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Dr. Catherine Jackson Shares Her Strategic Life Decisions: From Humble Beginnings to a Certified Neuro-therapist
1Jun By Kikoyo Stella2 Comments
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Dr. Catherine Jackson Shares Her Strategic Life Decisions: From Humble Beginnings to a Certified Neuro-therapist

Who is Catherine Jackson? First and foremost, I am a child of God.  Professionally, I’m Dr. Catherine Jackson (Dr. J), a licensed clinical psychologist and board certified neuro therapist who specializes in using holistic, trauma-informed and brain-based interventions to help individuals and families reach optimal mental well-being and create the positive changes they desire in their lives and relationships.  A sought-after international speaker and media expert who's been featured in Forbes, Oprah Magazine, The Huffington Post, CNN and many other media outlets, I share a wealth of information with others on topics related to mental wellness, the brain and holistic health. I am the owner of Optimal Neuroholistic Services (ONS), author of The Couch Experience: A Guide to...
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6 Key Strategies For Female Business Founders Building Their Personal brand – Gabrielle Shaw
1Jun By Kikoyo Stella1 Comment
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6 Key Strategies For Female Business Founders Building Their Personal brand – Gabrielle Shaw

Why Cultivating Founder Reputation Matters Hello Stellar Women! Twenty-five years ago, I set out to launch a London communications agency. I had a back room, a dream, and a no-fear attitude. Still, it was daunting that my UK first campaign was none other than Starbucks, but I went for it. We introduced coffee culture to a UK nation of tea drinkers. The rest is history. Today, amongst other things, my agency helps business founders, especially women, grow their personal brand and profile as a means to growing their business. Today’s column features tips for female founders to build their personal reputation as the cornerstone to business success.  The moment has never been better for women to participate in driving the world’s economic and business growth. Global wealth c...
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Mary Pagano On Key Strategies Women Need to Thrive and Live a Stellar Life
1Jun By Kikoyo StellaNo Comments
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Mary Pagano On Key Strategies Women Need to Thrive and Live a Stellar Life

Hi! My name is Mary Pagano and I have been a prior Tech exec leader in fortune 30 space. Currently, I'm a founder/CEO, board advisor and angel investor to several female-founded companies. Hera the Light of Women, https://www.heracity.org where we are building a smart green city for the future of humanity, for all genders, nationalities, religions, and in honor of women around the globe. I'm the CEO/Founder of Hera Media Group, https://www.heramediagroup.com , a media channel for all things Hera, Hera city, TV, film, podcasts with solutions & stories around the globe, where people are making a positive impact on the planet. In addition, Fem Foundry https://www.fem-foundry.com a new safe & secure social mobile platform on IOS and Android, for women around the w...
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From US Army Veteran to Formidable Entrepreneur – Pamela Gurley
1Jun By Kikoyo StellaNo Comments
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From US Army Veteran to Formidable Entrepreneur – Pamela Gurley

Who is Pamela Gurley? Who I am is so many things to so many people. Who I am is a go-getter, a loving daughter, an overprotective sister, amazing aunt to 5 nieces and 5 nephews, “Pma” to two wonderful pseudo-grandkids, the empowering friend, and devoted significant other to a wonderful and supportive man. I am also a worldly traveler, wine lover, poet (not many people know that about me), and I love to cook. What’s your backstory? This is such a loaded question because I have done so much in my life. I guess the easiest is the backstory of how I became a writer, which is a full circle phenomenon. I pretty much grew up writing because as far back as I can remember I wrote poetry. Writing was also my outlet (I had many diaries). While in high school I attended the Upward Bound ...
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Turia Pritt’s Story of Hope
6Feb By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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Turia Pritt’s Story of Hope

In 2011, I was a mining engineer, living my dream life in the Australian outback. Then, while competing in a 100km ultra-marathon, I was caught in a grassfire. (more…)
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Steph Shinabery On The Reward of Following Your True Passion
5Feb By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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Steph Shinabery On The Reward of Following Your True Passion

What was your childhood dream career? Are you doing that today? Not exactly, but I can see things I loved then;  like art, freedom, performing and teaching in what I am doing today. If I could insert laugh emojis here - I would. I know at one point I wanted to be a park ranger for the United States Forest Service. I loved the idea of the (more…)
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Tara Geraghty on Why Goal Setting Should be Tied to Confidence Building and not just Productivity
5Feb By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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Tara Geraghty on Why Goal Setting Should be Tied to Confidence Building and not just Productivity

Tara Geraghty  has spent over 24+ years in leadership development leading a team of women across the nation. She holds a degree in theatre, has a background in improvisation and is both Counselling Practitioner and REBT certified.  She is the founder of Hey Girl, You Can a community of 39,000+ women from around the world. Tara is a sought after Top 5 TEDx speaker, a TEDx Play Series Performer, the Author of Making Cancer Fun: A Parent's Guide (Amazon #1 New Release), and has been featured on MSNBC, GMA, 5280 & Reader’s Digest to name a few. She is a contributing author on Every Entrepreneur’s Guide to Running your Own Business, a contributor to Conquer Magazine: The Patient’s Voice, and can be heard on podcasts worldwide.  Tara lives in NJ with her miracl...
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How I Became Nadiya Hussain
1Dec By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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How I Became Nadiya Hussain

I was the little curly haired girl who would sit in defiance when all the other kids in class would talk about how to wreak havoc with the supply teacher. I would sit and hide under my curly hair and say ‘no’. Not much has changed since then; I still have a habit of saying no, but mostly to my long suffering dad. But a lot has changed too… I have since had 3 of my own children who, not too dissimilar to my 10 year old self, all know their minds very well. So when I complain to my dad that the kids don’t listen, he looks at me with eyes that read ‘karma my dear’. I was born in Luton in 1984, on Christmas Day. That was my claim to fame when I was younger. My eyes lit up when someone asked ‘when is your birthday?’ the answer at the tip of my tongue. Doesn’t have the same effect anym...
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The Martha Stewart Story: How I Became a Household Name
29Nov By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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The Martha Stewart Story: How I Became a Household Name

By Martha Stewart Martha shares how she turned her passion for all aspects of everyday living -- cooking, gardening, entertaining, decorating, collecting, and crafting -- into a thriving business empire that has made her a household name around the world. When I'm asked how and when I knew I would build a very strong and influential brand, I always say that it just “happened.” It happened, but not without years of hard work and dedication, not without constant retooling of my peculiar and intense self-education in all things that pique my curiosity, and not without complete immersion in the idea of home and the vast subject of what I call “living.” Having a formal education was extremely important when I was starting out. Even if one had no specific career path, a colle...
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Nike Anani On Life, Work, Success and Thriving
21Nov By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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Nike Anani On Life, Work, Success and Thriving

Nike Anani is an entrepreneur and a Consultant. She was rated as a top-100 Family Business Consultant globally. She helps her clients bridge the gap between the senior and younger generations. As a result, they communicate, collaborate and collectively gain clarity, to increase profit and productivity in their family businesses. Nike works privately with select business families. Nike’s clients choose to engage her, not only because of her extensive professional training, bput also because of her practical extensive experience (over a decade) as both a business founder and a NextGen. This allows her to uniquely empathise with both generations and act as a connector. She talked to Stellar Woman Magazine about life, work and thriving. Listen below. (more…)
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Sharon Lechter On The Importance of Adding Value and Playing ‘Big’
14Aug By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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Sharon Lechter On The Importance of Adding Value and Playing ‘Big’

Sharon L. Lechter is an American entrepreneur, International speaker, best-selling author, mentor, philanthropist, licensed CPA for 35 years and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. She is the co-author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, and the founder and CEO of Pay Your Family First, a financial education organization. She talks to Stellar Woman Magazine about success, failure and finding her true calling in this 3000-word article, tapping into her decades long experience of making things happen. Who is Sharon Lechter? I am your mentor, your guide, your shoulder to cry on, your celebration partner, and your proudest cheerleader. What is your purpose in life?  My life is dedicated to providing the tools and guidance for anyone wanting to elevate his or her financial well-be...
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Quiin Abenakyo, The African Beauty Queen Making a Difference
8Aug By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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Quiin Abenakyo, The African Beauty Queen Making a Difference

Quiin Abenakyo is the pageant holder for Miss Uganda 2018 and Miss World Africa 2018, an achievement that made her the first Ugandan to place this high in the annual global pageant. During the Miss World competition, her Beauty with a Purpose project pitch “Fighting Teenage pregnancies and child marriages' ' made her one of the winners of the head to head challenge. Following her passion to address women and girls issues, she Founded the Quiin Abenakyo Foundation. Quiin also took part in the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) “Live your dream” Campaign project addressing Gender Based Violence, child marriage and teenage pregnancies in Adjumani, Gulu, Mayuge, Yumbe and Moyo. She has further participated in a number of panel discussions such as Africa Now, CommonWealth Parliamentary ...
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Dr. Tererai Trent, The Awakened Woman
8Aug By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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Dr. Tererai Trent, The Awakened Woman

Dr. Tererai Trent is one of today’s most internationally recognized voices for quality education and women’s empowerment. Distinguished as Oprah’s “All-Time Favorite Guest”, Dr. Trent is a scholar, humanitarian, motivational speaker, educator, mentor, and founder of Tererai Trent International. Tererai grew up in a cattle-herding family in rural Zimbabwe, where she dreamed of getting an education, but was married at a young age and had three children by the time she was eighteen. Undeterred by traditional women’s role and cultural norms, Tererai determinedly taught herself to read and write from her brother’s schoolbooks. As a young mother without a high school diploma, Tererai met a woman who would profoundly impact her life: Jo Luck, president and CEO of Heifer International. She ...
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Meet Amelia Boone, The Queen of Pain
8Aug By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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Meet Amelia Boone, The Queen of Pain

Amelia Boone is an American obstacle racer. As one of the most accomplished obstacle course racing (OCR) athletes in the history of the sport, she has won both the Spartan Race World Championship (2013) and is the only three- time winner of the World's Toughest Mudder (2012, 2014 and 2015) and won the 2014 championships 8 weeks after knee surgery. She is also a three-time finisher of the Death Race and a full time attorney at Apple Inc. The world-champion obstacle course racer has had a 20-year history with anorexia. But she's now in the process of recovering, and she has some important lessons to share. She is famously quoted to say "I'm not the strongest. I'm not the fastest. But I'm really good at suffering." She however wishes she could take this quote back as she is conti...
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How Samantha Kelly Became The ‘Twitter Goddess’
8Aug By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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How Samantha Kelly Became The ‘Twitter Goddess’

Describe who you are in 140 characters…  There are 280 characters on twitter now so I cheated. I am a Twitter Expert and I am the Director of the Women’s Inspire Network (a global online network for Women who want to start a business or who want to learn more about online and make valuable connections). What's your backstory?  I am 13 years sober. I decided to get rid of alcohol as I felt it was holding me back and affecting others around me. I didn’t seem to have control once I took the first drink. Once I did that, my story began.  Ten years ago my daughter came to the awkward milestone of her first period so I went to the supermarket to see if there was some kind of beginners set or welcome to womanhood set I could give her to make the transition easier b...
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Ironman Jo D Livingston On Making Her Second Chance at Life Meaningful
7Aug By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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Ironman Jo D Livingston On Making Her Second Chance at Life Meaningful

How would you describe Jo D Livingston?     I am a kind-hearted fiercely feminine woman. I am very girly, but I am strong and I stand up for what I love and believe in. What was your childhood like?  I grew up in Vermont, a very small town.  It was a great place to grow up. When we were kids we loved playing in the woods.  We created a whole “palace” from the rock formations. It was pretty magical. You got a second chance at life after getting a liver transplant. Tell us about this 'life changing' experience?  Having an organ transplant from a deceased donor is pretty overwhelming.  That someone chose to become an organ donor saved my life. In a family’s saddest moments, losing their loved one, they chose to honor this wish. ...
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“Don’t spend a month more than needed in a role that doesn’t make you happy” – Zara Cane on Her Career Lessons
7Aug By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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“Don’t spend a month more than needed in a role that doesn’t make you happy” – Zara Cane on Her Career Lessons

Zara Cane is the Head of Marketing at Sony Pictures Entertainment Italia. The renowned marketer has had successful stints at Costa Coffee and Vodafone overseeing successful marketing campaigns. She tells Stellar Woman Magazine why you don't need to spend one more month in a role you don't enjoy doing. You have had such a rich career path. First starting off in customer experience with Levi Strauss & co. What was your first work experience like? What did you learn from it?  ​I had a lot of experience in retail, working for years in customer facing jobs in stores and the service industry. This experience was vital to my first few roles at head office level in marketing - learning how operations actually work, to be customer focussed, and what store teams need to do t...
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Dr. Manna Hagos, The Eritrean-American Physician Who is Passionate About Transforming Lives
7Aug By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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Dr. Manna Hagos, The Eritrean-American Physician Who is Passionate About Transforming Lives

Dr. Manna Hagos is a medical Doctor, author, health & wellness consultant and engaging speaker. But, as you'll learn from this chat with Stellar Woman Magazine, she's mostly about transforming lives. Who is Manna Hagos? A woman, a doctor, a leader, a mentor and friend Have you always wanted to become a physician? No, I was initially fascinated by oceanography, geology, and astronomy. I saw a human brain for the first time in elementary school as part of a ‘Science Discovery Day’ session; it was then when I realized that the human body was the most exciting and complex entity I could study. How do you start your day? Do you have a morning routine? The routine is flexible depending on what projects I’m working on. I start the day thanking God that I’m alive and we...
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Lisa Rueff On Living and Serving from The Heart
7Aug By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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Lisa Rueff On Living and Serving from The Heart

Lisa Rueff is the CEO/Founder of YogaVentures, a humanitarian company that provides participants the opportunity to embark on meaningful yoga volunteer retreats worldwide. She’s raised over a million dollars for global causes, focusing on sustainable solutions for women and children. She loves creating ways to inspire and empower people to live with passion and purpose. She talks to Stellar Woman Magazine on how she she found her purpose and passion. Who is Lisa Rueff? I am a heart centered leader on a mission to spread love globally. What is your mission on earth? I love empowering people to discover self-love, living a legacy of life of their dreams and contribution to the world. You’re a  multi –faceted entreprenuer – Founder of Collective Hearts, Sparked, Founder o...
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Mildred Talabi On Why You Need To Be Visible Online
7Aug By Stellar Woman MagazineNo Comments
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Mildred Talabi On Why You Need To Be Visible Online

Mildred Talabi believes everyone (especially women) needs to be visible online. With statistics showing that 4.566 billion people are currently online, it's becoming even harder to put yourself out there and be seen. However, Talabi considers this an opportunity because more people active online means more chances of attracting paying clients. The UK-based Linkedin visibility coach leverages her experience as a journalist and publicist to teach businesswomen how to build their personal and professional brands online. She had a zoom call with Stellar Woman Magazine to talk about how she became the visiblity coach of reason. Watch below. https://youtu.be/Nhw2ER7Tgg8
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