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CoachingMay 12, 2009

Keeping Up Appearances

A great many people were surprised when they heard who was getting a $100,000 extreme makeover. Why would a successful, talented, bright — and at face value, super-confident public figure — enter the ugly duckling contest?

Story by Wanda Hennig First published in Black Diamond Living magazine It started with a routine morning scan of East Bay newspapers — part of the standard daily work drill for Devi Lanphere, CEO of the Antioch Chamber of Commerce in east Contra Costa County. This time the piece that caught her eye might not, at first glance, have seemed work-related. It announced an extreme makeover contest. Read more …

CoachingMay 3, 2009

Yes you can Wow the World with your online presence

Ask Oakland technology guru Anca Mosoiu and she’ll show you how

Do you Twitter, Facebook and have a bunch of people following your daily blog? If not and you feel you should — or need — to know how, go speak to Anca Mosoiu in her 14th Street technology hotspot and salon in Oakland. She’s committed to leveling the playing field, teaching social networking and essential web skills to da people.

Conscious LivingJanuary 31, 2009

An Appetite for Slow

What’s fabulously fresh, scrumptiously seasonal, lusciously local and satisfyingly sustainable? By Wanda Hennig First published in Alameda Magazine, November 2008 It’s 9:30 a.m. on a […]

FeaturedJanuary 31, 2009

Slow Pleasures

The Slow Food Movement is, among other things, about making choices that nurture our families, the environment and our bodies. Story by Wanda Hennig First […]

CoachingJanuary 25, 2009

How to rekindle sexual passion when the fire is dead

It’s late at night and you’re in bed. The body to your left, pushing gentle zzzzs, radiates a comfortable warmth. The radio to your right plays softly. Your mental meanderings are suddenly jolted into focus by Rod Stewart’s voice. It’s golden oldie time and he’s warbling on about passion. “I need passion. You need passion. We need passion. Can’t live without passion.”

CoachingJanuary 25, 2009