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WE ALL NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES BUT EVEN MORE SO DURING MENOPAUSE Taking care of your skin begins inside. This is a very important part of taking care of yourself during menopause. One of the best ways to keep your skin looking good is to drink luke warm water with a slice of lemon, a slice of ginger and the tip of a teaspoon of honey. Lemon is a detox fruit, the reason it helps your skin is because when you drink it first thing in the morning it cleanses your liver, via your kidneys. Because it is the first liquid to go through your system, it hits the point. Ginger is warming for your tummy and honey is a preservative. Read more about lemon and its benefits   THE A – Z OF TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF DURING MENOPAUSE It is vital that you take care of every part of your body during menopause. That is to say, starting at the top to the bottom. Hair may be dry, so try using a good hair mask once a month. That is to say, nourish and keep your hair shampooed and conditioned. Read more about taking care of yourself during menopause.     NATURAL PROGESTERONE THERAPY Progesterone has many important roles in women, pre-menopause and post menopause. The main function is to balance the effects of estrogen. When estrogen becomes dominant it can cause uncontrolled cell growth, which in turn may lead to breast, ovarian and uterus cancers.  Ovarian cysts, osteoporosis and endometriosis are also symptoms that can be brought on my estrogen dominance. Natural Progesterone Cream ProgesterAll May be termed as bio-identical progesterone, which means your body recognizes it, relates to it and is able to process it via the liver. ProgesterAll is a light gel/cream that is easy to use and works with your other hormones to balance them.   For more information and a personal consultancy please contact me. Contact details: Aly Farmer – Mi Vida Natura Email: hello@mividanatura.com Web: www.mividanatura.com Facebook: Menopause Mermaids    

Celebrating living in the moment, because life after all, is not a dress rehearsal, meet Mary O’Donoghue.  Recently arrived in Estepona and already feeling that its paradise!   Did you choose Spain, or did Spain choose you? I have married for the second time in 2013.  I am a retired nurse and my husband is a retired farmer. We live in Dublin. We have 10 children and 9 grandchildren between us.  We have both worked hard all our lives and now that all our children are finished college, married and settled all over the world we decided we would like to have somewhere to spend the winter months and get away from the cold and rainy winters in Ireland. We looked for a long time and then with the onset of covid19 it seemed like we would never even get over to Spain to view properties.  However last year we saw what we felt was the perfect property for us.  We did a crazy thing and bought the apartment online without even seeing it!!! Now we did have a friend who lives in Spain look after all the legal side of things for us. We finally got over in June to see the apartment and are delighted with it. It does need a bit of work done to it but we knew that when we bought it. We spent a month sourcing a builder and we hope the work will begin in September and be finished for December so we hope to spend Christmas there. We are coming over in November and will stay in the apartment next door to oversee the final touches to the building work. We are an easygoing friendly couple. My husband plays golf and intends joining El Parasio golf course and I play bridge and want to take up golf so would love to meet anybody who might like to take lessons with me.  We hope to spend about six months a year here and would love to meet up with new friends.  I am 59 years old.   Where is your Spanish home? We have bought our apartment in Estepona.  It is a beautiful town with fantastic restaurants; small enough to walk around and is only an hour from Malaga airport.   What was the biggest challenge for your move to Spain? We found the move went very smoothly, having a friend who lives here was a great help.  I would say not having the language is a bit of a challenge but with google translate we manage ok.  We are going to take Spanish lessons and would like to join a nice group if anybody knows of one?   What advice would you give for Women thinking about making the move? Do it, it is paradise out here.  As they say its not a dress rehearsal!!       What plans do you have for your visits? We are only just moving, but for the month we were there we played bridge and golf, walked the paseo daily and enjoyed the amazing food.  I am interested in creative writing and would like to spend some time writing while I am in Estepona.  Am interested in joining or setting up a book club, let me know if you are interested? (Have you found the one near to you Mary organised by The Bookshop San Pedro and run by Alicia?)    Something you are grateful for? I am grateful for rearing four happy healthy children who are all doing well now in life.   Your dinner party – who would you invite? Ursula von der Leyen and Angela Merkel, they have both achieved so much in a male dominated world and handle themselves in a no nonsense way with great dignity. I’d say they would have great stories to tell. Warren Buffet one of the worlds richest men and lives in the same house he bought when he first got married, has a Macdonald’s very day and is a brilliant bridge player. Luciano Pavarotti who would get the party going with a great after dinner sing song!!   Your superpower? I have a positive attitude to life.  Even when hard times come my way I just dust myself down and carry on.   Favourite saying? “Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”   Something you had to bring to Spain with you? My husband!  I know he’s not a thing but I could not imagine life without him.   Favourite Book? “This is the Moment” by Keith Wilson.  It reflects on where I feel I am in life right now.  It’s about enjoying life and not looking back in regret.   Something you will tell your younger self? You can please some of the people some of the time but never all of the people all of the time, so calm down and don’t be such a people pleaser.   Thank you Mary!    If you want to share YOUR story with us, please complete the online questionnaire here  

  No one said our Awakening and Ascension journey is easy! In fact this choice we all make, to claim and follow our own truth, our sovereign, powerful and magnificent self… means to finally leave everything comfortable and known behind, to find ourselves isolated in many things, to face our fears, stand up for our truth and focus on our dream of living in unity and harmony. Allowing ourselves quite naturally to come into our own Sovereign Oneness. You see the more light Humanity receives, the more darkness is encouraged to be released. Team dark are sure doing their best to make life more difficult for everyone. They have nothing more to lose, after being ordered to exit this game, so are pushing everyone to their limit… to see who they can persuade to give up on themself… their true Sovereign self!   Earth & Humanity is now free to create a life of unity & harmony…   It is helpful to understand how Team Dark are being taken out of the Game, as the contract of war (if you will) ended and Earth is now truly free to bring in a life of unity and harmony… by using their power of manifestation! What we see around us now are the remnants of darkness who still want to win, before their demise, taking as many Humans with them as they can!   So you can imagine, now more than ever it is essential to stand firm and anchor deep within yourself. To be courageous and brave, to take care of yourself first, following your own guidance and trusting your dream is unfolding for you to experience your happy ending! It is also helpful for each of us to feel into the original illusion of separation and remember we chose to experience separation in order to know ourself in all the opposites and contrasts of life… with the intention of leading ourself back to consciously knowing the truth of our Sovereign immortality and oneness.   As we remember the truth and experience our ah ha moments… consciousness expands and we not only inspire ourselves to never give up and march on… but everyone around us. Our awakening or realisation affects all Humanity!   Since the illusion of our fall from grace began… our collective journey has been long and tough! We’ve believed so deeply in the fear of death and loss and being alone. We’ve felt lost, felt we’ve lost part of ourself and the emptiness we feel finds no remedy! We all have to go through this, feel this, feel the loss and the death of everything, to feel our inner victim and the outer control… and then… in feeling the absence of oneness, we remember the truth of our true oneness, remembering how the illusion has served us… to come to this moment of ah ha… of realisation!   This time now we are experiencing is the last chance for Humanity to perceive the illusion and remember the truth of their Sovereignty. To help myself and others journey through this time the best we can, I share my quiet me time with the conscious breath online… available live and on replay in our NewEarth Facebook group and my Youtube channel. Please keep in mind I channel my own multi-dimensional self… so information coming in can be a little here and there and a little different than my normal edited writing… the Divine love is here though and will open your heart and soul, even if your mind needs time to think! Below is one of my recent sessions, hope you enjoy and it helps you remain courageous and well as you journey through your Awakening and Ascension and fully come into your own Sovereign Oneness! I’ve written out the transcript (with a few edits!) followed by the video. Enjoy.   Coming into Your Sovereign Oneness…   It is so essential you become conscious of your breath, breathing in the life you are, breathing in the nourishing energies, the oxygen and crystalline atoms that are now naturally helping you transform your Body, Mind & Spirit. Pushing your tummy out upon the in breath brings your focus down to the core of you. Taking your tension and busy-ness away from the mind and chest. Breathing out all your tensions and concerns.   What’s going on…   We are all going through a great transformative time as Humanity evolve consciousness. We expand our consciousness, our awareness, from the very narrow-minded view point of only seeing what is in front of us, to being able to see what is happening in the background too. Sensing the bigger picture playing. Perceiving the Game played. So what is helping us transform is the light we are breathing in, the crystalline light. Sneezing and sniffling is a side affect or symptom from receiving the gamma and crystalline light that is physically changing our physical being. Changing our biology, changing the whole workings of our system of body, mind and spirit. Changing it from carbon based to crystalline.   We are used to calling this an allergy or a cold, part of an infection or illness. I like to stay away from labelling it and call it a cleansing. A symptom of receiving the extreme light we are all receiving now. The light comes in and this is a way we release everything that no longer serves after it’s done its job… that is happening quite naturally. We don’t have to think about what’s happening. All we have to do is breathe, receive the breath and release the tension.   We can also get itchy skin, red itchy rashes… from the radiation that is filling our bodies. I take antihistamine to help take the edge off the intense itching and irritation!   Conscious Breathing is the Solution…   Just breathing and knowing every time you breathe in you are receiving the light, it seems to be from out there but it all comes from the central sun within you. Beautiful nourishment, crystalline atoms within the light, naturally coming in to restructure your carbon biology. What it does on the physical level is create physical contact with your cells and causes any trapped energetic trauma, fear, memories held there to be released. When they are released you will feel them come up as a mental remembering of something, an emotion or memory… mostly traumatic feelings. It’s important you embrace it, accept it, welcome it home and allow it to be released through your out breath. Rather than remain trapped in a victim or poor me mode, as this will only drive you deeper into trauma, depression and disease.   Breathing is so important! Bringing in the high light frequencies that are changing our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual makeup. Releasing everything that no longer serves us. Allowing ourselves to move on and embody our Divinity. Allowing our Body, Mind and Spirit to come together in a harmonious alignment. Once we are one, we are so powerful. Yes did you read that. You are so powerful. When you the Human, body and mind is one with your spirit, your Divine self, love, god or consciousness… whatever name you like to use is when you step into your true power and this will get you or take anywhere you desire. It is when the magic and miracles begin to happen.   We have to watch as our fears are released, rather than get stuck in this fear, panic, concern, the falling away of everything you know. Maybe you are physically going through having to find a new job, home, relationship. Things weren’t working for you anymore and everything has been disrupted in your life…. literally falling away! This is all happening for you to come together in a new way. Getting rid of everything that no longer serves you. We are all coming into our own Sovereign oneness. It’s important that we feel this.   An old view, to describe this happening, coming into a new oneness, could be to be lonely alone. It might look like… IAM here alone, and that’s right because we need to go through this, to feel through this experience of being separate, to sit with ourself and be ok about it. When we don’t accept what’s happening and make it a problem, when we remain feeling a victim or poor me, we cannot release the feeling and our life will only remain a problem and we won’t feel well at all.   So it is essential you catch yourself when you feel anxious, fearful, alone, panicky… love this part of your past experience, for this is only what it is, just experience needing to be released! Keep catching yourself, stay on top of it. Oh yes, IAM alone, talking to myself, relying on myself… it’s all part of coming into my own new Sovereign Oneness! It doesn’t define or label you. Remember, you are an infinite Divine Human being, born sovereign and free to live a life of magnificence.   Sometimes even in a relationship there are times we need to be alone, talk with ourself, to rely on ourself. We need to be independant within our relationship. This experience of being alone is all about learning to be ok being alone, connecting deeply within and knowing our next move, our next question and answer.. rather than relying on another.   We are coming back to our own powerful oneness. We don’t need anyone else as we are self-sufficient… we’ve not been taught this! Of course it’s nice to be with others, to help each other., but it’s time for us all to come back to ourself first, to reclaim our power and birth ourself anew. We know what is best for ourself in every moment. Not even the doctors know. We need to begin following our own inner knowing and guidance.   We are being guided to be ok being on our own, it’s part of the deal now. On the other hand, other people have no right to make you do anything that you don’t want to do. Your No and I do not consent has to be enough. In the coming days, months we must all stand up for what is good for ourself. We must choose how we want to live our life. Yes knowing the consequences… knowing we’ll be ok, knowing we have likeminded friends, going through similar times, to be with now and again. It’s time to be courageous.     An Inner Journey… Allowing your Colours to help you be Courageous …   Give your permission to yourself to be ok being and feeling alone, for coming into your oneness, that might be quite new and frightening. Feel the fear, and know you’re ok, you are loved by others and can call on them. This could be the dark night of the soul where we must face the dread, no-one is there for us, only us. Give permission to yourself to feel this dread of being alone and be ok. Breathe it in.   Now allow all the colours of the rainbow to show themself to you.   See the colour red… the vibrant red… it is a quality of you that has two extremes, passion, assertiveness and action and the opposite of danger, if necessary you can defend yourself. Say no! Breathe it in, allow yourself to be all these qualities, and fill your whole body with the colour. Feel this passion and danger of you, this courage and bravery. See the colour orange… see the vibrant orange another quality of you, the colour for you to be able to choose in each moment how you are going to step into life. Whatever you choose is ok, its your choice. A great quality you always own. Breathe in this colour into your whole body. Feel this quality of being free to choose… mixing with your red colour.   See the colour yellow… see the vibrant yellow filling your whole body. Seeing this colour as the space in-between everything. The colour of light and sand and everything you are is filled with this bright vibrant quality that allows you to be together with everything. It glues you together with everything. It feels like a colour that holds you together, grounds you, supports you. Allowing it to mix with your other colours together the quality strengthen you. Breathing it in.   See the colour green… the colour of nature, of everything natural, of flow. Breathing it in, filling your whole body with this vibrant colour, a quality that allows you to naturally know in each moment what to do. You are nature itself. Feel it and be the flow.   See the blue colour… mixing it with all the other colours… this is the colour which balances you, keeping you cool, your cool. The colour of the ocean and the sky. Breathing it all in. Allowing yourself to be balanced, cool and clear in everything you do.   Seeing the purple/pink colours… breathing it into your whole body. allowing it to mix with the others and seeing the quality it is for you. Feeling what it means for you. For me it is the totality of me knowing the beginning and the end of everything. Feeling perfect in my imperfection. It is the colour to go to for comfort, for joy, to play and have fun with… and to know absolutely what I need to do next.   Feeling your whole body now as you breathe in the mixture of the colours, all the qualities of you that will sustain you in your oneness. Whatever you go through you can rely on these qualities. Relying on the answers. Practise seeing the colours, talk to them and allow them to serve you.   Allowing the natural integration of your oneness to happen, knowing you are guiding yourself on a new adventure.   Remembering your total alignment of body, mind and spirit.     Thankyou for supporting my work and subscribing to my YouTube channel. Together we can get through this time and create NewEarth.   © Barbara Franken… Creative Visionary & MasterCreatorInspiring New Energy Consciousness & Multi-Dimensional Living     A True Magical Children’s Story about Love and Life. To inspire our children to connect deeply within themselves and the natural world around them, and remember the truth of their being ‘Sparkles of Love’, here to bring love and harmon into the world, quite simply by being themselves and enjoying their life in each moment. Click here to read more information & link to purchase.     A paperback & digital book is available from all major online stores… Amazon & Apple   I share my own magical journey, exploring Who IAM with the help of nine elemental beings and expand from a world of fear, struggle and limitation into a New Energy Consciousness of love, grace and freedom. It is in this loving space that I discover my Divine and All Loving self and allow myself to integrate together as one Body Consciousness… a DivineHumanBeing and Magnificent MasterCreator who expresses and creates heart and soul passion on the physical plane and beyond.     Are YOU ready to join our online MasterCreatorClass… a 21 day dedication to YOU, committing to your Awakening & Ascension and fulfilling YOUR new role as MasterCreator, a New Energy pioneer creating NewEarth from within. You can sign up to participate here.     Money raised from my books and class allows my charity Conciencia Magnifica hold free local Creative Projects for Children & Adults in Benalmadena, Costa Del Sol, Spain. Read more about my charity and how you can help!      

There is one thing in life you can create and that is your life – you can choose what you want it to look at, your life to be filled with, who and what you surround yourself with as you create what you want from this one big glorious life which is 100% unique to you.    That’s why I am excited to bring you the 4th edition of the Costa Women Planner and hope that this planner is part of your journey in 2022 to help you create your best year ever! You can embrace possibility and decide now what you want your 2022 to look like, sound of, it’s taste, the refreshing aroma and how you want it to touch you as it place it into the vast ocean of possibilities.   The Planner   If you have been with us since the Planners came to life in 2018, you will see some changes this year – I hope useful additions.  The monthly projects have been moved to the end of the planner to make the diary flow better.  As well as all the tools you have loved from 2021, I have also included:- weekly intentions journaling prompts 90 day planning contact page two pages to record your memories   SNEAK PEAK INSIDE!      In these pages, I have shared some rituals that work for me and will help to move your vision and dream to a clear map and plan for the future so you can create it.  Even if you don’t use, or have, “goals” you can start to make a plan for your life and your business and celebrate the achievements you make as they happen. Again for 2022 we have a linked Facebook group which you get access to free once you have purchased the planner.  There you will receive information (and bonuses!) about goal setting and planning for 2022.  When you tell someone we are going to do something we are 65% more likely to do it. When you create specific accountability plans you are 95% more likely to follow through.     If you are a paper addict like me, I hope you will enjoy recording in these pages your year as you create, plan and make a commitment to yourself.  Amazing years don’t just happen by chance, we are the ones who need to work to make it happen.       I’m super excited about embracing 2022 and hope you are too!     The Costa Women 2022 Planner is available for just 25€ (including IVA, plus postage)  Order your ‘limited edition’ 2022 planner now and let’s make 2022 happen together.  Email: planner@costawomen.com   To find out more about the Planner what you can find in it’s pages read on…   The Story   Over the years, I have indulged sampling different diaries, planners and journals from small slim Letts style, through the filofax range and onto one that was bigger than my handbag!  I love paper products. At the end of 2018, with my creative juices flowing, I decided that I needed to create a planner that was more personal and ticked more of the boxes for what I actually wanted and needed. And I decided to share it!   Whilst I am known for my love of Social Media and we live in a digital age, now more than ever, I think its important to go back to paper and pens.  For me, to write things down; thoughts, ideas, goals, dreams, things I am grateful for, plans, experiences – these all brings an excitement about how I will be filling my days.  Writing by hand connects your brain and thoughts to the words you are writing making it a powerful process.     I consider every single day so far to be the single most important day in the history of forever.     What’s inside?   The Costa Women 2022 Planner has been designed with the female, solopreneur / small business owner in mind; the woman who wants some daily positivity as well as some time saving tips, inspiration and advice.  It’s contains simple, effective tools to empower you to take charge of your life and we have a Facebook group to keep you on target. The planner has been created to connect, inspired, enable and support you in your journey.   “Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” — Gloria Steinem The Diary/Planner is A5 – spiral bound Recycled paper 125g that can be coloured and written on. Cover 350g plastified       The planner contains Year to view layouts (2022/2023) Each week to view diary page has space to record:- weekly intention to do list positive quote journalling prompt things you are grateful for your week’s achievements mini calendar       Each month has a theme and affirmation, plus The One Big thing you will achieve Commitment to how you are working towards your goals Focus / intention     Monthly and Quarterly Planning tools:- Social Media Ideas and call to action Your monthly financial goals and achievements End of Month Evaluation 90 day planning guide Quarterly evaluation Space for journaling     There are also pages for:- Learning from 2021 Grateful for from 2021 Balance wheel – where you are now and where you want to be I am ready to make 2022 my year (Goals area) Vision Board My Amazing Financial Goal Word for 2022 Memories Board My secret wish Letter to my Future self In 2022 I will… Yearly evaluation Parked Ideas 50 Things to do in 2023 Habits Tracker Mood Tracker Books to read My Favourite Affirmations/Quotes   And for the creative there are 4 colouring pages too designed by Costa Woman, Gaile Griffin-Peers    And a Facebook Group   And that’s not all!  You will also get free access to a Facebook group that will be an extension of the planner.  The Facebook group brings it to life and gives you a place to share experiences, tips and tricks as well as some extra bonuses including online events with ‘experts’ talking about the planner’s theme for the month.       The limited edition A5 planner is available to order for 25€ including IVA and plus postage. When they are gone, they are gone! Once they are sold out, they are gone!   Email planner@costawomen.com to reserve your limited edition copy. I’m super excited about the prospect of 2022 and hope you are too!   Ali x

Meet one of our Spanish members, Susana who, after a life of international business has move back to Spain and is now living in the Maresme area.  Susana talks about the challenges of moving back to Barcelona after a life overseas and the importance to “walk inside your story and own it”.   Hello Susana, tell us about about your background? I’m originally from Barcelona, my international background comes from the years that I worked for the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. That was back in 1996, when I got a promotion and an opportunity to grow professionally and make my dream come true to live and work in San Francisco and New York, as I wished since I was a little girl.   Where are you now living in Spain? I’m based in El Masnou, a lovely fishing village/pueblo in the Maresme area of Barcelona. I have the most stunning views of the El Masnou Port, beach and the sea from my apartment’s terrace, and a lovely view of all Teia, Alella and El Masnou from my bedroom.     It is a safe and quiet location, near enough from the city, but far enough to live a quieter and healthier life. I love it here too, because I can drive to France even to just spend a day or a weekend. We are very close too from the skiing resorts in the north of Catalunya, like La Molina o Massella, that are ideal both for couples and families. I feel like being on holidays all year around.   What’s been your biggest challenges of moving overseas? Interestingly enough, I had no challenges when I moved from Barcelona to San Francisco, or from San Francisco to NY, because the hotel HR Director and my managers organised a proper move, onboarding and training. I am also very adaptable, and found my new life in the US amazing and I adjusted really well to the culture too. The years that I spent working for the Ritz Carlton San Francisco, I met great people, made friends for life with whom I am still in contact, and the city had so much to offer, especially gastronomically speaking. I was motherless too, so I had more time and money to spend in my free time, hahah. The challenge came when moving from New York, the second city where I lived, back to Barcelona. I had changed and developed myself as a professional and a person, and when I came back, everything seemed so different, so I had a hard time adjusting and it took me a long while to be as happy as before. If it were just for me, I would still be living in NY. The city that never stops. I was living in a house in New Hyde Park, a lovely village in Long Island and those years my life was perfect, spending great quality time with my first daughter who was born there and I had a very beautiful and comfortable house, where I used to entertain my US an Spanish friends.   What advice would you give to Women thinking about move to Spain? It all depends on their personal situation. If they are married (with or without kids) and the reason to move here is to follow their other half, or if they move here for their own professional or life project. If they speak or not Spanish, etc. My general advice is to get into El Maresme Group in Facebook to find international people like minded who also live in this area, to get in contact with Costa Woman Barcelona and of course to contact me too.    Tell us how you spend your days? I spend my days juggling personal and professional tasks, especially since covid made us all work from home. I have always enjoyed being a mom, so much that life made it a full time job for me since I divorce back in 2009. Although it was very hard for many years, emotionally and economically, as I was completely on my own, working for different companies/projects, in different cities and attending different schools, they have been the best pay. Even with all the “challenges” and none of us being perfect, (not that I want to be) they have been the biggest source of inspiration and energy, transformed from the love, gratitude and admiration they’ve always had for me. We did not choose to be on our own, but we made the best of it, and always fought hard situations with loads of sense of humour and fun moments. I had a dream, become an international talent and leadership writer, facilitator and speaker to be able to help many people, especially women, with my own experience and methodology based on the use and knowledge of emotional intelligence as a lever for change, innovation, improvement of relationships, commitment, loyalty and retention of talent. Well, I can tell you that I’ve had my own consultancy since 2017 and I am very excited to be in the driver’s seat of my dream.     I have volunteered as a Mentor for Professional Women Network Association, a non profit based in Barcelona, for almost 5 years. It has been very enriching meeting other like minded international women of all ages and from different industries, with whom I have learnt as well as mentored. One of my hobbies is cooking at home for me, my kids and my friends or going to restaurants to taste all sorts of cuisines, although my favorites are mexican, spanish and japanese. I love travelling and I wish I could travel a lot more    Something you are proud of? The admiration of my children, my family, friends and clients for my values and dedication to helping others.     If you organised a dinner party for your favourite people, who would you invite? I love this one. I’d invite Anaïs and Alec, my kids. I’d invite Madonna my adolescent idol, Freddy Mercury (he knew how to have fun at parties and has one of the best voices), el Duki (my kids love him and attended his concert in July, yes me included LOL) Brad Pitt and George Clooney (together more fun), Almodovar, and Woody Allen (two of my favorite film directors), Charlize Theron, Julia Roberts, Hillary Clinton, Meryl Streep and Michelle Obama, I admire their intelligence, values and their causes, and since it is a party, they are very fun too. Finally I’d invite Georgina Rodriguez, my kids’ babysitter when we lived in Huesca and Lleida (yes Mr. Ronaldo’s wife) because in my absence she was a second mom for them, and all my friends and siblings to have a proper blust. Oh yes, and Ferran Adria to cook for us all, how about that?   What’s your secret weapon? My ability to connect with the audience when I teach, or facilitate workshops or talks.   Favourite quote? “You either walk inside your story and own it, or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness” – Brené Brown. I have chosen this one because I can relate to it and it is so true. We must believe, love, admire and trust ourselves if we want to achieve our goals and dreams, and they are one: be happy in this life we know. But don’t wait for tomorrow, start today!   One thing you have to carry with you when you travel? It is not a thing, it is my values and defending my team. I have been in trouble more than once for defending them, but I learnt to do it during the years that I lived and worked in the US. I had good, humble and hard working leaders who mentored me.   Favourite song? “Non, Je NAi Rien Oublié” by Charles Aznavour, the Frank Sinatra of France.     Something you would tell your younger self? “Failure is nothing more than the path to learning and perfection Susana; nothing more”.   Where can we connect with you? The website will soon be visible, it is under reconstruction. You can find me and follow me in Instagram, Twitter and Facebook under this user name @susanaj39 In LinkedIn search for Susana Jimenez Aprofitalents Barcelona or use type this link    Thank you Susana! If you want to share YOUR story with us, please complete the online questionnaire here        

In 2018, we interviewed Lynda Brettle about her role as Change Management Director of Samaritans in Spain. Lynda is now a published author and her book focusses on the psychological and emotional impact...