Beate Chelette

How To Disconnect From Negativity

January 29, 2013 By Balance Girl

Set a time limit for when you will put a stop to negative thoughts and allow yourself to flourish again. By Beate Chelette You will find that I like acronyms and tools. It’s easier to remember something if we can build a bridge in our minds. We are talking about K.A.R.L. which stands for Know, Accept, Relax, Live. In this article I’d like to take a closer look at an often overlooked yet pleasant side effect of acceptance. As the mother of 19-year-old on the cusp of stepping into womanhood, I witness first hand how the conspiracy theory can throw some unexpected wrenches in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Women's Choices

How To Find Acceptance And Move Forward In Your Life

January 22, 2013 By Balance Girl

Recently, a client of mine called very upset about some bad news. A lucrative new government work project she believed was set to begin had just fallen through. It wasn’t her fault, the directors in Washington D.C. decided to put the project on hold. Convinced she would not have the cash flow to meet her kids’ tuition, she went into a hole filled with fear and a persistent loop of doomsday thoughts. I know what that’s like. I’ve been there, so for close to an hour, I talked to her about the importance of finding acceptance and disconnecting from her negative, dire thoughts. I’d … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Women's Choices Tagged With: accept yourself, achieve your goals, create the life you want, key to acceptance, women and personal growth, women in business

Tips for a Successful Start-Up Business

January 17, 2013 By admin

Tips for a Successful Start-Up Business by guest blogger Sara Masterson You hear a lot of stories about people starting their own business and making their dream as an Entrepreneur happen and it going under just as fast as it started. This can make a lot of people nervous when they are thinking about opening their own business. However, there are some things you can do and keep in mind when building up your start-up to make it successful. These tips will help you start a strong business and get past problems that have brought other businesses down in the past. Make Sure You Have a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building Tagged With: building a business, Business, entrepreneur, start-up

Do You Take Things Way Too Personally?

January 15, 2013 By Balance Girl

We have heard it hundreds of times: Don’t take it personally. It’s just business. Your boss criticizes your performance or a client decides not to renew your contract. Maybe a colleague gossips behind your back or sends an angry email cc’ing your superior. These scenarios are tough to take, and most of us would struggle not to take them personally. We know the mantra of keeping the personal separated from business, and yet, when you think about it, and I know this is true for me, my business is very personal. I dare say that other passionistas out there love what they do as much as me. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Women's Choices Tagged With: bullies at work, it’s just business, Psychology Today, Taking things personally, The Four Agreements

Creating A Bitch Free Office

January 9, 2013 By Beate

If you had enough of toxic offices and hurtful gossip you should watch this video explaining the very first step in creating a better team. Create a Bitch Free Office and get your team on the same page and here is how: Let me know if this helps you to get everyone on the same page. Your Coach Beate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Beate Chelette, Bitch Free Office, mission statement, The Women's Code

Why Setting Boundaries Is So Important

January 1, 2013 By Balance Girl

Why Setting Boundaries Is So Important Boundaries let people know that you respect yourself. By Beate Chelette "Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have." -- Anonymous That is so true! How people treat us is, in the end, our responsibility. Think about the times, at home, socially or at work, when you’ve allowed someone to take advantage of you and you let it pass. Maybe your partner tends to run late, and you’re often left waiting—and fuming. Or your boss blows a gasket and yells at you, berating you in the process, and you let it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Women's Choices Tagged With: Boundaries

A Special Message To Women

December 20, 2012 By admin

I am grateful. I am angry. I am excited. Gratitude, I know, it's one of those self-help guru keywords. To me gratitude isn't so much an exercise in becoming artificially modest even thought it is attribute that I do not posses. Gratitude to me is about being aware of what you have in your life versus running after stuff we don't have. Sure I would like the business to move faster, get bigger, have The Women's Code become the movement I envision it as and train offices like crazy. But during the quiet time of the season and especially on a day like today it is important for us to reflect. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discover Tagged With: Beate Chelette, The Women's Code, women

Whatever Happened To Sisterhood?

December 11, 2012 By Balance Girl

How to make women your allies, not enemies By Beate Chelette It used to be called sisterhood, the feeling of kinship with other women that fosters support and community. Perhaps you’re fortunate to have a support group of wonderful women, but many women don’t. Frankly, I don’t see much sisterhood around today, except maybe in the HBO hit series Girls, where the spirit of sisterhood is in and on the air. http://goo.gl/VpnH8 In business, I’ve seen how badly women treat each other. Gossip, back-biting and sabotage are rationalized as justifiable means to achieve the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Women's Choices Tagged With: easy as ABC, how to give support, sisterhood, why is support important, women support groups.

Bullies At The Office

December 4, 2012 By Balance Girl

Women can be big bullies, too, but only if people accept their behavior. By Beate Chelette The phenomenon of bullying is a big topic in the news these days and it is having a devastating impact on kids at school, as well as women (and men) in the workplace. To me bullying is the zit on the forehead. When we are stressed, don’t take care of ourselves, we can get a zit. We can either treat the zit with a topical solution or address it where it originates. Should we focus on nothing other than an outward sign of something being wrong on the inside? Unless you take in the proper food … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Women's Choices Tagged With: bullying, Corbis, female bullies, female leadership, stop bullying

Can Women Have it All? Here’s What’s Missing In The Debate

November 28, 2012 By Balance Girl

By Beate Chelette The recent Atlantic cover story on whether or not women can “have it all” has certainly hit a national nerve. The week after the article came out it had received more than 1.1 million online views. Women and men all around the country are registering their objection or approval of author, mother of two and former State Department official Anne-Marie Slaughter’s premise that the 70s feminist mantra of “having it all” is, in reality, not so easy—and maybe not even possible unless women push for changes in society. Women who juggle career and family know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Women's Choices Tagged With: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Atlantic article, can woman have it all, Having It All, work-life balance

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