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SHE’S A BOSS
YOU ARE ENOUGH. MONICA WARD
BY NICOLE HEROUX WILLIAMS I PHOTOS BY NSP STUDIO
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She’s a Boss: In a world of chaos aching for stability, these women share their incredible first-hand accounts of overcoming seemingly impossible odds. Their courage and determination to break through the barriers holding them down, they emerge transformed and through persistence and determination, they take small steps to create giant changes in their lives.
Why did I decide to curate the book, “She’s a Boss: Inspirational Stories from Female Leaders Around the World”? I wanted to create an indescribable, positive change for people.
I had experience from being involved as a co-author in two other book projects. And those two book project experiences were vastly different. With the first book, “She Made it Happen”, there was very little communication, very little direction, timelines would come and go with no updates, and it felt like I was left to figure things out on my own. Not a great experience for a first time book author.
The second book I co-authored, “Women Who Lead”, was a very different experience. There was great communication, deadlines were given and met, education and direction were given, and it was a great experience.
For this book, as the curator, I truly was striving for something similar to the second book but even better!
When I decided to do this I thought about my second experience and what it was possibly lacking. Could I make a book project experience even better? We had communication, direction, deadlines, but it was missing one thing that I didn’t feel until AFTER we launched the book, and that one thing is: Community. I felt alone during the writing process. It wasn’t until the day of the launch that I connected with all of the ladies.
I wanted to create emotional support and community for these ladies as they experienced this first book project. I tried to offer great communication, direction, education, AND emotional support by creating a Facebook messaging chat and really setting the vibe by hand-picking a tribe of amazing women who were constantly lifting each other up, asking questions and working together on their chapters. It really felt like a group experiment. I wanted to give these women an outlet for their creativity, a place to tell their story, a way to change their lives and other people’s lives. I gave them options, included them in decisions, we talked about the project as a team.. and that created the Tribe mentality I wanted them to feel.
In an interview with one of the coauthors after the book launched, they asked me why I chose to do this project and I told them, “I chose to do this project because of YOU”. I saw a story within these authors that the world needed to hear. That’s why I did this. This book is a labor of love. I knew from my previous experiences that doing a project like this will create results for these authors that no one can imagine, express or articulate. I wanted to create magic in people’s lives. Magic that can only be obtained from healing trauma, exposing some part of our life’s journey that’s been broken. From being totally vulnerable, exposed, naked, truly real, we fill those cracks and mend ourselves.
Early on, I brought on Jan Schiffner as an assistant co-curator and as we were talking about the effects of doing a book like this, I likened it to Kintsugi. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold and other precious metals. It treats breakage and repairs while showcasing the history of an object, rather than something to disguise the cracks. In doing so, the pottery is even more beautiful because of its cracks and imperfections. That’s exactly what I see in these women and in this process.
The writing process is extremely cathartic. When you allow yourself to open up to pure authenticity, amazing things happen. Scary, terrifying things happen. But in the end you have something you can be very proud of, and something that other people need. People truly need to hear and connect with these stories. It’s amazing how many messages I get from these authors I’ve curated as well as people who’ve read the book, telling me how much this has changed their lives.
The book became a #1 Best Seller in the US within the first five hours of being launched, and a #1 Best Seller Internationally just a few hours later. It’s given additional credibility to these women, helping advance their careers and their livelihoods. It’s healing those cracks and giving them more confidence, and that confidence is shining through in everything they do. Their lives and families’ lives, as well as the people who read the book, will be affected in a positive way. The relationships they’ve created within the tribe will last a lifetime. Mission Accomplished. Much love,
Monica Ward is a Senior Executive with over 20 years in Telecommunications. She has been an Energy Healer, seeing and feeling energy for her entire life. Working directly with many amazing mentors including Bob Proctor, Lisa Nichols, John Assaraf and Eckhart Tolle, Monica has helped thousands to improve their lives through her high-performance coaching and Energy healing.
OR if you want a longer bio, taken from the book: Monica is a natural-born Energy Healer who has used these skills to become an inspirational Sales Leader. Her natural empathic skills have helped her to earn top recognition in her career year after year. Monica is a keynote speaker consulting on being an Empathic Energy Healer and using the Universal Laws to Manifest your Best Life. Even as a child, Monica had a sense of the unlimited possibilities within human consciousness. Upon the realization that enlightenment is within all of us, she made the decision to tap into that force, to raise the vibration around her, and to continually attempt to help others to see their infinite potential.
Monica’s background includes over 20 years in the Telecommunications industry. She is also an International #1 Best-Seller, Graduate of The Eckhart Tolle School of Awakening, Certified Ho’oponopono Practitioner, Sensei Level Reiki Master/Teacher of the Usui Lineage, Certified Medical Intuitive, and a Proctor Gallagher Consultant, coached by Bob Proctor.
Monica has been featured in hundreds of media publications including FOX, CBS, NBC, ABC, as well as…
What Would Amber Do? Episode 67 – Elevating our Consciousness with Monica Ward: https://www.whatwouldamberdo. com/1369615/10040096-episode67-elevating-our-consciousness-withmonica-ward
Business innovators magazine: https://businessinnovatorsmagazine. com/high-performance-coach-monicaward-shares-her-entrepreneurialjourney/
Motivation and Success Hall of Fame: https://momempoweredbymoney. lt.acemlnb.com/Prod/link-tracker? redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMk YlMkZtb3RpdmF0aW9uYW5kc3 VjY2Vzcy5jb20lMkZtb3RpdmF0 aW9uLWFuZC1zdWNjZXNzLXB 1Ymxpc2hpbmctaGFsbC1vZi1mY W1lJTJG&sig=AiNmj2EKsWRdsu 4MtGV6kJUkcL4x4HW82nvkJM 1fWEn3&iat=1644328015&a=%7 C%7C66386332%7C%7C&acco unt=momempoweredbymoney%2 Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=Lu 765r21d2lEnGcLzy48ab35hO7C %2FF3J%2FgQB9Uu3XAY%3D &s=53ea59bdd95cd5e507f1f3b0ff 7bc0d3&i=1155A1343A72A9464
Spotlight Magazine: The #1 go-to magazine for female entrepreneurs. The best trailblazers and influencers sharing their tips: https://mybook.link/flipbook/03ff
You can get in touch with Monica here: Website: https://www.monicawardhealer. com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/ in/monicaward/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ monicarward Email: info@monicawardhealer.com / monica.ward@goto.com
