Springfield Metro Woman

JULY • AUGUST 2019

15Years CREATED FOR WOMEN BY WOMEN SINCE 2004

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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

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HEALTH & WELLNESS

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FROM THE EDITOR

I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit and can recall my first stab at business. When I was 7, I stayed up late into the night putting together friendship pins to sell at a garage sale.

(Friendship pins were a popular trend in the 80’s, and consisted of a safety pin with colored beads threaded through them. Kids pinned them on their clothes and traded them.)

I started with 100, and at the end of the day, I still had 100. This was my first hard lesson in business, and looking back, the issues were easy to spot. I didn’t have the right product for my audience.

But at the time, I was hurt and confused.

Business has a tendency to make a person feel that way. Some tips I’ve learned since then are best expressed from one of my favorite business faith-based business speakers, Terri Savelle Foy: 1. Someone else’s success doesn’t take away from your own.

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2. The one thing that separates winners from losers more than anything else is that winners take action.

3. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Metro Woman, I encourage you to work toward your dreams whether that’s retirement, a direct sales success, or building your own business! Here’s to you!

Metro Woman Angi, Owner/Publisher

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Business Networking Community groups keep us connected, but don’t overlook the importance of business networking groups! You never know when a relationship can place you on a path to your next opportunity. Below are networking groups you may want to join. Know others that should be listed in our Business & Services Issue or are you a member interested in featuring your business? Email angela@417metrowoman.com

Masterminds of Business (MOB) A professional networking group with multiple chapters in Springfield and surrounding communities. The MOB offers businesses the opportunity to grow through networking with other local businesses. www.mastermindsofbiz.com/

Executive Women’s Club (EWC) A forum for sharing ideas, lending mutual support and promoting education for the special needs of career women. Meets from 12-1 pm every third Thursday of the month at Pasta Express on West Republic Rd. Find them on Facebook.

Working Women’s Web (WWW)

Join this group of inspiring women for fun, relationship building, and networking, supporting members by Business Referrals and Personal Relationships. Meets 11:30 am every 2nd Friday at Logan’s Roadhouse. Find them on Facebook.

Working Women in Nixa (WWIN) Personal and professional networking opportunity for women. Luncheons are held on the third Tuesday of every month. For meeting location and details, contact the Nixa Area Chamber of Commerce (417) 725-1545

Flourish Networking Event

Not your status quo women’s networking group. They do things differently on purpose for a purpose. Lunch meetings monthly at King’s Asian Chef, 1336 N Glenstone Ave Springfield. Visit the website at www.comeflourish.com

WeDames Business Mixer WeDames business mixer is for men and women (21 and up)! Whether you have your own business or are looking to start one, this is the networking event to attend! Meets every first Wednesday from 5:30 - 7:30 at ReRico Brazillian Grill.

1 Million Cups

A weekly event for entrepreneurs to meet and present their startups to the peer network of founders in Springfield. Meets every Wednesday at the Springfield Art Museum. Coffee and conversation starts at 8:30am. Presentations from 9am - 10am.

Register today for just $85 Sponsorships & Exhibitor booths available.

• Keynote and Expert Speakers • Breakout Workshops • LOTS of Networking!

August 21-22, 2019

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6 tips on balancing

what needs done right now and do those particular tasks in order of importance.

5.Plan Ahead: It is much easier It can be difficult for adults you are at work, only take on to accomplish something if you to have to take care of their what you can handle. Don’t try know what you are going to do families and manage their to do everything all at once. ahead of time. Proper planning careers at the same time. This Learn to delegate and work will help manage the stresses can cause a lot of stress and with other people. and anxieties of getting want anxiety for many people.

3. Evaluate Your Situation: If you want and help you to stay As a result, here are six work you try to do everything, you organized. life balance tips on how to take will get stressed and anxious.

6.Communication Is care of your family and your A person can only do so much Important: It is important to career without getting overly in a given day. Do not do talk to your friends and family stressed. everything. Learn to manage members in order to avoid 1. Set Goals: The most your responsibilities. If you feel any potential problems. Get important of work home like you are doing too much, into the habit of talking to balance tips is to set goals for then take a break and evaluate others in order to get things yourself when you manage your situation. accomplished. Do not get your family or career. When 4.Prioritize: Try to do things upset when things don’t work you get up in the mornings, in terms of their importance. according to plan. Learning try to set some daily goals for Let’s say that you have to how to work with others can you to accomplish. When you clean the living room, go to help save you a lot of time. accomplish these goals, you the supermarket, and wash Stan Popovich is the author of will feel happier and more the dishes. You decide to go to “A Layman’s Guide to Managing confident to do more things. the supermarket since that is Fear Using Psychology, 2. Delegate: When taking care the most important thing that Christianity and Non Resistant of your family, get your spouse needs to be accomplished. You Methods”. For more Info go to to help out. If your kids are decide you can do the other Stan’s website at http://www. older, get them to assist you. If two tasks later on. Determine managingfear.com/

family, career, & ANXIETIES

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Ask five women her earliest memory of a beauty product, and we guarantee Avon will be in the top five. Ask Penny Terry about her favorite beauty product memory, and she’ll tell you about her travels!

This June, Penny Terry returned from Los Caboz grinning from ear-to-ear.

Always one to share a smile, this time it was because her all expenses paid trip to Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula was a dream-come-true.

Fast friends with everyone she meets, Penny relaxed on the beach, visiting with Avon’s Women of Enterprise Dana O’Daniel, Karen Blanchard Tucker, her sister, Becky, and many more sisters and brothers in the Avon family.

Since introduced to the Avon sales opportunity, Penny has traveled on four trips - all with Avon! Her first trip out of the country to the beautiful Punta Cana in 2017.

Penny’s hard work earned her these trips and national recognition for her dedication. When you join Penny as an Avon Representative, you can earn your first Avon trip, too!

Penny Travels and you can, too!

Besides travel benefits, Avon Reps earn as much money as you want or need. And as your own boss, you work when you want with all the support you need for success.

Join Penny in sharing the beauty of Avon, and inspire others to be successful, too! Visit the Springfield Avon store, visit online, or call today!

Whether you want to be an Avon rep, buy Avon in store, or order online, Avon with Penny is your go-to for everything Avon! Call today! (417) 889-7633 www.youravon.com/psearfoss The Avon with Penny Store is located in the Southern Hills Shopping Center at 2936 E Sunshine St, Springfield, MO. Please say “I found it in 417metrowoman” Thanks!

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How OneSolePurpose provides

shoes f o r k i d s

OneSolePurpose is a volunteer run, local non-profit focused on providing new shoes for kids in area Public Title I Elementary Schools. Title I Schools have a high percentage of low-income students attending.

Since its inception in 2010, OneSolePurpose has given away over 20,000 pairs of new shoes to local kids. OneSolePuporse does this by partnering with local churches, businesses, and individuals who have big hearts, generous character, and a love for kids. Partners donate not only money but time, energy, and love to help make what they do possible.

Each fall, OneSolePurpose determines how many schools they can serve based on donations and money raised. Every student

at that school gets a pair of new shoes.

Volunteers visit each recipient school, sizes every child individually, and lets them choose what color they want.

Shoes are then ordered from Shoe Carnival, a huge supporter of the organization. Once the shoes arrive, volunteers sort them by school, classroom, and student, and deliver them. On Shoe Giveaway Day, volunteers spend time with each kid, utfitting them with new socks and putting new shoes on their feet.

It’s a wonderful sight to see 300 kids all excited, wearing their new shoes!

OneSolePurpose would love to have you be a part of what we do. Please contact us at info@ onesolepurpose. com or visit www. onesolepurpose.com to find out more.

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Auvia Logan, registered dietitian, is here to help you end food stress and get off the roller coaster of dieting once and for all.

Schedule Your Get to Know You Session! to see if the program is a good fit for you!

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END FOOD STRESS: GAIN FREEDOM AND CONFIDENCE Have you been on more diets than you can count?

Is food causing you stress or guilt?

Do you feel confused about how or what to eat?

“I don’t put people on diets.” Some people are shocked when I tell them this. You might ask, but aren’t you a dietitian? And what exactly does a nondiet dietitian do? I’m glad you asked!

I don’t put people on diets for a very simple reason. They don’t work! Yes, they might “work” for a short time, but long term 95% of people will gain back all the weight they lost, many even more. If this is you, it’s not your fault. Diets work against you by lowering your metabolism and increasing your preoccupation with food. If you struggle with cravings and/ or overeating, you might think you need a diet, but in reality, it’s likely that dieting has CAUSED these problems. I tell people over and over again. “You haven’t failed. Dieting has failed you!!!”

Repeat that until it sinks in.

So then, what do I do as a dietitian?

I help individuals improve their health through healing their relationship with food. Diets make food the enemy and cause you to lose touch with your natural body cues. I can help you tune back into and trust your body’s natural cues, eat for physical rather than emotional reasons, and be at peace with food and your body. I will work with you to heal the damage from dieting and find your healthiest self. You deserve to be healthy and find joy in eating. Want to learn more? Reach out to me, I’d love to hear your story and see how I can help.

Ditch Dieting: Discover Health and Happiness Schedule your complimentary session today at www.abundantlifenutrition.net

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LESS is Everyday Extraordinary

MORE

Ten years ago, Amity Farr was living the typical American life, feeling adrift in her circumstances. In her search for help, she found a book that opened her eyes to the life-changing magic of minimalism. Using the book’s principals, she began leading a minimalist lifestyle and soon retired her debt, decluttered her house and found what everyone wants: more time, more money, and less stress.

Now an expert minimalist, Amity spends her time, helping others discover the joys the lifestyle offers. She wrote “Simply Fly Life: The Manual” and now helps others on their journey to discover the benefits of more time, more money, and less stress through her minimalist techniques, mindset, and philosophy.

SIX REASONS WHY LESS IS MORE

BY AMITY FARR simpleflylife.com/

Many of us have a gnawing inside for more. More is better, right? But what if less is more, and more is less? When you want what you have, you have what you want! Gratitude and discontent cannot co-exist.

LESS TIME SPENT MAINTAINING THINGS: If you don’t own it, you don’t have to maintain it, fix it, or dispose of it. Refuse what you do not need.

LESS TIME SPENT MAINTAINING THINGS: If you don’t own it, you don’t have to maintain it, fix it, or dispose of it. Refuse what you do not need.

LESS MONEY SPENT ACQUIRING THINGS YOU DON’T NEED: If you don’t spend your money, it will still be in your wallet. Living with less can provide you a surplus with your present income.

EASIER TO FIND THINGS: If the dinglewhatzit is not buried under a layer of clutter, you will know right where to find it when you need it. You won’t buy an extra and then find what you are looking for later. Make sure every item you own has a “home” within your home.

LESS TIME SPENT CLEANING: Less knickknacks means easier dusting. Less things to mop around really speeds up the process. Imagine if cleaning your house took less than two hours. It can happen!

LESS STRESS FROM YOUR DWELLING: If the laundry has been done and the clothes are put away, you can rest easier in your evenings and on your weekends. Sort the mail daily; put away the clutter. Kick procrastination to the curb, and kick back and relax at the day’s end.

LESS HASSLE IF YOU HAVE TO MOVE: If you don’t own it, you won’t have to pack it, or pay to move it. Less effort, and less money can be spent with less clutter. Doesn’t that sound nice?

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Minimum $20 Purchase Exp. 9.30.19 (see store for details)

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Run/Walk for Suicide Prevention

Saturday, August 24, 2019 7:00 pm Sign-In and Registration 8:00 pm Run/Walk Starts Event will last 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Rutlidge-Wilson Farm Community Park 3825 W. Farm Rd. 146 Springfield, MO Register online at ActNowRacing.com

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Your copy of METRO WOMAN MAGAZINE is available at any one of our advertiser’s, salons, restaurants & online. Below are some convenient local locations. And remember to stop by our website at 417metrowoman.com for more great articles and a list of all our locations!

REPUBLIC Village Inn 533 E Elm St.

EAST SPRINGFIELD Harter House 1625 S Eastgate Ave.

NORTH SPRINGFIELD Big Momma’s Coffee & Espresso Bar 217 E Commercial St

NIXA ElPuente Mexican Restaurant 312 N. Massey

WEST SPRINGFIELD Perkins Restaurant & Bakery 729 W Sunshine St, Springfield, MO

OZARK Village Inn 850 N. 17th St.

SOUTH SPRINGFIELD Library Center 4653 S Campbell Ave

MARSHFIELD Grillos 1321 Spur Dr

Metro Woman Magazine is available at most Springfield-Greene County Library locations and Village Inn Restaurants.

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