smart, kind, helpful people: my resource hot list

I feel compelled to say that my referrals are given with extreme love, care and first hand experience.

inspiration + spirituality

• coaching + project guidance: Dyana Valentine is a brilliant force of nature who has kicked my creative butt into shape. She’s gifted.

• life coaching: Lianne Raymond is a clear-thinking, strong-hearted, Martha Beck-certified coach. Only works with women.

• astrology: Nancy ‘Scooter’ McMoneagle, is part scientist, part seer. First class sage. Blows me away every time.

• astrology: Heidi Rose Robbins, is a divinely strong coach-meets-astrologer.

• spiritual adviser: Navjit Kandola‘s work defies simple description but if you want to refine your consciousness and bust up some old psyche patterning, Navjit’s sessions are powerful stuff.

• voice coach: Awilda Verdejo will help you get your true, strong speaking (or singing) voice flowing. She works over the phone and is the real Diva (as in, sang with Pavarotti.)

for more links and peeps:

LINKS

• TED – idea manna!
• Abraham Hicks – my favourite daily woo woo
• Art of Nonconformity … Chris Guillebeau’s first class call to action
• Illuminated Mind … Jonathan Mead’s no shit brand of self liberation
• Integral Naked - Ken Wilber’s hot stuff
• Enlighten Next – magazine for evolutionaries
• Rebecca Walker – high-minded women unite
• The Happiness Project – happy how-to’s
• Iconoclasts, Sundance channel - inspirational duets

business + wealth

• writing, branding, marketing: Colleen Wainwright, aka the Communicatrix, is a very smart cookie, insightful and straight up, who knows how to get to the heart of someone’s best stuff and articulate it. She also knows how to ROCK social media.

• writing, branding, marketing: Emma Gibson. Creative. Whip-smart. Killer funny. And quick on the draw and delivery. Does higher level branding work and web design as well.

• writing: Pema Teeter. High-minded. Warm hearted. Master creative writer. Also does manuscript and play reviewing.

• writing: Kelly Diels. So smarty smart smart, she’s made an art of searing copy writing.

• site design: two thirty / Paul Jarvis Master of simplicity and functionality. I’ve built a number of sites with him – each one was a great experience. He’s no shit straight shooter and Word Press master.

• site design: S. Joy Studios / Sarah Bray Great service. Great sense of humor. She’s about to unveil a cool template program that I know will have many a client salivating.

• site design: Raised Eyebrow /Lauren Bacon & Emira Mears. Legendary. Authors of The Boss of You. Focus on progressive business and non-profs. And they have a truly useful blog to boot.

• site design: Reese Spykerman. Reese has designed some uber popular sites and their companion guides and e-books. I haven’t worked with her directly yet but not only does her work speak for itself, her clients rave about her. RAVE.

• book proposal consulting: Linda Siversten has a great guideline document on how to create book proposals – hit’s all the essentials {scroll to the bottom of her page to get the PDF.} She’s been invaluable in terms of her one-on-one work with me on my own books.

LINKS

• Seth Godin … Seth. Integrous, marketing maven.
• mediabistro - community for media pros
• springwise – ideas galore

creativity + art + design

LINKS

• Bruce Mau’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
• Daily Poetics - virtual curations of stunning beauty
• Unclutterer – smart ‘n tidy
• Write to Done – great working writer’s resource
• Fashion-ation – fashion as high art
• Charlie Rose – smarty pants
• Utne Reader – truly progressive