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...
View ArticleChange 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...
View ArticlePassed 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....
View ArticlePodcast: 9 Habits of the Financially Confident Woman
Listen Here: 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...
View ArticlePodcast: Boosting Self Esteem in Black Children
Listen Here: 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...
View ArticleConfidence 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticlePodcast: Secrets to the Feminine Art of a Beautiful Life
Listen Here: 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...
View ArticlePodcast: Get Out Of The Way Of Your Kids’ Success
Listen Here: 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...
View ArticleIllusion 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...
View ArticlePodcast: Create Safe Communities
Listen Here: 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...
View ArticlePodcast: Solutions for Working Moms
Listen Here: 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleThree 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleArguing 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...
View ArticleIs Holy Week Politically or Religiously Incorrect?
Several years ago my husband and I had the pleasure of visiting Egypt and Israel with a Rabbi and his wife who made the whole experience extremely enlightening. Some would ask, “Can Jews and Christians...
View ArticlePodcast: The 11 Laws of Likability
Listen Here: Michelle Tillis Lederman is the author of two books; The 11 Laws of Likability and Heroes Get Hired. She is an expert in relationship networking, career advancement, and work place...
View ArticleWomen: The Ambassadors of Change
As women, change is second nature. It’s starts in the beginning. Sometimes before we even hit the double digits of age, barely finished playing with dolls, the transformation begins and suddenly why...
View ArticleHillary Rodham Clinton and Carly Fiorina: A Tale of Two Women – Choose Your...
Much has been and will be written about Hillary Rodham Clinton. Even the Rodham that popped up after she was encased in the White House . . . the first time. A closer look at Hillary Clinton and Carly...
View ArticleWhat To Wear: Marsala – Pantone®’s Color of 2015
Color Forecasting Each year, Pantone® names a color and an accompanying pallet. These forecasts help designers and producers stay on trend and provide the right products at the right time. Ever notice...
View ArticleDid You Want a Trophy for that Competition?
Competitive nature bombards you and you likely compete with it all day long. Don’t think you do? Think again. Are you hurrying against time moving to your next meeting? Getting ahead of that car in...
View ArticleDeath: A Tight Shoe Taken Off So You Can Find A New Way To Dance
Last year, seven of my lifelong friends made their transition back to the greater dimensions of the universe. One very young and the rest spread across a time line of decades. Each lived a spectacular...
View Article7 Signs of Sacred Friendship
I recently asked my Facebook friends, “What does ‘Sacred Friendship’ mean to you?” Collectively speaking, the definition of a sacred friendship is as follows: “A bond from deep within, at the level of...
View ArticleCan We Keep Calm In Every Situation Nowadays?
The internet meme of the British World War II slogan, “Keep Calm and Carry On” has morphed into any number of amusing applications. The latest I saw was “Keep Calm and Have a Tarot Reading”! Is it...
View ArticleSpeak Up About Something: Courage To Create Good In The World
Henry David Thoreau said, “The masses of men (and women) live lives of quiet desperation.” That equates to the fact that most people lack the courage or incentive to get involved with the great events...
View ArticleAm I Flirting or Just Being Friendly?
A little while ago while I was in my self-imposed no-dating hiatus, I was chatting with a guy named Brent whom I’ve known casually for several years. I’ve always liked him as a person, but never, not...
View ArticleLiving In The Conversation of Your Life
Six days a week, I wake up early, pull on my jeans and head to the recreation center where I commit my body to a two hour workout. I swim a half-mile, lift weights, run, bicycle and meditate along with...
View ArticleThe Voluptuousness Of Living
“Everything is downhill from here, ‘cept what’s up…it’s all in your attitude.” Katie Lee, 95, Jerome, Arizona, singer, environmental activist. Long ago, before modern communications, before electric...
View ArticlePodcast: From Gloomy to ZESTY
Listen Here: Linda Babulic is a ZEST Expert and author of ZEST Your Life – A Taste of Inner Wisdom which offers the confidence and happiness building recipe that women everywhere have been waiting for....
View ArticlePodcast: Get It Together Girl
Listen Here: Karyn Beach is the host of the Get It Together Girl Podcast, where she celebrates women in their Fabulous 40s, Feisty 50s and encourages them to make their second act their best act. Get...
View ArticleLife Is Too Short: Get Off Your Cell Phone
During my youth, my dad took me fishing. My mom took me on bicycle rides. My dad shouldered me with a small daypack for hikes in the woods. He pointed out chattering squirrels. He helped me see my...
View ArticlePodcast: Ancient Secrets of Manifesting Revealed
Listen Here: Ken Elliot is the author of the award winning book, Manifesting 123, and you don’t need #3. Learn simple steps to eliminate worry and manifest the desires of your life with Manifesting...
View ArticleLosing Your Friends: Vacancies of the Heart
Along life’s highway, you will befriend countless people from school, work, sports and church. Each person offers you different degrees of friendship. Some casual, some close and a few become best...
View ArticleAmerican Crime: A True Life Story
Have you ever felt that you have been discriminated against? We’re not just talking about a specific culture or race. Everybody seems to go through it no matter what nationality you are but, in this...
View ArticlePodcast: How To Overcome The Perfectionist In You
Listen Here: Bob McIntosh is a #1 Amazon bestselling author of the book Get Out of Your Own Way, Break the Perfectionist Mindset and Unleash the Floodgates of Prosperity. He is an entrepreneur with...
View ArticleYour Spirit of Adventure: It Carries You to the Ends of the Earth
The difference between an average life and a fantastic life of adventure as defined by you, hinges on three things… Your thoughts that become realities by your hand; actions that move you toward your...
View ArticleA Blind Man’s Quest To Backpack The World
From the inception of the human race on planet Earth, intrepid men and women followed their ‘adventure inclinations’ to explore the continents, oceans and outer space. Some raft, some swim, some climb...
View ArticlePodcast: How You Can Lead Your Extraordinary Life
Listen Here: Bob Vanourek is the former CEO of five companies, an award-winning author, and an international thought leader. His new book, Leadership Wisdom: Lessons from Poetry, Prose, and Curious...
View ArticleStress Relief for Women
Do you feel like you’re on a tightrope at times and don’t know where your relief is? You can really get more life satisfaction and still be a loving and attentive partner, mother and career woman when...
View Article8 Serious Relationship Mistakes Made by Single Women Over Forty
Too often single women dating in midlife sabotage themselves and their relationships with behavior that is immature, unproductive or actually destructive. Here are eight mistakes to avoid when dating,...
View ArticlePacking My Love to Go with Me
2016. My time finding my main home in Santa Cruz is up. The living room has flooded. The over grown traffic has driven through my partnership with ocean-air! Winds usher me to another town. I will...
View ArticleOnline Dating: 6 Easy Ways to Look Like a Moron
Ever the adventurer, I recently stepped out of my comfort zone and signed up for a few online dating sites and apps. Over the last few years, I’ve found that it’s become harder and harder to connect...
View ArticlePodcast: White In The Civil Rights Movement
Listen Here: Jo Ivester is author The Outskirts of Hope where she describes her family’s experience in a small, all-black town in Mississippi in the 1960s where her father ran a medical clinic her...
View ArticleLessons from the Purple Rain, Advocacy for Social Justice
As the world mourns the untimely death of Prince, we all can reflect on his life, music, and artistry. Many of us grew up with “Let’s Go Crazy,” or turned a devilish smile with “Darling Nikki.’ Yet...
View ArticleThe Glass Ceiling is Replaced by the Glass Shoe
We have all heard about the glass ceiling. Whether you believe it exists or not, you have heard about it. For those unfamiliar with the term, the glass ceiling is defined as an unofficially...
View ArticleInclusion v. Tolerance: More Than Food For Thought
Over the past year, higher education has had an intense national conversation about the need to diversify its faculty, staff and executive administration. This time has long been coming, as a majority...
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