Author, Speaker and Creator of Everything Powerful in the department of Women. Women seeking their ultimate authentic selves have turned to Nancy Kerner for over 20 years. Improving the quality of their relationships, healing toxic relationships, releasing from addictive behaviours are a few areas of expertise that Vision Dancer Productions offers support.Tweet

Womensville is happy to participate in a four week mini series with Nancy Kerner as a way to support Nancy’s Upcoming Book Launch of “The Power of Sexy Relationships.” Stories from the heart to live your passion and embrace your purpose.

Here is the first discussion between long time friends Andrea MacLeod (founder of womensville) and Nancy Kerner talking about real and personal questions that women have about what it means to live a life that is powerful, purposeful and sexy and why those qualities bring such richness to our life and our relationship.

Session 1: (30min.) “The Power of Sexy.” All women love feeling sexy, don’t they?

Session 2: (30min.) “The Power of Clarity.”  Are women looking for love or purpose, how to know if being in a long term committed relationship is what you really want.

Session 3: (30min) “The Power of Intimacy” Andrea and Nancy share intimately their own personal stories of how numbing their pain with alcohol and freeing themselves from that power of addition and relearning how to communicate, feel and deal with their emotions in a healthy way.

Session 4: (30min) “The Power of Hormones” Andrea asks Nancy common questions that the uneducated woman has about women and her hormones. What we need to know to be happy, healthy and well balanced women in the 21st Century.

Here is the Amazone Link to buy Nancy’s book!
Nancy is the founder of Vision Dancer Productions which hosts International Women’s Retreats and Events. In 2003 she co-created numerous outrageously fun events for women including the “You Are a Powerful Woman” Retreat; the Enlightened Woman’s Retreat; the Pleasure in Paradise: Swimming with Dolphins in Hawaii Retreat; Women Inspiring Women Retreat; and One Day Quickie Events such as, The Divine Feminine Writers Circle; Catch Your Dreams in Kona. She’s created and facilitated numerous Circles such as The Intuitive Leadership Circles in Canada and the USA; Activate the Source of Your Power – Cyber Circle; The Facilitator Mentoring and Support Cyber Circle.

Nancy was born and raised in San Diego, California. She moved to Seattle, Washington where she met and married her husband Manson Kerner, in 1979 and raised their two sons while building a log home, and then a ranch home on their 9 acres from raw land.

In 1988, after Nancy’s son had a near death experience, she sought help from a 12 Step Spiritual Recovery Program where she had her first conscious awakening. It was then that she was “downloaded” with a vision to assist women around the world in co-creating community, purpose, and love. The principles of the 12 Steps helped inspire Nancy’s own spiritual teachings, as well as other influences such as Oprah Winfrey, Louise Hay, Marianne Williamson, Bill Wilson & Dr. Bob, Robert Egan & Unity Church, Center for Spiritual Living, The Family of Women, Justin Sterling, David Deida, Satyan Raja, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Dr. Mona Lisa Shultz, Wayne Dyer, Doreen Virtue, Hay House Publishing Company, and The Quantum Leap Program and Seminar’s through T. Harv Ecker.  Nancy studied at the American Institute of Holistic Theology; Doctor of Divinity.

Currently, Nancy uses the backdrop of Hawaii to open women’s hearts into experiencing a deeper surrender to pleasure and love. She is currently writing her books, agendas, events and retreats for women on the Big Island of Hawaii. She welcomes others to join this inspiring community of women for a day or a lifetime.

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I’m going to keep this super simple for you men that ventured over here from Twitter nervously peering into the Womensville world of relationship insanity. (PS, thank you for being here. Now read, and then go back to what you were doing, there’s nothing more here for you.Thank you.)

FIRSTLY: Your Gift Needs to be Beautifully Wrapped with a Bow.  Spend $5 and get it gift wrapped at the mall. (even a bag of pepperoni, gift wrapped says “You’re worth it.” *Don’t even think about it!)

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• JEWELRY in a gift box & GIFT WRAPPED. Ask a pretty clerk what’s a guaranteed hit and buy it.  (Two things to note: 1. gift box and 2. gift wrapped ok? Two things. Trying to keep’er simple for you.)
• LUSH; This is a hand made cosmetic store franchise. Get over the smell, walk in and buy the biggest PREWRAPPED box filled with their “top selling items”.  They range from about $50 -$200 and they all ROCK, every woman will love it!
• A NEW PHONE: Yes, even women love electronics for Christmas. Please take it to the mall and get it properly gift wrapped.

It’s that simple fella’s. You don’t need to go buy Elizabeth Taylor’s jewels to be a hit. Even Michael Jackson’s Doctor could afford these things. Keep it simple and get it gift wrapped!! GIFT WRAPPED!!

Women reading this, please add comments if you would like to add  “SURE FIRE TIPS” that will help men succeed this Christmas.

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Greetings sister,
Thanks for asking about how to recover from that common, aftermath feeling of an argument with your husband. This is something each of us wives can relate to.

You, in your ultimate wisdom and brilliance have the power and skills to turn this all around. Your marriage will have dozens more times of this happening and its OK! The key is to look at these cold shoulder moments as a distancing mechanism. Relationships need distance from time to time. I heard someone once say “what’s missing in most marriages is the missing.”

Arguing is what we do when we are too afraid to expose our heart to our husbands. Arguing is only our ego protecting us. What lies underneath the arguing is a scared, vulnerable heart not ready to be expressed.

The very best thing you can do for your relationship is to find out what pain you were trying to cover up when you were arguing and then step into a state of bravery and expose that to him. This can only be done if you are 100% sure, your ego will not flare. Exposing ourselves to our husbands is a gift, we get to accept we aren’t perfect and he sees beauty in your bravery.

When there is an obvious pulling away in my relationship, I honour it. I use it as a reflection time.

A woman’s ego prevents us from accessing intimacy with our husband. If we are afraid of being intimate (connecting and or exposing our love) our ego will be present in our relationship.

Showing our children the many ways of being intimate is the ultimate gift we can give them. Here are some baby steps towards becoming more intimate with your husband, children and friends.

Look at them; wait and when they catch you looking, smile and hold that gaze; feel the connection. (POWERFUL)
When you walk past him, run your finger across his shoulders/back, slowly.
All acts of generosity are acts of intimacy; caring for a loved one’s needs and acting on them without any expectation of anything in return.

These three things will bring great depth to any relationship.

It’s ok for our children to see us distancing from their daddy, what’s most important is that they see you coming back towards him, and then seeing you kiss after the storm has passed. Our children should see this dozens of times during their childhood. This teaches them that it ok to distance, and that coming back to each other is a choice.

Something I have implemented into my relationship is once a month, a week before my period, I say to my husband, “Honey, I’m going to be getting my period in about a week and so, I could use a little space.” This has been a profound act of superb relationship management on my part.(If I do say so myself). This actually builds in that distancing mechanism without an argument doing it for me. Arguments are our ego protecting our hearts, so I’d rather implement exposing my heart and having a structure of distancing as a form of managing my relationship successfully.

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Women were born with the ability to successfully manage relationships. It’s in our feminine genetic make up that falls into the mothering/caring/nurturing/managing the family empire mould.

For those of you who do not know this about men, WE SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE! You know the whole men are from Mars and women from Venus thing? Indeed when we talk, especially about the relationship, men are hearing something completely different,AND their brains are telling them,”don’t believe a word she says, just watch her actions and you’ll see for yourself if what she’s saying is hot air or not.” 

If you want to send him running say this. “Honey, we need to talk about the relationship.” 

You might as well have said, “Honey, I need to pull out your tooth.”In Cantonese.

He’d give you the same look AND pretend he knows what you are talking about. 

Most men know it is dangerous to pretend like he understands the ‘lets talk about the relationship’ conversation. For some men bluffing their way through it by telling her what she wants to hear is the simplest way of ending the conversation as quickly as possible.

Women who date men who have a strong feminine presence, think they’ve hit the jackpot until, time comes when what they really needed was a solid male response to something and what they got was something no more significant than a wet noodle.

This is the time when a woman says, “this relationship just isn’t going to work.”

The best thing a woman can do for herself and the success of her relationship’s future, is step into the role of being 100% in charge and responsible for her relationship. There is no one better or more equipped than her to create the relationship of her dreams. If she’d just stop resisting this fact and embrace it,  all of her dreams would come true.

Here’s the good news. A woman who is confident and happy to be the manager of her relationship will be no threat to her man when she needs to ‘have a little talk’. First off, she’s smart enough to know not to start off the conversation with , “Honey , we need to talk about the relationship.” Instead she would take charge of what needs to get done, and then during ‘the talk’ she’d let him know her plan and assure him that everything is under control and he would say, ‘sounds good to me” regardless of what came out of her mouth.

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1. Know what your long term vision is for your relationship

A great way to connect with the women in your life is to organize a night or afternoon where you can create dream boards together, starting by writing out what your long term vision is for your relationship and then building  your dream board from that perspective.

2. Make a list of the things that you did when you were dating that brought love, laughter and joy to your relationship. You know what they are; it’s what had him want you to be his wife. When things aren’t going well, pull out this short list and see what you could do that day and watch your problems melt away.

3. Focus on his Winning Character Traits that had you want to be his wife. Write them down and speak to that man. And he will continue to rise to be that man more and more because you summoned it.

4. Check your ego at the door. Two ego’s in one relationship will destroy! He already has an ego that makes up the sum total of who he is as a man, so do yourself a favor and keep your ego out of your relationship and exercise it else where.

5. Quit making  him wrong. Men hate being made wrong. It’s tied to their ego’s. They can’t help but react violently when made wrong by anyone. A great way to respond to someone who is wrong is, “Hmmm, I never thought of it that way, I’m going to have to give that some thought.” Then let it simmer. This tip gives your ego a chance to simmer down because when we think someones wrong, it’s not us that thinks it, it’s our ego, and we don’t want our ego anywhere near our relationships.

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No amount of intellegence compares to a small act of wisdom.

I’ve decided today that my mission in life is to act like a wise woman. It turns out that all of the most successful women in this world indeed are all very wise. A 40 year old woman acting like a spoiled 16year old is not wise. A woman who trusts her ego over her heart is not wise either. True wisdom is a person who takes 100% responsibility for her life. Not an ounce of blame comes from a wise woman. Wise women honor and forgive their parents for getting a divorce, and sees the gift in how her marriage can be different. Wise women believe that they were not to blame for being abused and make powerful choices to acknowledge their worth and the worth of others. Wise women sacrifice their own needs for the needs of her family knowing full well that soon her children will be gone and she will have her time for her needs soon. I am in awe of the wise women around me, they are not attention seeking corporate executives but moms, grandmas and single moms; their beauty is unmistakable and oozing wisdom.

I’ve also noticed that wise women don’t talk a lot. Which might be a problem for me because I am a talker and so practicing talking less will be interesting. I learned today that no amount of intelligence does a human being any good unless they are wise in their choices.

Amazing what can be learned in a church service. A men.

To the many women who have at least once told themself , “I should write a book about that.”

My new website www.andreamacleod.com is dedicated to supporting the beginner writer. I’ll try and keep womensville strictly focused on women and our relationships. It’s been hard for me to not overlap the two topics, as I am so passionate about both. Thank you for your continued support.

Visit my Blog and Vlog posts for tips and tricks on how to get your book written. INvite your friends to “LIKE” our FB “Get it Written” Page.

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Andrea MacLeod is offering personal coaching services in all of these areas, via email and telephone communication. Please email info@womensville.com for more information. Consultations are free, and services are by donation.

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60 Second Introduction:

My Name is Andrea MacLeod, author of “Sister We Need to Talk” and founder of Womensville.com.
I’ve spent the last 21 years meeting face to face with women from the ages of 18-85 specifically focusing on improving the quality of our relationships. My book contains the top 10 solutions (that work every time) to the top 10 most common relationship problems.

If I didn’t have women that fought for the success of my marriage as much as they did their own, my marriage would never have survived, and I can confidently say today after 17 years it’s not just survived but thrived. I want to be that for you.

I’m here to fight for the success of your relationship as much as I am my own. If you want it, it’s yours. I am not here to be popular or be put on a pedestal. I’m here to offer support, a listening ear and then steer you down the path of getting real results for real life issues. I’ll be you’re own personal dear Abby. My family call me Andi, so I guess I’ll start calling myself Ask Andi. I hope you get my passion for marriages staying together. Miracles happen every day, right here, right now. Post your question on our forum and I will personally respond to you the way women have responded to me that had me access real results.

I have been married for 17 years and passionately home school my three children 14, 12, & 10 years old and live in Vancouver BC.

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Longer Version:

Andrea MacLeod has spent over 5,000 hours meeting with women from all walks of life, over the last twenty one years…

…everyone from business executives, house wives, young adults, divorced, single, married, successful and broken women.

The primary connection is regular face to face meetings with women who are committed to having the quality of their relationships be improved. She has met with these women in living rooms, board rooms at work, in parks, and coffee shops. Meeting with small groups as little as 4 or as many as 50 at a time.

Hundreds of hours have also been spent creating material for these women’s gatherings to facilitate their learning and growth.

From the age of 18, Andrea discovered that there was a need for women in her life. She quickly realized that one of the key reason’s that may be contributing to the near 50% divorce rate in North America was the lack of trust women had for each other. Guiding, supporting and working side by side hundreds, if not thousands of women over the last 20 years has given Andrea an inside and personal look at the common problems women face in today’s fast paced world. Her own 16 year marriage has been a recipient for her passion towards understanding relationships. Andrea believes no marriage, including her own, is free from problems and heart ache.

It is time Andrea share her hands on experiences of what really works, and really doesn’t, for women’s groups, women’s marriages, dating and parenting. Andrea is 38 years old, has been married 16 years and has 3 children ages 14, 12 & 10 whom she homeschools. Andrea lives in Vancouver, B.C.

Hello friends.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the purpose of womensville. So that you will want to come back and mostly so that you can leave inspired and ready to put into action things that will truly impact and grow you, in your current relationships.

Here’s what I know;  after spending close to 22 years meeting every week with women. Women need each other. Even though we are some of the most capable and successful women in the world, we still need each other.

One of the tragic things about women is that they compete with each other, not for each other. If women could shift their competitive nature with each other, we could really change the world.

Women compete for status and image. Women, even the most successful have low self esteem, because there’s always another woman who has more of what they want. As soon as we loose touch with being in a state of gratitude, that’s when the villain of low self esteem pops in. (I talk about this in chapter four of my book).

I had the fortunate experience of finding a women’s group that was so committed to serving the community, that we had little time to compete with each other. Instead we competed for each other and all of our lives benefited.

There are very few opportunities for women to really support each other like that.

I just want you to know that I am that woman for you. All those women that fought for my success in my marriage, are the reason I’m still married today.(and happily I might add.)  I am that woman who will tell you what you don’t want to hear, and not worry about you not liking me any more. I am that woman who will love you all the way to success. I am that woman who will not sell out on you.

One of the reasons why women sell out on each other is we don’t want to loose our friends and we don’t want our friends talking badly about us behind our backs. And when tough love is present and it doesn’t land right, that’s exactly what is at stake for all of us.

Just to be clear. I’m here to;

• Support you in finding solutions to your relationship problems.
• Help you stay tapped into all of the reason’s you fell in love with your husband but may have forgotten.
• Give you hope that you are not alone and that right now, you can change your reality to more of what you want.
• Show you concrete examples of how to keep your level of self esteem high and authentic.
• Point you in the right direction of getting professional help if needed.
• Remind you, that you are perfect and loved right now, just the way you are.

I, Andrea MacLeod, promise that my mission is to support women to succeed in their relationships. My only motive is to love, support, guide and offer as much assistance and practical advice that I know works. I promise to confess if  I just don’t know  how to help you. I promise to be as authentic with you as possible so that you can trust me. I promise that what I offer you is based on the last 21 years of meeting with hundreds of women each week and is based on what I witnessed and have practiced myself.

 

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