How Can You Give Back During the Pandemic?
!The past year has opened our eyes to the difficult situations many people are facing outside of our sphere. As a social enterprise, we believe in the importance of giving back to our community but we recognize that spans a wide range of causes and even locations. In...
The Soulmate Myth and Choosing Yourself
inWhen it comes to love, most people are relatively optimistic about finding their soulmate. In fact, 73% of Americans believe in the idea of a soulmate. While most of us daydream about ‘the one’, there are some universal truths to this idea and we’re here to cut out...
Kick-Start Your Career in 2021
Boxed takeout food, baked bread, and besting your family at quizzes - the three B’s of 2020. Who knew that when you were counting down to 12 last year, that these things would be so important in the new year. You may have learned to practice gratitude, or incorporated...
Hygge: The Home and the Heart
Hygge is a lifestyle that the Danish coined, meaning “a mood that invokes coziness, comfortability, and intimacy”. This way of life is now becoming a trend in traditionally work-life imbalanced countries like Germany and the US. But what is it really? We’re...
How to Curb the Sunday Scaries
We all have experienced the impending doom that is a Sunday evening. Maybe you have to wake up early or you’ve got a big meeting and a long week ahead of you. Sometimes it’s hard to enjoy your day when these thoughts are buzzing in the back of your mind. As it’s...
The Benefits of Being an Integrous Woman: As Told by Our Members
Any organization can sit down and write a list of mission statements and objectives but if their members don’t believe them, why should anyone else? We wanted to find out if our members think we practice what we preach, so we sent out a survey asking them what they...
Communication: The Key to All Relationships
We’ve all been told a million times that the key to any relationship is communication and by now we’re probably over it. When we say relationships at Integrous Women, we don’t mean romantic, we mean every kind of relationship, whether that be platonic, work friends,...
Is it Your Job or Is it Just Burnout?
Okay so you know the phrase, the grass is greener on the other side? We can all say we understand the concept, but it’s really easy to slip into the ‘what if’s’ when we’re stuck with our own thoughts, especially if we’re working from home. We’ll be real with you...
Finding Your Place in a Tough Job Market
We understand that meeting the right people in the best of times is difficult, but during COVID-19 it can be wildly intimidating to enter the job market again. If you’re in the job market as of recently or fear you might be, there are some ways you can begin to...
How to Practice Self-Love in a Pandemic
We’ve all succumbed to the loneliness of this difficult time at one stage or another. Even if you’re fortunate enough to be spending time with your families or your housemates at home, it’s easy to feel isolated and become self-critical. The first thing to understand...
A Guide to Thriving During COVID-19
While these are unprecedented times, there is no better solution to strife than a community like Integrous Women. We're here to guide you through this difficult situation. We want you to come out of this not only have survived but thrived. So here are our top tips to...
How to Write an Elevator Pitch
First off- don’t. I know what you’re thinking, ‘Isn’t this what I came here for? To learn how to write an elevator pitch so that I can tell my great idea to those who need to hear it?’ We at Integrous Women would absolutely answer yes, your idea does need to be heard,...
5 Painful yet Powerful Lessons from my Miscarriage
Today I am choosing to share my story not for your sympathy or pity. Not because I want you to feel bad or sorry for me. I write my story because we need to talk about the hard things. I write this story because I was completely unequipped and uninformed about...
How to Write a Visionary Business Plan: Part II
Last month we guided you through writing a business plan, the integrous way, but we left out the not-so-fun parts. That’s why we’ve created an easy guide to the harder stuff-- with the visionary in mind. So get your poster board, your computer or your notebook out and...
How to Write a Visionary Business Plan: Part I
Writing a business plan can be overwhelming and frankly discouraging if you don’t set yourself up for success. In this article, we'll walk you through the simplest ways to take your vision and make it a “paper” reality without the weight of the heavy stuff...
Meet Kate Bryan, Founder and CEO of 1 Girl Revolution
"My name is a Kate Bryan and I'm the founder and CEO of 1 Girl Revolution. 1 Girl Revolution (1GR) is a social platform that uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and a podcast to highlight the stories of everyday women who are changing the world...
What Does Integrous Women’s Sustainable Impact Model Look Like?
Many women that come to our events ask us, “What is a Social Enterprise?” The short answer, according to our Founder, Stephanie Courtillier, is “When a nonprofit meets a business and they have a baby, the result is a Social Enterprise.” We are a for-profit business...
Meet Michelle, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist sharing on Self-Care
Michelle Flores, LMFT 17744 Sky Park Circle Suite 285, Irvine CA 92614 Phone: 714-904-7885 Email: Mflores.lmft@gmail.com "I have 10 + years serving the community in both the private and public sectors. I currently work for the County of Orange for Children and...
Meet Karla, Co-Founder of 52 Hike Challenge
@52hikechallengewww.52hikechallenge.com "I created a new years resolution to hike once per week in 2014 when I was going through a major transition in my life (divorce). With each hike I got stronger and realized I was capable of so much more than I ever gave...
Steps to Overcoming Procrastination
u“Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill.” – Christopher Parker Here you are, hours before a deadline and you’re really regretting taking that extra snack break to check your social...
What is an Integrous Woman?
Integrous is the adjectival form of Integrity, however it is rare that speakers and writers use this form of the word. Most people opt for the etymologically unrelated synonym such as honest or virtuous. An Integrous Woman is not rare in that no one can be an...
Stop Doubting Yourself and Get What You Want
Many people are uncomfortable asking for what they want. Highly successful entrepreneurs have to not only be good at asking for what they want, but at negotiating in general. So why do 31% of women say they are uncomfortable negotiating their salary? One of the many...
Best Practices for Living a Life of Gratitude
“I opened two gifts today, they were my eyes.” -Zig Ziglar It is scientifically proven that waking up in the morning and listing what you are grateful for will positively impact your day. I think we can all buy into this, but without understanding what gratitude is,...
5 Myths of Entrepreneurship
When you hear the word “entrepreneur”, what do you think? You, like other folks, might associate it with “business” and/or “risk-taking” and you would be correct in doing so. In our vocabulary, we define entrepreneurs as those who take risks to build a profitable...
Best OC Coffee Shops for Conducting a Meeting
You may be familiar with the struggles of starting your own enterprise--or perhaps you like supporting the #ShopSmall movement--or maybe your business model includes giving back to your community. These are all good reasons for skipping Starbucks the next time you...
Sustainability Talk with Rianne from Impact Business Base
Question #1: Tell us about yourself and your mission I am Rianne, born and raised in The Netherlands but currently a digital nomad in Asia. I have a long background in sales & marketing in the corporate world but changed it all to serve social entrepreneurs...
5 Mindful Leadership Lessons from 5 of our Favorite Books!
We thought we would have a little fun with this one and include tips from some of our absolute favorite books. That way not only are you getting some kick-ass highlights, but you can add some good reads to your summer reading list! Don't forget to comment and share...
Choosing Yourself Benefits Everyone Around You
Maintaining balance in life and building supportive structures around our time and energy is vital to our success. And yet, the building of said support is reliably external. Why? For women, our identities and self-worth often revolve around our relationships to...
Why Marketing Yourself Matters (even when you don’t have a business)
Networking. The word haunts you like the two deadlines you blew last week. An invasive thought you would rather ..well, not think about. And when you do think about the bewildering concept of it, you quickly become consumed with defeat. You are but a mere mortal....
Giving Forward the Integrous Way
Integrous Women has a mission to empower heart-centered women to leave a legacy with integrity, and one of our most important pillars for establishing a legacy with integrity is to give forward. The act of giving forward in business is usually not solely the product...
5 Lessons Learned from Hosting a (Solo) Workshop
Integrous Women recently hosted our first workshop, Idea to Impact, and what an experience! I had come up with the workshop idea 3 weeks prior, and stepped completely out of my comfort zone to pull this event together. Shout out to my newly inherited Growth...
3 Life Lessons Everyone Should Know
I may still be young, but I've learned quite a lot in this lifetime already. My absolute passion is to share these nuggets of wisdom with you, and hope that you too will pass it on to your loved ones. It always starts with one small step, right? Without further ado,...