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The Great Girlfriends DiMe Take Over #WomenInspired Event Recap By Lashana L. Thomas

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The Great Girlfriends DiMe Take Over #WomenInspired to Live an Extraordinary life event sponsored by Prudential and partner Dorinda Walker was a day for the books! The featured speakers made sure the women who attended would leave the event with a book full of notes. Hosted by Sybil Amuti and Brandice Daniel , of the Great Girlfriends Show, they introduced women including, Style influencer, public speaker, media personality, and entrepreneur, Tai Beauchamp, who shared her message about “The Power of You” encouraging women to understand and claim the essence of power that we all internally have. Timeless messages that we’ve heard before, but rings true when you are trying to stand out in a saturated market.   Another great speaker featured, Christina Schelling , who is the modern day “Career Scholar” working for fantastic companies such as American Express, IBM and U.S. intelligence and defense agencies. Now with Prudential, Christina is the Vice President of Talent Acquisitio

BOSS Spotlight: Meet The "Coaching Mentor" Conchetta Jones

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Conchetta Jones , A Personal Development and Lifestyle Coaching. Owner and Founder of She’s All That! Which assists women in finding the obstacles in their lives that are keeping them stuck and preventing them from living their life like its golden. TheBOSSNetwork: What were some obstacles that you faced in the beginning process of starting your business or career?  Conchetta Jones: Fear and not thinking I was good enough. Thinking I needed to get more education. But I got tired of seeing other people doing the things I wanted to do so, I made the decision to step out of my comfort zone and go for it. I decided to “do it afraid” BN: What inspired you to break into your particular industry?  CJ :  For years I had put aside doing the things that I wanted to do. I had all these ideas in my head, but no plan. After I started working with a coach, who helped me get my thoughts together and put some action with it, I knew that I wanted to be able to help other women in the same wa