Cindi Bigelow is the president of Bigelow Tea. Bigelow Tea (http://www.bigelowtea.com/) is a family owned company, whose goal is to produce the best cup of tea possible. In this video Cindi talks to NEXT for Women about what we need to succeed. Her belief – we need time. We need time to mature, time to get an education, time to...
Making Friends in the Latte Line
How often do you find yourself waiting in line for coffee? On average, a person spends 45-62 minutes waiting in line every day! And, if there’s a line, you obviously are not alone. One of my favorite ways to “practice” meeting people is to offer a compliment to someone standing next to me in line. I can’t think of anyone...
Ask Jules: The Wizardry Of Fear
Dear Jules, I’ve been at my job for two years, and I think I have done a good job, but I have never been promoted! I know I should talk to my boss and what I should say, but I’m so nervous! How can I be less afraid to go after what I want? -Jordan Dear Jordan, I am part...
Girl Power: Debba Haupert of Girlfriendology.com on Prioritizing Female Friends
Debba Haupert of (http://www.girlfriendology.com) is a firm believer in the power of female friendships. Busy as we may be, Debba says, we must continue to reach out to our friends. Who else will be there when you’ve had a bad day and just need a plate of French fries? Here, Debba explains how to make new friends and keep the...
Dare, Dream, Do!
Join NEXT for Women for a virtual fireside chat with Whitney Johnson, author of the newly released book Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream on May 14th 6 PST / 9 EST. This is a practical and inspirational guide to figure out what your goal is and how to make it happen! Discover what can happen in...
A Seattle Punk Rocker Tells Us How to Make Safety Pins Office Appropriate
Joan Jett may love rock and roll, but thirty years after the hit single’s debut, her female compatriots are still eerily absent within the punk genre. When people think punk, they think of The Ramones and The Sex Pistols – or Green Day, if their iPods don’t predate 1995. But they don’t often think of anyone without a Y chromosome....
Ready To Explode? EFT Is Easy As ABC
Ever wonder how some people manage to remain calm and composed under the most stressful circumstances, their confidence seemingly full to the brim? I do, all the time. For those of you like me, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) A.K.A. “Tapping” may become one of your most powerful tools to success. Developed in the 1990s by a Stanford engineer named...
Risk-Taker vs. Nervous Nelly? How You Choose To Live Your Life Comes Down To This One Question: While You’re Here, What Kind Of Person Do You Want To Be?
Contrary to what my folks believed, I wasn’t audacious by nature. If anything I was an aimless young woman fueled by anger. My sole driving force was to be unique, to be different from my parents. Dad never outgrew the role of mistreated farm boy. He was a bigot who ate meat and potatoes, drank Schlitz, and smoked...
Denial is Not Just a River in Egypt
Why do we deny the plain truth of what we hear? “You know,” my Iranian boyfriend said as we lay squished together on his twin bed. “I don’t think I’m the kind of man who could ever marry an American. I just wasn’t raised that way. I always believed that one day I would return home and marry one...