About the Talk
A throught provoking look at yourself from within. Images of perfection are everywhere: TV, the internet, magazines, not to mention our fantasies and dreams of being someone we are not. This is a reminder to all of us that we don’t need to be perfect to be successful and happy. We will look at the art of being disorganized, silly, wrong and neither rich or famous.

About the Speaker
Grace Kirkwood is a life-long entrepreneur as an event planner, artist, photographer and speaker. In developing her partnerships with other women, each also in transition of making the “shift” to follow her one true self, Grace helps women promote their true life passions through gatherings, seminars and conferences such as the BIL / JIL unConference. She believes that living on purpose, getting your message to other women and bringing them into the flow of living from their powerful inner light is the pathway to freedom, wisdom and prosperity.

About the Talk
This talk will address our need to find balance amongst the ever increasing desire to be constantly connected to our highly addictive shiny technology thingies. I will discuss how to find time in the day to meditate, bring up some breathing techniques, and propose how the simplicity of tea drinking can help us achieve mindfulness. I’ll also be touching upon some of the mental and physical disorders technologists suffer from, and what common sense wisdom we can all conjure to overcome them.

Mighty Leaf Tea has sponsored this talk and will supply attendees with free tea samplers, and I will provide as much hot water and cups as I can carry.

About the Speaker
Natalie Villalobos is a self proclaimed “teaist” who has explored numerous cultures and their ceremonies around tea. She consults for tea companies in the Bay Area where she provides consumer insights and adoption trends of tea culture through social media and technology. Her meditation focus is founded on Non-Violent Communication, Zazen, Native American principles, and the gift of a good hug. You can find her meditating and meeting strangers at Om Shan Tea Teahouse, Samovar Tea Lounge, and the Imperial Tea Court in San Francisco.

She works full-time at Google as the Community Manager for Sidewiki – a product that allows users to annotate any webpage on the internet.

You can find out more about Natalie’s feats and discoveries at natalievillalobos.com and on Twitter as @nataliaenvy.

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Are you accelerating your own aging? Learn how to slow, stop and even reverse the aging processes at work in your body. Dr. Kat Cotter has spent 25 years researching everything from ancient secrets to the newest cutting edge science and you will leave her presentation with an anti-aging arsenal to fight aging now!

About the Speaker
Dr. Kat Cotter is a chiropractor and an authority on anti-aging. She has spent the last 25 years researching everything from ancient secrets to the latest cutting edge information on ways to slow, stop and reverse aging and she shares this information through speaking engagements and workshops. Her practice centers on holistic health, wellness programs and disease prevention and she creates customized programs to help people slow down the rate at which they are aging. She is the originator of the Longevity Bootcamp and slso does one-on-one coaching.

About the Talk
The Chakra system in the body.
The nature of vibration and how to use sound to heal body, mind, and soul.

About the Speaker
Jaqueline Marie attended the Royal Opera Conservatory of Brussels, Belgium and toured as a leading first soprano. Although her natural gifts as a vocalist were received with great enthusiasm, Jaqueline found her self longing for the simple, profound connection with Divinity she had discovered while vocalizing and toning as a young girl. Thus inspired, she returned to California and began training as a body worker and sound healer. Combining her angelic voice with the celestial tones of the crystal bowls, Jaqueline Marie is quickly becoming one of the most sought after Sound Healers in the Southern California area for her healing workshops and transformational performances.

About the Talk

• Learn to communicate; without blame or shame.
• Learn to look beyond behaviors, to the needs that motivate such behaviors.
• Transform your home into a “NO FAULT ZONE”.
• Manage Differences – turn DEFIANCE into CO-OPERATION

About the Speaker
Soraya Deen is the President and Founder of Peacewrks, a Center for Negotiations and Conflict Resolution. The Center focuses on a non adversarial way of thinking and communicating.

A lawyer, mother, and a master of Organizational Leadership, Soraya travels widely to schools and colleges teaching women Nonviolent Communication.

About the Talk
Did you know that according to a 2004 Global Study on Women, Beauty and Well-Being, over 50% of women say their body disgusts them? It is also interesting to note that after viewing images of female fashion models, seven out of ten women felt more depressed and angry than prior to viewing the images. (Source: Psychology Today)

Studies have also shown that low self-esteem “is a social epidemic that leads to introversion, a withdrawal from normal life and a waste of potential.”

I’m Sierra Sullivan, founder of The RAY and we’re on a mission to transform the way women feel about themselves. Through various media platforms in the areas of print, web, social networking, and live events we deliver inspirational and educational content aimed to raise women’s self esteem and elevate them to live their highest potential.

We believe it’s time to transform the inadequate concept of beauty that current media promotes while healing the consequent negative relationship women have to themselves.

About the Speaker
Born into a family of 4 daughters, Sierra learned early on, the importance of sisterhood. After the untimely death of her mother, Sierra found herself on an accelerated spiritual path towards a conscious and holistic lifestyle. Living in the image driven city of Los Angeles brought Sierra to a deeper awareness of her struggles with self-esteem and self-acceptance. After much introspection, she resolved to change the idealistic perception of women by creating a magazine that dealt with women’s issues from a real and empowering perspective.

Seven productive and insightful years later, The RAY has become a multi-faceted organization fueled by a mission to revolutionize media for women. The RAY is a personal development company focused on the message of self-love. On a mission to transform the way women feel about themselves, we provide virtual and physical space for women to connect with an influential and conscious community. We offer our readers and clients inspiration and encouragement to live more authentic and empowered lives through our uplifting publications, empowering events, coaching services and conscious community connections.

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Until we have The Young Ladies Illustrated Primer to teach street smarts for The Diamond Age, we need tools to facilitate knowledge transfer.

Join me for an overview of the new card game Corporate Espionage. We’ll go briefly over the business mentorship program that accompanies it and learn to play the game. Corporate Espionage is a great team building activity for businesses and schools to participate in.

Free copies for all attendees of the talk!

http://masterofespionage.com

About the Speaker
Amanda Abelove is a Sr Product Manager for interactive media. Her current product line serves an excess of 1 billion queries daily.

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Evita is going to share her journey of conscious motherhood – inspired by visions, supported by holistic life-style, raw vegan pregnancy, the birth story of her son Jonathon, breastfeeding and attachment parenting. She is launching a campaign for conscious motherhood, for the sake of well-being of moms and babies, for the sake of world peace.

About the Speaker
Wellness coach, journalist and media producer. A native of Poland; grew up in Israel, studied in Switzerland; lived in Warsaw, London and Paris. Currently, based in Los Angeles, CA.

In 2000, she healed her ovarian cancer naturally and launched an independent health-awareness media campaign. She had appearances in MTV Europe, Polish Public TV Channel 2, National Dutch TV, and many women’s magazines including Cosmopolitan Magazine.

She arrived in the U.S. in December, 2008, and founded TigerWoman Network – a global organization for women stepping into world leadership. Today, TigerWoman is present in ten countries, and four continents, with the founder teaching empowerment programs for women.

Evita is launching a media campaign for conscious motherhood. The purpose of the campaign is for women to be aware and informed about all birth choices available. She offers workshops and coaching sessions on the subject of weight loss, health & wellness, personal empowerment and creativity. She works with different coaching techniques ranging from NLP, Constellations as well as Hawaiian shamanism. She is a certified life-coach, therapist and nutritionist – an inspiration onto the path of healthy life-style, marked by high energy level, meditation, and creative enthusiasm.

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A short history of women, wigs, and hairpieces how they have impact our life, today. There is a number of women suffering from hair loss due to surgery, chemotherapy or stress. Men may not like going bald, but at least society accepts it as a pretty common thing. But when women begin to lose their hair it is much more devastating. Learn about innovative techniques for men and women who want to achieve a more confident and youth look. Through the latest in Hair Systems and Extensions.

About the Speaker
PamFields has had more then 30 years of experience as a hair stylist,colorist and also a pioneer in Hair Extensions. She specializes in the creation the perfect fit and style for each individual. Using the latest in Integration Unit,Top Systems and all forms of Hair Extensions

About the Talk

1. How to differentiate between physical and emotional hunger
2. 3 Hidden causes of emotional eating (that no one knows about!)
3. How to identify and protect yourself from the trigger emotions that send you to the kitchen!
4. 5 simple steps you can take to stop food cravings
5. How to get off the emotional roller-coaster and find balance
6. What you can do to end late night binges…for good!

About the Speaker
Having lost 50 lbs. through identifying and addressing the underlying causes of her emotional eating, Tricia Greaves founded Heal Your Hunger, a comprehensive program which helps women around the world learn how they can heal their persistent hunger and achieve healthy weight loss.

Tricia is a certified coach, speaker and contributing author of 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Health and the popular “Thank God I” book series in which she writes a chapter called, “Thank God I Was Fat.” Tricia has been featured on numerous TV and radio shows including KTLA, CBS-2, Discovery Health, K-USI San Diego, K-EARTH, The WAVE, KPFK, KRLA.