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Who’s Your Biggest Mentor?

Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy and Janie Sykes-Kennedy

When asked “Who’s your biggest mentor?”, Success & Wellness Coach Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy contributed to MyCorporation Blog sharing thoughts on her mother:

“My mother, Janie Sykes-Kennedy, has been my biggest mentor. A Columbia University-trained journalist, she ran Sykes Kennedy Associates, Inc., a marketing consulting company that did business around the world. In the late 1980s, she was invited by the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Housing & Urban Development as one of fourteen women to start trade talks with China and walked away with a contract to distribute the journal, Building in China, worldwide. She showed me by example what was possible as a female entrepreneur. You can make your dreams come true by believing in yourself, living your values, pursuing your vision, working smart, and seeking joy along the way.”

Acknowledge Your Angel

A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Acknowledge Your Angel – “The child hurriedly asked, ‘God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel’s name.’ ‘You will simply call her, ‘Mom.’”

Your Angel

QUOTE CARD: The child hurriedly asked, “God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel’s name.” “You will simply call her, ‘Mom.’”
-Unknown

Mom’s 80th Birthday

It was wonderful to celebrate my mom’s 80th birthday. She looks in her 60s and is THE best mom in the world!! I’m so honored to have co-authored a book with her, Dancing Light: The Spiritual Side of Being Through the Eyes of a Modern Yoga Master. It was an amazing process to work with…

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.
-Coco Chanel

I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
- Abraham Lincoln

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
- Abraham Lincoln

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
- Sophia Loren

7 Things I Learned From Mom

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As Harriet Beecher Stowe said, “Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.” My mom has certainly been the source of constant inspiration. Anyone who has heard me speak has heard stories about her. Although she is highly educated and accomplished, her advice is usually quite simple yet powerful if applied. I didn’t always listen to her growing up, but now I savor every word.

Jump At De Sun

QUOTE CARD: “Mama exhorted her children at every
opportunity to ‘jump at de sun.’
We might not land on the sun,
but at least we would get off the ground.”
-Zora Neale Hurston