Blissdom 10

I just got back from my longest road trip as a blogger and I am exhausted and exhilarated!  My journey began last Thursday when I departed for Nashville to attend Blissdom.

I was so excited to go back to the place where it all began for me, Blissdom.  Blissdom is where  I met my bloggy friends in real life for the first time just 3 short months into blogging.  Although I have seen these fantastic women throughout the last year at other events, attending Blissdom was like coming back home and having a big family reunion.  Barbara, Allie and Paula really know how to throw a party!  The keynotes, the wisdom workshops, the sessions, the parties, and of course all of the fantastic sponsors were all very top notch and well planned out.  I have decided to tell my story with photos rather than a ton of words, I hope you enjoy it.

On Thursday there were a series of specialized Wisdom Workshops available and I decided to take the Photography workshop.  It was conducted by Dawn Camp, Mishelle Lane, Angie Arthur, and Deanna Garretson .  I learned a good bit from these fabulous ladies about using my camera more effectively, I could have stayed in this session all day!

Thursday night there was a great welcome reception at the Jack Daniels Salon in the hotel.  I didn’t take any photos there, not sure why, I guess I was too busy catching up with everyone!

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On The Road (Sky) Again

I have always enjoyed traveling but never really got to do much of it.  We would goto the beach each summer and that was about as far as I would get.  I have always  wanted to travel more and since I have started blogging my wish has come true.  Over the last year I have been fortunate enough to visit the following places

Nashville, TN ~ my first blogging conference  Blissdom! It was so exciting to meet all of my Twitter friends and form new friendships that have continued to blossom.  The wealth of information was so overwhelming for a newbie, but without it I don’t know where I would be today.

Austin, TX ~ SXSW Interactive, what an experience this was! Felt like a lost fish in the sea but made some FANTASTIC friends and connections.

Chicago, IL ~ Blogher! What a great time, so many faces, so little time. And who could forget BowlHer! BEST party EVER!

Click here to see where I have been and where I am going!

Genesis Today and Genesis of a Great Idea

I’ll be the first to admit, I don’t take care of myself like I should.  I know I should eat better (and less) and cut back on my Pepsi but I don’t.  When I found out one of the companies that I was going to meet at Blog World Expo was Genesis Today I was very excited about the prospect of filling my body with good stuff! That prospect was squashed when I tried the juice and didn’t like it. Now what?

Genesis Today is a leader in the industry of superfoods that was started by Dr. Lindsey Duncan in 1988.  Here is an excerpt from the website

Back in 1988, a young Naturopathic Doctor and Certified   Nutritionist named Lindsey Duncan quietly began practicing his life’s work: Teaching People How to Heal Themselves. He discovered that if his clients followed his health protocols, they would improve. Stories of his ability as a healer traveled the country. His clinic became one of the most renowned in the world and he has since accrued over 40,000 clinical hours of research, one person at a time.

In the 1990’s, Dr. Lindsey embarked on a quest for a potent, bitter fruit from the South Pacific Islands: Noni.  Story after story of a “miracle fruit” had reached his clinic and he wanted to learn more.  After spending time studying with the shamans, he returned with a few bottles of a 100% pure, dark, robust juice, made according to local tradition. Its powerful flavor overpowered some, but most understood that this was an “old medicine.” The attributes of the humble Noni fruit awakened in him the search to find other hidden gems among the folktales of the ancient healers from all corners of Mother Earth.

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