YBB 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
Enjoy our curated list of great YBB approved holiday presents ranging in price & functionality with discount codes up to 25% off included!
Enjoy our curated list of great YBB approved holiday presents ranging in price & functionality with discount codes up to 25% off included!
Let’s Support Small Businesses!
SHOP BELOW DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
KOUSA CUSHIONS
10% discount off any products. Use discount code YBB2021 during checkout.
OHANA COFFEE
15% off total purchase. "YBB2021" during checkout!
TOUCH OF SERENITY
15% off all products on our online store. Use "YBB2021" during checkout!
LOVE PLUS DESIGN
10% off online shop. Excludes gift cards and holiday boxes. Use code YBB2021 during check out.
SIPOLOGY
25% off orders. Text 780-614-7074 & mention YBB2021 Gift Guide Code to redeem offer.
BYOND THE LOOKING GLASS GEMS
25% off all regular priced items. Code YBB2021 can be applied at checkout.
GLOW YOUR WORTH
20% of all book sale profits will be donated to WIN House Edmonton. Purchase here to give back this Holiday season.
WILDROSE PERFUMERY
15% off all products. Use code YBB2021 code during checkout.
PAPEWRITE CO.
10% off all items on my website - scented candles and digital invitations. Use discount code YBB2021 during checkout.
THE VILLAGE TOY BOX
$5 off/month for the first 3 months of a subscription or $15 off an annual subscription. Discount for the store would be $10 off any purchase of $100+. Store and library websites use code YBB2021 at checkout. Discount can also be redeemed in store by mentioning the YBB community.
MAGNETFICENT
15% off select designs (1. Beach Ornaments 2. Handmade Snowflake Ornaments 3. Decorative Magnets for fridge or home office whiteboard.) Use discount code: YBB2021 online through our website to claim.
NIKITARENAY CREATES
20% off all items in the shop. Use "YBB2021" during checkout!
KREATIVE KUSTOMS
BOXT WINES INC.
10% off all orders. Mention YBB2021 Gift Guide code when placing your order.
VIDA BOUTIQUE
Enjoy 15% off using code: YBB2021 during checkout!
THE CASH LAB
$50 off order of “Your Cashflow Playbook” Use Discount Code GA9DPII here.
KAAVISH SPA
15% off bookings. When booking use YBB2021 discount code to redeem offer.
EYE NINE OPTOMETRY
20% off complete eyewear. Choose your new eyewear in-store and mention the YBB gift guide code YBB2021!
*Must have a valid eyeglass prescription. (Dr. Sahi is absolutely accepting new patients)
accessible acupuncture
10% off your Initial Acupuncture Appointment. Applies to appointments between December 1st, 2021 - December 31, 2021. Mention YBB2021 when booking your appointment.
*ALL DISCOUNTS VALID UNTIL DEC 31st, 2021 unless otherwise specified.
Mad Love Monday | Amal Mohamud
My name is Amal Mohamud and I am a writer, director and producer from Edmonton. I use my media skills and storytelling abilities to create and tell visual stories on screen.
My name is Amal Mohamud and I am a writer, director and producer from Edmonton. I use my media skills and storytelling abilities to create and tell visual stories on screen. I am a proud 28-year-old first-generation Muslim Somali Canadian that can speak 3 different languages – Somali, Arabic and English. Highlighting diverse Edmonton stories on screen is an art form for me because I am communicating narratives in a visual matter.
I feel that stories help bring people together and the idea of bringing my own visuals to life as a storyteller is my way of being an artist. I have worked extremely hard to further my career as a writer, director and producer in Edmonton.
I have always had a passion for storytelling and that’s why I pursed media. I enjoyed writing, directing and producing meaningful projects. The lack of diversity on screen has also really motivated me to want to showcase stories from underrepresented communities. I believe that representation of minorities matters and, in my case, growing up I never saw someone that I was able to relate to, that looked like me. For that reason, I decided that it was my mission and purpose to give voice to the voiceless.
In 2016, I reached out to Shaw TV Edmonton to volunteer on their Edmonton community television program, a platform where they covered local stories for the Edmonton community. They were very supportive and allowed me to produce, write and direct some projects with their team and it aired on their platform. After my experience with Shaw TV Edmonton, OMNI Alberta's team reached out to me and offered me a position to join the Somalis in Alberta program community program. Being a part of OMNI was important to me, I've received many positive feedbacks from viewers saying they enjoyed the program because it was relatable to them. The lack of diversity and negative media representations of my community has motivated me to tell positive Somali stories.
I recently developed my first documentary project with AMI accessible media earlier this year, the documentary was about Canadian organizations creating virtual programs for people with disabilities during the pandemic. I am extremely proud of my accomplishments and I can't wait to create, develop and produce more and new projects as a storyteller. I want to inspire and motivate my community members by exhibiting our Edmonton community in the spotlight.
Submission by Amal Mohamud
Tipsy Tuesday - How to have a winning 4th quarter! - By Coach Lilly Wang
WHY RE-COMMIT to the 4th quarter? Because the 4th quarter is a quarter of your year! And how we treat a year is how we really treat our life… and your life is important. Wouldn’t you agree?
WHY RE-COMMIT to the 4th quarter? Because the 4th quarter is a quarter of your year! And how we treat a year is how we really treat our life… and your life is important. Wouldn’t you agree?
Step 1: acknowledge the good
List out all of the things you’ve accomplished and all of the things that you’re proud of from the summer and early fall.
I’m so proud of myself because…
These can be tangible accomplishments, like I’m so proud of myself for putting my earrings on my online store, or intangible accomplishments, like I’m so proud of myself for being very present at work meetings. As long as you know these to have been truths, then they are important to you and your list.
I would suggest you do this with 2 sub-headings: professional and personal. Therefore you would have tangible and intangible accomplishments for both the professional and the personal subheadings.
Some other examples can look like:
Professional & tangible: I’m so proud that I made 25K between July and September of this year.
Professional & intangible (or less quantified): I’m so proud that I reached out to several mentors and asked for help.
Personal & tangible: I’m so proud of myself for having taken a hike every weekend this summer and fall!
Personal & intangible: I’m really proud of myself for having communicated more vulnerably with my partner.
Now, write these down for yourself! There is no limit or cap to how many you can write, but I would recommend that you write at least 5-8 each for the subcategories of professional & personal.
P.S. to hear me give out mini bits of advice like this, follow me on IG @thelillywang
Step 2: claim what you’d like - your vision
Now comes the part that will require your imagination. When I work with clients, this is when I stretch their limits. We can only get what we want if we ask for it, and life only gets better and better if we ask for newer and bigger things that we haven’t experienced before!
My style is NOT to teach linear growth and just focus small goals… My style is to help you create a beautiful vision, and to commit to the goals that will take you there. This is why instead of getting linear growth based on pre-existing patterns, my students tend to get exponential growth, out of the norm of their old patterns!
Write down what it is you WOULD LIKE to get out of this quarter. I call this the VISIONING part.
Make this inspiring, and different, from what you’ve accomplished before.
—> For example, one month* I wrote that I would like to learn how to make $20,000 that month. I ended up earning $30,000. Keep in mind that for the month a year before I had made that goal, I had only earned $2,000 (as was just coming out of having left my previous industry, and out of grief from the passing of my father). Therefore think big. Dream big. Commit big.
—> Another time I wanted to learn how to gain 5 clients that month. I gained 4. The context there was that I was good at helping my existing clients, so they would renew with me (yay!), but when I was honesty with myself, I also knew that that kept me in my comfort zone. I felt that my growth as a business woman required of me the willingness to step outside of my comfort zone and learn how to acquire, and not just keep, clients.
*Keep in mind these are my monthly* goals as I set monthly goals more often than I do quarterly goals, but you get my point!
Why do I share this with you in such an honest and vulnerable way? To show you that I didn’t “start” at an easy place… I started at zero. Every time I’ve chosen to sit down and courageously ask for and claim something new that would stretch my limits, I grew. And my results grew, and my confidence grew, and my faith in this process grew.
So wherever you are, I hope that you’ll sit down right now and practice asking for what you want, courageously.
We call this your vision for this quarter.
To get more support on finishing the year strong, join me at my last event of the year! This is a 3 day workshop that takes place across Oct 19-21 at 9am mountain time. Register and SAVE your spot while tickets are still free here.
I will add inspiration, motivation, and commitment to help you have the best 4th quarter ever! If you have questions about this event, DM "EVENT" to @theLillyWang or send a quick email to lillywangcoaching@gmail.com.
Step 3: break it down
Now that you’ve claimed what you want, let’s break things down into achievable steps. I call these things “goals.” :P
Life always responds to us. So when we set our sights on a new vision, and begin taking action, life responds with experiences, people, and opportunities that will help make our actions fruitful. This is why we’ve got to play a part in our success, by being willing to take action!
By this logic, for instance, if one vision you have for the quarter is to earn your 20K, and this is something you’ve not done before, then you’d have to take some action that you also haven’t done before!
What are a couple things that you feel you should have been doing, but haven’t?
It could be any of the following: sending out emails, creating videos of your product, learning to speak about your product in public, following up with people who have inquired about your product, organizing your weekly schedule, posting on social media more regularly, actually posting about what you do on social media and not just spending time on social media haha, taking a class on xyz, putting in time for personal development, learning how to focus your mindset and manifestation abilities, and so much more!
These are some examples of things that any one of us have been putting off, or have been inconsistent with. You’ll know what’s right for your industry and your line of work.
When you sit down and do this, your intuition will guide you to the answers - and if you feel resistant, please recognize that that is just the protective voice that’s trying to protect you from taking action, should doing anything new places you in harm. This voice serves a purpose, but you mustn’t let it take over… instead, you must let the inspiring voice speak, because it is with this voice that you will begin creating the life of your dreams… starting this quarter.
Once you’ve written down 3-4 of these things, called goals, that will take you closer to your vision, set timelines for said goals and schedule them in. To explain this part would require just about another 12 blogs, so we might have to leave more for the next blog. But I hope I’ve inspired you to start dreaming about the things you want, because every quarter of the year should matter - because you matter!
How did you do with this exercise? Did this blog help you today? Please feel free to take a picture of your notes, and tag us, because we want to hear from you! @thelillywang @ybb.connect
I'm also holding a free workshop finishing the year strong! This workshop takes place on Oct 19-21 at 9am Alberta (MDT) time, for about 90 mins each day.
This is my only event for the remainder of the year, and I am still keeping the tickets free, so don’t miss out - save your seat here.
I’ll be talking about quantum physics, the law of attraction, psychology, and high-performance coaching principles.
Submission By:
Lilly Wang, M.Sc. (London School of Economics)
lillywangcoaching@gmail.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelillywang/
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