Why Now? This is the last photo shoot I did before getting hit by a suburban while crossing the street last year… The laundry list of physical injuries was one thing. A Traumatic Brain Injury diagnosis was quite another. My speech was compromised, short term memory was virtually non-existent, and my work to help empower women was suddenly out of reach. At the insistence of MY neurologist, I had to stop working to rest my brain. For the first time in my adult life, I was neither working in front of, nor behind the camera. I was strictly consuming programming and content. Month after month, as ..read more

I stayed home.  What specifically made me stay home? My body. If I’ve learned anything through personal experience in 2021, it’s how powerful of an empowerment detection device my body truly is. That combined with my inner voice, well, let’s go 2022, even if it did get off to a highly unusual start. Despite my girlfriend’s best efforts to get me to say yes to New Year’s Eve plans, I felt deeply compelled to decline. I stayed home for NYE because I felt like I needed to rest. And perhaps that’s exactly what was needed to begin the year on solid empowerment ground. I often describe the empo ..read more

The Top 5 behind-the-scenes discussions I'm having with women about getting back to life. Is it really kind of over? It feels like we’re on the upswing and moving into our long awaited post-pandemic life. There is a sense of optimism and excitement is definitely in the air! Travel? Yes! Drinks on a rooftop patio? Sign me up! I get to doll up for dinner at an actual restaurant? I can pull that off!  While we’re all feeling a level of eagerness, the behind-the-scenes conversations I’m having with clients and girlfriends alike, has revealed a dark underbelly to all of the elation aroun ..read more

Free guarantees universal access. No barriers. It’s all inclusive. All you have to do is click here, and it’s yours.  And, because extraordinary times call for extra effort. 2020 ushered in a set of unimaginable circumstances, experienced on a global scale. As an empowerment expert, I know that upleveling our empowerment is a key element to moving forward in a productive way in 2021. And I want that for every woman. Every woman.  Ladies, we will encounter and endure suffering at various times in our lives.  Here’s what I know for sure about that: We must not suffer in vain. If w ..read more

Let me lead with this:  I have learned the hard lessons, if not suffered the consequences, of not listening to my inner voice. “Never again” would be an understatement. So, when she started to whisper, “it’s time to move on”, I honored it. Full disclosure? Not without first saying to myself, “This is totally nuts!" Nuts or not, my life lessons dictate diligently listening to my inner voice. I actively stayed open to listening and honoring what I was hearing. And like a reporter, I followed and investigated the lead. What transpired next is what I hope will encourage you to listen to your ..read more

Confidence and empowerment go hand in hand. Or should I say TRUE confidence and empowerment go hand in hand. What's the difference between the two? And where does empowerment come into play? As an Empowerment Coach, I talk to a lot of women and the top subject that inevitably comes up is confidence. As the conversation unfolds, lack of confidence seems to be the big issue that stands in the way of what women truly desire. I’ve noticed a major trend of women approaching confidence for a specific situation or to gain a certain something.   I call it “Situational Confidence”. We are searchin ..read more

There are some new exciting things happening here at GGM! And it's all to support your empowerment. I know that this global pause has had an effect on us all. Things are so uncertain right now. I want you to be certain about one thing: your empowerment. It will help you weather this storm and even thrive through it. To that end, I have some new tools for your empowerment toolbox. The Good Girl Mafia PRIVATE Empowerment Facebook Group - My intention in starting this group is to create a safe and private environment where like-minded women can come and discuss empowerment - and what's getting ..read more

Finish this sentence:  "What if..." That simple phrase takes on new meaning in our new reality.  Today I'm sharing a 5-step approach to manage the "what if's..." If've you've been watching my IG Lives during the quarantine, then you've gotten a sense of how to manage the what if's that are undoubtedly popping up during this time.  If you haven't seen any of them or you need a step-by-step guide in writing, here it is. According to Psychology Today, 1 in 4 Americans, that's approximately 65 million people, will meet the criteria for an anxiety disorder at some time in their ..read more

MARCH INTO MADNESS WITH GOOD GIRL MAFIA AND RISK IT ALL Good Girl Mafia's definition of madness: "Going for it and doing so unabashedly." The natural question is: "What are you willing to risk?" I think for most of us, we risk failure, making a fool of ourselves, risk our comfort zones, or generally we just worrying about what others will think.  The last point is a universal concern.  Worrying about what others think is a very real thing.    According to Michael J. Formica MS, MA, EdM in Psychology Today, “One of our more enduring social fallacies is the idea that wh ..read more

Written by Michele Delory, Certified KonMari Consultant and Minimalist As a Certified KonMari Consultant, and as a minimalist, I combine both approaches to the way I live.  Minimalism and The KonMari Method has really helped me on how to let go of things and simplify my home to create the life that I really want. Here are my Top 5 Tips on How to Let Go: First and foremost change your mindset and start to live with intention. Think about only doing and having things that bring long term happiness as opposed to temporary, like having more experiences than things.  People tend to ..read more