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therealmelindastrauss

❤️Teaching you how to LIVE your best life
🙏🏻Transforming your health➕business as a Certified Optavia Coach
🐶Sharing INSPO on my morning dog walks

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This is basically what my day looked like 😂 Me taking picture of food, me taking picture with food, me taking selfies, and lots of photobombs! Ps. This is a lemon chocolate truffle from @cocojoliechocolates and it was a thing of beauty!
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I love going to Kosherfest every year! I get to see everyone from the @jewishfoodmedia Conference again the next day, I get to try tons of amazing new products, and I get to network with so many incredible people in the food industry. I feel like a very lucky lady!
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I know we all make our own luck, with help from Hashem, but sometimes I need someone to pinch me to remind me how real this is! I get to work for myself, I get to transform lives, I get to be healthy and take care of myself, I get to bring the community together, I get to hang out with the best of the best, and I get to eat artisan chocolates! If I can do this, anyone can!!!
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#feelinglucky #kosherfest #jewishfoodmedia #foodiefriends #foodblogeats #foodbloggerlife #entrepreneurlife #womenentrepreneur #iworkformyself #bossmom #selfietime #backtowork #workandplay #ilovemyjob #ificandoitsocanyou

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The 7th Annual @jewishfoodmedia Conference is a wrap!
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I haven’t even processed it all and I’m so grateful to so many people! So here’s what’s going to happen. I’m going to sleep late tonight, then off to Kosherfest tomorrow, and maybe somewhere in between, I’ll check all of my messages from today 😂
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You are all so amazing and your support means the world to me 🙏🏻 I can’t wait to share my thoughts on the day! Oh, and thanks to @sarrisinger for these amazing balloons!!! In the meantime, go check out the @jewishfoodmedia stories for lots of videos and pics of the day!
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Next up...the @kavanaconference 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Who’s coming???
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#jewishfoodmedia #jfm #jfmcon19 #foodbloggers #bloggerconference #influencerlife #businessgrowth #jewishmedia #foodmedia #bloggerlife #bloggersofinstagram #entrepreneurlife #entrepreneurgoals #bosslady #goalsetting

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Making a commitment to myself now that tomorrow morning, I WILL journal before I leave for the @jewishfoodmedia conference. I WILL put my goals and dreams down on paper and I will write down 10 things I’m grateful for! Why? Because no matter how hectic life can get, I want to remember why I’m doing all of this!
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Do you journal?
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#starttodayjournal #personalgrowth #journaling #morningroutine #goalsanddreams #growthmindset #dreambig #workhard #morningjournaling #gratefulheart #whatimgratefulfor #girlstopapologizing #itsworthit
📸cred @estybphotography

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I did something a little different this year...
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At last years @jewishfoodmedia Conference, I never closed the ticket sales. I just wanted everyone to be able to come and on the day of the conference, I got a BIG surprise when around 10 people bought their tickets the day of the event 😱 I was shocked and not prepared for it. Seats were set, swag bags were prepped, and I was ready for the day! Yeah, I had extra of everything but I really never expected that so many people would decide to come THAT morning.
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So this year, I closed down my ticket sales 1 week before the event. Yes, I still had many people reaching out asking for last minute tickets and all was well but I KNEW I needed to be in charge.
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If you don’t set your own boundaries, someone else is going to set them for you and you probably won’t like where they set them. And I am learning to set boundaries. Let me just say that it isn’t easy! I know that first hand but it’s IMPORTANT! I cannot emphasize that enough. I understand the need to want everyone to be happy, the need to please, but the reality is that you can never please everyone. But when YOU set boundaries and prioritize yourself, you get to be happy too.
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So ticket sales are closed for JFM, name tags are printed, swag will be packed soon (and thank goodness it’s finally not me doing the packing bc @sara.event.productions is a amazing), everything is coming together. And guess what??? I’m not so stressed because I’ve set up boundaries!
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Is this a message that speaks to you? Would you like to set more boundaries in your life?
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#jewishfoodmedia #jfmcon19 #personalgrowth #boundaries #healthyboundaries #growthmindset #alwayslearning #settingboundaries #selfcare #peoplepleasing #mindsetiseverything #mindsetmatters

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I was updating my business card a few nights ago and I struggled with what to call myself. Am I health coach? A business coach? A life coach? A motivational speaker? And then I figured it out (with some help from @agcreativeconsulting cause Alyssa is a rockstar and is such a great sounding board!) 😘
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I am a Transformational Coach!
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I help people transform their lives in in health, businesses, and mindset. When I see the growth people are experiencing around me and I get to be a part of that, I KNOW I’ve found the right business for me! A great transformational leader wants things FOR you, not from you, and I am here for that 🙌🏻
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I just took this pic in AZ at a business growth conference because part of helping others is for me to continue growing and learning too! You can’t take anyone where you haven’t been and I am growing right along with you 🙏🏻
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#lifelongtransformation #transformationalcoach #transforminglives #mymission #coachlife #transformyourlife #livewithintention #livewithkavana #bethechange #imhereforyou #dreambig #onehealthyhabitatatime #personalgrowth #growthmindset #takeresponsibility

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Why yes, I am flying to Phoenix for the weekend and the @jewishfoodmedia Conference is on Monday 😱😱😱
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I don’t know if I should laugh or cry but I had the opportunity to attend a business leadership event with other Optavia coaches and I couldn’t pass it up!
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I love any opportunity to learn and grow, even when it’s a tight squeeze like this. I get back to NY Sunday morning and JFM begins Monday morning. I can do this and the support I have around me is why! For one, I finally hired an event coordinator and I will love @sara.event.productions ❤️ I’m also super grateful to @azurelcs for partnering with me and creating all of my beautiful signage. You are a rockstar!
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If you want support, to out and find it! And if you want to laugh at me for how crazy my weekend is, you can do that too 😂
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#growthmindset #optavia #transformationalcoach #businessgrowth #jewishfoodmedia #alwaysgrowing #alwayslearning
📸cred @estybphotography

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MAKE YOURSELF HEARD!
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Today I storied in my kitchen asking you all for help. I am on a mission to empower women to dream and I need YOU to help me make that happen. You see, for so many years, I refused to dream. I saw dreams as unrealistic and unattainable so I never let myself think bigger than what was right in front of me. The problem with not dreaming was that I wasn’t moving forward in my life. I kept asking myself WHY I was stuck and I didn’t understand for so long that it was bc I didn’t have a purpose. I’m grateful that’s all changed!
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Fast forward to the @kavanaconference. I was sitting at @letsrise.co and @msrachelhollis was telling us all to keep the mission going! She was making her voice heard 😍 What could the world be like with more Rachel Hollis’s in it?!? Or more Melinda Strauss’s, right?!? For years, I’ve been sharing my own personal growth on Instagram and it’s time to move the mission forward! So right there at RISE, I decided to plan my own women’s personal growth conference, with a focus on Jewish values and Jewish sisterhood. .
I am so proud to be planning this special event and I want you all to spread the message! The first KAVANA Conference will be at @factory220 in Passaic, NJ so if you live in the tri-state area or want to fly in, come!!!! Tell your friends and family. The website is kavanaconference.com and all of our incredible speakers have been announced. Please let every Jewish woman know that this event can be for them.
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Tag some friends that you think should know about the @kavanaconference 👇🏻
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And if you want to be a KAVANA Ambassador, email me at melinda@kavanaconference.com 😘
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#kavanaconference #kavana #personalgrowth #makeyourselfheard #listentomyvoice #influencer #transformationcoach #transformyourlife #riseup #livewithkavana #livewithintention #helpwanted #intentionalliving #growthmindset #mindsetmatters #youcandothis #selfcare #selflove
📸cred @estybphotography

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GIVEAWAY IS OVER. WINNERS ARE @candidlydeliciousbytamar and @cookingnotcleaning ❤️
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The amazing @adeenasussman is giving away a signed copy of her cookbooks, Sababa and Tahini, to one of the lucky people who sign up for the @jewishfoodmedia Conference in the next 24 hours. The link to sign up is in my bio or you can go to jewishfoodmedia.com and sign up with discount code JFMADEENA
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And guess what??? I’m giving away a SECOND signed copy of Sababa to one of you out there too! Here’s how you enter:
1. Like this post
2. Follow @adeenasussman and @therealmelindastrauss
3. Comment below why you want to win the Sababa Cookbook
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Good luck!!! The winner will be announced tomorrow night. Thank you to Adeena for generously giving away her cookbooks. See you soon at the JFM Conference 🎉
#giveaway #cookbook #sababacookbook #sababa #jewishfoodmedia #keynotespeaker #israelifood #jfmcon19 #jewishfood #mediaconference #entrepreneurlife #influencerswanted

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