[image error] "How did you come up with the name A Renaissance Chick for your business?"  Since I am asked this question all the time, today I am going to explain how this came to be. Have you ever heard the expression, "a renaissance man"?  Webster's dictionary defines this as, "a person who has wide interests and is expert in several areas."  Reading that definition, I thought this fits me to a tee, except for the man part.  Why add chick and not woman you ask?  There was a shirt out a couple of years ago with a yellow chick on the front wearing black rimmed glasses that said "Chick with Brains" and I loved that...so I went with A renaissance Chick. You see I am a person of wide interests.  I have worked in the travel industry as a ticket agent back when airline tickets were written by hand.  Next, I worked over seven years in the makeup business.  I worked for a major cosmetic company starting at the make-up counter and finishing in management.  I loved helping women bring out their best features and have more self-confidence.  I always enjoyed their transformations and the incredible feeling it gave me.  This began my love of helping others.  Helping others is what gives me energy and makes me feel alive.  From makeup, I moved into the home health industry.  Again, this was helping people.  What do you do after these careers?  You go to school and get a degree in nutrition.  Somehow, from earning a BS in nutrition I decided that I wanted to help people more with their lives than just food, so I went on with school and got a BA in religious studies.  I become an ordained pastor and now I was helping people from the inside out, spiritual and physical.  I was like a one stop shopping.  Three years into ministry, I realized alot of people are not happy with where their life is and don't know what they want to do when they grow up.  Back to school again to become a Certified Life Coach.   A life coach helps you to see where you are right now and how to move forward with your life to where you want to be.  I became the one stop shopping.  I can tell you where to travel, what makeup to wear while traveling, how to take care of your body inside physically, spiritually, and mentally…whew!  Your understanding how I came up with the name, A Renaissance Chick.  I am that person who has wide interests and is an expert in many of them.  I'm not an expert in everything; put I am always learning.  So, what's my latest thing?  A Renaissance Chick...writing and speaking for women of today.  I am taking everything I know and putting it together in books, workbooks, group sessions, and blogs for women.  My mission statement is this, "I have a destiny, but my destiny is fulfilled by investing in the destinies of others." You are the others I want to invest in and help fulfill your destiny.  I look forward to helping you in 2012 move forward with your business and your personal life.