Hello,

As founder of the Fresh Start after Divorce Community, my goal is to provide you with tools and techniques to support and encourage you during and after divorce. I have hand-selected experts from across the country that are committed to help you move your life forward and live the life you desire and deserve.

Today, I am excited to introduce the Career Expert for Fresh Start after Divorce Community, Mino Sullivan, Career Coach.

Enjoy,
Joanie Winberg

Top 3 Secrets to Career Success

Secret #1: Define what success means to you

To be successful in your career you must know what success means to you. Do you know what you really want out of your career - and out of life? Take your time to think about it. Don’t give a standard, “knee-jerk” answer to this question because your answer is critical to your happiness and to your long-term success - in both your personal and business life.

Success means different things to different people. Some people equate success with having a lot of money. Others consider having the time to spend with their families as being successful, even though they may not have a lot of material things. For many people, their definition of success changes as they move through the various stages of their lives. What they considered success in their 20s is vastly different from their view of success as they approach their 50th birthday. What is your definition of success? Before you think about it in terms of your career, it’s important to define it from the three mile high perspective - what does success mean to you in life? Without a clear vision of success, how can you work towards achieving it?Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson, in their article called, “Success That Lasts,” broke enduring success into 4 components:

1. Happiness: Feelings of pleasure or contentment about your life

2. Achievement: Personal accomplishments that compare favorably against the results achieved by others with similar goals

3. Significance: The sense that you have positively impacted people you care about

4. Legacy: A way to establish your values or accomplishments so as to help others find future success

To the extent that your career helps you manifest happiness, achievement, significance, and legacy in your life, the more successful you are likely to feel and be.

Not sure how connected you are to your vision of success? Here is a worksheet to help you gain clarity. Complete the questions and tally your score. If you need help defining what success means to you, contact me. I can help you achieve greater clarity on the meaning of success for you and help you create a plan for achieving your definition of success in your life and at work.

More Secrets to Career Success

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Empower Yourself Every Wednesday
Be part of the movement that is sweeping the nation…the world! How can you empower yourself and make a difference? Start by committing every Wednesday to do at least one of the following:

• Do an act of kindness
• Forgive someone- make amends with a relationship gone sour
• Call someone and tell them how much you appreciate them
• Do one good thing for yourself
• Have Fun!

Committing to empower yourself every Wednesday will help keep you in high spirits everyday of the week. Plus, imagine if we were all making a difference together every Wednesday, what an IMPACT that would have on the world.

The Happy Wednesday Broadcast inspirational midweek BOOST will help make your Wednesday a “Power” day and banish “hump” day from your life forever.

Turn up your speakers to hear the Broadcast!

Today’s Message-

10 Ways on HOW TO STAY YOUNG
~ George Carlin

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight
and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you
pay ‘them.’
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts,
gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only
person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be A LIVE
while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it’s family,
pets, music, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable,
improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don’t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the
next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by
the moments that take our breath away.

See you next week!

Joanie Winberg
The Happy Wednesday Lady

Learn more about the Happy Wednesday Broadcast

Hello,

As founder of the Fresh Start after Divorce Community, my goal is to provide you with tools and techniques to support and encourage you during and after divorce. I have hand-selected experts from across the country that are committed to help you move your life forward and live the life you desire and deserve.

Today, I am excited to introduce the Travel Expert for Fresh Start after Divorce Community, Robin Zell, founder of Travel Just For Girls.

Enjoy,
Joanie Winberg

Girlfriends are your link to divorce survival

I believe, without a doubt, that the road to happiness after divorce is paved with friendships…. and lots of them. When I split with my husband of 17 years four and a half years ago, I was blessed with good friends who were willing to listen….and listen…..and listen to me ramble on and on about my failed relationship and the struggles my four kids were having adjusting to their father not living with them anymore. I am sure they listened until they could not listen anymore (God bless them!).

Eventually, they started to avoid my calls and stopped checking on me as often. In essence, I wore them out. They did not realize how badly I needed my girlfriends at this time in my life. But I knew my friends were crucial to my survival.

For more information about Travel Just for Girls

Hello,

As founder of the Fresh Start after Divorce Community, my goal is to provide you with tools and techniques to support and encourage you during and after divorce. I have hand-selected experts from across the country that are committed to help you move your life forward and live the life you desire and deserve.

Today, I am excited to share powerful parenting tips from one of the experts for Fresh Start after Divorce Community, Susan P. Epstein, a Parent Life Coach.

Enjoy,
Joanie Winberg

Is your family’s laundry an albatross around your neck?

When and if you venture into your kids’ rooms, do you see a sea of clothing, wet moldy towels, science experiments growing on and around your beautiful set of kitchen dishes?

Is it so horrifying that you would rather watch a the latest Stephen King film, than open that door?

And to top it off, do you have to beg, threaten and coerce to get your kids to hand over their dirty clothing so that YOU can wash them? Once you give it back, neatly folded, stacked and “clean”, does it join the ranks of crumpled and moldy before your child has put it on?

Did you know that you can solve this problem by outsourcing? And it won’t cost you a penny!

Here’s how to do it:

•Purchase two laundry baskets for each child: one white and one other color and place inside their rooms.

• Write out easy to understand instructions for your laundry machine and dryer and tape them to the front of your machines.

More powerful parenting tips

Hello,

My goal as the founder of the Fresh Start after Divorce Community is to provide you with tools and techniques to support and encourage you during and after divorce. I have hand-selected experts from across the country that are committed to help you move your life forward and live the life you desire and deserve.

Today, I am excited to share 10 powerful tips to help with goal setting from one of the Entrepreneur Experts for the Fresh Start after Divorce Community, Hayley Solich.

Enjoy,
Joanie Winberg

Setting Your Goals- The Power of Focus

According to the Encarta online dictionary, goal means aim, something that somebody wants to achieve.

The question is, how do you know what to aim for — what to focus on - and how do you know when you have achieved it?

It is easy to have many ideas but goals are the process by which you are able to focus those ideas to make them achievable.

Focus is an amazing gift in our toolbox for life. It is the ability to narrow things down to a single point and to concentrate all of our energy and resources in that direction. It is also the ability to see things clearly. When our focus is divided, our lives are in constant turmoil and our “vision” blurred. However, when focused, our dreams are achievable. Focus is a power enabler.

Here are the main points why goal setting is a good idea in gaining and maintaining focus to enable you to fulfill your dreams:

1. Knowing where you are heading empowers you. If you can see the finish line, you know exactly how much effort is required for you to cross it and that is empowering.

2. Recording your goals also empowers you. By writing them down and giving them a timeframe to make them measurable, you go through the mental process of figuring out exactly what you are going to need to achieve them. Assigning a date by which to achieve your goals helps to apply the pressure necessary to motivate you to action.

3. Visualizing your goal in your mind helps you to adopt the mental attitude necessary to achieve your goal. Imagine yourself doing whatever your goal is. The clearer you can see it in your mind, the more achievable it will become.

More goal setting tips from Hayley

Empower Yourself Every Wednesday
Be part of the movement that is sweeping the nation…the world! How can you empower yourself and make a difference? Start by committing every Wednesday to do at least one of the following:

• Do an act of kindness
• Forgive someone- make amends with a relationship gone sour
• Call someone and tell them how much you appreciate them
• Do one good thing for yourself
• Have Fun!

Committing to empower yourself every Wednesday will help keep you in high spirits everyday of the week. Plus, imagine if we were all making a difference together every Wednesday, what an IMPACT that would have on the world.

The Happy Wednesday Broadcast inspirational midweek BOOST will help make your Wednesday a “Power” day and banish “hump” day from your life forever.

Turn up your speakers to hear the Broadcast!

Today’s quote
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.”
~anonymous

Today’s tip-

When you see a butterfly, our thoughts may be…what a beautiful creature! How wonderful to fly about freely, bringing beauty to whomever’s path it crosses. We don’t think about the journey that butterfly took to become this awesome display of nature.

This butterfly was once a creeping and colorless caterpillar. Who, may or may not survive harsh weather, a landscaper’s freewheeling tool or just simply the process it must undergo to become that beautiful butterfly.

And that cocoon- some say how they wish they could be in a cocoon. They see it as a “safe” place, a warm and comforting place. But, like the butterfly of this quote, it could also be construed as a dark place, a lonely place, wondering how long before the “light” shines through.

The hope of becoming that beautiful butterfly can inspire. If a little caterpillar can transform into a beautiful butterfly- what are our possibilities? The “transformation” part may be difficult. It may be a quick transformation, it may take longer.

BE PATIENT! Like a butterfly, there is beauty in all of us. When you shed your cocoon and spread your beautiful wings, the world will be waiting.

Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!
Joanie Winberg, The Happy Wednesday Lady

Hello,

As founder of the Fresh Start after Divorce Community, my goal is to provide you with tools and techniques to support and encourage you during and after divorce. I have hand-selected experts from across the country that are committed to help you move your life forward and live the life you desire and deserve.

Today, I am excited to introduce the Peaceful Divorce Expert for the Fresh Start after Divorce Community, Belinda Rachman, Esq..

Enjoy,
Joanie Winberg

Why Divorce Mediation?

You are thinking of divorce and worrying about how your children will fare. It is your job to protect them and you can chose to have a peaceful divorce. A mind works best, like a parachute, when it is open. There are very creative ways to divide property and to share children if both parties keep their eye on the prize, the well being of the children. They didn’t ask for this drama and it is possible to shield them if the two of you work at it. The idea of “working at it” may sound odd to a couple who is about to break up just because their relationship isn’t “working” but if you have children together your job will never end. There will be weddings and grandchildren and holidays for the rest of your life. If you start World War III now, with the kids caught in the middle, they are going to have to do a lot of duck and cover as your verbal bullets whiz over their heads.

Take a step back and focus on the children. No matter what perceived wrongs may or may not have happened to you, this is where you are right now and playing the blame game may make you feel better but it is not productive. A little rational thought instead of playing victim to your own feelings is what is needed most right now. The more you focus on anger, the more anger you will feel. Focus on the children now instead. Which of you has been the primary caretaker of the children? Spousal and child support is usually not enough to maintain the life to which you have become accustomed which means stay at home parents will have to go to work. So if both of you are working then you really get a chance to look at a shared custody situation. It is hard to raise a child alone. Sometimes you really need a break for your own sake.

Read the rest of Belinda’s article

During and after a divorce is a very challenging time in a woman’s life. It is suggested that you use this precious opportunity to rediscover yourself. Think of this time in your life as an adventure to explore the real you.

This will help all women through the emotional roller coaster ride of divorce, even for celebrities such as like Christie Brinkley, who is facing a challenging divorce.

After Divorce- 3 Ways to Rediscover Your True Passion

1) What Makes Your Heart Sing?

What really matters to you? What do you feel is your true purpose in life? If someone asked you that question, how would you answer them?
Why is it so important to be clear on what your life’s purpose is? Knowing your purpose, will give you a true sense of who you are and why you were put on this earth. It gives your life direction and helps you make clear and easy decisions concerning that direction. It’s your compass! Without a purpose, can your life be compared to a piece of driftwood? Floating endlessly in whichever direction the tide decides to take it and ending up on any beach with no will of its’ own.
Take this time to focus on what really matters to you. Feel the true passions that exist in your heart and write them down.

2) What Are Your Vibes Saying About You?
Are you familiar with the Law of Attraction? Maybe you have heard the expressions, “What you think about, you bring about” or “The more attention you give to something, the more attention it will give to you.” When going through a divorce, your emotions can be compared to a roller coaster ride. Use this time to become reconnected to your inner awareness of who you are. Learn to sit still and quiet until you understand what emotions you are feeling. Realize that your feelings and sensations are okay, then learn to listen to what your mind and body are telling you.

3) Be True To Yourself
During and even after a divorce, we are often filled with doubts. We question ourselves about what is right, what to do or how we feel. Should I or shouldn’t I? It seems difficult to make a decision. Listen to your heart. What feels right? What doesn’t feel quite right? If a situation does not feel right, honor your resistance by pausing or waiting. Sometimes waiting is the best thing to do. By waiting you may have allowed the situation to unfold more easily without having to worry! If a decision feels good or right, usually that means you are heading in the right direction. When we listen to our hearts, we are in integrity with ourselves. When we are in integrity with ourselves, we learn to say NO more easily.
Divorce is not easy or fun and you can make it through this time of your life by realizing you WILL make it! Also, honor yourself and listen to your heart! Your true purpose and passions are waiting to be rediscovered within you! When you have discovered the “gold nugget” you already are, you will start to live your life with more ease and enjoy the feeling of peace. “You are truly free!”

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 Hello from Joanie Winberg, the Founder of the Fresh Start After Divorce

Our goal for the Fresh Start after Divorce Community is to provide you with tools and techniques to support and encourage you through the emotional roller coaster of divorce. I have hand-selected experts from across the country that are committed to help you move your life forward and live the life you desire and deserve.

Today, I am excited to share with you very powerful tips from the Entrepreneur Expert for the Fresh Start after Divorce Community, Linda Hollander, Women in Business Coach.

5 Ways to Cash In on Your Feminine Strengths

You were born with the ability to make your dreams into reality. Being a woman is your base of power, not your weakness. Women entrepreneurs are the fastest growing segment of the economy. We are starting businesses at twice the rate of men and claiming our true economic power. It’s not because we’ve been held back for so long. It’s because we’re good at it. Here are some ways to cash in on your feminine strengths-

1. Nurture Your Clients Women are all about connections and relationships. From the time of birth, women are relationship-oriented. In business, this translates to nurturing clients, listening to their problems and providing great customer service. In sales, women are able to focus on helping others rather than pushing products. They ask poignant questions, learn their customer’s needs, and offer extraordinary solutions.

More tips from Linda

Empower Yourself Every Wednesday
Be part of the movement that is sweeping the nation…the world! How can you empower yourself and make a difference? Start by committing every Wednesday to do at least one of the following:

• Do an act of kindness
• Forgive someone- make amends with a relationship gone sour
• Call someone and tell them how much you appreciate them
• Do one good thing for yourself
• Have Fun!

Committing to empower yourself every Wednesday will help keep you in high spirits everyday of the week. Plus, imagine if we were all making a difference together every Wednesday, what an IMPACT that would have on the world.

The Happy Wednesday Broadcast inspirational midweek BOOST will help make your Wednesday a “Power” day and banish “hump” day from your life forever.

Turn up your speakers to hear the Broadcast! http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WKp05Dc4

Today’s quote

9 Lessons from Trees
~ Unknown author

1) It’s important to have roots.
2) In today’s complex world, it pays to “branch out.”
3) If you really believe in something, don’t be afraid to go out on a limb.
4) Be flexible so you don’t break when a harsh wind blows.
5) Sometimes you have to shed your old bark in order to grow.
6) If you want to maintain accurate records, keep a log.
7) It’s okay to be a late bloomer.
Avoid people who would like to cut you down.
9) As you approach the autumn of your life, you will show your true colors. You should be brilliant!

Today’s tip-

Which of the nine lessons resonates for you?

Think about it and write down your thoughts and feelings in a notebook or a journal.

Until next week, have a Happy Wednesday!
Joanie Winberg, The Happy Wednesday Lady