My comadre and bellefriend Nancy Marmolejo over at Savy Comadre Blog is challenging a powerful and important myth and topic: Women Work and Life Balance. Is it possible to experience success and balance in all key areas of life?

A Rebel Belle Yell! to you for boldly asking this powerful question Nancy. My response is a resounding YES. Yes, yes and yes!

I BELIEVE WOMEN CAN HAVE IT ALL; love, well-being, children, work, relationships and FUN, all with a sense of outrageous freedom, squeezing as much juice and joy from their journey as possible.

How do I know this? I’M DOIN’ IT! And, I am blessed with fabulous clients who also commit to having EVERYTHING they want, putting themselves and their own happiness and well-being first. This includes having EVERYTHING they desire in life with a BALANCED sense of PURPOSE, PASSION AND PLAY. Whoo-hoo!

WHY DO WOMEN FEEL FULFILLMENT IN THEIR CAREERS AND LIFE IS AN EITHER/OR CHOICE?

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A Belle with Balls is a woman who boldly expresses herself in the world, full out and on her terms! She’s not afraid to go for what she wants and risk having it all.

She is big, bold, independent, powerful, charming, gutsy, persistent, courageous, unique, generous, honest outrageous, innovative, invincible, tenacious, and creative. Did I mention that she’s ballsy?

As a role model for all women, she commits to squeeze as much juice and joy from this journey as she can - doing it with passion, purpose and a large sense of play!!

Check out a few of these oh so fabulous women at my “Tuck Talk” podcast.

My new “bellefriends” are passionate about sharing their boldest voice of self-expression with the world. And, they’re excited and talking about their newest designation. Be sure to let them know just how ballsy and fabulous you think they are too……

Linda Dessau - The Idea Generator

Nancy Marmolejo - The Visibility Expert

Marcia Breitenbach - The Song Letter Lady

Dr. Meg Haworth - Your Global Voice for the Soul

Do you have a best ballsy bellefriend I ought to feature? Brag about her here. I can’t wait to hear from ya!

I received this question from Jonathan, a MySpace guy friend from the great state of Texas? Here was my answer……

A SOUTHERN BELLE (derived from the French belle, ‘beautiful’) is an archtype for a young woman of the American Old South’s antebellum class. She epitomizes southern hospitality, cultivation of beauty and a flirtatious yet chaste demeanor.

As “BELLE OF THE BALL” she is the most beautiful, charming, and engaging woman among a group.

To detractors, THE SOUTHERN BELLE STEREOTYPE is a symbol of a repressed, “corseted” young women, nostalgic for a bygone era.

Which is true? Great question..yes?!?

In my Rebel Belle Yell! newsletter, I feature a “Belle with Balls”; a woman who boldly expresses herself in the world, full out and on her terms! In the premier issue, I nominated the classic southern heroine and ultimate Rebel Belle, Katie Scarlette O’Hara from Gone with the Wind.

Do you know a Belle with Balls you’d like to brag about? Perhaps you’d like to “toot your own horn!” I can’t wait to hear from ya!

Got news to share….

Recently I was interviewed by one of my favorite mentors Dr. Meg Haworth, on her bigmediausa.com radio show. Dr. Meg and I had a blast talking about the birth of the Rebel Belle, The 7 Steps to Bold Self-Expression and The Freedom Tool of Human Design. Thanks Dr. Meg, I forgot how much I love boldly expressing myself!

Here is the link so you can listen and enjoy our engaging and fun conversation. You can listen right there or right click the icon and download the recordings into your IPOD. Access the link here.

While you’re there, be sure and check out Dr. Meg’s other fabulous guests who serve the world with their amazing talents and gifts.

You go Meg with your global voice for the soul!!

A couple from South Carolina and a couple from the Northeast were seated side by side on an airplane.

The girl from South Carolina, being friendly and all, said, “So, where y’all from?”

The Northeast girl said, “From a place where they know better than to use a preposition at the end of a sentence.”

The girl from South Carolina sat quietly for a few moments and then replied:

So, where y’all from, bitch?”

I love this! Are you Yankee or Dixie? Take the quiz and see.

My Yankee bellefriend Dena Marino from Staten Island, NY, sent me this quiz. You remember Dena don’t ya? She’s was the woman I blogged about that loves to toot, toot, toot her northern horn full out and on her terms!

Dena is 48% Yankee, that’s according to the quiz, not Dena. Dena would tell you she is 100% Yankee. My score was 61% Dixie, a definitive Southern score according to the computation. I think 61% reflects a little southern rebellion don’t you?

Give it a try….it’s fun! Are you Dixie or Yankee?

100% is pure Dixie and 0% is pure Yankee.

Access the quiz here. Be sure to let me know your score!