Your Contributing Experts

Creating and Growing Wealth

   

Katana Abbott

Katana Abbott

Founder, Author, Coach
Smart Women’s Coaching

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Working with Katana is a unique experience. She coaches from a background of finance, business, personal life experience and spiritual teachings based on the Law of Attraction. She believes that we get what we focus on most and that life is supposed to be filled with joy, confidence and abundance…not stress, fear and scarcity.

Besides helping women envision their perfect life or take their business to that next level, Katana is passionate about helping women be prepared for the experience of caregiving for their loved ones through her program www.DesignatedDaughter.com

Barbara Stanny

Barbara Stanny

Bestselling Author, Money & Wealth Coach
Barbara Stanny, Inc.

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As a bestselling author, sought after speaker, workshop facilitator, and money & wealth coach, Barbara has helped millions of women take charge of their finances and their lives. She combines the lessons she learned from her own personal journey to financial enlightenment along with her extensive research and business experience to create a whole new paradigm of women, money and power, to educate & inspire you to take action before a financial crisis becomes your personal wake up call.

Ed Slott

Ed Slott

Bestselling Author, Professional Speaker, America's IRA Expert
Ed Slott and Company, LLC

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Ed Slott was Named "The Best" source for IRA advice by The Wall Street Journal and called "America's IRA Expert" by Mutual Funds Magazine. He is a widely recognized professional speaker and created the nationally aired PublicTelevision special, "Stay Rich Forever & Ever with Ed Slott". Ed Slott also established the IRA Leadership Program™ and Ed Slott's Elite IRA Advisor Group™, which were developed specifically to help financial institutions and advisors, financial advisor firms and insurance companies become recognized leaders in the IRA marketplace.

Ed is the author of "Your Complete Retirement Planning Road Map", "Parlay Your IRA Into a Family Fortune", "The Retirement Savings Time Bomb and How to Defuse it" and "Ed Slott's IRA Advisor", a monthly IRA newsletter. He also writes personal finance columns for numerous financial publications.

T. Harv Eker

T. Harv Eker

Bestselling Author, Speaker, Trainer
Peak Potential
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Using the principles he teaches, T. Harv Eker went from zero to millionaire in only 2 1/2 years! He combines a unique brand of 'street-smarts with heart'. T. Harv Eker is the founder and president of Peak Potentials Training, the fastest growing personal development company in North America.

Eker is the author of the best-selling books, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind and SpeedWealth. He has also developed several highly-acclaimed courses such as The Millionaire Mind Intensive, Life Directions, Wizard Training and Train the Trainer. He is also the producer and trainer of the world-famous Enlightened Warrior Training.

Danielle Mayoras

Danielle Mayoras

Author, Attorney
The Center for Special Needs Planning / The Center for Elder Law
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Danielle is an attorney and counselor with a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School and a Bachelor of Arts with high distinction from the University of Michigan. She has dedicated her career to help others in the fields of elder law and special needs planning. In particular, Danielle has had the privilege of serving as the Community Educator for The Center for Elder Law and The Center for Special Needs Planning. She has published and contributed to publications extensively on the topics of Elder Law and Special Needs Planning and has had the pleasure of educating the community through television and radio media. Furthermore, Danielle has frequently lectured on these topics to organizations, ranging from brokerage houses and banks to nonprofit organizations and support groups, throughout Michigan.

Health, Lifestyle and Travel

   
Wendy Battles

Wendy Battles

Health and Nutrition Coach
Healthy Endeavors, LLC
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A recovering, "over-commitment" junkie, Wendy has transitioned from a stressful, over-the-top lifestyle to one of balance, energy and optimal health. She joyfully works with busy professional women to help then see the possibility for great health and claim it for themselves!

With a background in sociology, psychology and nutrition, coupled with a prior corporate career in learning and development, Wendy provides just the right dose of coaching, motivation and inspiration to help her clients transform and "love themselves up."


Business and Passive Income

   

Travis Greenlee

Travis Greenlee

Internet Marketing & Business Development Consultant
TravisGreenleeConsulting
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Travis Greenlee is one of the industry's top Internet Marketing and Business Development Consultants. He specializes in teaching small business owners, entrepreneurs, and service professionals to leverage the power of technology to automate, simplify, and rapidly increase their bottom line.

Jody Jelas

Jody Jelas

Website Developer, Graphic Designer
Big Fish Marketing
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Big Fish Marketing is a web development company offering a complete solution to build and market your business online. With a team of experts in design, programing, marketing and video editing we can offer you a package to boost sales, leverage your time and create passive income for you.

Jody has been building websites for the past decade helping entrepreneurs to build their businesses to a point where they have enough time and money to do what they REALLY love. Spending time with family, travel, shopping, nothing! Whatever you're passionate about!

Jody is also a certified leader for Bob Proctors SGR Club, a speaker - presenting on Business, Personal Development and helping youth.

Caregiving and Aging

   

Steve Pender

Steve Pender
Scriptwriter, Producer/Director and Video Editor
Family Legacy Video
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During times of change and transition, family stories are a godsend. The reminiscenses of parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and other relatives entertain, inspire, inform and ground you; they show you where you fit into your own family picture puzzle; and knowing how earlier generations triumphed over adversity gives you the courage and confidence to deal with your own trials and tribulations. Family Legacy Video helps you celebrate your personal, family and business stories with custom documentaries known as video biographies - premium custom legacy videos you'll delight in now and that future generations of your family will treasure.
You'll find information and examples at
Family Legacy Video.

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I have a passion for preserving, celebrating and sharing personal life stories on video. As a contributing expert, I hope to share this passion with a wider audience and hopefully inspire more folks to preserve their personal, family and business stories.
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Pat Samples

Pat Samples

Author, Aging, Caregiving Expert
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Pat Samples has spend the past 17 years helping midlife women and caregivers find inner clarity, strength, and peace of mind. In her eight books and hundreds of talks and workshop across North America, she has been a champion for living with intention and creativity in our older years.

Her newest book, which has been called "what our generation wants to read" by AARP's magazine, is the Secret Wisdom of a Woman's Body: Freeing Yourself To Live Passionately and Age Fearlessly. She helps people discover the gift that they are and the gift that life is -- until their last breath.

Diane Patterson

Diane Patterson
Gerontologist, Success in Aging TV

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Diane Alexander Patterson, MSG, CPG (Credentialed Professional Gerontologist), is Founder of Success In Aging TV, www.successinagingtv.com, the magazine website devoted to Gerontology (the social study of Aging), and is Editor of the website's Journal for Success In Aging.   Ms. Patterson holds a Master's degree in Gerontology and a Bachelor's degree in Organizational Leadership.  Her expertise includes R.C.F.E. Administrator (Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly), Pharmacy Technician and Legal Assistant in California Probate, Conservatorship and Trust Administration Law.  She also has many years of experience as an in-home caregiver for both her elderly grandmother and mother-in-law.  Diane speaks and writes at national and local Aging events, and is an Advisory Board Member of NAPG: National Association for Professional Gerontologists.  She is an online Contributing Expert for Smart Women's Cafe as a Gerontologist at www.smartwomenscafe.com.

Diane launched Let's Move Mom™ in Orange County, California, in 2002; now with offices in Florida and Southern California.  Let's Move Mom™ offers custom elder-moving plans for a smooth, successful move for clients and their elderly loved ones.  Let's Move Mom™ National Registry hosts knowledgeable and bonded professionals from the fields of Gerontology (credentialed by NAPG) and Professional Organizers (credentialed by NAPO).  Whether to the home of a loved one, into assisted-living, or just a smaller space for a self-sufficient senior, Let's Move Mom™ serves the unique needs of elders and their families with caring and qualified Aging and Organizing professionals. 

Meredith Bromfield

Meredith Bromfield
Author, Inspirational Speaker, and founder of Crossing Your Bridge
Crossing Your Bridge
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Meredith Bromfield is an author, an inspirational speaker, and founder of Crossing Your Bridge. Her passion is to make a difference in the lives of the people she comes in contact with.  Her focus is on helping individuals face the challenges of change with hope filled solutions. These changes may involve:

  • Choosing a new path – for those currently unhappy with the one they are on.
  • Becoming a caregiver
  • Creating a legacy
  • Helping employer’s navigate their employees through the challenge of change.

Life sometimes offers us challenges that involve the arena of finances. My 20 years of financial experience have given me the expertise I needed to help many women navigate through this complex world.

Through personal guidance and a multitude of financial resources, we will explore options to help you customize solutions for "crossing your bridge". No matter what "bridge" you are facing, there are financial keys that will help enhance your journey.

 

   

Career and Personal Development

   
Jill Jordan

Jill Jordan

Personal Branding Coach
Smart Women’s Coaching
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One of Jill’s greatest joys is to know that she has touched someone in a special way – to inspire, encourage or connect while bringing out their authenticity and special talents. Jill believes that everyone has unique capabilities which are often hidden or undiscovered. As a personal branding coach, Jill is dedicated to helping women identify and communicate the strengths they bring to the world.

Jill helps women create a personal brand, enhance their professional presence and develop a signature style. Learn how to take charge of your life through Jill’s infectious energy and infinite community of friends, colleagues and mentors. Remember, if you don’t brand yourself, someone else will – and, it may not be the “brand” you want!

Brian Tracy

Brian Tracy
Best Selling Author and Business & Personal Development Trainer
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Brian Tracy has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 4,000,000 people in 4,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and 40 other countries worldwide. He addresses more than 250,000 people each year as a Keynote speaker and seminar leader.

He has studied, researched, written and spoken for 30 years in the fields of economics, history, business, philosophy and psychology. His top selling books have been translated into dozens of languages. He has had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and syndication, importation, distribution and management consulting.

Brian has traveled and worked in over 80 countries on six continents, and speaks four languages. He is also the President of Brian Tracy University, a private on-line University for sales and entrepreneurship.

Donna Marie

Donna Marie

Trainer, Confidante
Donna Marie Consulting, LLC – Speak EZ
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There are those who guide people through the basics of business and give advice on personal relationships, and then there is Donna Marie. A “confidante” to executives, business owners and other professionals, Donna helps clients resolve personal and professional imbalances and stress by understanding and synchronizing their emotions, thoughts and actions.

Expert in the fields of emotional intelligence, thought management, and enhanced communication skills; Donna is at once an energetic speaker and a calming influence. She is the producer and facilitator of the SPEAK EZ in Front of Groups workshops, a co-author of The Better Bottom Line: skills and strategies to develop your business, and the developer of Emotional Technology.

MArtha Lynn Walker

Martha Lynn Walker
Executive Coach, Consultant
Momentum Consulting, Inc
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Martha Lynn Walker is a skilled listener. But she knows that listening is only half the story.
Martha Lynn puts her clients into action. She makes herself accountable for their success. That partnership delivers the kind of outcomes clients need from an executive coach and consultant.

 

Martha Lynn's clients range from top CEO\'s to up and coming artists, as she develops a customized approach for each client based on that person's unique needs. Then Martha Lynn works side by side with them, holding them to accountability as strongly as she does herself. The results are extraordinary.

 

At Momentum, Martha Lynn helps lead the Austin-based executive consulting division and handles multiple individual clients. She and the Momentum team also lead programs for Momentum corporate clients across the country.

 

Marketing, Branding and Building your Platform
   

Lou Bortone

Lou Bortone

Marketing, Copywriter & Video Expert
The Big Ideas Guy
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 Lou Bortone is an author and entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in marketing, branding and promotion. Before starting his own company, Lou was an award-winning marketing executive in the media industry. Lou served as National Promotion Manager for E! Entertainment Television, and later as Senior VP of Marketing and Advertising for Fox Family Worldwide, a division of Fox, in Los Angeles. Today, Lou helps entrepreneurs and solo professionals navigate their online businesses with services such as copywriting, video production and creative services.

Gail Martin

Gail Martin

Bestselling Author, Marketing, PR Expert
DreamSpinner Communications
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I spent nearly 20 years in Corporate America before I founded DreamSpinner Communications as a way to help small and medium-sized businesses gain corporate-level marketing help at an affordable price. My MBA is in Marketing and Management Information Systems. I'm also the author of the Chronicles of the Necromancer fantasy series, including The Summoner (2007) and The Blood King (2008).

Ruth Klein

Ruth Klein

Bestselling Author, Branding, Time Management Expert
The Marketing/Time Source

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I enjoy helping women connect the dots - my radio show title says it all: Time Management Secrets for Your Work Life, Family Life, Personal Life, Financial Life and Love Life.

I was just interviewed in "O Magazine" and "Child Magazine"...soon to be in Readers Digest doing what I love doing: helping a reader live her life with more joy and less stress...all while making a living!

 

   
Mind, Body & Spirit
   
Carole Hyder

Carole Hyder
Feng Shui Expert
Feng Shui with Carole Hyder
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As a Feng Shui consultant, Carole offers individuals the chance to see how implementing changes in their environment can likewise facilitate a change in their life. Whether personal or professional, enormous shifts and improvements can be made as a result of subtle adjustments to their home or office. Check out www.carolehyder.com for a simple tip-of-the-month to get started.

Carole has been schooled in two distince versions of Feng Shui, providing a diverse and dynamic approach to each situation. She has facilitated hundreds of private consultations, both corporate and residential, and additionally offers an award-winning training program for those who are interested in pursuing Feng Shui more seriously. Carole\'s extensive media experience as well as speaking venues have given her the skills to work in diverse environments with clarity and focus. She has a practical and honest style which effectively enables her clients to understand the art as well as the science of Feng Shui.


   

Marci Shimoff

Marci Shimoff

Bestselling Author, Featured teacher on 'The Secret'
Expert on Happiness, Success, and the Law of Attraction

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A celebrated transformational leader and one of the nation's leading experts on happiness, success, and the law of attraction, Marci has inspired millions of people around the world, sharing her brakthrough methods for personal fulfillment and professional success. President and co-founder of the Esteem Group, she delivers keynote addresses and seminars on self-esteem, self-empowerment, and peak performance to corporations, professional and non-profit organizations, and women's associations.

She has been a top-rated trainer for numerous Fortune 500 companies, including AT&T, GM, Sears, Kaiser Permanente, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.