“Spotlight on Style” radio show on Diva Toolbox Radio
Tuesday, February 15th — 12:00 pm Eastern

Join me and my special guest Annamaria Poluha for “Feed Your Spirit – The Essence of Thin Resides Within“

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• Dispel the myths and learn the truth about weight loss and nutrition
• Understanding physiology vs. guessing – why you might be sabotaging your own life
• What the weight loss industry doesn’t want you to know

ABOUT ANNAMARIA

Annamaria Poluha has taught corporate workshops, women’s retreats, written for AOLHealth.com, and she appeared as health expert on numerous radio programs. She was featured in Fitness Magazine for her victorious battle with bulimia.

Annamaria addresses the core emotional issues why people struggle with weight along with developing winning strategies in life balance, self-esteem and effectiveness.

Annamaria is a master certified nutritionist (IBNFC), certified life coach (CPCC), certified personal trainer (NASM), and a published writer.

Listen live or download the recording at www.blogtalkradio.com/laurie-mandato

I first got to know the delicious products of OM Aroma & Co. last year when I found an online community called Savor the Success, co-founded and run by Angela Jia Kim and her husband Marc. Angela is also founder of OM Aroma & Co. and I invited her to be a guest on my “Spotlight on Style” radio show. She is truly the epitome of a talented, beautiful, creative women stepping into the spotlight. Her story is fascinating and she is as lovely on the inside as she is on the outside. If you’re interested, you can listen to a replay of my interview with Angela here.

Before the show I ordered a sample package of OM Aroma & Co. products. When the package arrived I immediately opened it and began to explore each product, opening it to smell and experience. I was hooked! The products are so luxurious, and smell and feel so lovely. I loved them all.  In Fashion Feng Shui® terms, Angela must be a Metal essence.  Her products are all about high quality!

I love the products and the company for several reasons; one of the most important is that all OM Aroma & Co. products are made with all-natural ingredients – no chemicals or preservatives. When you read the ingredients list for these products you won’t believe it. It’s no wonder that shortly after Angela launched OM Aroma & Co. in 2007 her products began to get recognized and win awards.

There are lots of other reasons to love OM Aroma & Co. besides their products including their Dollars & Scents program, which hires women who are re-transitioning into the workforce after taking time off to raise their children.

Now you know why I just had to share OM Aroma & Co. with you! And Angela has very generously offered a one-time special gift to my community – 20% OFF any online order through February 15, 2011. Just enter the coupon code MANDATO when you check out.

Here are a few of my favorite products:

1 Minute Ritual – Purify, Hydrate and Repair

Nectar Doucer – Organic Spa Body Wash
This is such a wonderful way to start or end your day in the shower! After you towel off, moisturize with Crème Eclat — Heaven!

Crème Eclat – Vinotherapy Body Hydrator
This is so yummy! It’s whipped so it feels like silk on your skin with a fresh citris scent.  I L-O-V-E this!

OM Aroma & Co. also now has candles, spa robes, etc. so you can truly create a wonderful spa experience for yourself at home!  And you know me, I am all about saying YES to your SELF care!

Go check out the OM Aroma & Co. website right now and take Angela up on her special offer – you will be so happy you did!

Let me know what you think!

“Spotlight on Style” radio show on Diva Toolbox Radio
Tuesday, February 1st — 12:00 pm Eastern

Join me and my special guest Pamela Reyes for “Rediscover Your Passion and Unleash Your Power!”

• Have you given way to corporate pressures to be and act a certain way?
• Do you pretend to have all the answers and hide your shortcomings, so others won’t see you as weak or inadequate?
• Do you want to stand out as a top notch leader that others will follow?

Discover how to identify your true talents and strengths to unleash your power and become the authentic magnetic leader you were born to be.

In this action packed show you’ll learn:

• 1 thing you should do right away
• 2 things that could be stopping you
• 3 clues to help you identify your talents and unleash your power

Imagine a life of playing to your strengths every day – finding the ability to shine at what comes naturally to you. Don’t go another day just going through the motions.  Learn from Pamela how to live your life on purpose, not by accident.

ABOUT PAMELA

Pamela Reyes is an expert at working with professionals who want to get in touch with – and then leverage – their true talents then build them into strengths to become authentic magnetic leaders.

Pam spent more than 20 years in corporate America in various international leadership roles working with Fortune 500 companies such as Sun Microsystems, Hitachi Data Systems, Accenture and EDS, travelling regularly within the US, Japan and South America.  She understands all too well what it’s like to navigate corporate politics in the quest for success – only to lose yourself in the process.  After years of corporate pressures to be and act a certain way, she began to lose touch with who she really was and what her greatest strengths are.  That was the catalyst that drove her to follow her true purpose and she founded Executive Force.

Believing so many people lose touch with what they’re really good at, Pam is passionate about identifying, focusing on and then maximizing a person’s true talents and strengths.  She is committed to people playing from this position so they live their life on purpose, not by accident.

Listen live or download the recording at www.blogtalkradio.com/laurie-mandato

Earlier this week I watched Bobbi Brown and Susan St. James Ebersol on the Today Show doing an interview with Anne Curry about women embracing beauty at 50.  I was not shocked to hear them giving viewers the same advice that I always give my clients. Here are some of the highlights:

Self Care – take care of what’s going on inside so that it radiates on the outside.

• Do yoga.
• Exercise with light weights.
• Eat healthy nutritious foods that nourish you.
• Get plenty of rest.

Embrace the woman that you are TODAY!

• Accentuate the positive – wear clothing that fits, flatters and fulfills you.
• Be proud of the women you have grown to be!  Don’t wipe away your face with surgery and fillers/injections.
• Color your hair if it has faded or turned gray before you’re ready (just be sure to get the color right with a great stylist or if you’ve had your colors done you should know if your hair color should be warm or cool).
• Work with what you have to make yourself the best version of YOU!

Bobbi’s tips for keeping your face looking great with makeup:

• Plump up skin – be sure to use a good moisturizer to keep skin hydrated (especially in colder/dry climates).
• If foundation is not staying in place, Bobbi suggests using a tinted moisturizer.
• Use cream blush instead of powder.
• Try black eyeliner and black mascara to define eyes and make them pop.
• Brighten your skin

Click here to watch the full Today Show segment.

What are you doing to embrace beauty after 50? Please share your thoughts and comments below!

“Spotlight on Style” radio show on Diva Toolbox Radio
Tuesday, January 18th — 10:00 am Eastern

Join me and my special guest Linda Allred for “Why Diet Resolutions Don’t Work: Train Your Brain to Lose Weight”

Listen in to find out why diets DON’T work and get concrete steps to retrain your brain to get happy, healthy, slim and trim in 2011!

Just imagine …

• Learning to train your brain to eliminate the weight you hate and keep it off forever, all while eating the foods you love and not feeling deprived!
• Easily breaking your bad habits in less than 28 days with a whole lot less stress!
• You will discover if you are a “Sugarholic.”
• Easily fitting into those ‘skinny’ clothes stuffed at the back of your closet.
• Increased self-confidence and self-esteem when you FINALLY reach your goal weight!

ABOUT LINDA

Linda Allred is a Bad Habit Breaker/Certified Hypnotist. She specializes in helping people break  bad habits, and change limiting beliefs that keep them stuck and prevents them from achieving their goals.

She became a certified hypnotist in 1992 and holds certifications in hypnosis from St. John’s University in Springfield, LA and the National Guild of Hypnotists, Merrimack NH. She has actively practiced hypnosis for 18 years and has successfully helped thousands of people reduce stress, stop smoking, and gain control of their weight and life, through learning the art of visualization, guided imagery, and  self-hypnosis.

Linda has developed a revolutionary weight loss program called the Weight Off NOW! Get Healthy – Get Happy Self-Hypnosis Bootcamp Home Study System which helps people shed their unwanted extra baggage and become happy, healthy, slim and trim.

Her program will give you a powerful insight into how you can break your bad habits and conquer your ‘waist’ AND THAT IS SPELLED “ W A I S T” – management problems once and for all!

Even more important is how these tools can help you kick start your weight loss goals into auto pilot and take you to levels of success that up until now you probably only imagined.

Linda Allred is the founder of Linda Allred LLC. Her company is one of the most complete health providers through her training and coaching programs. She is a frequent guest speaker and workshop facilitator for healthcare facilities, Fortune 500 companies and women’s organizations. She also offers a complete line-up of Positive Affirmations CD’s to assist people in conquering their self-esteem issues, eliminate undue stress, improve their memory and sleep patterns, as well as addressing a host of other health-related issues.

Linda resides in Baton Rouge, LA, with Don, her husband of 52 years.

Listen live or download the recording at www.blogtalkradio.com/laurie-mandato

“Spotlight on Style” radio show on Diva Toolbox Radio
Tuesday, November 30th — 12:00 pm Eastern

Join me and my special guest Michele DeKinder-Smith for “Discover Your Jane Type & Be The Best You”

• What are the Jane types?
• How can you discover your type?
• How does knowing your type help you become your best?
• Did you know you can be different types at different times in your life?

ABOUT MICHELE

Michele DeKinder-Smith, is the founder and CEO of Linkage Research, Inc, a marketing research firm with Fortune 500 clients such as Starbucks, Frito Lay, Tropicana, Texas Instruments, Hoover Vacuums and Verizon Wireless. She parlayed this entrepreneurial knowledge and experience into founding Jane Out of the Box, a company that provides female entrepreneurs like YOU with powerful resources, such as educational blogs, teleclasses, newsletters, and books. Michele was recently named to the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) national board of directors for a two-year term.

Listen live or download the recording at www.blogtalkradio.com/laurie-mandato

“Spotlight on Style” radio show on Diva Toolbox Radio
Tuesday, November 16th — 10:00 am Eastern

Join me and my special guest, Amethyst Wyldfyre for “Clear Your Energy & Electrify Your Business”

• Understand your energy and how it influences your personal and professional success
• Discover how to shed what doesn’t serve you in so you can serve yourself and your clients
• Learn how to know when to act and when to be still so you can conserve energy and utilize it
  more effectively
• Explore ways to set boundaries and say “No” fearlessly so you can free yourself to pursue your
  highest good
• Learn how to tap into your own personal energy by paying attention to your own natural
  rhythms and cycles

ABOUT AMETHYST

Amethyst Wyldfyre – The Energy Mastery Coach – is a Multidimensional Visionary Healer, Speaker, Performer, Author, Teacher and Artist. She specializes in serving highly influential transformational coach/trainers, speakers, performers, artists and alternative healers to LEAP fearlessly into their highest level of service to the planet. She is the originator of the CORE PATH Intensive a powerful Energy Journey program for Evolving Entrepreneurs which creates a crucible of transformation for her clients within which they achieve greater clarity, cultivate greater openness to Source, reveal hidden gifts and talents, and energize to implement their own mission and purpose in the world. Ms. Wyldfyre is an Initiated Shamaness in the Inka Tradition, a Crystalline Ascension Crystal Healer (another of her programs), a naturally ordained Crystal Singing Bowl Sound Therapist, and a published author of
several books. In 2008 Ms. Wyldfyre was selected by NH Magazine as one of their Renaissance Women and in 2009 her CD – Divine Union – A Crystal Singing Bowl Healing Journey was a COVR AWARD Winning Finalist in the Inner Space/Meditational/Healing Category at the International New Age Trade
Show in Denver.

Listen live or download the recording at www.blogtalkradio.com/laurie-mandato

“Spotlight on Style” radio show on Diva Toolbox Radio
Tuesday, October 19th — 10:00 am Eastern

Join me and my special guest, Annamaria Poluha for “Feed Your Spirit — Unleash the Keys to Being Weightless”

Join Annamaria and me as we take a look at dispelling the myths and learning the truth about weight loss and nutrition — understanding physiology vs. guessing, why you might be sabotaging your own life, and what the weight loss industry doesn’t want you to know.

ABOUT ANNAMARIA

Annamaria Poluha has taught corporate workshops, women’s retreats, written for AOLHealth.com, and she appeared as health expert on numerous radio programs. She was featured in Fitness Magazine for her victorious battle with bulimia and develops winning strategies in life balance, self-esteem and effectiveness. Annamaria is a master certified nutritionist (IBNFC), certified life coach (CPCC), certified personal trainer (NASM), and a published writer.  She has extensive communications training and has successfully coached programs in leadership, problem resolution, motivation, result orientation and self-awareness. She holds a bachelor’s degree in European studies from UCLA.

Listen live or download the recording at www.blogtalkradio.com/laurie-mandato

Today’s “Spotlight on Style” radio show was so much fun I wanted to remind you that if you missed it live you can still listen to the replay online, or download it to your iPod! My special guest, Stephanie Deitzer and I had a fun conversation, jam-packed with information, tips and trends for wearing the latest fall fashions in your business and business casual wardrobe. We also talked about how to use accessories to reflect your personality in your business wardrobe and tips for taking your daytime business look into nighttime style. Lots of fabulous information!

For more information about Stephanie and her work, check out her website and blog at www.styleatwork.biz!

Listen live or download today’s show at www.blogtalkradio.com/laurie-mandato

“Spotlight on Style” radio show on Diva Toolbox Radio
Tuesday, September 21st — 10:00 am Eastern

Join me and my special guest, Stephanie Deitzer for “Fall Fashion Trends at Work”

You’ve seen all the hype in the fashion mags about the new colors and trends for fall, but how do you incorporate them into the “real world?” Join Stephanie and I as we share the trends for fall and tips for incorporating them into your business and business casual wardrobe. We’ll also be talking about how to use accessories to reflect your personality in your business wardrobe and tips for taking your daytime business look into nighttime style.

ABOUT STEPHANIE

How does one follow a business career including 15 years in Marketing and Communications with a prominent Fortune 20 company like IBM?

Stephanie Deitzer created “Style at Work” and has leveraged her years of corporate experience to help organizations and individuals recognize and understand appropriate business, business casual, and “bridge” (day-to-night) attire.

She consults for well known global firms regarding appropriate dress code and basic business etiquette, taking into account their corporate culture, as well as for individuals. Working with each client’s personality, build, coloring, and goals, Stephanie assists them in being genuine, stylish, and memorable, yet workplace appropriate.

Through her process of “paring down, pairing up, and accessorizing”, she helps clients be on trend and on budget – working with what they already have in their closets and building from there. Her clients learn these and other every-day skills for dressing effortlessly, efficiently, and effectively – embracing Style at Work.

Stephanie is currently VP of Membership for the Association of Image Consultants International’s (AICI) New England Chapter.

Listen live or download the recording at www.blogtalkradio.com/laurie-mandato