This GutZy Woman is at it again!

She’s 73 1/2 years old and just keeps plugging away…

No kidding, she is like the Eveready Battery. Which is a GOOD THING for us and the world and why I admire her to no end.

If you aren’t familiar with Barbara and what she’s accomplished in her 70 + years, scroll down further in this article and I’ll give the scoop, but since this is such a TIMELY post, I want to let you know about what she and another GutZy Woman in Washington DC are up to right up front.

That way, you can hop on the bandwagon, no matter what political party you belong to. THIS IS REALLY COOL! Just to to give you a little background and a chance to hear her with your own ears, I’ll tell you a short personal story:

About a month ago, I got an email from Healthy Wealthy n Wise about an online interview with Janet Attwood & Barbara. I made it a point to listen because I’ve been to seminars put on by both women and LOVE how each of these women are positively impacting the world. Believe me, I was NOT disappointed!

All of it was FASCINATING, but the part I want to point out is when Janet asked Barbara about HOW in the world she was placed in nomination to be Vice President with Geraldine Ferraro in 1984? She replied that her idea to establish a “peace room” rather than a “war room” was so innovative and so well received that the delegates liked it well enough to nominate her.

IMAGINE…Focusing on WHAT’S WORKING vs WHAT’S NOT. What a CONCEPT!

She then talked about taking that idea a step further, explaining how her idea this election year was to approach each of the presidential nominees about establishing a “solution oriented initiative” which would commit the elected President to address the US population regularly through television to divulge people, initiatives and solutions that WERE ACTUALLY WORKING to solve the challenges of the US and the world.

Barbara went on to say that she was already working with others to set up the infrastructure so that those people out in the world who witnessed these communications and were PASSIONATE about the issues addressed, or were already having positive results from their own programs, could “meet” and work together to form more synergy in that particular area.

This increased POSITIVE energy around SOLUTIONS and the power of passion, she said, would have the potential to “step up” the time frames for turning things around…something that was VITAL since the world is reaching chaos at an increasingly FASTER RATE.

CLICK HERE to listen in

Hey…made a TON of sense to me!

So I got on the phone to Barbara’s assistant, Patricia, to see if they would be attending the Democratic National Convention in Denver to repeat her 1984 success at getting her idea supported, but alas, she was NOT invited.

Totally bummed, I then asked if I could possibly set up an interview with her for YOU, my GutZy Women (and Brave Men), to get to know her and this AMAZING idea to see you resonated with that UNIQUE approach to saving our world, but alas, I was once again disappointed, as she was so overbooked as it was.

Well, imagine my SURPRISE and EXCITEMENT when I got an email back from Patricia informing me that Barbara got an invitation to speak in the “Big Tent: right before Obama was to speak in the Stadium! I scrambled to try to get a press pass from the PR people in charge of the Big Tent as a blogger to follow the story, but once again, no cigar.

Yesterday, I Got the Official Announcement:

“We have 4 days until the Democratic National Convention where Barbara Marx Hubbard and Eleanor LeCain will launch, in the Denver Big Tent on Digg Stage from 4:00-4:55 PM, a non-partisan appeal to form The Citizens Solutions Council in the Office of the Vice President of the United States of America.

The Alliance for a Sustainable Colorado is hosting The Big Tent at the Democratic National Convention, where we will present our petition with thousands of names showing our support for establishment of a Citizens Solutions Council in the White House. We will make a similar presentation at the Republican National Convention in September.

Now in 2008, at the Big Tent in Denver Co. she is leading a grassroots movement to establish a Citizens Solutions Council in the Office of the Vice President, which will function to identify, connect, communicate and build on citizen-based solutions to our Nation’s problems.”

Remember how I always get so JAZZED about the internet? This is exactly why!Not only do I get to alert you to such a PARADIGM SHIFTING initiative on my blog, but WE get to watch it happen LIVE on the Internet, PLUS we can take part in getting in going right now, if we have a mind to by signing their petition online!

CLICK HERE to get all the DETAILS :

Who is Barbara Marx Hubbard?Barbara Marx Hubbard is the President of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. She has helped create the field of “conscious evolution”.

Dr. Hubbard, the author of several books, was a citizen diplomat in the former Soviet Union during the 1980’s and pioneered a Soviet- American Citizen Summit. She co-founded several major organizations including the World Future Society and the Global Association for New Thought. Barbara co-developed with Teresa Collins the educational program “Gateway to Conscious Evolution,” and she is now producing a seven part documentary series entitled “Humanity Ascending: A New Way through Together.”

She appears on many television and radio interviews and speaks internationally before audiences as wide ranging as NASA to the Inner city of Los Angeles.

Dr. Hubbard’s books include Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential, Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence, The Evolutionary Journey: Your Guide to a Positive Future, The Hunger of Eve: One Woman’s Odyssey toward the Future, and Revelation: Our Crisis is a Birth, and 52 Codes to Conscious Self Evolution, now in beta testing phase to develop a deepening “Communion of Pioneering Souls.”

AND, of course, she’s one of my Heroines

Hang around here for a while and you’ll meet the most interesting women!

For example, several weeks ago, a good girlfriend invited us to dinner to meet a multi talented musician, author, poet, actress, activist born in Southern Colorado near the New Mexico border from an educated and  political Hispanic family.

Her name is well known in New Mexico circles, but not just as an entertainer. She’s not afraid to speak up and take action when her people and community need a leader to bring attention to the plight of the rural areas of Colorado and New Mexico. She has become the keeper of the language and culture of the people.

Her Name: Veronica Ortiz. In some circles she is known as “The Gypsy Nun”.

We were treated to a delicious Cuban dinner, an eclectic and fun mix of guests and a performance of delightful and beautiful songs sung in spanish, a soothing voice and a strumming guitar. It was a delightful evening, but even more engaging were the stories told by this greying woman of the world, who now sticks close to her home of  El Rito, a rural setting, which, while beautiful, is suffering from lack of water as a result of drying up wells from years of drought.

It’s a Problem. People Need Water!

And the discussion was…how is it possible that the government in this great United States of ours, one of the richest nations in the world, cannot seem to provide for the basic needs of it’s people! People Need WATER! And because this is an aging and economically depressed rural area, the people cannot afford to pay for the infrastructure needed to pipe in water. The problem is falling on deaf ears.

But rather than dwell on it, Veronica just does what she can to help her community AND she has many stories to tell of her younger days growing up on a sheep ranch in a family of 13 children. She talks with a focus on the benefits of her experiences…

as a nun in training at a Benedictine Convent…

Deciding to leave the order to travel and follow her love of music and creativity…

The consequence of that ending in divorce and separation with her children…

Winning recognition and awards as an artist, actress, as well as activist…

As a multimedia maven and as a natural communicator, I am passionate about revealing the remarkable stories of GutZy Women!

Our stories are important and for many years were hidden away from the history books, but couldn’t be stopped as women LOVE to talk and we pass stories on by  word of mouth, woman to woman and then pass the down to our children. But often they get lost, as they have in my family.

Just exactly why I LOVE this medium called the internet with all of it’s capabilities to communicate, connect, educate, archive and inspire! Won’t you join us?

Don’t forget to come back when Part 2 is unleashed! 

In the meantime, there is much to gain from the TONS of INFO at my website

AND, there is MORE to gain from Veronica’s Wisdom…

GutZy Women

are…

Those of Us

Living to Lead…

Leading those who are Living
the Lives

of…

Business and/or Benevolence…

ONWARD toward the Mystery and Mastery

of…

The Virtual Market Place.

Overcoming the Weight of the World…

In my previous post, I shared a personal story about how all the bad things happening in the world recently affected me and how after releasing all the pent up garbage I had been holding inside, I examined why it affected me so badly and what it would take to feel better.

In order to do that, I re-visited what it was I wanted to create in my personal and business life. I questioned whether what GutZy Women offers to our readers, students and partners is truly of value to them. Additionally, I asked myself and YOU if GutZy Women is actually having an impact in the mission to change perceptions about computer and internet technology being too complicated, threatening, frustrating, time consuming and/or expensive.

In the Beginning…

I know when the vision of GutZy Women came to me, it was so EXPANSIVE that I needed help figuring out where to start.

After much confusion on my part and after working with a few business building consultants, I decided to begin with the education piece. So last May, I held the grand opening of GutZy Women LLC.

The educational process began with classes I facilitated here in Pueblo and have since expanded in scope, both online and off. There are so many great educators, coaches, trainers and mentors online now, with more and more women becoming a part of that talented pool, it becomes overwhelming! How does one decide. How does a multi tasking Mom/business owner, for example, find the time? GutZy Women to the rescue!

GutZy Women’s contribution to education is now at over 100 articles, videos and audio combined. That doesn’t include all the tips, strategies, advice, learning experiences, resources and connections we have freely shared on our other websites, social networks, forums and chat rooms for seekers of marketing and income solutions.

Welcome to the Future:

Every day, more and more people are learning online, not just by reading, but by listening and watching, thanks to broadband, wireless technologies and Web 2.0 capabilities . There is still some resistance, but to be honest, with the price of gas and the lack of time, on demand online learning, without leaving home, just makes sense.

Besides the phenomenal growth of social networking, there’s instant messaging, Skype type calling , mobile texting…it just continues to expand! It soon becomes apparent that the world is at our fingertips.

GutZy Women is behind the scenes at this moment creating alliances with resources around the world for education, mentoring, networking and joint venturing.

Expanding possibilities for women and their families by leveraging communication technology is GutZy Women’s  ”Big Picture”.

Being able to connect with people who are intent on making this a better, more sustainable world and are taking positive ACTION in that direction IS what gets me JAZZED and in it’s inaugural year, GutZy Women LLC is HOT on that path.

So… Why the Discontent?

A source of my discontent, it seems, is when I came to the realization that it’s time to add on the next level.

Not that we want to leave “newbies” behind. The education piece is still very important for the EVE-olution.

We continuously scour the internet and attract like minds to flush out the great stuff (and expose the bad), but we also have to have successful ways to bring it to your attention….then convince or inspire you to overcome your own barriers to taking POSITIVE ACTION.

Additionally, I realized my own personal resistance to being totally business and internet marketing oriented in content, when my true passion lies in manifesting a world that values and supports women and includes them as valued equals in all the different facets of life.

Gathering the Feminine Energy

I see the necessity of the return of feminine energy into our world in order to keep us from self-destructing.

Because I see it that way, I sometimes come across as a feminist, a whiner or a sexist. At other times, I strike people as “Pollyanna-ish”, gullible or an unrealistic ”dreamer” because I believe in the power of love, the virtue of open mindedness, co-opetition vs competition, abundance vs scarcity, and the existence of miracles.

Regardless, I proclaim my right to deviate from a purely professional presence and humbly present the truth of who I am and what I believe as a holistic being.

You have the same right here in GutZy Womanland.

If you are comfortable with that, as well as with inspirational messages or “women talk” in the same breath as internet marketing, technology education and business development, then GutZy Women is the right place for you and NO, you don’t have to be a woman. Enlightened Men are welcome and even encouraged to join us in the EVE-olution.

(OK now, I’m getting all choked up again..Hands over your hearts. please

The GutZy Women Proclamation: Here at GutZy Women, We ARE on a level playing field.

It is provided for you by technology. It is provided for you by education.

The resources, support and understanding you need or want are here.

Other GutZy Women and Brave Men have gathered and are waiting for you.

Your ideas are BRILLIANT.

Your gifts, skills, talents and passions are anxious to contribute to the freedom and abundance you dream of and, quite frankly, deserve.

GutZy Women are anxious to illuminate them! Thrilled to bring attention to them!

Excited to help spread them out into the universe in a way that will benefit us all.

God Bless GutZy Women and Brave Men Across the World!

Now, That’s what I’m talkin’ about!

(OK…now I feel betterJ) Thanks for understanding!