Real Life Lessons Receives 2008 Best of Redwood City Award

U.S. Local Business Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

WASHINGTON D.C., October 22, 2008 -- Real Life Lessons has been selected for the 2008 Best of Redwood City Award in the Writers category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).

The USLBA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

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FROM FORTY AND FABULOUS TO FAMOUS …

The Winners of The Starter Wife 40’s and Fabulous Contest Presented by POND’S® Hit the Red Carpet and Prepare for Their Small Screen Debuts

NEW YORK, NY – May 21, 2007 – One look at any of the five winners of “The Starter Wife 40’s and Fabulous Contest presented by POND’S®,” a coast-to-coast search for the five women who embody the qualities of today’s 40-something woman, confirms it: they are sexy, sassy and super confident. These five women received the once in a lifetime opportunity to star in their own special vignette that will air nationally during “The Starter Wife” on USA Network from Thursday, May 31 at 9 pm/8c through Thursday, June 28.
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Find Happiness on Your iPod with New Programs from Best Selling Author

Feb 11, 2006, Redwood City, CA: Best selling author Debbie Gisonni, aka The Goddess of Happiness™, has partnered with LearnOutLoud.com for digital distribution and sale of four audio programs produced by Gisonni’s company, Real Life Lessons, LLC. (Click for full news release)

In life, as in sex, women need to put themselves first to be happy.

Nov 17, 2005, Redwood City, CA: From the boardroom to the bedroom, society has relegated women second to men for thousands of years. And while many women have accepted this position, either freely or by force, given the recent amazon.com best seller, The Goddess of Happiness:  A Down-to-Earth Guide for Heavenly Balance and Bliss (Inner Ocean Publishing, April 2005), it appears that women should and want to be first. (Click for full news release)

Sometimes you have to be naughty to be nice this holiday season!

Nov 14, 2005, Redwood City, CA: While many women might feel naughty playing hooky from work to go shopping or devouring half of Grandma’s pecan pie on Christmas eve, Debbie Gisonni, happiness expert and author of The Goddess of Happiness:  A Down-to-Earth Guide for Heavenly Balance and Bliss (Inner Ocean Publishing, April 2005), advocates that making yourself happy first is the key to spreading joy around to others this holiday season. (Click for full news release)

New book and iVillage column help women put themselves first.

The average woman thinks about happiness at least once a day, and if asked what she wanted most in life, the answer would be—happiness. Yet few of us know how to make happiness a reality. Debbie Gisonni, aka “The Goddess of Happiness” believes the purpose of life is to BE HAPPY. In her new book (and iVillage Column) The Goddess of Happiness: A Down-to-Earth Guide for Heavenly Balance and Bliss (April 2005), Debbie shows the everyday woman how to unleash the goddess within to make her life easier, happier and more rewarding. (Click for full news release)

The United States is 57th in the world in women’s political representation. Men occupy 86% of congressional seats, 84% of governorships, and 88% of seats on top corporate boards. What’s wrong with this picture?

October, 2004, If Women Ruled the World: How to Create the World We Want to Live In—Stories, Ideas, and Inspiration for Change, edited by Sheila Ellison and a Foreword by Maria C. Wilson, President of The White House Project, hopes to shine the spotlight on what women are thinking and what we can be doing. (Click for full news release)

From Business to Wellness—Ex-High Tech Exec Launches Inspirational CDs, Book and Calendar

September 30, 2003, Redwood City, CA: Real Life Lessons, LLC today launched a new line of CDs and print products to help people embrace challenges (in life and work) and to be happier through positive thinking. Click for full news release

Real Life Lessons Discusses the Importance of Personal Balance and Wellness On Alexander Haig’s World Business Review TV Series

September 2003, Boca Raton, FL: Multi-Media Productions (USA), Inc. announces the appearance of Real Life Lessons®, LLC on World Business Review, hosted by General Alexander Haig.

The segment will focus on ways in which executives can achieve personal and professional balance and wellness. Click for full news release

Amid the “gloom and doom” of headline news, new column says “Be Happy”. Click for full news release

Ex-high tech exec launches career workshop for unemployed or unhappy workers. Click for full news release

Publisher recognizes author of VITA’S WILL for outstanding achievement. Click for full news release

Print-on-demand book breaks into top 3% of Amazon.com book sales. Click for full news release

VITA’S WILL becomes #1 best seller for publisher. Click for full news release

High tech exec finds humility, humor and heart when four family members die in four years. Click for full news release

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