Hiya Pinkies. Today, because it's International Women's Day, we're going to do a special Mojo Monday exercise.

Start by watching this:



How did that make you feel? I don't know about you, but I felt simultaneously powerless and empowered. Yes, girls can save the world (and we are). Yes, every girl child is precious. Every woman carries within her the hope for the future and the salvation for today. And yet it can be overwhelming.

As women in the developed world, we are so blessed. Most of us don't worry about hunger, extreme poverty, AIDS, and war. The stressors that make us lose our mojo are things like loneliness, regret, disconnection, depression, materialism, joblessness, stress, divorce, betrayal, addiction, greed, anger, hatred, fear, cruelty, violence…It’s enough to make a SOUL feel SICK. It's the sort of societal depletion we're hoping to address with the Pink Effect. Sure, our problems are very real. And there are many domestic women we aim to serve here at Owning Pink.

But just for today, let's focus on serving our international sisters.

Where do we start?

Donate To Our International Pinkies

Personally, I start here. Donate to Global Giving and Kiva, two nonprofits I love.
1. Via Girl Effect, GlobalGiving connects you to over 700 pre-screened grassroots charity projects around the world. It's an efficient, transparent way to make an impact with your giving.
2. Kiva's mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending.

Let's take one day to OWN serving the planet. Put aside your own excuses for why you might not help others, why you can't afford to donate, how it won't make a difference- whatever it is that's holding you back. Let's help our Pinkies in developing nations as a way to honor ourselves, as individuals and as a community that's build on compassion, healing, and wholeness.

Honor Each Other

Don't forget that, as a community, we too are international. Pinkies spread across the globe from the US to Ireland to Australia to South Africa. As part of today's Mojo Monday exercise, pick three women (either here in the Owning Pink community or in your neck of the woods), and tell them how much you love them. See them with magical eyes. Reflect back the beauty you see within. Let them know how much you care.

Never forget that, as women, we are infinitely powerful.
Together, we CAN change the world.

I love and honor each and every one of you today.

Blown away by the awesomeness of women everywhere,

Lissa