Desperation Turned Lifelong Gift, A Conversation with Helene Lerner
Desperation Turned Lifelong Gift, A Conversation with Helene Lerner “True confidence isn’t fearlessness; it’s having the courage to move forward while your knees are shaking.” Overweight, exhausted, and distraught, Helene Lerner found herself hanging one foot out of a window, on the verge of suicide. It was that Saturday night, in her apartment on theRead More
The Magic of Passion with Purpose: Jewelry Founder & Designer, Satya
The Magic of Passion with Purpose: Jewelry Founder & Designer, Satya “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the single candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” ~Buddha One night, at a yoga teacher training, Satya had a dream that she would create aRead More
Plane Crash Survivor & Meditation Teacher Shares the Power of Meditation to Overcome Pain
“I was stuck. I was in the fire, not surrounded by fire, but in it and I was burning.” It was Christmas Day of 2012 when Allan Lokos found himself caught in a burning plane… A pilot error resulted in a crash landing that turned a beautiful day into a terrifying experience. Allan, his wifeRead More
Thoughts on Feminism, Masculine-ism (Is there such a word?), and Parenting…
We are in a conversation about feminism. We are watching women step into the light. We just awarded a 16-year old girl the Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous survival of wounded masculine shooting a gun at her head. A couple weeks ago, I asked the cofounder of her fund what they will do nowRead More
When Your Life’s Purpose is Currently the Laundry
Dear Ones, Our lives have a purpose: to love, to be happy, to serve others, and make the world a better place. But, what if that purpose is swallowed up by life’s little tasks? What if housework and our jobs make us so busy we can barely make it to the grocery store, much lessRead More
The Cure for Feeling Like You’re “Not Enough”
Dear One, Before I started my last business, Zhena’s Gypsy Tea, I was told I would need several things to be successful: 1. Money 2. Experience/ an MBA 3. A team 4. A go to market strategy What I had reflected nothing on that list: 1. Debt & a credit score of 300 2. ARead More
Throw your own Gypsy Tea Party!
Imagine the gorgeous flicker of candles across a fun, yet elegantly laid out tabletop. The scents of bergamot, jasmine, and lavender are wafting through the air as joyful voices rise, then cascade into laughter. Your friends are relaxing into an atmosphere of renewal and comfort drinking rich tea from cups with exquisite designs. Can youRead More
Another Exciting Announcement: Author Academy
If you aspire to publish a book, or have published a book and want to learn best practices and create a plan for marketing your book, join me and other publishing experts for this weekend workshop. You will learn writing secrets of published authors: How to write and optimize your book proposal for agents and publishers.Read More
My Secret to My BEST Marriage
Dear Friends, In my 20’s, I got married, divorced and engaged 3 times. I also had Sage the day after my 25th birthday. At 29, after Sage’s surgeries and the tea company’s first million in revenue, I was engaged to someone I didn’t love but had lost hope that true love could be mine. AndRead More
Exciting Announcement: Tea & Transformation Retreat
Dear Ones, It’s with great pleasure that I announce an exclusive, 2-day wellness retreat in beautiful Ojai, California during the weekend of October 11-12, 2014called Tea & Transformation- A Life by the Cup Retreat. During the 2 days, we will be nurturing our bodies with an array of rare teas from India, Sri Lanka andRead More
