Be the Change You Can Believe In
On an island off of Japan, scientists were
supplimenting the food for the monkeys by leaving
sweet potatoes in the sand. The monkeys loved
the potatoes but didn't appreciate the gritty taste.
One day a young monkey washed her potato
in a near-by stream. She taught some of the
others to do it too. The habit spread--but then
something amazing happened. When they
reached critical mass, 100 monkeys, monkeys on
another island, who never were taught to do it, started
washing their potatoes.
Author Ken Keyes, Jr. writes in December,
1981, "The Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon (to
find out more click on the picture)
shows that
when enough of us are aware of something, all of us
become aware of it. That concept confirmed my own
intuitive trust in the
basic tenet of my work - that the appreciation and
love we have for ourselves and others creates an
expanding energy field that becomes a growing power
in the world.
There is no need to feel helpless or get
paralyzed by
hopelessness. We know we have the power to make
changes if we can join together and raise our voices
in unison. There is more power in numbers that
we
ever hoped to dream about!
I call for us to let our numbers grow exponentially as
we all take it on ourselves to spread these messages.
We are the bearers of a new vision. We can
dispel the
old destructive myths and replace them with the
life-
enriching truths that are essential to continued life on
our planet."
Please join the Dream Factory Community as we
gather to make changes at our
Annual Conference, "Be the Change You
Can
Believe
In."
We will focus on how to make positive changes that
bring about lives, work and a world we can all be
proud of.
Come participate in a dinner on the evening of
Thursday, June 11th and workshops 9-2pm on Friday,
June 12th. Throughout the conference, we will
have a silent auction with the proceeds going
to our partners, Alliance Exchange and
Blackstone Valley WomanAid.
We look forward to a keynote talk on Thursday night by
Carrie H. Johnson, author of, "From the
Pits to the
Palace," an autobiography that describes her
journey
from single welfare mom to co-owner of a 3.5
million
dollar business.
On Friday, we have a surprise speaker, and
workshops to
support you in taking on your work, environment,
finances, and your world.
Want to make it a retreat? Overnight
accomodations are available. Early Early Bird
special
on tuition until April 16th.
To Register or for more Info on the Annual Conference
Quick Links...
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Greetings!
Welcome to the April
Newsletter for
the Dream Factory, a community of
women
entrepreneurs who are committed to living
their personal and professional dreams.
We will introduce you to ideas and
opportunities that
will
support you in taking on your life, your
work, and
your world.
April is the time when the world in the northeast
begins to change. New growth, new colors, new
opportunities; a time of re-birth. We encourage all
of
you to look to see the changes you want to make in
yourself and your business.
The member featured this month at the Women in
Business Luncheon is Pat Lovejoy, PT and
Feldenkrais Practitioner. In her 30+ years of
working with clients, she has noticed a correlation
between thoughts, feelings, and experiences and how
the body moves. She will work with us to discover
how small changes in habitual movements can alter
what is possible in our lives.
Did you ever wonder how everyday toxins in the air,
water, and food affect our bodies? Whether
visible or
not, they can bring about stress, headaches, anxiety
and disease. For Ladies Night Out, Beatriz
Sanchez and Tess Roberts will offer a
A Detox Spa Journey where everyone will
purify their body, refresh their mind, and invigorate
their spirit.
The Women in Business Luncheon is on
Thursday, April
16th, 12-2 at the Aegean Restaurant in
Framingham.
Ladies Night Out is Friday, April 24th, 7:00-
9:00pm at 18 Adams Lane in Wayland,
MA.
Please join us.
Nancy
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Making the Impossible, Possible by Pat Lovejoy, PT, MA, CFP
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I have been a practicing physical therapist, counselor,
and Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner over a
long and
diverse career.
I have been trained in methods that
enhance a person's ability to sense, feel and act
in life. When people become more "in touch"
with their concerns and the nature of their choices and
actions in life, it allows them to see the
relationship
between those things and the quality of their life.
By working with habitual patterns, first through
the
awareness of them and then through altering them,
you can re-program yourself to live more
consciously
and with more freedom.
You will be amazed at how small changes can
have
an impact on what is possible in your life. In the
deepest sense, you will begin to actually
reorganize
yourself and expand the nature and quality of how you
function in an ever changing environment.
As Moshe Feldenkrais, the founder of this method
says, "Let's make the impossible possible,
the possible easy, and
the easy elegant." To find out more, click on the
picture above and come experience this life-altering
work at the next
Women in Business Luncheon on April 16th.
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Detox Spa Journey by Beatriz Sanchez and Tess Roberts
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Have you ever been to that point where the stress
of daily life gets to you, and you feel tired and
overwhelmed? Have you ever felt that doing
one more chore or running one more errand is just
about all you can handle?
Well, maybe you ought to listen to your own body
telling you "it is time to cleanse and purify"
Maybe it's time you give your body a chance
to "detoxify".
Detoxification supports the body's natural ability to
cleanse and restore itself. Over time, toxins can
build up and overwhelm the body, weakening the
immune system and leading to poor digestion,
fatigue, stress, skin breakouts, stiffness, weight gain
and premature aging.
It is through the skin that we eliminate toxins,
substances that can create an irritating or harmful
effect on our system. When the skin, liver, kidneys,
lung and digestive tract can't effectively eliminate
toxins, they build up causing a negative effect by
overloading our bodies.
We invite you to escape the stress and toxins of
daily life with a luxurious spa journey to purity and
revitalization, with sea extracts and marine
botanicals that deeply cleanse and rid your system of
the internal and external toxins that come to you
through the air you breathe, the water you drink, the
objects you touch and the food you eat.
Any time is the right time to take a Detox Spa
Journey It starts close to home or at a friend's,
but far from telephones and to-do lists.
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Join us at the Ladies Night Out Detox Spa Journey
on
Friday, April 24th at 7:00pm at 18 Adams Lane in
Wayland.
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Shop for a Cause
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A SUITABLE IMAGE HOSTS THE NEXT
METROWEST CHAMBER WOMEN'S INITIATIVE
BUSINESS AFTER HOURS.
Shop and Network at the Same Time;
Fabulous Designers, Unbelievable Prices, One
Fantastic Cause.
Ladies: It's time to shop till you drop all while
supporting a wonderful charity!!!
Join us for an exciting evening of wine, hors
d'oeuvres, networking and fabulous bargain
shopping.
The next Metrowest Chamber Women's Initiative
Business After Hours will be held on
Tuesday, April 28th from 5:30 - 7:00 pm at A
Suitable Image, located at 100 Concord
Street, 2nd floor, in downtown Framingham.
A Suitable Image will be opening its boutique to
Metrowest Chamber members and selling its
inventory of "gently used" name brand clothing from
designers such as Dana Buchmann, Anne Klein,
Jones New York, Tahari, Liz Claiborne, at drastically
reduced prices - $5 for a separate, $10 for a designer
suit!
And if that's not enough there will also be a silent
auction featuring handbags by Burberry, Coach, Kate
Spade and more.
A Suitable Image is a non-profit agency that helps
low-income men and women successfully transition
into the workplace by providing free professional, work-
related wardrobes.
All proceeds go directly to support the programs and
activities of A Suitable Image. To learn more
about A Suitable Image or to make a tax-
deductible donation, just click on the picture
above.
Space is limited to the first 30 people. Please
RSVP ASAP. Please register at Metrowest
Chamber
$10 for Chamber and DFC members/$20 for non-
members.
To Register for Shop for a Cause, call Jacy at the
MetroWest Chamber; 508-879-5600.
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Dream Factory Prosperity Circles
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We are so excited to announce that the Dream
Factory Community will be offering an opportunity
to all Chief Dream Officer Training Grads, to
join a Dream Factory Prosperity Circle.
This monthly 1 and 1/2 hour group meeting
will include a centering exercise, an
accountability process, and a business development
segment. Members will be supported in
fulfilling the plan that they created in the CDO
Training.
Each Circle will be ongoing with an opportunity to
join for 6 months or a year. The leader will be self-
selected and receive a monthly training to support
them in maintaining the structure of the group.
The content will designed by the Dream Factory
Community's CDO, Nancy Cantor.
Interested in ongoing support at no more than $27
a month? You will need do the CDO Training first.
Join us for the next CDO Training on April 29th, 9-
4pm.
CDO Grad? Contact us. The first Circle
starts
April 27th, 7:30-9:00pm. (for more info click on the
picture above)
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