Susan Freeman

May 21, 2020

Blogs, Wellness, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Claudine Francois

Susan Freeman

May 21, 2020

Blogs, Wellness, Women Leaders

Claudine Francois

Claudine Francois is a Health & Wellness Coach who helps successful women entrepreneurs achieve the same level of success in their health as they do in their business so they can break the cycle and live out their lives eating the foods they love, waking up full of energy, and loving their bodies. As a former CFO of a multi-national company, Claudine found herself in a constant state of stress, which led her into a cycle of over-indulging in what she later discovered to be harmful foods to her body, and reeling from the consequences (frequent headaches and migraines, sluggishness, inflammation, bloating, leaky gut and weight gain). She decided to take control of her life by leaving that job and starting her own business helping women entrepreneurs step into stress- and toxic-free lifestyles with her own practices, recipes (that taste amazing AND nourish the body) and lifestyle strategies. She is now happy to be the successful woman entrepreneur’s guide to food bliss and enjoying life again! Her website and blog (www.ingoodcleantaste.com) provides tips and recipes for healthy living that are full of flavor to help women feel vibrant, energetic and at their best.

Recipes

Here is a recent post I did on healthy (yet delicious) snacks might be good to include as it links to a variety of recipes people might want to try:
https://ingoodcleantaste.com/healthy-snack-ideas/

Connect with Claudine

IG: https://www.instagram.com/ingoodcleantaste/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ingoodcleantaste/

Email: claudine@ingoodcleantaste.com

Join her Clean Eating for Successful Women Entrepreneurs Facebook Group here: www.facebook.com/groups/cleaneatingwithclaudine/

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

April 29, 2020

Blogs, Wellness

Wonder Woman in Business, Sharon Wong

Susan Freeman

April 29, 2020

Blogs, Wellness

sharon wong nut free wok.jpg — Sharon Wong

Sharon Wong is a San Francisco native and lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two teenaged sons. She's graduated from UC Berkeley (and an alumni parent, Go Bears!) and UCLA, worked as a teacher for many years before becoming a stay at home mom. She's currently an educator, advocate, and blogger at Nut Free Wok where she shares her nut free Asian recipes and food allergy mom stories and experiences to help other families. Sharon and her advocacy have been featured on NBC Asian America, Healthline, PBS, various food allergy and asthma organizations, and local and national media.

Over 15 million people living in the United States are affected by food allergies and anaphylaxis and every 3 minutes a life threatening allergic reaction sends people to the hospital. Both of her sons have food allergies, her younger son's nut allergies are so severe that just being near nuts have caused allergic reactions without even eating them. Sharon became very fired up about sharing food allergy awareness when one of her sons experienced food allergy discrimination and bullying at school.

People with food allergies are often told by medical experts to avoid certain foods, including Asian food. What does one do if one is Asian or loves Asian food? She started her blog Nut Free Wok: Allergy Aware Asian Fare (www.nutfreewok.com) to share her nut free Asian recipes and allergy mom experiences. She is proud to be a mission ambassador for End Allergies Together, a national non-profit that funds food allergy research.

Connect with Sharon

Blog www.nutfreewok.com

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nutfreewok/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NutFreeWok

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nutfreewok/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/NutFreeWok/

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

April 24, 2020

Wellness, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Susan Marchand

Susan Freeman

April 24, 2020

Wellness, Women Leaders

Susan Marchand

Susan Miciotto Marchand was born in Louisiana, and grew up moving back and forth between LA and TX, landing in Baton Rouge in 1980. She is a 1988 LSU graduate, as well as a 1994 BR General School of Nursing graduate. After a 15 year nursing career, Susan became the Co-owner of a fitness studio called Yoglates, which combines Yoga, Pilates and calisthenics. The discipline of Yoglates has been in existence for 20 plus years, and Susan is very proud to be a co-owner of the only Yoglates studio in the region.

Susan is happily married to Matthew Marchand, her husband of 29 years, and is the mother of 3 near-adult daughters. Her family has always been her priority, and nursing and owning her own business have given her the flexibility to allow her to continue focusing on them throughout the years, while building careers that were important and essential to her.

Community involvement includes the support of many businesses and events in BR, such as the Bella Bowman Foundation supporting Comfort Care for families of children with pediatric cancers, food drives supporting the Baton Rouge Food Bank, and Companion Animal Alliance pet adoption yoga classes. Yoglates has donated thousands of dollars to local charities and events over the past 11 years.

Susan’s proudest professional moments include obtaining an ASPAN certification during her time as an RN, which is a Post-Anesthesia RN certification. She also enjoyed her time as a Surgical ICU nurse, and had many brilliant female mentors in nursing school and in her 15 year nursing career. As a business owner, her proudest professional moments include celebrating a 10 year anniversary in the current Yoglates location amidst a surplus of Boutique Fitness Studios in the Baton Rouge area.

Similarly, Susan counts her business, Yoglates, being honored by LSU as a Top 100 Fastest Growing Tiger owned business in 2018, an incredible accomplishment.

Connect with Susan

Website:

http://yoglates2.com

Facebook:

Yoglates II, Yoglates II Online Classes

Instagram:

@yoglates2

Susan is also a representative of Zyia Active Wear.

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

April 23, 2020

Women Leaders, Wellness

Wonder Woman in Business, Verni Howard

Susan Freeman

April 23, 2020

Women Leaders, Wellness

Verni Howard

Verni Howard is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana and the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Williams. She is a 1987 graduate of Caddo Magnet High School and furthered her studies at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. After earning a BS in Microbiology (1993) and a MPA (1997), Verni began the Commercial Banking Training program with SunTrust Bank in Atlanta, GA. After more than 18-years of corporate and non-profit banking experience including Regions Bank, Whitney Bank and JPMorgan Chase, Verni became the new Executive Director of Providence House in December of 2015. In addition to a stellar banking career, she has served on 15 major boards of directors across the country including East Baton Rouge Parish Redevelopment Authority Advisory Council, Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge (In-coming President), Volunteers of America (Baton Rouge), Volunteers in Public Schools (Treasurer and President), Boys and Girls Club, Catholic Charities (Baton Rouge) and Downtown Development District. In 2011 she was nominated for the Outstanding Women in Business Award by Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge and in 2012 received the Volunteer Activist Award from the Emerge Center, an honor bestowed upon twelve outstanding volunteers across the city of Baton Rouge. In 2015 she was recognized for her outstanding achievements and was honored with an African American Achievement Award.

Verni is a 2018 Virginia Shehee Influential Woman Award finalist and a 2018 Athena Award finalist. In 2017 Verni received the Blue Cross Blue Shield Angel Award from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation. She is a Paul Harris Fellow (Shreveport Rotary Club) and 2018 board member of the club. Verni is also a new member of the Louisiana 4-H Foundation’s board of director, Christus Highland Quality Committee, Choice Neighborhood Implementation Advisory Group, Bancorp South CRA Advisory Group and is an ex-officio member of the board of Providence House. Above all, she is committed to God, family and service to the community. Verni and her husband Don, have been married for 21-years. Together, they have the joy of parenting two fantastic children, Hannah Elizabeth (age 12) and Matthew Reed (age 9). She lives by the belief that we are our brother’s keeper.

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

April 1, 2020

Women Leaders, Wellness, Team Building, Health, Empathy, Executive Coaching

SPECIAL EDITION: Resilience During the Coronavirus Crisis with guest, Renee Branson

Susan Freeman

April 1, 2020

Women Leaders, Wellness, Team Building, Health, Empathy, Executive Coaching

RB COVID19.jpg — Renee Branson

Certified Resilience Coach (CReC)

As a mental health professional and Certified Resilience Coach (CReC), Renee Branson provides clients with immediately usable tools to increase resilience, well-being, and optimism in the workplace. She works with lawyers, legal marketers, business professionals, non-profit leaders, and others to help them understand and incorporate resilience in their own professional lives and in the teams they lead.

Contact Renee:

Email:

rb@reneebranson.blog

Website:

https://reneebranson.blog/

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneebransonmancc/

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

March 31, 2020

Empathy, Health, Legal, Wellness, Women Leaders, Executive Coaching

Wonder Woman in Business, Anjli Garg, Esq.

Susan Freeman

March 31, 2020

Empathy, Health, Legal, Wellness, Women Leaders, Executive Coaching

Anjli 2.jpeg — Anjli Garg, Esq.

AGC, Citi

Anjli Garg, Director, Associate General Counsel, Citibank, N.A.

Anjli Garg serves as a general counsel to Citi’s global commercial cards business, working with Citi’s largest institutional clients. She is also an active member of Citi Legal’s Global Diversity Council. Before joining Citi, she was in-house counsel at American Express and an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell. Anjli has also published articles and spoken at conferences and panels on topics as diverse as privacy and data security, unconscious bias, and diversity and inclusion. She has 20+years of experience as a corporate transactional attorney, and obtained her J.D. from NYU School of Law.

Anjli is also a Certified Professional Coach and Energy Leadership Index – Master Practitioner through iPEC, which is an International Coach Federation accredited coach training program. Anjli’s passion as a coach is to help successful people find their missing puzzle piece by clarifying their priorities, tapping into their personal power and charting and navigating their journey there.