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Do YOU feel like SMILING?

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s 50 Finest, In Their Element and on Their Stage!

It was an evening of glamour and celebration as the 50 Finest enjoyed the culmination of their philanthropic work to: raise money, build awareness and expand the Cystic Fibrosis Community. I had the great honor to of asking each of the 50 what they were feeling immediately after they were presented to the crowd and honored for their individual fundraising accomplishments.

* I lost track of how many times the word “great” was spoken. The passion each of them expressed was contagious. Words and phrases such as “rewarding”, “butterflies in my stomach”, “awesome” and “over the moon” were uttered with obvious excitement and pride. For many of them, this was a powerful moment in their lives and a time to be treasured for years to come.

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* We all have powerful moments and experiences in our lives…a time when we are our happiest, most accomplished or honored. While these experiences are powerful in “real time”, they can also be captured to become powerfully restorative tools to carry us through life when we are struggling with feelings and experiences of loss, unhappiness, failure and self-doubt.

* I developed the customized Inner-Smile technique as a tool to empower YOU to capture YOUR most powerful moments and experiences and build on them to have a reliable tool to intentionally shift your energy and emotions to a more positive place anytime, anywhere, under any conditions… whether you are feeling sad, lonely, angry, overwhelmed or even stuck.

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* Most people don’t need a therapist, they just need a change. To learn how to make the changes you want to make, build your Inner-Smile and learn other powerful tools and techniques to create the life you want to live, visit

coachmonique.com or call 412-400-2085.

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