http://joannefunch.com with strength, inspiration & passion Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:20:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A few days ago I attended a benefit fundraiser called "Experience The Dance" which is named for the foundation, Sara's Dance Foundation located in Minnesota. The proceeds from this benefit are to build a first of its kind dance wellness center for women recovering from cancer treatment or living with ... http://joannefunch.com/ive-experienced-the-dance.htm Do you have those days when you work on a project that you are so proud of completing and take a gulp as you put your work out into the world with the hope that a new prospect will notice and become a client? Do you clean up your ... http://joannefunch.com/the-invisible-woman-is-she-you.htm A friend emailed this to me and I thought it was worth sharing the ideas in the 2010 HANDBOOK Sometimes we need to be reminded about simple and inspiring ways to live a more meaningful life, that what the following ideas do for me. Health: 1. Drink ... http://joannefunch.com/2010-handbook-of-lifes-reminders.htm This week, we welcome a New Year into our lives. This is a good time for us to see what we need to let go of, what is to be kept and improved, and what we wish to bring into our lives.  For me this is a time for quiet ... http://joannefunch.com/thoughts-on-a-new-year.htm Today is Sunday which for me usually starts with coffee, the newspaper and the Tv Program "Sunday Morning" where I always find the stories interesting and fun. Todays show featured a Nutcraker Designer, a Dancing Patrolman, the weekly featured musican was Sting, and interview of the beautiful Sofia Loren and ... http://joannefunch.com/something-to-be-said-for-play-time.htm Friendship and Aging is a topic close to my heart because as I age it seems the friends I have cultivated all my life have become more important.  Children grow and move onto their own lives, husbands come and go either through divorce or death, our career's grow and fade, ... http://joannefunch.com/friendship-aging.htm I am blessed to have some amazing friends in my life for which I celebrate my good fortune frequently. After a recent birthday breakfast get together for one of my high school gal pals, I received the following verse in the mail from my dear friend Linda (one of the ... http://joannefunch.com/never-trade-your-amazing-friends.htm Oh my gosh, just realized I forgot to publish this blog post.....well, think you'll like it regardless of  my lack of timeliness... I want to share some things that inspired me from the 2009 California Women's Conference held in Long Beach CA October 27th.  Many of my readers in California are ... http://joannefunch.com/womens-day-of-empowerment.htm Did you ever just have one of those days when technology failed you and you sent everyone on your list 12 emails in a row  like one massive spam and you wondered how will I explain this one?  And another task you were working on for months didn't come together ... http://joannefunch.com/one-of-those-days-to-lol.htm Tonight I returned from a fabulous weekend retreat hosted  by Humor Exchange and Karla Heeter at a beautiful resort located in northern Minnesota. [caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="173" caption="Me, Kim & Sheila"][/caption] Friday morning I connected with my two girlfriends Kim and Sheila, we all loaded our bags into my car and made ... http://joannefunch.com/girlfriend-getaway-inspires.htm