hello hello and welcome to our show conversations with lady t when we bring guests on not so to talk about issues and topics that  function where you had your lovely tea service and sandwiches and everything was impeccable and love the style so as a result said wow i want to maintain contact with you because you handle things really well and when you invited me to be part of your show i said another exceptional entrepreneur is from fireball network so i thought that she would be a great part of the show so i would like them to start her journey while my journey my passion my business is all about connecting people and bringing people together and obviously a tea party is one lovely way to enjoy each other's company networking events are another which is where you and b j met and which is in fact how b and i know and became friends and collaborators we met at a first time for and the magazine thirty fifth anniversary party and it was a fantastic event where it was a room filled with people phone yes and don't make that right you know eye contact and communication and that's that's where we made the initial contact and then two weeks later we met again at the think a magazine women's summit it really is i believe as just as you do making people feel comfortable making helping to empower and facilitate we all have something more insecurity tells us you know really tiny that was an issue growing up we also all have things that we're so confident and proud of us and we need to help each other let that shine right and support each other and our messages and say you know what take center stage take the spotlight  securities that you talk about because they're worried about their own insecurities had to overcome something i mean i was born with my legs backwards and so i didn't walk for the first two years of my life however that helped shape my journey because i became obsessed from the time i was little with getting people out of pain right because  in the fashion and grow right there are certain things that i had to overcome and then that helped me develop my first product line because the obsession with constantly getting out of pain just like venus being shy now she realizes that to help other people overcome that ships not shiny more so now too to spot someone you know we had an example we went to you know dean is a fantastic marketer and i want something you go after it you can't wait for someone to give it to you know when everyone works hard you go after it you and you have people around you to help you back to the day it was three generations of family together now your family's who you can that's why i guess that's people who want to help like yes when i teach you know said if you love to come on the show you could have just come by yourself right but you were sharing with someone who shares with you and i love that was great credible to me that you did that and it's like awesome right because we're not we don't take this journey alone really we should be helping and when we're fortunate enough to have the spotlight at times it's yes you can have it all but you can also share it and then help someone else along the way and china spotlight for for is it whether those resources are community groups or networking associations or industry groups or knowledge i mean all ask advice from many many other people and the advice that they give me i then give to my  if you're not making mistakes you're not growing you're not learning right so what i like to do for my journey is i'll write about a mom you know i've written i've ghost written several books i finished a book where i'm actually a named author with janet jackson's trainer and then i'm writing about one of the journey of being an entrepreneur and starting product lines from start to finish because i do make so my products are made one hundred percent made in america bodywork spalls the first of eight products in this line and that was a difficult journey to get the products made i had products made in china taiwan it's much easier however it's matter so much to me to have products here in the u s i'm just as passionate about  it's made here with employment as i am with getting people out of pain so if i could share the the challenges and the things that worked and things that didn't from my perspective that might work for someone else because all you're doing  it's to share that the other book i'm writing now is about recovering from superstorm sandy because during this during this entrepreneur journey i got wiped out by superstorm sandy right we're about to do our formal launch last wiped out the house car possessions office in inventory in one night and so as a result of that and store the that i face between fema and lifting the house i decided to write a book about it to hopefully give it to other people who suffer future natural disasters to give it to them for free or a guidebook because just to say ok a fortune this has happened to you here's a checklist of things that is going to help you along this journey i support and resources because after going through the red tape and to be very fortunate to have a son or man and asunder booker congressman mcarthur to help out both sides of the aisle doesn't matter but right good people helping people doesn't matter whether it's red or blue by exam but to be able to say ok here are some resources and it's no different that's being an entrepreneur it's just saying here's a here's some resources to  take advantage of hopefully you know and that's that's all we can do is try to keep sharing some board and pass it around so when i have clients who are have products or they talk about manufacturing i say i'm going to connect you with the drug she's give you some advice you know or if they need to get connected to the hotel industry or the dance community wherever it is that you have contact and access share that because the more diverse your network and the better better if you're a lawyer  that is why it's important to me to step outside your comfort zone because you know you don't have to be that person that expert in that profession but you do have an expertise to offer right that you have a lot and i don't i don't do my own contracts my lawyer does that but i can teach other lawyers how the was the panel was called the  the way every year i go to the national national sociate and women lawyers luncheon in new york city stop seven hundred women female attorneys of the world so knowing that dina is already been asked by the bar association of new york we decided to have our meeting right there to make the introduction for you know you don't have to be an attorney to do something for attorneys and you know of last year i spoke at the first ever cancer prevention s researchers and the hospital admins how to take care of themselves by getting up every hour taking that might take to an re new role be their role with the body works ball without it but to help themselves and so they could  h their patients and audience and at first i said when i was invited because dr margaret cuomo she's a very fantastic cancer researcher she's written a fabulous book about a world without cancer and we it's been acting there's always where i connect that we all have homes issues and i love the fact that you were training these doctors and these health care professionals on how to take care of themselves and we didn't even realize it until we really start talking when i was a social worker i was training health care professionals on how to accommodate for the needs of the caregivers so it's almost a three step process you have the health care professionals the doctors the occupational therapists physical therapists social workers like me program so use your skills use your voice use your power to put that message across as beautiful and it's interesting because we're going to be speaking together and j cia event and the end of september multiple businesses and as such an entrepreneur the hotel conference she talked about her design company and i work with architects and engineers and contractors people who are building and designing and so she fit in there actually she fit in better with other people i mean she really yes it was the dead of with this past winter and i mentioned it him dina said oh you know what i belong to the elevator network the women being this venus williams is going to be our guest speaker this week and it was in between you few times tournament she flew in for this event specifically and she flew in from overseas and so i was able to connect with venus williams but just to the magic of saying you know i would like to meet this person  two thousand and nine ok and i'd work for different companies before that and done consulting you know with you know your strengths and skills and you know what you love to do and you know fly that whether it's in a job or from your own company running on one else or on a volunteer basis some people don't have the chance the next opportunity and i prefer i like to go into under served communities you know that that last year with the riots in baltimore one thing that wasn't published was to the area where that took place we went down there my mom came down as well and we went with the holistic life foundation another group that that i was introduced through sharon salzberg who is a meditation guru who then introduced me about that there's a constant here is this another group i think you'll be together with you know there was this huge meditation right in the middle of the top of the field that said that sits right in the middle where everything took place and there were hundreds of people two helicopters overhead the whole time that never made  because it was calm and peaceful and bringing people together as a right but it didn't impact the fact that it had it had a huge impact on the community so it started from with and and it was only through doing that that work charity work through those opportunities and new ways to help i work a lot with women's organizations that really matters to me and so how can you help women whether it's women in construction non traditional employment and women and women who merge the real estate  in us and i got very involved in senator booker helped me with a little mini documentary on having products made in new jersey you know i just never forget it was one of the hottest days of the summer that i only a small wellness entrepreneur and i wasn't saying that to be boastful are saying that too that anyone can do it but to say i was only small wellness entrepreneur only one from new jersey everyone else it was three  shoulder very good and the further your feet are from the wall is the more pressure that you put on it you begin doing little need bends up and down side to side roll ball where you need it there you go you could always tell where the aches and pains are and you just keep moving to get out all the aches and pains and cricks in and you can also if you want to you can you know to do it now but you could flip your your shoes off roll your feet you can roll your feet first thing in the morning get out of bed put your feet over the side of the bed roll your feet for thirty seconds before you go to bed at night roll it helps you sleep better relax all attention that gets in your feet during the day you can use it on your wrist your hands your arms all over your body for tight lower back hips  always say oh overnight success how many years it takes you know that it's launching it's getting traction now yesterday as the attention comes up i to also share that with people who have helped out along the way and continue to you know to be able to give a presentation to a national chain for marketing to get hang up the phone and say i call deena right away after speaking to a national chain which i am going to deal right now because i need to get them some some marketing  campaign that he was able to put millions of dollars and to the decision maker to say ok i'm interested yes so that's why it's important to have this network of people that when these opportunities come about that you have the right