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May 7, 2024

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coaching

Speaking Up, Speaking Out: An Important Conversation About Aging Well

What does it mean to be fierce after forty? According to our recent Spark Alumni Nancy, it takes equal parts ferocity and vulnerability. There’s a movement...

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April 30, 2024

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coaching

It Takes Time to Become a Woman Over Forty

“It takes time to become a woman over forty.” This quote, from one of our recent Fierce After Forty Alumni, is such a simple yet profound...

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April 23, 2024

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coaching

One Woman's Search for Self-Acceptance: Finding Fierce Within After Forty

Can a photography session aid one's search for acceptance and change the way one looks at themselves? For this Fierce After Forty Spark Alumni, the answer is...

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March 12, 2024

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coaching

Lessons From Adversity: One Woman’s Fierce After Forty Story

Life has a way of teaching us lessons from adversity, especially for women in their forties experiencing upheaval in their lives. From the loss of loved ones...

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April 16, 2024

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coaching

How To Make Forty a Fresh Start: Being Fierce After Forty

It used to be said that forty was over the hill. But what if we learned how to make forty a fresh start instead of the beginning of the end? That’s the...

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March 26, 2024

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coaching

How To Find Your Inner Fierceness In Life: One Woman's Story

A decade ago, if you had asked Spark Alumni Bridget to describe herself, she might have had a different answer than she now gives. As a woman approaching 50,...

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April 9, 2024

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coaching

How to Find Confidence After Forty: One Woman's Journey

Is confidence after forty possible? At Show Your Spark, we say YES! Not only is it possible, but as we’ve recently discovered during our Fierce After Forty...

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February 6, 2024

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coaching

Rising From the Flames - A Fierce Phoenix Over Forty

From teenage pregnancy and the shadows of addiction to the grace of 18 months' sobriety and the pursuit of lifelong learning, Spark Alumni QueenChiya's story...

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February 20, 2024

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coaching

Homecoming Workshop: Community, Breathwork, and Movement

When was the last time you gathered with other women in a safe, nurturing environment where you found connection and personal growth? At Show Your Spark, we...

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January 30, 2024

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coaching

Fierce & Fine: Celebrating Unique Beauty & Unstoppable Spirit

Listen up! Forget what, as children, you thought it meant to be a woman over forty! Today a new story is being written in the lives of women entering their...

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February 13, 2024

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coaching

How To Witness Inner Light: A Journey From Self To Others

Have you ever stumbled upon a quote that resonates so deeply that you just have to share it with others? Today, I found myself captivated by these words from...

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January 16, 2024

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coaching

Embrace Your Fierceness Through Photography

Self-described as patient, empathic, and creative, Katie chose to participate in Show Your Spark’s Fierce After Forty Project to embrace her fierceness,...

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December 19, 2023

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coaching

From Protector to the Protected: Mindi's Journey to Fierceness

Self-described as compassionate, friendly, and dedicated, at the age of 53, Mindi now her fierceness as a woman, wife, mother, and grandmother. But it hasn’t...

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January 23, 2024

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coaching

Start 2024 Off Right: Prioritize Your Self-Care This Year!

You’re juggling countless responsibilities and giving your best every day- even when it doesn’t feel like it. Trust me, as a new mama and business owner I’ve...

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November 15, 2023

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coaching

How Getting Nearly Naked Improved My Self-Confidence

Why would someone say, “Getting nearly naked improved my self-confidence”? I’m so glad you asked! The journey to self-confidence and embodiment can be a...

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October 25, 2023

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coaching

7 Reasons All Mothers Need a Boudoir Session

Do all mothers need a boudoir session? Yes, absolutely! Let us explain. Boudoir photography has a PR problem. Somehow, along the way, boudoir photography has...

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November 1, 2023

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coaching

Introducing an Inspiring Conversation: The Power of Boudoir Photography

Woman in strappy dress with black backdrop and ring light. Photography by Lindsay Hite.

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November 21, 2023

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coaching

7 Reasons It’s Okay to Spend Money on Yourself

When was the last time you were about to spend money on yourself, but decided not to in the end? You made this decision not due to budget concerns, but because...

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December 27, 2023

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coaching

The Best Christmas Gift? Being Yourself!

What is the best Christmas gift? The gift of being yourself! In a society that often tells us who we should be, how we should look, and what dreams we should...

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August 15, 2023

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coaching

Celebrating Milestones with Boudoir Photography

At Show Your Spark, we believe in the power of celebrating milestones. Pausing to purposefully reflect on the past, present, and future can ground us in hope...

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