June 25 Power Women's Luncheon

What a wonderful day! We had 70 women join us for this luncheon at Skye,
where the topic was Journaling for your business.
Speaker and journal designer Carla Reeves was our keynote speaker! I am honored and blessed to know and work
with Carla, she is an amazing women with incredible talent and a real calmness and grace to her.


Article below: DAILY NEWS-SUN
For Carla Reeves, keeping a journal helped her discover what she wanted from life.
And Thursday afternoon she told about 70 people registered for the second Power Women in Business
Luncheon how “magic” happens when feelings, thoughts and ideas are put to paper.

Reeves, CEO of Sanity Journals, presented the topic “Journaling for Your Business” at Skye Restaurant
in Peoria. The networking series features exhibitors, lunch and a guest speaker and is presented
by Surprise Regional Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the Daily News-Sun, Adultcare
Assistance Homecare, Arizona Public Service and Phoenix Woman magazine.

Reeves began her presentation with a short personal history of her early corporate work life, which
ended when her first child was born. “After all, this was something I dreamed about
since I was a little girl,” she said. “I wanted to be a mom.” When her son was about 8 months old, she said
she felt the need to write and rediscover who she was. She realized she needed more in her life.
“There comes a time when we long for a deeper connection, and to have a feeling of peace inside.
But don’t most people look outside for inner satisfaction?” Reeves proposed journaling as a way to find the
satisfaction people seek. Most of us, she said, measure our lives in achievements,
what she called “somedays.” She gave as examples:someday I’m going to be successful, someday
I’m going to win an award, someday I’m going to be married and have a family. It’s common, she
said, to structure life in those terms. Just as common, though, is a “something missing” feeling when
one of the “somedays” is achieved. She told the audience journaling helped her discover
what she wanted from life, what she wanted to be as a wife, mother and woman of influence. She
also identified other benefits of journaling.
• It’s a way to process and move through life
events.
• It helps you get through to the truth of what’s
going on in your life.
• It can have an impact on your work and personal
life as well as relationships.

How does one go about starting to journal? Like an exercise program, Reeves said, you must
make a commitment to regularity, to journal on consecutive days, to “show up” for the journaling
exercise. “When you start to see the rewards, just like in your exercise program, that will be a motivator and
help you establish a focus for your journaling,” she said.
Reeves said journaling has helped her in her business as well. She told about attending an event
which she considered to be a failure because the results were not what she expected. When she took
the time to write about the event in her journal, she realized there was success. She had made new connections,
established new prospects and added to her network, all successful achievements.

Also at Thursday’s luncheon, the Valley View Community Food Bank was spotlighted. Jeanne
Blackman of APS presented a food bank representative with a check for $250, from the proceeds of
the luncheon. Deb Brown spoke about setting up an auxiliary for the food bank and launching its new
Web site.

The next luncheon in the series will be Sept. 24.
Wal-Mart will be the sponsor and the nonprofit spotlight will shine on Eve’s Place.