Be A Bond Girl

An “I Refuse To Participate in the Recession” party! (ABC-TV)

I am just such a ham! View From The Bay, our local San Francisco Bay-area show that's on the Hour before Oprah, came to my house during ...

Granny Panties!

OK who do you know that would have a Google Alert for "Granny Panties"? Um, that would be me... And check out this faboo blog - no no, it's not just faboo because they're quoting my book (wink). It's my ...

It’s been a looooong time!

Hey Grrls! OK - I suck. Yes, it's true, I know. I not only have a fantastic interview podcast that is still 1/2 edited, but I haven't even posted in the blog. Bad me. Bad bad me. As ya'll know, I've been trying to replace my law firm income with SendOutCards. I ...

Minna Yoo on View From The Bay (ABC): Green Products/Tips for under $20

Woo-hoo! Minna Yoo from LoveBottle.net was on View From The Bay this week talking about Green tips for under $20. Minna was ...

Sandy Shepard For President! (wink)

My mom "Pranked" me with this and it really made me laugh today. Check it out!

Yippee - See us in Sheila Kelley’s Global S Newsletter!

Yay! Our View From The Bay episode (and my book) were mentioned in Sheila Kelley's global "S" newsletter, read by all the coolest grrls in the ...

Quantum of Solace Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko practices her stunts (Yahoo! video link)

Thought I'd share a video from Yahoo of the Bond Girl for the new Bond film, Quantum of Solace, coming out on November 17th. As I'm busily trying to get things/businesses/pets/James (smile) ready for my imminent departure for Dallas, no pithy blogging here - just the link. Olga Kurylenko is Camille, training ...

FemDefence: A Protection Against Rape

This is from the Femdefense website: "Femdefence is an on-going project first presented in 2003. The project includes the creation of an imaginary product, which bears the project’s name. The product is a kind of protection against rape, somewhat similar ...

“Shame On You” Kit for “Big Grrl” Sleepovers
Every Bond Grrrrrl has just gotta love this. Did you just hafta have that unexpected (but oh-so-glorious) sleepover with a hunky James? Never fear! with the Shame On You Kit, you're ...

Podcast 11: Listener Feedback and a Chat about Cashflow
Hello! I know, it's been quite some time since I did a regular podcast. Amazingly, this is my 35th podcast, but that includes the hynotherapy podcasts, interviews, vodcasts, etc. So I am calling this "Podcast 11" since it's the 11th ...

Quantum of Solace trailer
The trailer for the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, is now out - here it is. As you can see, it includes lots of clips from Casino Royale - so it's likely to ...

View From The Bay - S Factor segment.
Here I am again! In this View From The Bay segment (ABC), I introduced the View From The Bay folks to Sheila Kelley's S Factor, where I take advanced pole dancing. However, it all starts with a beginning class! The host, ...

Zen Habits’ Getting in Shape List
Here is a great list from ZenHabits.net - if you don't subscribe, I would recommend it. This link compiles some of the best archived articles from the website on getting in shape. They run from Motivation, to Weight Loss, to How to ...

A List About What To Eat
Have you read any of Michael Pollan's books? The Botany of Desire, The Omnivore's Dilemma, or the new In Defense of Food? They're great, and make you think. This is a quick excerpt from The Omnivore's Dilemma. This list is deceptively easy, ...

Mystery on 5th Avenue
If you haven't seen this story in the New York Times about the architect hired to remodel an apartment in New York City, who turned it into a treasure hunt a la the Da Vinci Code, you gotta read it. Fantastic! Here is a link to ...

25+ Reasons to Hire a Private Investigator
Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting Monique Lessan, a Private Investigator. She has decades of experience, and was an incredible woman. She has conducted extensive international investigations and her expertise includes Infidelity, Asset Search, Locate People and Businesses, Marriage and Divorce, Surveillance, Due Diligence, and Background Searches for Perspective Spouses. Monique's business ...

9 Words Women Use
I found this too funny since I believe I use all of these words. If you're a man reading this, I'm posting this to warn you about arguments you can avoid if you remember this terminology . . . if you're a woman reading this, you know you've used these ...

Margo’s Mom Blog
I have been reading Margo's Mom Blog for a while - as it states, it's "life at home in the Midwest." She's got a great attitude, and her blog is written in particular for CHICs (Coveted Home-based Independent Caregivers) a/k/a stay-at home moms. Margo interviewed me ...

Gratitude Campaign
A friend just sent me this link to Gratitude Campaign.org - take a look. The story is that the Founder thought that it would be nice if civilians had a gesture or sign that they ...

50 Things You Should Know How To Do
The amazing and wonderful Collabo-writer Sallie Goetsch-rhymes-with-sketch at Author-izer.com sent me a link that definitely belongs here: 50 Things You Should Know How To Do from Marc and Angel Hack Life. This website is wa-a-ay ...

Bond Girl Coaching Cards - Set 4
Have you been downloading our Bond Girl Coaching Cards? Here is a link to the next set in the series. We plan to ultimately have a boxed set of all the cards for sale. But these are free for you to print out (instructions are on the printout). I’m very ...

BONUS VIDEO PODCAST: The Bartender and the Bond Girl on How to Pack in 15 Minutes for a 3 Week Trip…and Mojitos!
This is the 3rd of a 3-part vodcast series done with Mr. Martini (BehindTheBarShow.com). The first was in celebration of the Kentucky Derby - we made a mint julep and discussed Da Horses. The second took the bourbon from the julep to create an Old Fashioned, ...

BONUS INTERVIEW PODCAST: Erin Doland from Unclutterer.com (subtitle: How Not to Get Divorced Before You Get Married - Decluttering and Moving In Together)
In this Coffee Chat with Experts, we meet Erin Doland from Unclutterer.com. We Learn: * How the Unclutterer Got Started, including all about Mazes of Stuff and the Bud Lite Bottle rising from the Dead/Rubbermaid Coffin (cue scary music); * How to terrorize soon-to-be-husbands ...

The Latest Bond Girl Cards!
Have you been downloading our Bond Girl Coaching Cards? Here is a link to the next set in the series. We plan to ultimately have a boxed set of all the cards for sale. But these are free for you to print out (instructions are on the printout). I’m very ...

Wow - Bond Girl Article in Forbes!!!
This morning I checked out Forbes.com - and guess what I found? A whole op-ed piece on Bond Girls! As pointed out in Forbes, "Some feminists rail that Bond Girls are hypersexualized and two-dimensional. (They are called girls, after all.)" But Bond Girls are "generally from ...

Feng Shui Color Tips from Glam.com
Yes yes, can you tell, it's "catch up on blogs" day! The Glam Flash newsletter from Glam.com ran a great article that details feng shui color tips, which I don't really go into ...

choc’lit!
OK in skimming the blogs for the Avon/007 perfume, I found two entries I am in love with, from Stylefrizz.com. Check these out: Chocolate or Honey-Dipped Sunglasses... Or, for those of ...

What Does a Bond Girl Smell Like? New Avon Bond Girl Fragrance
So what do YOU think a Bond Girl smells like? Avon is having a go at figuring this out for us, apparently. According to Now Smell This, quoting ...

View From The Bay — encore une fois!
Yesterday, had a few fun emails from friends and acquaintances I have not heard from in a LONG time. Turns out View From The Bay re-released my first appearance (the "Decluttering Episode") over Memorial Day -- and a lot of folks saw it. Loved hearing from them! So here it ...

Fempowerment Lifestyle Training - Session Two
This podcast is a recording of the new Thursday Night Fempowerment Lifestyle Training group's Second Session. These Grrls have agreed to have their first meetings taped and made public, to instruct those of you who are curious about the process. The second teleconference in each month is not based upon Curriculum. It is based ...

Get Rid of 50 Things In the Next 3 Weeks
Hey Bond Grrrls! I read this great article on Emily Wilska's website, OrganizedLife.org. She recommends getting rid of 50 things in the next 3 weeks - whether they are a book you haven't re-read (or never read at all), a mate-less earring, or even bigger. This is a great way to look ...

BONUS INTERVIEW PODCAST: Alison Armstrong from UnderstandingMen.com
This Coffee Chat podcast is with Alison Armstrong of PAX Programs Incorporated. PAX, which is an acronym for Partnership, Adoration and Xtsay, creates peace between the sexes by providing unique and immediately useful information to women on understanding men. Their products, CDs, DVDs and workshops can be found at

Halal Meat

One of my Bond Grrls is in Morocco, and recently sent me information on Halal Meat. It sounds very similar to Kosher butchering (the animal is humanely treated, etc.) - but now another friend who has a blog that I love (hey, it's pictures... say no more) did a post ...

Devil May Care - James Bond Novel
I'm behind on my reading... What else is new. I came across this article in MediaBistro.com a while back on the new James Bond novel and how it may "save book publishing" -- thought you might like to give it a read. OK OK ...

fEmpowerment Lifestyle Training - Testimonials
Here are a few comments that the Thursday Evening Bond Grrls posted to me in email:

Thanks so much for inviting me to the call. Just the process of doing my 'incomplete homework" is a valuable self-discovery journey for me. I'm 100% sure I can benefit from this type ...

fEmpowerment Lifestyle Training - Weekly Update
This post carries on from the Podcast of our first fEmpowerment Lifestyle Training call on May 8th with my "Thursday Evening Bond Grrrrls." Each member has agreed to let the process be open on this Blog, so that others can see what fEmpowerment Coaching is all about. One issue that I did ...

Ten Attributes of a Bond Girl
I was asked by KOMO Seattle, a TV program that is trying to decide whether to have me as a guest, to compile the "Top 10 Tips" for a fempowered lifestyle. What do you think? The overall theme of my book and coaching practice = live your best, most passionate life. So these are ...

BONUS INTERVIEW PODCAST: Minna Yoo from LoveBottle.net
This Coffee Chat podcast is with Minna Yoo, CEO and Founder of LoveBottle.Net. LoveBottle.net sells reusable glass water bottles with single-hand-opening pop tops that you can write on. The idea is based on the studies of ...

BONUS VIDEO PODCAST: The Bartender and the Bond Girl Take On Old Fashioned Subjects (50MB)
This is the 2nd of a 3-part vodcast series done with Mr. Martini (BehindTheBarShow.com). The first was in celebration of the Kentucky Derby - we made a mint julep and discussed Da Horses. In this vodcast, we take the bourbon from the julep and create an Old Fashioned. Then, we discuss how to have a ...

Fempowerment Lifestyle Training - Session One
I have received many emails and queries from Bond-Girls-To-Be regarding what fEmpowerment Lifestyle Training "is like." This podcast is a recording of the first meeting of a new Thursday Night group. These Grrls have agreed to have their first two meetings taped and made public, to instruct those of you who are ...

Poledancing Parlance
This week's San Francisco S Factor Newsletter had a great article by Sheila Kelley (the Founder) called Meanderings. I will link it here, but they "go away" every week, so I will also cut and paste the bit I'm talking about right here:

Ladybug Release Day
A friend just sent this from the local elementary school -- click here for the video of their recent Ladybug Release day. It's only 3 minutes, but it's a lot of fun. Her husband is the cinematographer/"interviewer." What's your favorite part? I have to say ...

Eco-Gastronomy and Saying Grace
Today's entry in San Francisco IdealBite goes like this:
Ever seen da Vinci's "The Last Supper"?

The Bite
Then you know food can be art. And that's what the founders of Slow Food International - a nonprofit devoted to bringing back whole foods that are cooked ...

Organizing Tips for Mother’s Day Gifts (May 11th)
I receive The Organized Life ezine - I wish I could link an RSS feed, but either I am an idiot or I just can't find it - so the link here is to their latest article on Mother's Day gifts. Emily Wilska gave some great ideas ...

View From The Bay - Numbah Two! Feng Shui with Lisa Quinn and Sandy
Hey Grrls! Can I tell you one thing? I'm in LOVE with Lisa Quinn (host) and David Corona (cameraman). I am honored to have been asked to come back to View From The Bay (ABC) to chat about another portion of my book - on feng shui. As you know, I've ...

DoshDosh.com
Yes, fine, so you know now that I'm way behind on my reading... so sue me... DoshDosh.com is an online forum that I really enjoy. I just read an article on re-thinking Comments on Blogs that was great and I wanted to pass on, and in ...

LUPEC
Hey... I told ya I was trying to clean up my online To Do/To Read list today... Here is an organization that I found while investigating items for our Kentucky Derby vodcast -- LUPEC -- Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails. I'm sad because it looks ...

BONUS HYPNOTHERAPY PODCAST: Susan Bird (3 of 3)
In this podcast I am extremely honored to offer you another full induction from Master Hypnotherapist Susan Bird. The final of three full inductions, this session builds from the clearing and cleansing you did in the first induction, and the growing of your Manifestation Tree from the second induction. In this culmination of the three ...

Another Use for Dental Floss…
NO. This is not going to be a commentary on women's undies. :-) And if ANY of you can give me a small hint how to make the text wrap around ...

Golf and the Single Grrl
I wanted to give a quick shout-out to Zandria's blog on BlogHer. I am woefully behind on all my blogs, podcasts, RSS feeds and the like... it definitely takes discipline to scan through them every day. I know I need to set up a page where ...