Amazing Woman's Day 2008 Contributors

Francine Allaire

Francine is the Chief Daring Officer and Founder of The Daring, a visionary and global online membership community designed for busy, enterprising women who dare to dream big and desire to stay motivated, educated, inspired and connected. Francine's vision for The Daring is to build a community where women connect, soar and share together globally: a community of women empowering women to create the lifestyle and business

or career of their dreams, on their terms! Women across the U.S., India, Australia, the U.K. and Canada are among founding members. A respected, award-winning sales and marketing executive for twenty years, Francine has worked with industry leaders. Though a native of Quebec, Canada, she has spent her career working with a diverse set of senior executives, entrepreneurs and international teams in Western Europe and across the U.S. from Washington, D.C. to Orange County, CA.

She is named in International Who’s Who of Professional Women and in International Who’s Who of IT Professionals. She serves

as a mentor with Women-Unlimited, a Founding Member of the

Keiretsu For um - Long Beach Chapter, a certified Best Year Yet®! Program Leader and a NLP Practitioner, a former Board Member

of NAWBO Orange County and a former Chair of Fund Raising

for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. www.thedaring.com

Karynne Boese, CPCC

Karynne Boese, Certified Metaphysical Life Coach, member of the International Coaching Federation, and founder of Dream Living Center Inc., has garnered renowned recognition working with clients at both the Passages and Alta Mira’s Treatment Centers. Drawing on wisdom from several spiritual leaders, Karynne developed a healing process that enables her clients to step into their own greatness and eradicate limiting beliefs to actualize their dreams. Revered in the addiction community as a cutting edge leader, Karynne holds people to live an empowered recovery, which creates the passageway to their authentic selves. www.dreamliving.org

Subhadra Bowman

The founder of two youth empowering organizations Yoga angels and Your Kids Organization, Subhadra Bowman presents yoga as a healing art and shares her vast knowledge with the humble desire to improve the lives of everyone she encounters. An energetic mother of four, Subhadra began her yoga studies in the tradition of B.K.S. Iyegar. A teacher of both children and adults for thirteen years, Subhadra completed her yoga teacher training at Yoga Works where she taught a wide range of classes such as pre and post natal, kids and adults in Iyengar and Vinyasa yoga. Subhadra is the producer of the first and only children’s yoga DVD -taught by kids, for kids and featuring the performance group Yoga Angels. A dedicated and loving teacher, Subhadra uses her energy, enthusiasm, and creativity to engage students. For over a decade Subhadra has served at-risk children with the belief that yoga can play an important part in creating self-esteem, courage and physical health for kids of all ages. She is a passionate educator who quietly finds fun ways to inspire and empower while sharing the gift of yoga around the world.

www.yogaangels.com www.yourkids.org

Terri Cadiente, A.C.C.

A former Factory Kawasaki Race Team Rider in Jet Skiing, Terri Cadiente has competed throughout the U.S. and internationally including; Budweiser World Tour, Anheiser Busch World Cup Champion Test Rider for Kawasaki in Japan Silver Medallist in Australia . She currently holds a 14 year World Record. Taking with her the demand for physical fitness, intense focus and courage, she commands life as a Hollywood Stunt Woman. Turning a corner now with her new book: “Strong Woman Hiding”, her time is committed to her private coaching, public speaking, and her philanthropic efforts of Ragdoll Restoration Foundation. www.StrengthAndGraceInc.com
www.RagdollRestorationFoundation.org

Margo Carrera

Margo is the visionary founder of Vital Force Institute, where she provides transformational coaching, empowering travel journeys, and educational programs to empower and enrich the lives of all who attend. She is also the co-founder of Encinitas Integrated Wellness Center, a center where traditional healers, alternative healers, and Medical doctors are working together to restore health and vitality to their patients. www.WholisticHealth.net www.LifeBeyondReason.com

Joy Chudacoff

Joy Chudacoff is the founder of Smart Women Smart Solutions and a Certified Professional Coach. Joy has helped scores of women design the lives they choose to live through Women’s Learning Circles and Private Coaching. Helping women realize and achieve better ways of living is her passion, her purpose, and her business. Visit Joy’s website, http://www.SmartWomenSolutions.com.

Marcy Cole Ph D

Marcy Cole, Ph.D began her career as as a Television Executive for Katz Communications. For the past 15 years, she has been in Private Practice as a Psychotherapist, working with insight oriented adults and couples. Her approach is Holistic and she meets with clients in Marina del Rey and Santa Monica offices, while also offering walking sessions on the beach! "First Tuesday" is a Personal/Professional Women's Networking group that Marcy coordinated in Chicago for close to a decade, and is now doing so in Los Angeles. She was inspired to launch a Non-Profit arm to the group, and with the support of many "First Tuesday" members in Chicago and Los Angeles, a 501-C3 "First Tuesday Circle of Giving" was born in the Fall of 2006. Marcy looks forward to expanding her reach by pursuing writing and radio opportunities in the coming year. She lived in Chicago for 20 years after graduating from Northwestern University and moved to California in the Fall, 2004 She now lives with her husband, Ben Mason, in Marina del Rey.

www.firsttuesdayla.com

Aimee Faucett

Aimee Faucett has a passion for politics and women’s issues. She serves as an advisor to elected officials and political campaigns. Aimee also spends her time volunteering to help victims of domestic violence move forward to live positive lives. In 2003 Aimee was selected by San Diego Metropolitan for the 40 Under 40 Honor Role. She volunteers for Speak for Success Women's Leadership institute - Partnering with the YWCA of San Diego County, National Family Justice Center Alliance, Operation for Hope and National University where women who have been victims of domestic violence receive training in leadership skills to reach their full potential and build positive futures. Aimee has served on the Fundraising Committee, San Diego Family Justice Center that provides help and hope to victims of family violence. As a member of Junior League of San Diego she served on the State Public Affairs Committee as Vice Chair where she researched pending and existing legislation, worked with State Legislatures

to ensure the passage of laws effecting women & families.

Aimee lives in San Diego with her husband Erik and their

daughter Charley.

Ishwari Gonnot

Ishwari Gonnot is recognized nationwide as an expert in Wellness and founder of Ultimate Stress Management. She has devoted more than 15 years, teaching holistic health and guiding thousands of people to a healthy lifestyle. She grew up in France and moved to India in 1993, where she studied ayurveda, an ancient traditional alternative medicine, learned meditation, yoga and various eastern philosophies. She came to the United States in 1996 and began teaching programs that emphasized exercise, proper diet and conscious contact with the healing energy that dwells within. She is an ACE (American Council on Exercise) certified Personal Trainer, certified Anusara Yoga teacher, certified wellness coach and has an extensive knowledge of nutrition, quantum physics, fitness yoga and meditation. She is a national public speaker and has appeared on TV to talk about the secrets of how to attain a stress free life. She is currently writing a book entitled: “Grow to be bigger than any Challenges”, a powerful guide to a stress free life. Her yoga practice DVD is recognized as an authority in the field of yoga. Ishwari’s unique background brings a new approach to stress management.

Paula Marie Jackson

Paula Marie Jackson’s latest consulting work before being diagnosed with a terminal illness and six months to live nine years ago was in the medical field. Regardless of her medical knowledge and colleague’s strong arguments, Paula was armed with her faith, will, and mass prayer organized by her mother as she declined all medical treatment. Two years after her diagnosis, she became a published miracle. She accomplished her miraculous healing through deep meditations of love, light, prayer and hands on healing by her mother. She is the Founder of Love and Light from Within, Inc. a transformational healing company that is marketing high-dimensional music CD’s and up-coming live concerts, and she was a recent guest speaker on Sedona’s newest spiritual talk radio show, Evolution Revolution by Dulcinea, which features accomplished authors, healers and extraordinary women as Paula discussed her story of healing and her upcoming book. Several years ago Paula was the Executive Producer for The River of Love documentary about the life of Mata Amritanandimaya from Kerala , India , known as the “hugging saint” after being greeted by her personally in New Delhi on a spiritually-guided mission. Today Paula is in media strategy with her first book about her own numerous healing miracles with the Foreword being written by Neale Donald Walsh, author of the famous book series, Conversations With God and is being endorsed by Dr. John Demartini from The Secret as well as other spiritual leaders. www.loveandlightfromwithin.com

Mary Lou Kenworthy, C.Ht., EFT-CC

Actress, clinical hypnotherapist, inspiring speaker, and workshop facilitator, MaryLou is staff hypnotherapist at Passages Addiction Cure Center in Malibu. In 2002, Mary Lou founded Thought Matters and created Wings, a life-changing Empowerment Program for women. Mary Lou and her Wings program have helped heal abuse victims living at Safe Passage Home. She created "Thoughts to Release" journal/workbooks and is a contributing author of "Inspiration to Realization". She is currently developing Unique U,

an audio program for women. www.ThoughtMatters.net

Nikki Kilgore

Dedicated to inspiring, motivating, and transforming lives,

Nikki Kilgore has helped clients launch new products/services, raise funds and public awareness, increase sales and brand recognition, improve their own lives and build community relations. Nikki has created marketing/fundraising campaigns, programs, events, and provided editorial/consulting/design services for websites, TV/Radio, marketing materials, etc.

Her clients have included a U.S. Presidential Campaign,

as well as charitable organizations such as Planetary Coral

Reef Foundation, Comic Relief, and Aids Project LA. Creator

of the award-winning Day-Savor® inspirational software line (featured in Glamour, Woman’s Day, Complete Woman),

Nikki’s “sister” company, www.Accentdigital.com , specializes

in designing high-quality websites and effective online

marketing programs. Nikki teaches at the Learning Annex,

and has been a speaker at the Women’s Small Business Expo, National Speakers Association, and C-SPAN. www.accentdigital.com/glow www.accentdigital.com

Marcia King, CPCC

Marcia King, CPCC, member of ICF, Certified XL Wealth Shift and Life Shift Coach, has a Creator Profile. Look for Marcia's program, "The Good News Network" on XL-Radio.net. Marcia is a founding member of PeopleJam.com, the first coaching web portal dedicated to personal development and purposeful living and is a featured Spiritual Coach. Her huge heart, keen intuition and no-nonsense approach infuse her coaching with powerful insights and results. www.signsofguidance.com

Dr. Carole Lieberman

Dr. Carole Lieberman's multi-dimensional career as an internationally renowned "Media Psychiatrist" is always leading edge! On TV, Radio, the Internet, in Film, Print, as a Speaker and as the first Shrink on Board airline in-flight entertainment, Dr. Carole's insights help people seize the moment to live happier, more fulfilling lives. Today, called upon more than ever to help people cope with terrorism and other 21st century challenges… the doctor is in!

A three-time Emmy award-winner, Dr. Carole Lieberman analyzes the psychological impact of world events, as a guest and/or host on all major media outlets. Her passionate commentary is far more than entertaining and exciting -- it dauntlessly cuts to the heart of the issue! Perhaps that explains why everyone from Oprah to Larry King, Katie Couric to Bill O'Reilly, and countless others, think of Dr. Carole when they need a 'house call'. Viewers will recognize her from frequent appearances on Fox News, CNN, BBC, "The Today Show", "Good Morning America", Court TV, "Entertainment Tonight" and many more.

She can be heard live as the host of "Dr. Carole's Couch", a weekly Internet radio show on voiceamerica.com. Here she analyzes the problems and pop culture of today's headlines: from terrorism to trials, love affairs to business affairs, and success stories to celebrity scandals. Dr. Carole is the author of Bad Boys, and Coping With Terrorism: Dreams Interrupted. www.drcarole.com/

Dr. Suzanne Lopez, MS, MFCT

Nationally acclaimed author, therapist and love relationship expert, Suzanne Lopez, MS, MFCT has recently relocated from the Hollywood Hills to Albuquerque , New Mexico splitting her time between the city of Angeles and the Land of Enchantment . She has been seen on more than three hundred national TV talk shows, as well as an ongoing media expert for NBC and ABC news. She has completed four national TV pilots. Her book was chosen as a pick for pages in People Magazine, Get Smart with Your Heart : The Intelligent Guide to Love Lust and Lasting Relationships and Love Match or MisMatch. Suzanne’s prestigious colleagues and long-time friends include The Secret’s Michael Bernard Beckwith and Jack Canfield. Like them, the dynamic and charismatic author/practitioner has successfully used “The Secret” both personally and professionally. She generously shares her extensive mind/body/spirit expertise with all those she serves.