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A SAFE PLACE TO BEGIN A NEW
JOURNEY IN THEIR LIFE.
PROJECT-TWO-NINE IS AIMED AT
GETTING WOMEN TO TAP INTO THEIR
CREATIVE SIDE... AND EMBRACE THE
POWER THEY
ALREADY POSSESS. Y-N-N'S MARY
MCCOMBS SAT
DOWN WITH THE CREATOR OF THE
COMPANY FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-DEPTH
BUSINESS PROFILE.
"IT ENDED UP GOING BEST- SELLER
WITHIN 12-HOURS."
SHEILA KENNEDY'S STORY IS ONE OF
SEVERAL COLLECTIONS
FOUND IN A BOOK CALLED 'WOUNDED,
SURVIVE, THRIVE'.
"MY HOPE IS TO HELP PEOPLE FIND
THE POWER THAT THEY HAVE
ALREADY POSSESSED." KENNEDY IS
AN EMPOWERMENT
COACH. AFTER STRUGGLING WITH
SOME LIFE-CHANGING EVENTS
HERSELF-- SHE DECIDED IT WAS
TIME TO HELP OTHER WOMEN
MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES.
"THEY HAVE THE POWER, THEY HAVE
THE STRENGTH TO OVERCOME
WHATEVER OBSTACLES MAY BE IN
THEIR WAY."
SEVEN MONTHS AGO, KENNEDY OPENED
A STUDIO IN ROCHESTER--
OFFERING PERSONAL COACHING
SESSIONS FOR
STAY-AT-HOME MOMS, PEOPLE
LOOKING FOR JOBS, AND THOSE IN
TRANSITION. PRICES START AT 25
DOLLARS AND THERE ARE ALSO
GROUP RATES AVAILABLE.
"THEY LOOK AT THEIR OWN LIFE,
AND THEY REALIZE THEY HAVE A LOT
MORE GOING FOR THEM THAN THEY
EVER IMAGINED."
"ONE OF THE STEPS ON THE PATH TO
EMPOWERMENT IS TO PROVIDE A
CREATIVE OUTLET. IT IS HERE AT
KENNEDY'S STUDIO WHERE WOMEN
CAN GATHER TO SHARE IDEAS AND
ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER."
"THE REASON WHY I WANTED THEM TO
CREATE ART IS BECAUSE THEY
HAVE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR
THEIR WALL."
POWER PARTIES INCLUDE MAKING AN
ART PIECE WITH A POWER
STATEMENT!
"IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I
REALLY SAT DOWN, TOOK TIME AND
DID
SOMETHING CREATIVE." CYNTHIA
SMITH IS A CLIENT AT J-TWO-
NINE PROJECT.
"I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MY STUDENTS
GO THROUGH THIS."
CYNTHIA'S WORK AT BRYANT AND
STRATTONG COLLEGE KEEPS
HER LIFE BUSY-- SO SHE WANTED TO
CREATE AN ART PIECE THAT WOULD
HELP INSPIRE HER!
"HERE I THOUGHT, YA KNOW WHAT,
THIS IS GOING OFF TO THE SIDE,
THERE'S THE SWITCH I CAN CONTROL
IT, AND OFF TO THE SIDE,
MAYBE IF I DO SOMETHING A LITTLE
DIFFERENT, BE A LITTLE
FLEXIBLE, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING
OVER HERE OF STAR POWER."
SMITH SAYS HER ART PIECE WILL
REMAIN IN HER HOME AS A
CONSTANT REMINDER THAT IT'S OKAY
TO SOMETIMES
SWITCH THINGS UP.
"IT GIVES THEM HOPE, IT GIVES
THEM POWER, IT GIVES THEM
STRENGTH AND THEN IF THERE'S
STRATEGIES THAT THEY NEED THAT I
CAN SUPPLEMENT FOR THEM AND
TEACH THEM, THEN I DO THAT AS
WELL."
WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-DEPTH
BUSINESS PROFILE-- MARY
MCCOMBS, YNN.