Treat Yourself by Retreating...

Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.

Special Guest Speakers, Workshops and Accommodations
(Included in your retreat):
Jean Carpenter-Backus: CPA, CFP, author of "The Naked Accountant asks: Who's Standing on Your Financial Hose?" Jean will lead a money workshop and offer "hiking money coaching" sessions. http://www.thenakedaccountant.com/, www.carplang.com

Paul and Sarah Edwards: Residents of Pine Mountain, Paul and Sarah are best known for their book, "Working from Home." Creating over 14 books on business, they will lecture on how to turn your books into profitable
E-Books.http://www.9lives4yourbook.com/about/:

Sarah-Jane, aka SunJay: www.powwowlodge.com. She will provide yoga each day in her beautiful home studio (optional). Sunjay will be available for sound healing (for an additional charge). She will lead us in drum circle ceremonies in the woods called "The Circle of Gratitude."




Pamela Jansen: Motivational Speaker, Actress, Writer, Author of "How I Became a Fearless Women" also featured in Mary Ann's book, "Fearless Women, Midlife Portraits" Pamela will speak about her own extraordinary journey to becoming a Fearless Women!

We will hike to the "Seven Sisters" and make prayer tie/intention offerings in the circle of trees with a medicine wheel built within.

Some of you will stay in our log home and others will stay at very nice mountain homes we will rent.


Sumptuous meals will be prepared by Chef Joe!

Included in Price:
Workshops
Yoga
Yummy food
Lovely Accommodations
and much more...

Available but not Included in Price:
Relaxing Massages
Sound Healing
Airfare and transportation are additional.

Cost:
$1595.00, A non-refundable deposit of $500 is required on or before
November 5, 2010, to hold your reservation and balance due by
December 5, 2010
***Bring a friend and receive a $400 discount***

Payment Plan:
Cost: $1695, A non-refundable deposit of $500 required
on or before November 5,2010
1st payment, $597.50 by December 5, 2010
2nd payment, $597.50 by January 5, 2010

Payment Type: Check, MC, Visa


The Fearless Women Mountain Retreat is limited to 15 women. It will be an intimate and powerful experience
that will transform the way you will create 2011.

Treat yourself and Book NOW!!!

To book your reservations or for more information:
maryannhalpin@aol.com
micheleatstudio@aol.com
323-874-8500

Family Holiday's

Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.

Fearless Activism

Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.
It thrills me when my portrait photography helps a charity. My friends, Leeza Gibbons and Nancy Alspaugh asked me to do a Fearless Women Portrait for the luncheon they are hosting together on Monday, May 3, 2010. It's a Mother/Daughter luncheon to celebrate Mother's Day but also to fundraise of ACT Today for Autism and Leeza Gibbon's Memory Foundation and Leeza's Place which helps families living with Alzheimer's.

I am happy to be bringing my mom to the luncheon. I am grateful and blessed that at age 87 she is healthy, with a mind as sharp as a tack. My grandmother died due to complications from Alzheimer's. So Leeza's organization comes close to home for me.

So many children have been diagnosed with Autism. It has become an epidemic. So it is interesting that Leeza and Nancy teamed up to create a fundraising luncheon to help the young and the old. It touches us all.

If you are interested in attending go to the website: Act-today.org or call Laura Marroquin at 818-705-1625.

Here's to the Fearless Woman or Man in all of us!

Bark Avenue Foundation

Last week we participated in a fundraiser, Barking for Bedding, at Villa Firenze, a wonderful home decor store in Studio City. The evening benefited The Bark Avenue Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to ending pet overpopulation through spay and neuter, humane education and community outreach.

It was a fun gathering of people and pets all mingling, playing and making new friends. Lisa Laporta was there from HGTV, love her! I watch her show, "Design to Sell". Bark Avenue brought many little rescue dogs there and some were adopted that night. I wanted to take them all home but alas, I couldn't.

We were there promoting our photography fundraiser, "I Fearlessly Love You Fido" portraits, 2 Saturdays only March 20th & April 17th, sitting fee, $39.95 plus a 30 pound bag of dog food. All of the sitting fee going to Bark Avenue. It should be fun times in the studio! Call the studio to set up a portrait session with your Fido or Fifi and let us create a beautiful portrait for you to treasure forever! 323-874-8500

I Fearlessly Love You Fido!

Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.
I Fearlessly Love You Fido!
Special Fine Art Pet Portraits
By Photographer Mary Ann Halpin

Benefiting The Bark Avenue Foundtaion
Sitting Fee: $39.95 (100% going to Bark Avenue Foudation)
Included: Pet/family photographic session,
viewing/ordering session immediately following and (1) 5x7 gift portrait.
Additional portrait sizes and packages available.
Bring a 30 pound bag of dog food

Bring your favorite Fido or Fifi to capture a beautiful fine art portrait you will treasure forever...

Two Saturdays Only~March 20th & April 17th, 2010, 10am-5pm
Mary Ann Halpin Studio (Located near Universal Studios)
By appointment only~Space is limited!
www.maryannhalpin.com
323-874-8500

Fearless Woman of the Week

Becky Henry
Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.

Becky Henry became an “unwilling expert” when her daughter’s eating disorder took over the family in 2000. During those times of fear, trauma and drama, and extreme uncertainly about their daughter’s health and safety, Becky was often tempted to curl up in a ball and rock forever–but she refused to let the eating disorder win. How does a parent live through the terror of watching her child being consumed like that? Becky learned how to take care of herself so she could take care of her daughter and rest of the family. She educated herself about the disorder and soon became an advocate for other families. For several years she has conducted workshops for parents and professionals, giving them language to promote health. She learned to take the most terrifying experience and use it to rise above her circumstances and live her life with passion, and now coaches family members how to live fearlessly with this scary and demanding illness that is an eating disorder. From more than 40 family interviews, Becky has written a collection of their stories in Just Tell Her to Stop: Stories of Families Coping with Eating Disorders.
www.hopenetwork.info
www.movingmountains4health.com

Fearless Woman of the Week

Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.
We enjoyed seeing Cher's show in Vegas last month. We were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to meet Cher after her show. She came straight to the green room to greet us, in costume after her finale. I sent a sword back stage to her before the show. It had "Fearless Goddess Cher" engraved on the blade. When she greeted us she told me how much she loved the sword. I gave her a sword necklace which she is wearing in this photo.
I am a great admirer of her. She has always fearlessly blazed her own trail with her extraordinary style and music. At 62, she looks amazing, dances like she's thirty something and sings better than I've ever heard her. She follows a spiritual path as a Buddist. Whatever your feeling about Cher, you got to admit, she's one fearless legand!

I Fearlessly Love You Portraits

Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.
Portrait of the handsome, Carlos Bernard (from the show 24) and beautiful Sherisse Baker Bernard

Unique Valentine's Saturday Special, February 13th Only:
I fearlessly Love You Portraits

Gift yourself, your loved one, family, or even your pet to a "I Fearlessly Love You Portrait" for only $99.99. The package includes one 5x7 gift portrait (valued at $150) a heart box of chocolates with a sword on it, a viewing/ordering session and a fabulous and fun portrait session that you will never forget as a Valentine's Gift.
Call the studio to book your appointment. Space is limited!
323-874-8500

Fearless Woman of the Week

Over the last two years, I have captured Fearless Women in a photographic portrait, holding a sword as a symbol of their courage. Each woman that I met conveyed to me amazing fearless stories that I will never forget. Honoring the over 150 women that I photographed, I want to attempt to feature many of them, one by one, in a "Fearless Women of the Week".

I photographed Rose Pagonis at the eWomenNetwork Conference in 2008 creating a "Fearless Portrait" for her. Coming to this country as an immigrant, Rose Pagonis married young and got divorced years later. As a single mom of three teenage children, she ignored her fears of being broke and did not accept going on welfare. Instead, she chose to make a difference by giving her kids the life they deserved. Today, she enjoys a fantastic life and a terrific real estate career in difficult economic times. She is a full time caregiver to her Mom who has Alzheimer's and is very active in the Alzheimer's Association. She started the George & Dimitra Vlahos Memory Foundation as a way to honor her parents and help others realize their dreams.
I honor Rose and her courage as "The Fearless Woman of the Week".

Westlake Magazine Cover

Copyright Mary Ann Halpin.