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I’ve been plurking with gathering my materials for the Wise Women Event being hosted by http://AskNancy.com.  The line-up of speakers is amazing!  I’m thrilled beyond measure to be one of the speakers at this event. 

When I spoke with Nancy, she informed me that her desire was to create an event that would provide women (Mothers, Daughters, Sisters and Friends) with the tools and resources to claim their own power.  This is my interpretation anyway.

If you are in the Calgary Area, please do come and play.  There’s going to be a room full of beautiful and inspiring women…both speaking and in the audience.

http://www.asknancy.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=246&Itemid=70

That should take you to the registration page.  :)  Hope to see you there!

Dream BIG!

Velma Gallant
The Queen of JOY!

Did you know JOY Riding is a GOOD THING?

Velma Gallant Programs, Thoughts, recommend Alberta, AskNancy.ca, Calgary, Inspiring Women, Nancy Taipale, Personal Power, Plurking, Wise Women, Women

I went to the local restaurant for a coffee with my hubby and my son.  Well, our son wasn’t too impressed with this, but we enjoyed it.

Picked up the Calgary Sun to browse through it, and I saw a picture of my friend, Nancy Taipale.  I had to, of course, find out why she was in the paper, and lo and behold, my name was in the paper too! 

What an awesome surprise!

http://www.calgarysun.com/life/columnists/kelly_doody/2009/05/08/9392381-sun.html

They were speaking to Nancy about her upcoming Women’s event on May 23rd.  I am one of the speakers for that event.  What a wonderful line-up of people!  I’m excited I get to stick around for the full event.

If you live near Calgary, check out the event!  You can purchase tickets here.

Please let me know if you are coming so I can look for you!

Dream BIG!

Velma Gallant
The Queen of JOY!

PS ~ JOYTASTIC Women T-shirts now on sale! http://joytasticwomen.spreadshirt.com

Velma Gallant Thoughts, recommend AskNancy.ca, Calgary, Calgary Sun, Joytastic Women, Wise Women

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I know this doesn’t appear to have anything to do with what I usually discuss, however, body health is something wonderfully connected to JOY, and I do whatever I can to keep my body Joy-full too!

I love love love my Vitamix, and use it regularly.  They have the most delicious recipe for Spinach Soup on the site.  Yes, I make soup in my Vitamix!

One of my favourites is a carrot apple drink.  It’s not juice, because all the fibre is still there.

Anyway, apparently they’ll have a Vitamix on one of Martha’s shows tomorrow.  Check it out!

Dream BIG!

Velma Gallant
The Queen of JOY!

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I have a wonderful guest coming up for Welcome Changes Radio.  She’s scheduled for August 11, 2009.  It’s being pre-recorded.  I have a special event I’m creating for the weekend before, so this is to make my life easy.  I love KISSING my life. 

Anyway, the special guest I‘m speaking of is Liz Mitten Ryan.

I set up 99% of my shows over the phone rather than through email.  It makes things so much easier with accidental double booking and such, and it gives me a chance to get a feel for the guests!

She has some workshops coming up.  I’m strongly considering going to one myself!  Well worth checking out.

Also check out the videos, as well as her beautiful art.  She allows you to use some of her pictures for wallpaper on your computer.  I just put one up on mine.

I also took some time to read through her book.  When it showed up, the book insisted on being read. 

The book itself is absolutely beautiful, both in appearance and content.

She’s interspersed the story with pictures of her horses as well as her Ranch.  Her paintings she’s shared inside are absolutely amazing.

If you are able to feel energy, to me, the book felt peaceful and grounded.

I’m looking forward to her show.  I hope you can come!

Dream BIG!

Velma Gallant
The Queen of JOY!

Velma Gallant Welcome Changes Radio, recommend Animal Communicator, Artist, Gateway 2 Ranch, Intuitive, Liz Mitten Ryan, One with the Herd, Welcome Changes Radio

The domain has been bought, but nothings up there yet.

Some speakers have agreed to play too.

I’ve been interviewing videographers and producers over the past two days, and it has been  wonderfully interesting process!  I am learning a lot.  And I’ve had my eyes roll into the back of my head a lot too!

One camera or two.  Do I rent audio equipment separately.  What’s the lighting like in the location?  What do I want with respect to post-production?

So many excellent questions.  So many quiet moments on the phone.  LOL…OK, not really.  Rarely are there quiet moments on the phone with me.  (As my Mom…LOL)

What I do want is to have something available for participants so they have follow up after the event. 

I’ve been to so many wonderful events, and while I always gave myself permission to walk away with one or two great things from each event, there were times afterwards that I wish I had a photographic memory.  I felt I was ready for some of the information I didn’t retain.

I’m toying around with creating a sort of membership site for after the event, where the videos of the event are streaming.  That way, the participants could go back and pick out new pieces to play with, and it would be included in the tuition.  I haven’t fully decided on this, and would love to hear opinions on this thought.

I will, of course, be making DVD’s available after the event too.  Not everyone wants to sit at their computer. 

One of the people I interviewed said making HD video downloadable can be done too.  Hmmmm…instant gratification for those who have high speed internet.  Maybe.

Streaming? Download? DVD?  If you knew it was something you really wanted to have access to, which would you pick?

Allowing the creative ideas to come in, and I’ll plurk with them. (play+work=plurk)

More stuff to come on JOYtastic Women!

Dream BIG!

Velma Gallant
The Queen of JOY!
(and a JOYtastic Woman)

Play Play Play…It’s All A Game Anyway!

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I’ve been seeing a lot of information about Earth Day.  I happen to love Mother Earth, and all the beauty she shares.

Here’s a really neat site to visit.

http://www.hancockwildlifechannel.org

Click on the Live Cams!

Each of the live cams is on a Bald Eagle Nest in BC, Canada.  The first one has chicks!  The other two nests have eggs that the parents have been caring for.  As of earlier this evening the eggs have not hatched.

Beautiful!

I was speaking to my son the other night about the miracle of life.  He asked me how, when the baby is in the tummy, it gets arms and legs.  I tried to explain some of it, but it was hard!  I ended up at “it’s truly a miracle how it happens.” 

And it really is!  All of it!

It’s a miracle that the trees know to grow.  The whole growing process of plants, animals, and how the sun and earth interact.  It’s all absolutely amazing.

What do I do for Mother Earth?  I’ve been learning more about how to be green. I recycle. I compost. I’m installing the “green” light bulbs in my house.  When it’s warm enough, I put my clothes out on a line rather than using the dryer.

I found out, the other day, how there’s two green communities being built near me.  One’s in Clear Lake, Alberta.  They are exclusive lake front properties being built by Mike Holmes of Holmes on Homes.  He’s done some building down in New Orleans too.  Some really neat stuff!  He’s also building a green community of about 450 homes in Okotoks, Alberta too.  Oh…did you know Mike’s Canadian?  :-D 

What are you doing to show your appreciation for Mother Earth?

Do you have any tips about going green?

Dream BIG!

Velma Gallant
The Queen of JOY!

Who said JOY Riding is bad?

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I’m thrilled to have Dr. Joe Rubino on Welcome Changes once again.  I was inspired to ask him to play immediately after his other show, and I’m grateful he agreed!

I learned a long time ago to follow inspiration.  I don’t always listen, but I did this time!

I’ve been reading through his book to prepare for his show today.

Please do come and play!

The show is at 3PM Eastern today, April 21st, 2009.  Visit http://welcomechangesradio.com to listen online.

In the mean time check out these two sites.

http://queenofjoy.com/recommends/selfesteem
http://queenofjoy.com/recommends/cpr

See you there!

Dream BIG!

Velma Gallant
The Queen of JOY!

Who says Joy Riding is bad?

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This last Saturday was the Divisional International Speech Contest.  I competed against 6 amazing speakers.  It was an amazing experience I wouldn’t trade for anything!

I didn’t win, but that didn’t matter.  This was my personal best!  Actually, it was my first International Speech Contest.  I’m proud of the fact that I did win the Area Contest the first time out!

I’m going to learn more about the judging criteria so I can be more prepared the next time around.  I’ve emailed a few people for some advice and recommendations.

I had family there supporting me.  The majority of my Toastmasters Club were there supporting me.  I had wonderful feedback from all of them.  Many figured I should have finished within the top three.  Were they biased?  Maybe, and that’s OK.  No matter what I appreciated their thoughts and feedback.

My Next Goal in Toastmasters is to complete my 10 Manual Speeches and receive my Competent Communicator Designation.  I only have 2 speeches to go, so I figure that’s a synch. 

After the Area competition I was asked by another club to do my “Perfect” speech there.  I’m checking in to find out if they are still interested.  If yes, I’ll use this as one of my last two speeches to get CC designation, and I’m going to see if it an be recorded too.

All in all, I’m pretty darn proud of myself.  I believe I did excellent for my first competition! 

Dream BIG!

Velma Gallant
The Queen of JOY!

PS ~ Got Goals? Want to get here faster? Hire a Coach!

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I watched this video and was totally blown away!

This woman is not much older than I am, and has never let go of her dream!  It’s a dreams he’s had since she was 12.

What’s stopped her?  She has never having had a chance, and I’d agree.  It’s due to judgments regarding her appearance.

The thing is, despite what everyone else might have thought, she never let go of the dream.

Now, the time has come.  Her chance has come.

Check out Susan Boyle here!

Watch the Video.

Go watch!

Dream a Dream.

And hang on to it! Your chance may come to!

Dream BIG!

Velma Gallant
The Queen of JOY!

PS ~ Your Joy Journal is a great place to let those dreams out.  Join the Community too.

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Have you ever wondered if Law of Attraction could be supporting your teen through high school?  This weeks guest says “Yes!” and he’s written a book to do just that!

John Edwards is a teacher with over 17 years experience, has written and published numerous books in the education field and in the field of Law of Attraction. His motivation is to assist teenagers around the world to reach their academic goals, create massive self-confidence and live a life without limitations by exposing them to the untapped power of their mind.

Come on over to http://welcomechangesradio.com on Tuesday, April 14th at 1PM Pacific / 4PM Eastern and listen!

Dream BIG!

Velma Gallant
The Queen of JOY!

PS ~ Wouldn’t it be FUN to JOY RIDE through Life?  Driving Lessons here!

Velma Gallant Welcome Changes Radio High School, high school education, Improve Grades, John Edwards, Law of Attraction, Mind Power, parents, Quest Coaching Club, self-confidence, teenagers, teenagers and parents