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Are women responsible for stalling their leadership progress?

Posted by © Dr. Melody Cofield – 2013 All Rights Reserved
/ May 27, 2013 / 5 Comments

According to Sheryl Sandberg of Lean In, women will never reach the top of any profession anywhere in the world. On June 11th at Our Community Café hosted by AAUW-Rochester’s Diversity Team, Dr. Cofield explored the question: “Are women responsible for their stalled leadership progress?” Over thirty-café participants concluded that...
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Natalie Cofield, CEO and Legacy Women Advisory Board Member, Featured in Black Enterprise Magazine

Posted by © Dr. Melody Cofield – 2013 All Rights Reserved
/ March 11, 2013 / 8 Comments

Natalie Cofield, Helps entrepreneurs leverage the tech ecosystem. Warriors? Yes. Turtles? No. Changing the World? One Gigabyte at a time by Marcia Wade Talbert Posted: March 9, 2013 Helping black entrepreneurs leverage it all is Natalie Madeira Cofield, 31. Since stepping into position as president and CEO of the Capital City African American...
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Remembering Inez Milholland: Our roots as women in America

Posted by © Dr. Melody Cofield – 2013 All Rights Reserved
/ March 5, 2013 / 3 Comments

We’ve come a long way, but we still have a long way to go. Half of the world population (7.06 billion) including the U.S. (314 million) is comprised of women. Yet, in the U.S., women occupy only 6% of all executive leadership and only 20% of all management positions. These...
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Posted in Spirit In Action
Today’s gossip becomes tomorrow’s afflictions

Posted by © Dr. Melody Cofield – 2013 All Rights Reserved
/ February 7, 2013 / 4 Comments

In this case, I define gossip as complaining to someone or a group about someone who is not physically present in the conversation. When we gossip, we intentionally expose our view of the weaknesses of the other person. But rarely do we consider that we are also unintentionally exposing our own weaknesses. What...
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Posted in The Nature of Gossip
Being Grateful and Showing Gratitude Are Different Spiritual States

Posted by © Dr. Melody Cofield – 2013 All Rights Reserved
/ February 7, 2013 / 3 Comments

Being grateful and showing gratitude are two completely different spiritual states. One nourishes your soul, the other nourishes the soul of others. One is a spiritual feeling and the other is spirit in action. Today, I am filled with gratitude and am inspired to put this spirit into action by...
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Posted in Graditude
Why do we act more like the corn seed than popcorn?

Posted by © Dr. Melody Cofield – 2013 All Rights Reserved
/ February 6, 2013 / 6 Comments

Each corn seed has the potential to become a tasty popcorn but it will remain a seed until it is transformed with just the right exposure to heat or nurtured by soil. Personal transformation is a necessary component for change and change is a necessary component for personal transformation. If...
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Posted in The Woman Within
The True Meaning of Gossip

Posted by © Dr. Melody Cofield – 2013 All Rights Reserved
/ February 5, 2013 / 3 Comments

Gossip Is A Speech Habit Gossip is a speech habit that is an expression of one’s incompletions in life. When we are incomplete, we are not whole and complete with someone, a circumstance, or a situation that is unpleasant that continues to live inside us. Often we are afraid to deal...
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If Susan B. Anthony were alive, what legacy would she leave us today?

Posted by © Dr. Melody Cofield – 2013 All Rights Reserved
/ January 28, 2013 / Leave a comment

This question will have you think deeply about BIG dreams. It should inspire women of all legacy stages to take on BIG dreams and make a difference in the lives of others. Susan B. Anthony spent her entire life working to ensure that women had the right to vote. Since...
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Anchoring Peace in Your Life

Posted by © Dr. Melody Cofield – 2013 All Rights Reserved
/ January 28, 2013 / Leave a comment

The Woman Within guest speaker, Jacqueline Palmiere, introduced her unique Meditation Anchoring technique to participants during her workshop “Awaken Your Inner Beauty” this past Saturday. During the workshop, I learned how to “Anchor Peace and Tranquility” in my life. Sunday evening I played her meditation tape “Meditation Anchoring”, a surprise gift to participants, and...
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Posted in The Woman Within
Meditation: The First Step in Awaking Inner Beauty

Posted by © Dr. Melody Cofield – 2013 All Rights Reserved
/ January 15, 2013 / 8 Comments

Your face and body reflect your physical and emotional health. You carry stresses, fears, and anger that alter your inner life and affect your health, happiness, and physical appearance. If you are to be truly beautiful and fulfilled, you must actively engaged in healing your inner conflicts. —Awaking Beauty the...
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Posted in The Woman Within
Hungry for Change

Posted by © Dr. Melody Cofield – 2013 All Rights Reserved
/ January 15, 2013 / 3 Comments

One of the Challenges for Legacy Women in the 21st Century If you are concerned about your health and well-being, HUNGRY FOR CHANGE is a must DVD to watch! It exposes shocking secrets the diet, weight loss and food industries don’t want you to know about deceptive strategies designed to...
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Posted in The Woman Within
Are apples and oranges so different?

Posted by © Dr. Melody Cofield – 2013 All Rights Reserved
/ January 8, 2013 / 4 Comments

“Mix Apples and Oranges” The idiom mix apples and oranges is based on the popular belief that the two are incompatible based on their obvious differences. The idiomatic warning to not mix apples and oranges is a caution not to collapse two totally different things into one so as to eliminate confusion or false...
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Posted in Diversity Is Delicious

Are women responsible for stalling their leadership progress?

Natalie Cofield, CEO and Legacy Women Advisory Board Member, Featured in Black Enterprise Magazine

Remembering Inez Milholland: Our roots as women in America

Today’s gossip becomes tomorrow’s afflictions

Being Grateful and Showing Gratitude Are Different Spiritual States

Why do we act more like the corn seed than popcorn?

The True Meaning of Gossip

If Susan B. Anthony were alive, what legacy would she leave us today?

Anchoring Peace in Your Life

Meditation: The First Step in Awaking Inner Beauty

Hungry for Change

Are apples and oranges so different?

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