50 Shades of Paid March 2016 Issue

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Editor's Note Never let the media, family, friends or colleagues stop you from growing and stepping into the divine and sacred woman that you were created to become

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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EDITOR IN CHIEF Kadena Tate-Simon

MANAGING EDITOR Frenetta Tate

LAYOUT EDITOR Karena Simon

PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR All photographs used with the permission of Dee Hill, http://www.DeeHillPhotography.com

HAIR AND MAKEUP Vivienne Vermuth, http://www.makeupartbyvivienne.com

it’s an honor and a blessing to share this information with you.

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CONTENTS

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DO YOUR BEST - FRENETTA TATE

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5 QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE YOU LAUNCH

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- KADENA TATE http://www.KadenaTate.com

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CELEBRATING CREATIVITY WITH JENNIFER LOUDEN http://www.JenniferLouden.com GROWING THE COURAGE TO BE WHO YOU ARE

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- KADENA TATE http://www.KadenaTate.com NOW IS THE TIME TO PACKAGE YOUR

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INFORMATION INTO PRODUCTS AND SERVICES -KATHLEEN GAGE http://www.KathleenGage.com

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THE POWER OF EMBRACING DISCOMFORT - KADENA TATE http://www.KadenaTate.com

Do Your Best

BY FRENETTA TATE http://www.FrenettaTate.com “All I expect of you is that you do your best!”

Don’t settle for mediocrity, instead, strive to be above average and remember that what you do

When I was in high school, my parents would

is representative of you, whether physically

sternly say this to me when I starting to slip up in

present or not. Leave a good legacy behind.

my school work or when I’ve become lazy and unproductive. Believe it or not, it took some pressure off of me because I did not have to be

The Selah moment: Are you doing "just enough"

perfect; I just had to do my best. Have you ever

to get by or allowing your children to do "just

found yourself becoming lax in an area of your

enough" to get by?

life? Are you doing just enough to get by? Well, let me invite you today not to do that.

Action Steps: Begin doing more than the When you consistently do just enough to get by,

average person, set the best example to your

you condition yourself to accept the mediocre. If

children + clients + community by being the

you are never challenged beyond the scope of

above average leader!

the familiar, you will never realize your full potential. I challenge you in that whatever you set your mind and hands to do, do it well.

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5 Questions To Ask Before You Launch

BY KADENA TATE-SIMON

Be sure you can answer the following 5 questions BEFORE you launch you next audio, video, multi-media program or live event experience: Who is your ideal buyer client?

What URGENT problem do you solve or challenge do you assist a person in over-coming?

What is he/she willing to invest in your solution?

What is the topic of your book, product, service, program and/or live event?

What niche are you trying to fill?

Being able to answer these key questions is the foundation to building the best platform possible, which will provide your small ​ b usiness with the support it needs and deserves.

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Clients can even pass these works of art down to the next generations.

Celebrating Creativity with Dee Hill | http://www.50shadesofpaid.com/deehill/ Dee Hill Photography, http://www.DeeHillPhotography.com Hair and Makeup Vivienne Vermuth, http://www.makeupartbyvivienne.com Cover Model: Gillian Cunningham http://www.GillianCunningham.com MARCH 2016 • 50 SHADES OF PAID | 8

Celebrating Creativity with

Jennifer Louden Hello, my name is Jennifer Louden.

My first book, The Woman's Comfort Book, helped start the self-care movement.

I've written six more books, created large on-line communities, led hundreds of retreats and on-line courses, and spoken around the world, all in service of helping women shape vibrant lives and a healthy world -that they love.

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Celebrating Creativity with Jennifer Louden

What inspired you to start your company?

I got employed, then fired rightout of college. It made me realize I wanted to write, to--more than anything--create, all sorts of things. I was lucky to have a bit of money to help support myself until I sold some work, then my first book. In the process, I learned I had to become good at marketing to make a good living; so I did. For me, writing and working for myself just felt like the only path.

What does being creative mean to you?

Being creative to me means being alive. A day without creating something is a day I feel hollow. Whether it's just arranging books in my house, coloring in my art journal, or finding a better way to communicate with my husband, there is an impluse to create - new, better, fun, wild - that animates me. I would almost say it is me.

How Do You Handle Stress?

Meditating, having a great support staff, talking aloud to myself with a growth mindset, exercising four or five times a week-I just took up running and that's reallly fun. Reading poetry. Getting outside with the dogs. Making art messes. Cuddling with my Bob. Talking to my daughter. All of these are in my arsenal.

How do you help people?

I help women writers and artists, and creatives of all kinds, get out of their own way and take action, with compassionate grit. I help women by reminding them of their basic goodness and intrinsic power, by reflecting on their greatness. I help women believe in their ability to create what they most want to create.

How does creativity support your life purpose?

In every blog post I write, every weekly experience I create for women in The Oasis, every retreat or writing intensive I craft, every session on TeachNow I lead creativity supports my life purpose. Leading women to see and feel the truest thread of their lives is what I do, my purpose. I do that most effectively through helping them uncover their creative truth, which often has been lost or covered up. Creativity and all of our purposes are one and the same!

Where is your virtual residence?

Jennifer Louden Writer and Teacher http://jenniferlouden.com http://www.facebook.com/jenlouden.writer/

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Model: Ekaterina Konovalova

Growing the Courage to Be Who You Are

BY KADENA TATE-SIMON

We live in a world that values conformity. Everything, from the books you read to the clothes you wear to the zip code you live in, has roots in what your friends & peers are or aren’t doing. There’s nothing wrong in having the same tastes as your friends, but what happens when those similarities start to eclipse your true being?

Growing the courage to be who you are is having the moxie to do the inner work that determines your dreams, your passions, your values, and your fire. The power of your personality lies in how boldly and brightly you express your unique gifts. And we all know that you can’t fully express those gifts until you know what they are, right?

So being who you are, who you really are, starts with conscious self-knowledge.

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PART 2

Growing the Courage to Be Who You Are You have to dive deep for the diamonds and pearls that

Writing from a higher state of consciousness, like

form the hidden treasure of your soul, and you have to

right after prayer or meditation, plugs you into the

keep diving until you hit solid gold.

grid of Universal power and energy, so you never have to worry about running out of things to say. If

This means you have to get the noise of your social

you’re fretting over content, you’re missing the point

conditioning out of the way, and that’s where the courage

of the exercise.

comes in.

Pray and/or meditate daily.

Are you brave enough to carve your own path?

Depending on your chosen faith, you have some sort of channel to a Higher Power. Whether you see

Are you bold enough to elevate the voice of your

yourself as religious, spiritual, or somewhere in

intuition over the voice of your conformity and fear?

between, you need to tap into a force greater than yourself while you’re on your self-discovery voyage.

These are the questions that determine how fully alive you

There’s always more to know, so you’re never done

are and feel, and how thrilling your days are.

learning, and you need to recognize the potency of tapping into the Divine on a daily basis.

Now that we know that self-knowledge is the name of the game, here’re 4 steps to applying it so we can live richer,

Why? Because the conscious mind is NOT where your

fuller lives:

greatest hopes and dreams lie, and you need the spiritual component of the Divine to unlock those

Keep a daily journal.

hopes and dreams, and the gifts that let you achieve

It’s important that you have a sacred space to be your

them.

truest, fullest self without shrinking or holding anything back. You need to feel safe enough to explore your

When you pray, you ask for your Higher Power’s

deepest dreams, desires, and visions, and to know that it’s

wisdom and grace to infuse your being and direct

OK to say exactly what you think and feel. You don’t have

your path. You trust that your intuition taps into this

to worry about condemnation or judgment because

wisdom and grace, and you’re aware enough to listen

everything is for your eyes only, unless you choose to

and act on what you hear. Doing this every day

share it with a trusted somebody else.

connects you to the Universal force that only wants the best for you.

Journaling every day gets you in the habit of clearing your thoughts and drilling down to what’s most important to

When you meditate, you clear + quiet your mind so

you. You cannot dance the music of your Soul if you don’t

you can mine the deep recesses of your inner

give yourself the chance to hear and feel the melody. You

wisdom. If your mind is constantly full of noise, how

must show up often enough to open your deepest spaces

can you know who you are and what you want? How

and soften into the knowledge of who you are. Living your

can you know the best path for your growth &

dreams into being only happens when you know what

evolution if the waters of your perception are

said dreams are. Ante up.

clouded & muddy?

Journaling also sharpens your thinking process and your connection to your intuition.

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PART 3

Growing the Courage to Be Who You Are

Stillness has a calming effect on your brain and your body, and it also enhances your well-being. Making time for it every day keeps you from feeling scattered, burnt out, and unsure who you really are.

Start or join a sisterhood circle.

As women, we thrive in community with each other. When you gather with other women, you open up the space to get the loving support, cheerleading, and wisdom you need to keep you going. Whether it’s a weekly brunch with your closest girlfriends or a monthly meet-up with your mastermind group, be sure you make the time to nourish and be nourished with your sisters. It’s important to start or join a group that adds to your growth, not one that detracts from it.

Commit to constant personal development.

Knowing who you are means having the courage to face your light and your dark.

Even the shadow aspects of ourselves have something to teach us if we stay open to the lessons, but we have to know how to accept them.

Read the books and blogs that expand your worldview and teach you to see things differently. Take the workshops and programs that teach specific tools and practices to develop the aspects of yourself you wish to strengthen or explore. Play the podcasts, talks, and videos that walk you through the dreams you have and ways to live them into being.

Personal development is how you stay on top of deepening your self-knowledge and acting on what you discover so you’re constantly growing and evolving.

When you develop yourself, you give yourself the time, space, and freedom to inch closer and closer to the life calling to you.

At the end of the day, the courage to be who you are is the courage to personalize your experience on the planet to meet your needs and deepest desires. The work you do, the food you eat, and the way you live all depend on your perception of yourself and what you can accomplish. When you commit to being your fullest self, you light up your life with the joy, love, and power of living in tune with your true nature.

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Now Is the Time to Package Your Information Into Products and Services

One of the most important aspects of running a business,

BY KATHLEEN GAGE

generate in revenue, you never want to get so far removed

any business, is keeping your customer in mind. As obvious as these sounds, not everyone does it.

A business cannot sustain itself without keeping the customer/client in the forefront. One way to fully serve your customers is with information products.

Regardless of what type of information products you create, do so with your end user in mind. Nothing comes through stronger than true concern for recipients of your information products. No matter what your industry, how long you have been doing what you do, or how much you from your readers that it appears as if you don't care.

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PART 2

Now Is the Time to Package Your Information Into Products and Services This is especially true for markets targeted to people who

· Can you clearly communicate the features and benefits

are going through a difficult period in their lives; they are

of your products?

more likely to be responsive if they know that you care about their needs and desires. By empathizing with them

· Is the market for your products other businesses or will

and showing that you know exactly what they are going

you market directly to consumers?

through, you show that you are trustworthy. This should be easy for you to do, as you are an expert in the topic and

Before you decide to roll out new products, consider the

you know a lot about the people in your niche. If you're not

development and marketing costs, the need for a clear

quite sure about what your market needs and wants, you

vision of how to market them, and whether you have the

need to ask.

necessary resources to introduce new products to your market.

With the availability of contact with your market via social media, discovering what your customer wants is as close

Once you have the costs, time and needs of your market

as your fingertips. You can also survey your market. There

established, now comes the discipline of getting your

are many tools available online that allow you to create

information packaged.

very usable surveys. Survey Monkey is one of the most popular among sole entrepreneurs.

To get the greatest result it will be necessary to make the development a part of your overall work schedule. If you

Once you determine what your market wants you are in a

don't, you will likely end up in the group that says,

position to fulfill their needs by way of information

"Someday I will get around to packaging my knowledge."

products. Simply put, information products are eBooks, reports, teleseminars, webinars, books, audio files and any

I've got news for you; someday is today.

other format that allows you to teach in your absence.

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Your financial and company goals determine how many

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products you offer. You may find one or two that best serve your client base, or perhaps dozens or even

Kathleen works with consciously focused speakers,

hundreds are appropriate.

authors, coaches and consultants helping them to build six figure businesses by packaging their knowledge so

First find the answers to the following questions:

they can reach more of their market, impact positive change and create multiple streams of revenue.

· What are the specific products you can provide?

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/7804004 · Do you offer a niche product or a wide variety of products?

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The Power Of Embracing Discomfort

BY KADENA TATE-SIMON Would you want your days to be the same from here until forever?

Most of us wouldn’t. We want different days, we want to experience new things, and we want to reach new goals.

Of course, with any growth can come setbacks. With the bad comes the good, just like the infamous yin and yang.

Sometimes it’s hard to remember that so much good can come out of a setback.

You get to be in touch with who you are and how you can create a better plan.

Discomfort is essential for the growth of your business and also who you are as a person.

One thing you must do when you are experiencing discomfort is to get in touch with yourself and determine if you’re doing something that’s truly out of alignment with who you are as a person and your ultimate vision, or if you’re just experiencing growing pains.

This will require some soul searching and maybe some vision planning to get back in touch with your true soul’s alignment.

Here are some great reminders for when you are experiencing the discomfort of growing pains: Ask yourself, “What is the lesson here?” Focusing on something you can learn and grow from will help you take the discomfort and spin it in a positive light.

Spend some time on feeling good again. Get a massage, go out for a girls’ night, go for a long walk, just do anything where you can bring yourself back to the present.

Refocus on your main mission in life. Why are you growing as a person? How is this getting you closer to your ultimate vision?

Embrace gratitude for the discomfort. Combating a feeling like discomfort with gratitude can make the negative feelings leave your body.

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