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Aus Mumpreneur Awards - Finalist

SA  business  named as a finalist for National Awards Sisters Claudia Callisto and Diana Dwarka of Shining Light has been named as a finalist for the 2021 Aus Mumpreneur Awards in the category CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR AWARD Creative Entrepreneur Award ღ  This award recognises creative businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.  The AusMumpreneur Awards presented by The Women’s Business School celebrate and recognize Australian Mums in business achieving outstanding success in areas such as business excellence, product development, customer service and digital innovation. The awards are designed to recognize the growing number of women who successfully balance motherhood and business in a way that suits their life and family. Read more at...

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Adelaide Author Shines Light on Dark IVF Journey

Adelaide mum and small business owner Claudia Callisto is adding author to her growing list of achievements with the release of bestselling novel Change Makers Volume 4, in which she is a contributor. The mum-of-one is sharing her incredible IVF journey in the compilation which includes 25 inspirational and transformational stories from women all over the world and how they overcame their extraordinary struggles. Released on September 22, it is already an Amazon bestseller in the US, Canada, UK and Australia. “The Change Makers opportunity entered my life at the right time as I felt that I had the courage to speak my truth no matter how hard it was going to be,” she said. “I am incredibly honoured and...

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Mother of One Child - Featured on How Dare She

“Oh you only have one child, it should be easy for you” I have spent the last 13 years hearing this. Let me tell you: it’s NOT. Being a mother is never easy for anyone, so please stop telling me that so I then have to explain why I only had one child and not the standard “acceptable” number of two. My dream number of children was actually four. But after my first, I simply couldn’t have any more. Not for lack of trying. Over 5 tortuous years I endured 6 failed IVF treatments... Read the full article on How Dare She: https://www.howdareshe.com.au/mother-of-one-child/

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Shining Light – a Story of a Failed IVF Journey

The Shining Light Business was started as a result of my our IVF journeys and the desire to empower other women and children to implement the concepts of gratitude, positive affirmations and kindness to one self and others. We are sisters a year apart however as individuals our IVF journeys were different in many ways . We are however both fortunate to be mothers of one child each - our Shining Lights - who are now both in the teen stages Last month Claudia had the opportunity of officially being a guest blogger and have one of her written stories released on the USA fertility website Circle & Bloom. You can read the full article here: https://circlebloom.com/shining-light-a-story-of-a-failed-ivf-journey/ Please read and share...

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