Creative Success Depends on Long View
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Arguing Your Point
I’ve never been on a debating team; my ability to come back with a “zinger” is questionable; and having a soft-spoken voice has probably lost me some points in a heated discussion.
Perhaps this is why I write: to get my point across more [...]
What We All Have in Common with Claire Underwood from House of Cards
There is much I do not have in common with Claire the Ice Queen Underwood.
I can only wish to look like she does in a simple blouse and skirt. And the backless dress she wore for the Russian State Dinner, well forget that. I couldn’t even [...]
The Flash Mob Phenomenon in the Age of Aquarius
The Flash Mob phenomenon is a relatively new thing made possible by the internet and other social media.
It’s a marvelous concept in which, by pre-arrangement, a group of people come together in a public venue in order to perform (usually) [...]
Three of Me
2015 March, I was hanging out with my friend. I had purchased Blue Bell Butter Crunch and we went to her apartment.
It had been a minute since I had seen her so, she stopped by and scooped me up. As we sat at the table catching up on things [...]
What To Wear: Dressing For An Interview
Mothers may advise wearing a standard navy suit to an interview, but times have changed and that old-fashioned statement may get you eliminated instead of hired.
These days, appropriate business attire is much more personal and difficult to [...]
A Single Thread In The Tapestry Of Life: Tuscany, Italy
The mystique of bicycle travel fascinates most people.
Why would anyone “endure” the pains of providing their own locomotion via pedaling rather than the comfort and speed of a car, boat, plane or train? The answer lies in the antiquity [...]
Podcast: Solutions for Working Moms
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Christy Largent is the author of 31 Positive Communication Skills for Women Devotional and host of Encouraging Words for Working Moms podcast where each week she interviews successful working moms to uncover their strategies, [...]
Podcast: Create Safe Communities
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Stephanie Mann is the author of 5 crime prevention books including a teaching binder for community leaders. Since 1976, Stephanie has been a crime and violence prevention consultant working to strengthen families.
Create Safe [...]
Illusion of Being Right: High Level Fear Wearing A Mask
We humans make judgments on just about everything that comes into our eyesight.
We judge ourselves when we look into the mirror in the morning. We judge our friends by the cars they drive. We judge strangers by the clothes they wear. We judge [...]
Podcast: Get Out Of The Way Of Your Kids’ Success
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Dr. Joanie Connell is the author of Flying without a Helicopter: How to Prepare Young People for Work and Life. She is an organizational psychologist who has taken her knowledge and experience in working with organizational [...]
Podcast: Secrets to the Feminine Art of a Beautiful Life
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Debra Brown Gordy MS MRET is a Women’s Spiritual Empowerment Mentor and founder of The Sophia Women’s Institute where she works with accomplished female professionals who hunger for more love and fulfillment, who want to [...]
What We Can Learn from the Super Bowl
Whether you are a sport fan or not, whether you are a Patriot fan or not, we all can learn from Super Bowl 49.
For that matter, we can learn from sports in general. On one hand we have heard about sports and their analogy to life, for our whole [...]
What To Wear: Dressing For A Funeral
Dressing for a funeral is simple, right?
Just wear something black. If you want to be comfortable, respectful, and supportive, there’s more to it. Here are some tips for dressing for funerals…but first, a story.
My neighbor LOVED flamingos. [...]
Confidence V Arrogance: Defining Words We Use All the Time
At the recent State of the Union President Obama drew loud applause from Republicans when he began a section of his remarks, “I have no more campaigns to run.”
Departing from his prepared speech, Obama responded to the surprise applause [...]
Podcast: Boosting Self Esteem in Black Children
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Crystal Swain-Bates is the owner of Goldest Karat Publishing and author of 7 children’s books including her latest release “Black Fairy Tales”. Her books, particularly the best-selling “Big Hair, Don’t Care”, all [...]
Podcast: 9 Habits of the Financially Confident Woman
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Mary Hunt is a personal-finance expert and the founder of Debt-Proof Living. She learned about being financially confident the hard way – by digging her family out of over $100,000 in unsecured credit card debt – and now [...]
Passed Over? Speak Up
Tammy, a 52 year old African American woman was a long standing employee of ABC* grocery.
She was with the company when those scanners were installed. She knows the inventory and respective vendors. She has been the leading store manager in [...]
Change Your Age And Your Life
Becoming as old as we feel isn’t a myth or an old wives tale; it’s backed by science.
How we feel and think about getting older influences how well we age and how we feel about us. It affects our health and our lives. The good news is that [...]
A Wiser Place To Be
Stress fighter tip: It’s all in our attitude and focus.
It’s amazing just how much our attitude affects all we do. Especially when it comes to handling stress in our lives. The chose we make can either make or break us in the situations [...]
Fearless Generosity
My husband has just released his 19th book! He usually writes pretty hard-core business books, so book #19 is a bit of a departure for him.
It’s called Who’s in Your Room and will be available for sale shortly. I was reading it [...]
Want To Live Your Life With GUSTO?
Do you make a choice, each day, to seize the moment, every single moment?
There is an enormous difference between just existing and being fully, joyfully consciously alive. To live with passion is to really accept and embrace the precious [...]
Podcast: What It Is To Be A Spirited Woman
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Nancy Mills is the founder of TheSpiritedWoman.com, a global women’s empowerment community. Recognized as a leading women’s visionary, Nancy is the publisher of the Spirited Woman Directory: A Collection of Stories [...]
The Life Long Gift Of Mentorship
I filmed a PSA this morning with my “Little Sister”, Eve.
Eve was matched with me through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County. She’s 11 years old, and brilliant, beautiful, funny, creative, and light years ahead of the game, and [...]
Podcast: GUTSY: How Women Leaders Make Change
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Today’s guest is Sylvia Lafair, Ph.D., President of Creative Energy Options, Inc., a global consulting company that targets and transforms workplace patterns for success and author of GUTSY: How Women Leaders Make Change.
GUTSY: [...]
A Few Tips to Avoid Nagging
“Clean your bedroom!” “Pick up the wet towel after your shower!” “Shut the light when you leave the room!”
These are a few of the things I would scream – like a broken record – to get my family [...]
Life Steers, You Stir
I’ve been busy the past few months, which is a good thing. However what I’ve been doing is not my art.
I needed a decided effort to make any art at all. Creating has become a chore, but I don’t stare at a blank page or canvas. I look at [...]
Online Bridal Gown Buyer Beware!
A wedding gown is the purchase of a lifetime.
Many of us have dreamed of the perfect bridal gown so sweet it’s practically candy. Although shopping online has its advantages, there are a number of pitfalls that can cost you more than just [...]
Podcast: 10 Smartest Decisions For Women After 40
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Licensed psychotherapist, Tina Tessina, or “Dr. Romance” has authored 13 books in 17 languages, including the bestseller – “The Ten Smartest Decisions a Woman Can Make After Forty” – a reference guide [...]
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
With the new year upon us now, everybody seems to be posting, blogging, chatting and thinking about New Years Resolutions.
Responses are interesting to me, across the board. I see people who resist setting resolutions, because they know they [...]
Technology Is Such A Blessing, And Yet At Times A Curse
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“It was the worst of times. It was the best of times.”
– Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities”
Technology is such a blessing, and yet at times a curse.
While social media has exploded business opportunities, helped [...]
Fish For Yourself
I sat comfortably on my deck chair, ready to enter into meditation.
The sun shone warmly on my back and shoulders and the sounds of the waves gently rolling onto the rocks below my high perch promised to take me into a deeply relaxed state very [...]
Beliefs & Separation
Have you ever asked someone to agree to disagree?
How difficult is it to actually agree to disagree? I have had such a hard time with this concept in the past. It was maddening not to be able to persuade the other person that my belief was the [...]
Always Check Your Assumptions
Jumping to conclusions.
I came upstairs to my hotel room after having lunch with our son, Trey, today and my key did not open my room’s door. My key had apparently become demagnetized while I was at lunch.
The housekeeper was in our son’s [...]
Overflowing or Fulfilled?
There are times in my life where my days roll on one after another like wonderful, peaceful, and serene gifts.
All is well, nothing is urgent─I have plenty of time to accomplish the things I have to do. And then there is the rest of the time! [...]
A New Year, A New You
I am fascinated by a phenomenon which happens every January.
The local fitness centers fill up with slightly overweight to very overweight folks who have made recovering their fitness one of their goals for the new year. They have shiny new [...]
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