Welcome to Straight Talk 4 Women!

Welcome to my new and improved Straight Talk 4 Women blog.  Although I enjoy writing both my blogs – Straight Talk on Relationships and Straight Talk 4 Women – and especially love hearing from you, the reader, on how I have helped you, I’ve felt overextended keeping up with both blogs, along with my practice and my family.  So, after countless business conversations, journal entries and ponderings I’ve decided to combine both blogs into one, which will be more focused and content rich. 

As my work has shifted more and more into working with women, I thought creating a second blog -- Straight Talk 4 Women -- would address this subject matter.  What I found instead was that sustaining two worthwhile blogs made it difficult for me to keep up with the posts in a way that I believe would be most beneficial to my readers.  I realized the challenge has served as a speed bump that has been slowing me down rather than assisting me in being more helpful to you.  

The truth is that, although I’ve been aware of this dilemma for some time, I have not wanted to let go of my original Straight Talk On Relationships blog.  I so appreciate my many loyal readers of this blog and found myself not wanting to upset my male readers.  When I slowed myself down to really think about this, I noticed that I was doing what many women I work with do -- I was sacrificing my own long term best interest because I didn’t want to upset the men or lose my male readers.  My first thought was “How female of me.” . 

I’ve recognize that I have postponed this much needed growth step for far too long and am therefore happy to announce that I will be transitioning my two blogs into one -- Straight Talk 4 Women.  I’m excited about this move and know it will help me to provide more quality and timely posts. 

So what does this mean to you?  It means I will be more focused in my writing and more freed up to create quality products that will help women and relationships.  My current readers do not need to do a thing other than continue to come visit and leave your comments as you always have.  To my male readers, I do hope you stay and continue to read and react to the posts.  Because you have women in your lives, I have no doubt that the posts will benefit you.  Some posts I write will not be gender-specific.  They’ll be for everyone because, of course, I won’t be able to help myself. 

I hope that you find this change to be positive and that you reap the benefits of my decision.  Thank you so much for your support along this journey.  I’m looking forward to traveling together and seeing where we end up!

Wishing everyone ROCKIN’ relationships that fuel you!
Lisa

Comments

[Karen]

I second both of the previous comments. You are such an inspirational and grounding force in my life right now. You provide such valuable insight and a call-to-action that I too will follow you wherever and whatever you call your postings/blogs. I'm looking forward to the timely tele-class next week!

[Arlene]

Thank you ! it is refreshing to find a writer that is so upfront and honest about how they feel and why they feel that way in an honest and truthful way, so I applaud you for making this decision. The part of "how female of me" is of course so true that we do this without even thinking about it, because we are female and that is our nature to Please , the nurturing part of us, well most of us anyway. So Thank you for keeping this blog going in whatever way is best suited to help us all.

Dear Arlene: You're very welcome. Thanks for the support:-)
Lisa

[Holly Severson]

Lisa, I am happy for you that you found the solution that works. I will read whatever you post, regardless of the title. Thanks for your good work!

Dear Holly: Thank you:-)!