When I started FHI 5 years ago, I wish I had read the book, Real You Incorporated. It is such a useful tool for any woman looking to start a business or who is already in business.

Join us this Thursday, August 28th (my birthday), as we chat with this amazing author, Kaira Sturdivant Rouda. Click to listen here Thursday at 2pm CST.

Kaira Sturdivant Rouda, author of Real You Incorporated

You know, my mother was right! She always told me a nap was worth millions. If I would've only listened back when I was a young girl, she would've been able to catch a few winks, herself. Now, you can hear it from a pro as Dr. Sara Mednick chats with us about her new book, Take a Nap! Change Your Life. Just be sure to bring your blankie! Click to listen here Thursday at 2pm CST.

Dr.Sara Mednick, author of Take a Nap! Change Your Life

How to Love the Skin You're In!

Read contributing writer to FHI Online, Esther Kane's article about loving the skin you're in! Here's an excerpt with a link to the complete article, including Esther's Top 5 Tips for Loving the Skin You're In.

I know of no other season that causes women so much angst as summertime. Yes, this glorious time of year is hot and muggy, so we snatch up invitations to the beach/pool/lake where the only requirement is that we wear bathing suits, which appear to be made smaller by the year.

I'm sure I'm not alone when I state that nothing makes me nuttier than preparing to wear a bathing suit in public. I transform from a mature, worldly, educated, competent woman into an insecure mess at the mere sight of my one-piece. (Okay, maybe I'll consider a "tankini"--Goddess bless whomever invented those woman-friendly two piece getups.) Why does this happen to me and to so many of us?

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