You Scratch My Back, I'll Scratch Yours

I've been formulating a workshop the past few weeks for an upcoming live training event for Brown Bag Party. I think my eyes have stayed crossed for at least a week straight because of the sheer mass of information I've scoured from hundreds of websites, gurus, fellow reps and videos.

This event, affectionately called "Boot Camp," is a weekend-long intense experience. When I say "intense," I'm referring far more to the volume of information each attendee receives, as well as the memories made while there. You truly make life-long connections while boosting your business to the next level and beyond.

I've strongly encouraged my team members to attend for all sorts of selfish and altruistic reasons. Selfishly, I want to meet them all and share those strong connections I feel over the phone in person. Altruistically, I know what a difference it can make in their lives on a personal and professional level. That's definitely been my experience.

The title of my workshop this year is The Social Media Game. This topic was requested of me, as I was once known as the "MySpace Queen" when I started out as a BBP rep nearly three years ago.

In the world of Social Media, that three years could easily equate to a whole century in more traditional forms of broadcast media. Let's just say, I had a lot of catching up to do.

To my advantage, there are millions of resources for this kind of information, but none have been so helpful as other gurus in the field. Some of these gurus are specialist in this field, but my favorite and most helpful was a sister consultant who took the time to personally tutor this old dinosaur.

"Old dinosaur" has nothing to do with my real age, but everything to do with how blazingly far the field has come in the past couple of years. When I started my BBP business, I created a profile on MySpace, began randomly adding people in my area, and *poof* I scored some party bookings and even a recruit right away.

Oh, if only it were that easy now! I vow not to let myself get so far behind that catching up with this topic will be such a challenge in the future.

However, I must give props to my "Professor" PJ, the sister rep who helped me out so much. In my eyes, I owe her a debt of gratitude. In hers, she probably thinks she was just paying me back for the help I've tried to give to her.

I helped her with ideas, tips, suggestions, and support to help her gain bookings on her own calendar. Booking parties is easy for me. I've done several workshops on that topic in my time with Brown Bag.

It would have been very easy for me to conduct the same workshop and just tweak it a bit for updating. I have to hand it to my sponsor for making me get out of the box, though. She did me a huge favor by assigning this topic to me.

This sort of mentality, assistance, and growth encouragement bring me to the point of this blog. Brown Bag Party has been like no other company I've ever been affiliated with in that sense.

Our reps are truly a group of sisters who help each other. And though the saying goes, "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours," the reality of our atmosphere is "I'll scratch your back just because you asked, and if you scratch mine sometime, well I'll appreciate you that much more."

Let's Get The Party Started

As of today, I've been with Brown Bag Party for 32 months. That's not a terribly long time, but I do regard it as a milestone, considering I've never stayed in any one J.O.B. for more than 24-25 months.

So, what's so different for me now? I'd have to say that I have found the perfect marriage between my personal mission in life and a continual desire to be challenged. Primarily through in-home parties, I sell romance products for women and couples and provide an educational service for my guests.

My personal mission is to evoke positive change in the lives of others, to help them help themselves, so to speak. I've heard many accounts of how something one of my guest heard or learned at a party made a huge change in their lives.

The challenges of my work are evident almost every day, from dealing with hostesses, my team, my duties as an advisory board member, and balancing my work life with my personal one. Like with any other job, there are frustrations, but at the end of the day, I'm happy in knowing I am living my mission and following my heart.

Pheromones.... That Little Something-Something!

Pheromones.... That Little Something-Something!

You may have seen the recent episode of 20/20 featuring a spot on Pheromones. If not, here's some information about pheromones and products that contain them!

Pheromones are a naturally occurring hormone that your body gives off to attract a mate. Basically, it's that unconscious chemistry between two people; when there's just *something* about that person that drives you wild; when they smell so good, but they're not wearing any cologne or perfume- That's pheromones!

One little fact that many people do not realize about pheromones is that we release them naturally through our sweat glands! Yet, in our society, we take 1-3 showers a day, wear antiperspirants, deodorants, lotions, perfumes, and we do everything in our power not to sweat and we plug up those glands.

Another thing not often realized about pheromones is that when we inhale our own pheromones, it heightens our mood and our confidence! And when others inhale your pheromones, it makes you more influential! In a customer service industry (retail, restaurant, bar, etc.)? Then pheromones just may be your ticket to higher sales and greater tips!

Lastly, our pheromones change with us throughout our monthly cycles and throughout the years. You may notice that a pheromone product may smell differently on you at different times of the month! This is because we naturally release different levels of pheromones in direct relation to our fertility- it's natures way of procreating the species! So, when you are nearing and at peak ovulation, your pheromones will be released in greater quantities than during menstruation, and as we age and near and enter menopause, our pheromones shift as well! Many women 40+ find that adding a pheromone product to their daily beauty routine has added that missing spark back into their lives!

So, what products can give you those pheromones? Our Body Dew Spray is a great product easily added to your daily bathing routine! Just spray on and rub in after your shower, before or after you towel off. Pure Instinct is a very pheromone potent, gender-friendly cologne that can be worn alone or layered with your favorite scent! Silky Sheets is a wonderful multi-use product to not only scent your sheets and turn them to silk, but also to be worn on the body for go anywhere attraction! It also absorbs perspiration and the "wet" spots!!!

How Sex Toys Can Save Your Marriage

How Sex Toys Can Save Your Marriage Or Relationship

Sex toys saving marriages? Yeah right!

Actually it is true. Researchers say that the top 5 reasons that marriages fail these days are:

1. Money
2. Communication
3. Trust
4. Infidelity
5. Sex
   

Well toys REALLY can help in each of these categories (and in more ways than one!).

Money

How can sex toys improve money problems within a marriage? Well 2 ways actually! Most people fight because they are spending too much money on frivolous things or just don't have enough money to make ends meet.

SEX IS FREE!!! You don't have to have money to have it whenever you want to. You don't have to spend anything to enjoy it! You already have all the necessary tools!

Toys can help with spending by creating reasons to stay in. When date night means "Staying In" instead of Dinner and a Movie, money no longer becomes an issue. If a couple chooses to stay home and have an intimate date night instead of going out- They can save $75+ each week. That equals out to $300+ a month in savings alone! Plus, I guarantee that there will be many more memories from a date night in!

Is money tight and causing stress? Well there are many different ways that toys can help with that too! Brown Bag Party offers a way for Women, Men and Couples to earn an extra income through selling our products in the homes of others! We have no quotas and consultants are paid the night of the party. Since you set your own hours, you only work when you want to! With our 50% commissions, you can make excellent money in just a few hours a week while having lots of fun, too!

Communication

Is there a lack of communication between you and your partner? This is one of the biggest problems that busy families face today. With kids, work, and responsibilities that come with raising a family and owning a home, it is hard for Men and Women to connect these days! Sometimes we need to put the family life aside and talk about anything but the kids! I think that we can all agree that "alone time" is not the time to talk about the grocery list or what the kids did at school. This is the time to discuss fantasies and let the stress of your busy life melt away.

When using sex toys, communication is key. You need to talk to each other and tell each other what feels good (and what doesn't), how your lover is making you feel and what fantasies you want to share. Communication between the sheets does not even need to be spoken. It can be something as small as a drawn breath with a touch, the arch of your lover's back when you touch their favorite spot, or just looking deeply into each other's eyes. Using good communication during your lovemaking is the only way to ensure that both parties leave satisfied and feeling connected to each other again.

Trust

Trust is a major factor in marriage failure. When there is no trust between partners, any one will fail. Trust is something that everyone has to earn and the trust between loving couples is one of the most sacred treasures imaginable. Using sex toys is absolutely a trust tester. Most women would never dream of using a toy during the first time with a new lover. Sex and Sex with Toys is one of the most important places to have trust with your lover. When using enhancement products, you need to know that your lover is not going to hurt you in any way. For many, seeing their lover give themselves completely to the other is the biggest turn on. It shows that the trust between them is greater than that of any other and it is something to be cherished!

Infidelity

When a partner is unfaithful, there is usually an underlying cause. No one is unfaithful "Just Because." A lack of Trust, Communication, and other issues are usually the cause. We have already mentioned how Sex Toys can help with those two and Infidelity goes hand-in-hand with them. When there is more communication and trust in each other, there is generally less reason or likelihood of infidelity. Lovers do not have a reason to cheat when their emotional, physical and mental needs are being met by the one they love the most.

Sex

At last we come to sex. Why did I save this one for last? Well, I wanted you to understand that all of the above will lead to better sex. Sex does not necessarily lead to them!

Yes obviously sex toys are going to enhance sex but it is more of the other way around! When the Money, Communication, Trust and Infidelity issues are resolved, sex will become more enjoyable! You will have less "Baggage" in the bedroom and you will be able to come out of your shell and be open to all the pleasures that intimate love making can bring! You will enjoy that closeness that sex brings, the inside looks and light touches that you will shower on each other, and the glow that a healthy sex life brings wont hurt either!

I hope this has helped to open your eyes to the possibilities that a happy bedroom can bring to your marriage! Bring back that spark that your lover's touch used to give you! Send the kids to the grandparents for the weekend, turn off the TV and rediscover each other!

It just might save your marriage!