Cheryl Blossom, therapist, motivational coach, author and founder of the Blossom Institute in Reno, will offer strategies for great relationships for women in business on February 15 at eWomenNetwork. Photo by Paula Leyba, The Image Gallery.

Many women in business grapple with guilt over maintaining strong relationships along with the demands of work.  The eWomenNetwork Reno/Carson/Tahoe Chapter presents strategies to foster great relationships while running a business with “Have an extraordinary relationship – and have a business, too,” 5 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. (doors open and informal networking begins at 4:30 p.m.), Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at the Hidden Valley Country Club, 3575 East Hidden Valley Dr., Reno. 

Today’s woman entrepreneur has a tough mandate, according to presenter Cheryl Blossom, therapist, motivational coach and founder of the Blossom Institute in Reno.  “Women are expected to balance running a successful business, raising the children, taking care of the household and being romantic and nurturing for her spouse,” she said. “This definitely can lead to guilt and feelings of failure,” she added.

Participants will learn at this powerful session:

• How to diagnose and treat the Overwhelm, Indecision and Exhaustion (“OIE!”) condition and acquire a new lease on life with overwhelm elimination
• Strategies to powerfully deal with feeling overwhelmed  
• Guilt-free decision-making to overcome energy-draining indecision
• Ways to be free from the cycle of exhaustion

 Blossom is known as a “transformation catalyst.”   She is author of A New You-A Guide to Personal Transformation  and is a doctoral candidate in holistic health.  Her clients have included high-profile celebrities and members of the British royal family. Blossom designed and currently is leading a two-year holistic practitioner degree program at the Blossom Institute.

eWomenNetwork is the No. 1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses, offering Accelerated Networking^TM  and other resources designed to build relationships and success.  The evening includes dinner and is $40 for eWomenNetwork members, $50 for non-members and $60 for late registration beginning February 11.  Vendor display tables also are available; for more information or to register, visit www.ewomennetwork.com/chapter/reno  or call 775-853-2120.

The CHAOS to Cash store in Reno offers consignment sales of household and office decor, appliances, tools and more, boosted by the power of listings on internet sites.

CHAOS to Cash is the name and aim of a unique new Reno business that helps people sell items of value that they no longer want in Reno and beyond, using the power of the Web.  The community is invited to celebrate the grand opening and view this new twist on consignment sales, 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (ribbon-cutting by The Chamber at 5:15 p.m.), Thursday, February 9, at the CHAOS to Cash store location, 215 S. Wells Ave. in Reno.  Refreshments will be served.

Owner Debbie Cox was inspired by her work as a professional organizer to open the business, which displays and markets an array of consigned goods.  “Through my work in helping my clients clear clutter and organize their offices and homes, I discovered that many people were unaware of how to price and market their items, particularly considering the multiple online avenues available now,” said Cox.  “We’re not only marketing to Reno, but to the world via the Internet, and we ship anywhere,” she added.

With the tagline “Selling your treasures on the Internet,” Cox said CHAOS to Cash helps people rediscover and recycle possessions they no longer need or want – and make money in the bargain.  CHAOS to Cash lists each item in at least two online marketplaces, which could include the largest sites, eBay and Craig’s List, as well as more specialized sites for items, depending upon type of product.

Customers appreciate that CHAOS to Cash takes the hassle factor out of selling unwanted belongings.  The store’s services include photographing and researching the value of each item, cataloguing large numbers of items for estate sales, attractively displaying products for sale at the store and removing the need to meet strangers at one’s home through providing a store location.  For shoppers, CHAOS to Cash offers an always-evolving treasure trove of items that won’t be found anywhere else.

CHAOS to Cash will take most household décor, furniture, artwork, wall hangings, office furnishings, tools and electrical goods, but not clothing or accessories.  Items must be valued at $50 or higher.  “We’re a high-tech consignment store and are geared for displaying goods that have a higher value to maximize the potential of both our store display space and the online markets that we use,” said Cox.   

CHAOS to Cash is open Thursday through Saturday.   For more information, please call 775-560-2994 or visit www.chaostocashreno.com.

Judy DeLong (l), owner of Real Deals on Home Decor, is featuring interior designer Lisa Moore (r) at the January 24 Real Deals on Home Decor Designing Divas Night Out event, "Do it like a designer."

 Real Deals on Home Décor’s Designing Divas Night Out is presenting an opportunity to learn how to  ”Do it like a designer,” 5:30 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, January 24 at the Real Deals on Home Décor Reno store, 1445 S. Meadows Pkwy., Suite 209, Reno.  Using the extensive inventory of designer accessories and furniture at Real Deals, interior designer Lisa Moore, owner of Mindful Design, will demonstrate how to create casual and formal accessory arrangements with design techniques that help create balance and texture in any interior.

Space is limited; RSVP to 775-853-4303 or reno@realdeals.net.  Attendees are invited to submit a photo or design dilemma to Lisa at lisa@mindfuldesignreno.com. Several submissions will be selected and design solutions offered to Designing Divas at the event.

“For those unsure as to how and when to mix colors, we’ll talk color schemes and how to best utilize the pieces you already have to create a fun new look,” said Moore.

The monthly Designing Divas Night Out is an opportunity for women to network, shop in a relaxed and fun atmosphere and enjoy refreshments.  Every attendee will receive 15 percent off  her favorite item, and anyone who brings a friend who is new to Real Deals on Home Décor also will be awarded $5 Real Deals cash for both herself and her friend.  

For more information, please contact Real Deals on Home Décor at 775-853-4303 or reno@realdeals.net.

TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada is a 501(c)3 community theater with a mission of sharing the joy of the performing arts in northern Nevada. TheatreWorks offers productions and ongoing theatre classes for ages six through adult at 1540 Linda Way, Sparks, NV.

TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada is presenting Zink: The Myth, the Legend, the Zebra, an imaginative, funny and heartbreaking play about true courage in the face of unpredictable predators.  Zink will be presented at 7:30 pm, January 20, 21, 27 and 28 and at 2 pm, January 22 and 29 at the Laxalt Auditorium in the Nelson Building, 401 W. 2^nd St., Reno.  A final and free performance of Zink will be presented at 6 pm, January 30 at Renown Regional Medical Center’s Mack Auditorium.  Characters from the show also will be making a special appearance for Renown Children’s Hospital patients at 11 a.m., Sunday, January 22.

The all-local cast of 12 young people ranges in age from 8 to 18 and is directed by Cecil Averett. This play is suitable for all ages.

Zink explores the relationship between Becky, a lonely girl hospitalized with leukemia, and her fabricated herd of guardian-angel zebras on the African savannah. The zebras range from street-smart Ice Zee to grandfatherly Papa Zeke, to endearing Schlep, a furry green monkey who thinks he is actually a zebra.

In Africa, Becky learns about Zink, a mythical polka-dotted zebra, once an outcast but actually a hero with the greatest courage and biggest heart. As Becky’s health worsens, she zaps back and forth between her real life and the zebra world until the shattering, breathtaking and uplifting climax. Playwright Cherie Bennett balances the hard realities of illness and the magic found on the zebras’ African plains.

Tickets are $10 for general admission and $7 for children 18 and younger and seniors 61 and older.  For more information, please visit the the TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada website or call 775-284-0789.

Susan Rueppel, PhD, is an internationally known business intuition expert, speaker and trainer.

The eWomenNetwork Reno/Carson/Tahoe Chapter is presenting a look at the role of intuition in creating a business advantage at the next eWomenNetwork event, 5 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. (doors open and informal networking begins at 4:30 p.m.), Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at the Hidden Valley Country Club, 3575 East Hidden Valley Dr., Reno. 

Successful people often engage intuition as a potent, valuable and practical resource to expand success.  Presenter Susan Rueppel, Ph.D., will discuss how to access intuitive senses and use them in business – and specifically in sales – to make quicker, optimal business decisions to save time, save money and attract more ideal clients.  This interactive session is designed to help increase intuition and use it to enhance marketing and sales results, attract more clients and know the optimal time to connect with prospects to close more sales.

Participants will learn:

• To get past the stigma of selling and shift into service, confidently offering solutions
• How to determine the greatest opportunities for revenue and when and how to go after them
• Tips and techniques for using innate knowledge to connect with clients and close more sales

Rueppel is an internationally known business intuition expert, speaker and trainer.  She assists clients in expanding their vision and in gaining clarity, focus and confidence by providing specific strategies and a prioritized path forward.  She blends more than 15 years as a professional intuitive with business acumen from more than two decades in corporate roles, along with her experience in starting and running two growing businesses.

eWomenNetwork is the No. 1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses, offering Accelerated Networking^TM  and other resources designed to build relationships and success.  The evening includes dinner and is $40 for eWomenNetwork members, $50 for non-members and $60 for late registration beginning January 14.  Vendor display tables also are available; for more information or to register, visit the chapter website  or call 775-853-2120.

Feng Shui strategist Adele Trebil will present "Feng Shui for the New Year" at Real Deals on Home Decor on January 10.

Real Deals on Home Décor is offering a special presentation, “Feng Shui 2012 predictions and success strategies,” with nationally known Feng Shui expert, Adele Trebil, FSI. The free event takes place 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at the Real Deals on Home Décor Reno store, 1445 S. Meadows Pkwy., Suite 209, Reno. Space is limited; RSVP to 775-853-4303 or reno@realdeals.net.

Attendees will hear a brief background on Feng Shui, its relevance to our lives even in the age of technology, updates on applying Feng Shui principles to today’s homes and offices and some 2012 predictions based on the Feng Shui cycles. Attendees will receive a discount coupon for upcoming Feng Shui Mini-Series classes, Sunday, January 15; Sunday, January 29; and Saturday, February 11.

Adele Trebil, FSI, is the owner of Real Estate Success Strategist. She has applied her international training in Feng Shui to diverse corporate and individual clients to create successful environments around the U.S. for business and personal lifestyle enhancement. “Based on the study of Feng Shui cycles, I will be presenting information that can support people in new and unique ways, not only next year, but for many years to come,” she said.

Trebil has led a grant-funded study of the effects of Feng Shui principles on business revenues. “We participated in Adele Trebil’s grant study of Feng Shui last year, and after following her Feng Shui recommendations, we have seen great results in our business and personal goals,” said Judy DeLong, co-owner of Reno’s Real Deals on Home Décor with her husband, Bob DeLong.

Real Deals on Home Décor will offer a $5 cash card to attendees who bring a friend to this event, and attendees will receive an additional 15 percent discount on every purchase at the event.

Real Deals on Home Décor specializes in distinctive decorator items at bargain prices for every room in the home. The Reno store is one of more than 70 across the country, all locally owned, benefiting from Real Deals’ international buying power. Store hours are limited: Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 am to 3 p.m., but Real Deals always is stocked with an ever-changing array of pottery, artwork, metal wall sculpture, clocks, mirrors, rugs, pillows, tabletop items and furniture.

To RSVP or for more information, please contact Real Deals on Home Décor at 775-853-4303 or reno@realdeals.net. For more on Adele Trebil, visit the Real Estate Strategist blog or call 775-746-4116.

Johanna McClain, Certified Business Coach; Loretta Bonilla, Front Office Staff; and Cheryl Blossom, The Blossom Institute, enjoy networking at a recent eWomenNetwork event.

The eWomenNetwork Reno/Carson/Tahoe Chapter is offering women entrepreneurs and business owners in the community the opportunity to hear the year’s best ideas from other women in business at the next eWomenNetwork event, 5 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. (doors open and informal networking begins at 4:30 p.m.), Thursday, December 14 at the Hidden Valley Country Club, 3575 East Hidden Valley Dr., Reno. 

Successful women know that to achieve, they must remain constant learners and continually re-evaluate their business progress.  Celebration of accomplishments also is vital for renewal and growth.   Our region’s successful women will offer outstanding best practices, strategies and learning moments in this intimate evening of reflection and celebration. 

Attendees will learn at this session:

• Strategies to capitalize on learning moments to maximize their value for the future.
• How to identify key hands-on tools for professional growth.
• Ways to apply others’ success strategies for professional and personal growth in 2012.

eWomenNetwork is the No. 1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses, offering Accelerated Networking^TM  and other resources designed to build relationships and success.  The evening includes dinner and is $40 for eWomenNetwork members, $50 for non-members and $60 for late registration beginning December 10.  Vendor display tables also are available; for more information or to register, visit www.ewomennetwork.com/chapter/reno  or call 775-853-2120.

Dorinda's gourmet chocolate-covered cherries are among the locally made gifts available at Real Deals on Home Décor's Designing Divas Night Out holiday event on November 29. Photo by Michelle Erskine.

Real Deals on Home Décor’s Designing Divas Night Out is offering a one-night-only holiday shopping celebration featuring extraordinary and affordable gifts from local artisans, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 29 at the Real Deals on Home Décor Reno store, 1445 S. Meadows Pkwy., Suite 209, Reno. 

Attendees will be dazzled by a diverse group of local artists and crafters with their best holiday gifts on display:

• Beverly Akers – Creatively designed handmade fabric flower pins to wear on hats or clothes.
• Patti Howard – Beautiful custom-made jewelry.
• Rosanna Halprine – Delicious hand-crafted fruit butters.
• Molly Coin – Lighted glass blocks made to look like beautifully wrapped gifts to use as centerpieces.
• Lorie Powell –  Belt buckles, necklaces, earrings and bracelets embellished with Swarovski crystals, pearls and other stones.
• Dorinda Vance – Decadent locally made chocolate treats for now or Christmas orders.
• Barb Kallestad – Beautiful note cards and ready-to-frame prints of Lake Tahoe from a locally known watercolor artist.
• Jen Rushton –  Hair flowers for holiday hair accessorizing as well as for gifts.
• Lisa Castanada –  Homemade chicken or pork tamales to make entertaining, home meals or hostess gifting delicious and easy.
• Yvette Fisher – Affordable holiday glamour with Lea Sophia jewelry.

The monthly Designing Divas Night Out is an opportunity for women to network, shop in a relaxed and fun atmosphere and enjoy refreshments.  Every attendee will receive a coupon for 15 percent off her favorite selection (excluding furniture and sale items).  Anyone who brings a friend also will be awarded $5 Real Deals cash for both herself and her friend. For this special night, shoppers may combine both discounts. 

Real Deals on Home Décor specializes in distinctive decorator items at bargain prices for every room in the home.  The Reno store is one of more than 70 across the country, all locally owned, benefiting from Real Deals’ international buying power. Store hours are limited: Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 am to 3 p.m., but Real Deals always is stocked with an ever-changing array of pottery, artwork, metal wall sculpture, clocks, mirrors, rugs, pillows, tabletop items, furniture and holiday items.  

For more information, please contact Real Deals on Home Décor at 775-853-4303 or reno@realdeals.net.

eWomenNetwork's Holiday Extravaganza features holiday gift vendors including Molly Coin and Judy DeLong of Real Deals on Home Decor.

The eWomenNetwork Reno/Carson/Tahoe Chapter is making holiday shopping an uplifting networking affair with its 6^th Annual Holiday Extravaganza Dinner and Fundraiser.  The evening offers a night of celebration and laughter headlined by local professional comedy troupe, The Utility Players.  The event will feature an array of unique gifts from local women vendors and raffles to benefit local charities, plus music, dancing and eWomenNetwork’s trademarked Accelerated Networking.  It all takes place 6 to10 p.m. (doors open and shopping and informal networking begin at 5:30 p.m.), Friday, November 18 at the Reno Ballroom, 401 N. Center St. in downtown Reno. 

Voted Reno’s Best Comedy Troupe by readers of the Reno News & Review and named Best Bet for Comedy by Reno Metromix, The Utility Players are a group of six versatile comedians, actors, writers and performers.  The two women and four men in the group specialize in improvisational humor and captivating groups of all ages and backgrounds.  Their presentation is guaranteed to entertain and lift the spirits of everyone heading into the hectic holiday season.

eWomenNetwork is the No. 1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses, offering Accelerated Networking and other resources designed to build relationships and success.  The evening includes a seated dinner and entertainment and is $50 for eWomenNetwork members, $60 for non-members and $70 for late registration beginning November 14.  Vendor display tables also are available; for more information or to register, visit www.ewomennetwork.com/chapter/reno  or call 775-853-2120.

Adam Bradley's walk from north to south across the length of Nevada had a purpose: explore the impact on wildlife and habitat of the planned transmisison line set to deliver renewably-sourced energy throughout the state. Photo by John C. Tull.

Nevadans will be hearing the call of the wild as the Nevada Wilderness Project’s  3rd Annual Nevada Wild & Scenic Film Festival  appears in three locations: 6 p.m., Thursday, October 13, at The Grove, 95 Foothill Dr. at S. Virginia St., Reno; 7 p.m., Wednesday, October 26 at the Mesquite Community Theater, 150 N. Yucca St., Mesquite; and 6 p.m., Wednesday, November 2 at the Rio Hotel Casino, Brazilia Room, 3700 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas.  The events showcase 100 minutes of films to inspire, engage and energize viewers about wilderness in all of its forms, with additional fun, raffle prizes and eco-informational displays, plus live music, tasty food and micro-brews at the Reno and Las Vegas events.

The festival’s 14 films range in length from two to 28 minutes and in tone from awe-inspiring to quirky as they examine wilderness in all of its forms, from underground labyrinths to mountain heights.  Reno and Las Vegas event tickets are $10 in advance (available at the Nevada Wilderness Project website) $12 at the door and $5 for students with ID.  Mesquite event tickets are $5 in advance and $8 at the door, with youth 13 and under free and are available at the Mesquite Community Theater Box Office, 702-345-4499.

The films include a first for the festival, a Nevada-focused film, Walking the Line: New Energy in the Old West, chronicling Reno resident Adam Bradley’s historic hike tracing the Southwest Intertie Project (SWIP) transmission line’s future route across the state.  The line will carry renewably-sourced energy throughout  Nevada.  “Hiking to raise awareness of the SWIP corridor was a unique experience; the environment may appear desolate, but the journey wasn’t,” said Bradley.  “I was consistently surprised by the amount of wildlife out there as well as the inspiration provided by the landscape,” he added. 

Other films include:

• Animals Save the Planet: Meerkats – One in a series of humorous animated short films produced for Animal Planet by Academy Award-winning studio Aardman Animations (Wallace & Gromit; Chicken Run) in which animals give humans tips on how to live an eco-friendly lifestyle.  In this episode, meerkats weigh in on auto emissions.
• Nico’s Challenge – A 13-year-old boy faces special challenges when he decides to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the world’s highest freestanding mountain. His goal: raise money and deliver free wheelchairs to the disabled people of Tanzania.  The film reveals the outcome and much more.
• Eagles Among the Swarm – This hauntingly beautiful film reveals the thousands of Pacific Dunlin birds who spend the winter in Boundary Bay, British Columbia. At the season’s peak, numbers can reach up to 20,000 birds at a time, with enormous flocks racing and circling over the calm waters like a flickering ballet – all under the watchful eyes of the waiting raptors.
• Animals Save the Planet: Supermarket Bags – What do camels, kangaroos and pelicans have in common? They bring their own bags when they go shopping.
• Coast is Clear: Learning from Our Mistakes – The Canadian government is considering a proposal from Enbridge for a 1,170-kilometer pipeline from Alberta’s tar sands to the coast of British Columbia. The pipeline would bring more than 200 crude oil tankers annually to this spectacular coast, many of them larger than the Exxon Valdez.
• Animals Save the Planet: Energy Efficient Penguin – When a pedaling penguin is your source of power, it’s smart to save fish by switching to energy-saving bulbs.
• Crossroads: Sage Grouse – A film for the Montana Audubon Society about the impact of oil and gas development on sage grouse, a species recently warranted for listing under the Endangered Species Act.  Sage grouse have been lost from about half of their historical environments.  Their numbers in Nevada have greatly declined due to loss, fragmentation and habitat degradation.
• Into Darkness – Journey along with a group of cavers who push through impossibly small passages thousands of feet underground to access some of the final frontiers on earth. The images and sounds of these spectacular and remote wilderness caves reveal a fantastic world unlike anything we experience on the surface.
• Oktapodi – Two octopi help each other in a comical escape from the grasps of a stubborn restaurant cook.
• The Fishman – That’s what they call sound engineer Mike Kasic, who lives along the Yellowstone River in Livingston, Montana, and spends his days swimming with the current in one of the few remaining undammed rivers in the U.S.   Kasic watches trout in fast currents filled with frothing water tornadoes and stops occasionally to make way for a crossing bison. His message is simple: a river is more than its water; what lies beneath is a wilderness is often overlooked but critical for the ecosystem.
• Animals Save the Planet: Gassy Cows – This animated short is humorous as well as provocative.  What are all of those flatulent cows doing to the planet?
• Border Country – Sometimes a mountain is just a mountain, a climb just a climb. But sometimes it’s more than that.  Jeremy Collins and Mikey Schaefer climb a new route on Yosemite’s Middle Cathedral in honor of two friends killed in a climbing accident. The film is a tribute to Jonny Copp and Micah Dash and a response to the catastrophe and the restorative beauty of nature.
• Brower Youth Award: De’Anthony Jones – De’Anthony is one of six 2010 winners of the Brower Youth Awards established by the Earth Island Institute in honor of the founder and legendary activist David R. Brower. De’Anthony teaches his peers at Mission High School in San Francisco about environmental justice and ecological sustainability.

Wild & Scenic Film Festival national sponsorship partners include CLIF Bar, Grist.org, Klean Kanteen, Osprey Packs, Patagonia and Sierra Nevada Brewing.  Nevada underwriting sponsors are Caesars Entertainment and Las Vegas Meetings.  Nevada sponsors include birdandhike.com, Encore Productions, First Solar, Intuit, KRNV-News 4, KSNV-News 3, NVEnergy, REI and Silver Sage Center for Family Medicine.   For more information regarding the Nevada Wild & Scenic Film Festival or to volunteer, please visit the Nevada Wilderness Project website or call 775-657-8430.