Meet: BJ Taylor: Empowered Woman, One With The Wind by Louise Lovdahl, Kenosha, WI, USA

What does a woman do when she’s burned out from working in corporate America and from heading a rape crisis center? For BJ Taylor the answer was to turn to the wind and adventures through sailing.

In 1979 on a trip to California, BJ sailed for the first time. Although she had been familiar with power boats in her childhood, BJ found herself in tune with nature on a sailboat. She was intrigued by the wind, the water and the currents -- things not under her control.

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Chicago Women “Walk Their Talk” With Open Circles by Louise Lovdahl, Kenosha, WI, USA

Five years ago this month, Melissa Mondschain and Emily Halliday completed the Woman Within Training Weekend (WWTW) at House in the Wood and were in an Empowerment Circle together. Since then they have each stepped into several leadership positions in the Women In Circle community. Both women have extensive staffing experience, are apprentices on the leadership track and have led E-Circle trainings. Melissa is currently the Spirit Keeper (Community Leader) and Emily serves as the Empowerment Circle Coordinator, a position that Melissa has also held.

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WWI 2008 Rose Award Recipients By Louise Lovdahl, Kenosha, WI, USA

A “Rose Award Recipient” is a woman who gives or has given her time, service and gifts to provide opportunities for women to discover the power of who they are. Service can be in relationship to aspects of the WWTW, serving on local boards, or in general service to the larger community. Each year, WWI invites the local regions to nominate one local woman to be honored as a recipient of the Rose Award, along with the nominees selected by the Board of Directors of WWI from the larger community.

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Original Instructions by Joanne Mahler, St. Louis, MO, USA

Yesterday I crawled into our Fall Equinox Sweat Lodge with a troubled heart. When I emerged, I felt not only purified, but serene as well.

During the second door, the water-pourer related a story -- something that had happened to him recently that had caused him to think about his "original instructions", and whether he was remembering them, and heeding them, on this earthwalk.

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First-ever WW Marketing Video from Teresita Fawcett, WV, USA

TheEast Coast Sage Circle is thrilled to announce the completion of our first-ever marketing video! This short piece (about 4 minutes) will be used as an enrollment tool to help us spread the word about our unique product. The video will be available for viewing on our website We hope you will take a few moments to have a look! There is a link from our home page http://www.ecsagecircle.org to the video OR you can go direct to the video page by clicking on: http://www.ecsagecircle.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=74234 (Please allow some time for the video to load. It's very well done and well worth the wait).

Find Your E-Circle
If you’re looking for an Empowerment-Circle in the Chicago or Wisconsin areas, contact Emily Halliday, E-Circle Coordinator for Women in Circle, at 773-764-2980 (home) or 847-899-0315 (cell) or ecircle@womenincircle.org.