Brilliant Women Salon

(Clockwise: the article by Tara Sophia Mohr, Nicole's awesome shirt, Stratejoy cards, more article/my favorite rule, Tara Sophia Mohr)

Thursday night I had the pleasure of attending the Brilliant Women Salon: an interactive conversation on stepping up, owning your brilliance and playing big.  It is so refreshing just to be around so many women who want more for themselves!  The evening was centered around an article by Tara Sophia Mohr called "10 Rules for Brilliant Women".  Read it.  I promise, it's worth it.  If you are a woman, I guarantee you many of the rules will hit home.  And if you're a guy...well this is a little insight into your lady.  The panel was made up of Tara herself, Molly Mahar from Stratejoy, Amy Kessel: transformative life coach, and our lovely moderator, Lynn of Power Chicks International.  If you're lucky enough to know any one of these fabulous women you can imagine the fantastic-ness of the combination!  Add to that about 40 like-minded women of all ages and you've got yourself a party. We started with wine and/or champagne and snacks (including the most awesome chocolate ever! Ghirardelli 60% cocoa dark chocolate WITH CARAMEL!) and quickly delved into the article.  This was followed by small group sharing and brainstorming more rules for brilliant women.  I LOVED the energy and power of getting that many women with big dreams into one place and only wish I had all of our additional rules written down.  Our panel was amazing and the whole evening, in my opinion, was a great success.  I can't wait to spend more time with these women who are absolutely "owning their brilliance"!

(Top to bottom, left to right (you know, like a book): Our panel - Lynn, Molly, Tara, and Amy, Molly telling us how it is, mingling (and the cutest soon-to-be Mommy this side of the border), Lynn telling us, "YES! It is okay to want to make money!!", Amy's smiling face!, brilliant women listening to the brilliance x2)