!

 

We got a chance recently to chat
with Sue about her progress, her inspiration, and her future plans.

 

ALP: What inspires you to save the world in the ways that you
do?

 

Sue: “Like many of
us I think I discovered that natural pull to ‘save’ the world as a young child.
The aspect that one human can influence and encourage others has always been
profound for me. What we’ve done with the Sock-it-to-em Sock Campaign is pretty
simple. We can warm our hearts by helping to warm someone’s feet.”

 

ALP: Speaking of the power of one woman’s influence, can you
share more about how your campaign started and how you met with such success?

 

Sue: “The idea for
the Sock-it-to-em Sock Campaign for the homeless came to me while grocery
shopping– it was one of those ideas that hits out of the blue, takes hold, and
is constantly present in mind and heart. I couldn’t let go of it and so in 2012
I said to my friend Phillis Shimamoto, ‘Come and do this with me and we’ll take
it national.’ Our intention was to just send out emails the week of
Thanksgiving and ask our friends all over the country to join us in gathering socks
for the month of December, then the first week of January to take them to a
shelter.

 

“We never realized what we
started and how it would grab hold of people. Within two days of the emails
going out, we were contacted by the radio show Business Unconventional ‘BUnconventional’
710 KNUS-AM Denver to immediately come in and be on their show! Dean Rotbart,
one of the show’s hosts, declared during the take, ‘I got it, let’s do a No-Socks-To-Work
Day! We’ll ask folks to go to work on 12-12-12 without their socks, send us
pictures of their bare feet in their shoes, declaring they and their place of
business supports giving socks to the homeless.’

 

“First on board was Brad Smith,
owner of Home Smart Reality. He got his whole team involved, sent pictures and
even had a party on 12-12-12 where Santa Claus had to go without socks! Within
days Coach Karl of the Nuggets took off his socks along with some team members
and sent a picture! The spirit was alive and growing and we had no idea where
it was going to end up.”

 

ALP: That is truly amazing, and such a great example of how
kindness and goodness can be spread. What are your future plans for the
campaign?

 

Sue: “What began as
a simple idea has turned into a learning experience and now Phillis and I face the
dilemma of moving it forward. We literally, if we had the capital, could keep
several people employed full time just in doing this. We have tons of ideas…we
are excited of what the potential is.

 

“And, so yes… it continues… just
this month BYOU Magazine, a self-esteem magazine for young girls had a half-page
article in their February/March issue. Within days of the article 175 pairs of socks
arrived from Florida. We are still receiving socks and working on how to get
bigger and better. We hope that we’ll gather even more socks this year…and then
the year after that and after that…stayed tuned…The Sock-it-to-em Sock Campaign
is growing!”

For more essays and insights on feminine Nurturing – and all of the other characteristics helping women to save the world – get your copy of “Women Will Save the World” by Caroline A. Shearer. And be sure to check in to the ALP blog, as we will be bringing you more updates, profiles, and inspirational quotes in honor of Women's History Month!

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