Make Tea Time With Your Lover

My husband and I have been married for 8+ years. Together for 10+. We have a 4-year old together, and he has helped me raise my son, since my son was our daughter’s age. I never thought finding a man who would be comfortable with my ferocity for freedom would be possible until I metRead More


5 Ancient Secrets for Modern Inner Peace

Dear Beloveds, If you are feeling as if you are running from one stressful situation to another, you may be in the hold of ego. I get it, as an ambitious woman on a mission to change the world, I get that way myself and need to reboot my spiritual GPS every morning with myRead More


4 Powerful Tools for Building a Meaningful Life

Dear Beloved, I’ve been buried in my computer with my pending book launch for Life by the Cup, but thank God I answered when Cynthia Kersey (www.Unstoppable.net) called and asked me to take Bob Proctor’s place on her panel: Skyrocket your business by being a force for good. I was in great company with ShizaRead More


3 Lessons from my Gypsy Grandmother You Can Use Today

Dear Reader, Much of our wisdom is passed down through experiences and are not written. I am sharing some old wisdom in today’s post from which I believe you will gain perspective. Simple tips from a Gypsy woman, a woman who has been so heavy on my mind as the Ukraine goes through turmoil, IRead More


4 Tips for Dealing with Big Transitions

Dear Reader, You might have noticed that I’m launching a book next month (June 17th), which is exactly 34 days from today (wow!). I’ve leapt from the tea and grocery store world to the writing and publishing world–very different! I was a great marketer when I led the tea company, because I was selling aRead More


A Cup of Tea for Productivity

A Cup of Tea for Productivity “A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt When you think about all the resources for greater productivity, as a female entrepreneur, tea is probably not the first thing that comes toRead More


Simple Tea Ritual for Health & Happiness

Welcome to Mindful Mondays with Zhena.TV! Here is a simple tea ritual to start your week off with mindfulness. http://vimeo.com/93688385 Sending you all love, health and happiness! Zhena.TV


3 Things To Do When They All Say You Can’t

Dear Reader, This weekend was the youth festival in Ojai. As I stood in line with my four-year-old, Mia, a few parents approached me to thank me for the tea they drink with an anecdote of how the product gives them joy or made a difference in their life somehow. Amazing. I didn’t expect this,Read More


3 Extraordinary Spiritual Lessons for Business Success

Dear Reader, I got really busy in business. And yet, as I look back to the busy days of being a CEO at a consumer packaged goods company (Zhena’s Gypsy Tea), I see just how sacred all of the learnings were. And I also have perspective as I reread Neale Donald Walsh’s Conversations with GodRead More


The Priceless Lesson Learned From Writing Life by the Cup

Dear Reader, I learned dozens of very valuable lessons by writing Life by the Cup, but none were as powerful as the lesson of surrender. I was led on a journey of discovery through the act of sitting each day to write, and if you have a desire to write a book like 80% ofRead More