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Next time when you are looking for
Sometimes I drift off my timer, as I become
more and more absorbed by awesome
women. Art, graphics, film, actors, coaches,
massage, sports, teachers, creators, servers,
discoverers, mentors, entrepreneurs and
reinventors like myself, all with their own
unique style. We are of all ages and all
nationalities, yet what we have in common is
that we are women, risk-takers, most of us are
out of our own countries, though many
French women have joined us.
I mention reinvention, a word and process
that has figured big time in my life post fifty. If
I’d had the ideas and courage that I have now,
so many years ago, I would have become the
person that I am now, a lot earlier. The lesson
of time, the journey of a life and the joy and
challenges of trying to find your way. In
creating Network Provence I have connected
many people, produced work, friendship and
collaboration. I have discovered that women
particularly post forty, myself included resist
self promotion, that’s not the world we were
brought up in, yet now the changes that we
have helped to make beg us to tell the world
what we have to offer with confidence.
Network Provence gives women often for the
first time, an opportunity to do this. We are all
evolving together, and yes many of these
ladies come to my monthly Group Coaching,
my original goal. their business/projects, they are a community
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somewhere, some person, an opportunity that
you believe is in the hands of someone else,
when you’re frustrated or lonely, go and look
in the mirror because you may just have found
exactly the person with all the answers. And if
you start to have doubts remember this
quote:
"If someone offers you an amazing
opportunity and you're not sure you
can do it, say yes - then learn how to
do it later"
Richard Branson, Virgin Corp.
If you’d like to discover more about Network
Provence take a look at:
www.networkprovence.com.
If you would like to work with me visit my
website:
www.rebeccaronane.com.
Rebecca Ronane is a Brit living in Provence
with her French/Dutch husband and their
scruffy dog Myrtle. After working for 40 years
in travel, she reinvented herself as a Life
Coach, which inspired her to create ‘Forward
After Fifty’. She runs regular Group Coaching
workshops for women, exploring confidence
boosting topics. Three years ago she started
Network Provence for women to promote
of almost 500. Holiday Retreats in Provence
combines her travel expertise and coaching in
this magical region.
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