the destination

There is a reason Barb Stegemann was ranked by The Chronicle Herald newspaper as one of eight people to watch in 2008  (read the article here) . Her successes in economic and social development coast to coast in Canada are the result of her personal commitment to strengthen the 7 virtues every day.

Women who have read her book have run for public office and won and others who have read the book gained the courage to apply for new jobs, launch companies and reconnected with the answers they already had within.

Barb Stegemann has been giving talks to women and men on economic development in British Columbia for years. She was named by BC Business Magazine as one of the province’s life shifters for her work and has returned home to Nova Scotia to empower her neighbours to advance their communities economically and socially.

Named by BC Business Magazine as one of the province’s life shifters, Barb Stegemann would put the reinvention of matriarch Madonna to shame. Local businesswoman, motivational speaker, columnist, and author of The 7 Virtues of a Philosopher Queen: A woman’s guide to living & leading in an illogical world, Barb is a multi-achiever whose positive outlook, inspired by stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius, is simple: Everyone and everything is brought to you for a reason.  Either to teach you or to bear. Mary-Jo Dionne, Editor, The Block Magazine, Vancouver