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Barefoot Leadership Conference

I was lucky enough to attend Barefoot’s Northeast Leadership Conference in Cambridge last weekend. The group consisted of Stallholders that are also Team Builders. It was great to have dedicated time to talk about my business, get some great suggestions and share my successes as well. We discussed growing our teams, helping them succeed and being successful ourselves. Blogging took up a lot of the conversations. The ins and outs and the simple question, “What do you write about?”. It was great to put the faces with names that I see virtually on a daily basis. I most enjoyed meeting Rebecca Wolpinsky, happy willow, blogging queen and a very successful Barefoot person.

The day ended with a lovely dinner at Nancy Traversy’s. It really could not have been a lovelier time. She, her husband and her family were so gracious and welcoming. I was treated like an old friend.

Meeting Xinran

Sorry it’s been a little quiet here. Busy with the family and the upcoming Holiday season.

On 10/18, I traveled to Boston for a Barefoot Books Stallholder Conference. It was great to meet other Stallholders and visit the corporate office and the lovely store. As you might expect, the offices were bright and colorful. While in our meeting, Nancy Traversy, co-founder of Barefoot, walked by the room and I had a dorky “There she is!” moment (With myself, of course).

The most exciting part of the meeting was that we were able to meet with Xinran, the founder of Motherbridge of Love. She shared with us her story and the creation of Motherbridge.

She first explained that she has not met her birth parents and wishes one day celebrate her birthday with them. (This is where I started to get misty).

She is a very accomplished journalist who has given a voice to many of the unseen in China. She explained that she started Motherbridge so that all the girls and boys (mostly girls) that had been adopted from China would have a place to learn about their cultural heritage.

Nancy Traversy on Just One More Book!

Nancy Traversy, Co-founder of Barefoot Books was recently interviewed by Just One More Book.

She’s a very smart, insightful woman and it’s great to hear her talk about Barefoot. Check it out here.