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The Inner Strength Within

We all have an inner strength within all of us << MORE >>

The Calm Before The Storm

How do you term the word “difficulty” and how do you define it? What are the traditional affects it causes in your life and is it solution focused or a ...<< MORE >>

This Is Our Time!

“These are the best of times, these are the worst of times, but today, is our time,” USC all-star basketball player Paula McGee said, at a USC Alumni Women’s Conference.<< MORE >>

Does Living A Lavish Lifestyle Mean Success?

Whether we are reading a magazine, watching television or listening to the radio, the media is creating the buzz over what’s hot and what’s not in all the latest trends and fashions. Industry professionals utilize celebrities to entice their products by sending a ...<< MORE >>

A New Year’s Resolution… Or A Bucket List?

Another year has come and gone and so often many of us use this time to make New Year’s Resolutions… but why? Can’t we just create a bucket list? I mean what’s the real ...<< MORE >>

The Power Of Words... Or Is It Tone?

Regardless of the era from which you were raised, you may have heard your parents or another adult say, "it's important to go to school so you can get a good job." But, what you didn't hear as often, if at all, was how to handle the power of words, the richness of tone, and the camaraderie of bullying "within the workplace." ...<< MORE >>

Obstacles are Inevitable - So Embrace Them

Having obstacles is a fundamental part of life. It's fundamental because within each challenge you have the rare and unique opportunity to create, grow, and build on your identity, your character and your strength. You have the innate ability to decide how you are going to ...<< MORE >>

What's Love Got To Do With It?

The word "LOVE" overtime has been so misused and misunderstood on so many different levels that many are afraid to use the word anymore let alone trust that the very word means anything at all. Is it "LOVE," when you're in a relationship yet still venture off to - other pastures - whenever the mood is ... << MORE >>

Happiness is...

I ask the question, what is happiness really? Do YOU know? If you could define it in technical terms, how would you describe it? The answer is simply this. It just is... Because happiness can mean ...<< MORE >>

Character vs Reputation

What's more important to you - your character or your reputation? Living in the public eye, you may venture to say your reputation, concerned about what others say and think about you, while on the other hand struggling to find that happy medium of allowing your emotions to venture outside your comfort zone. Containing your emotions creates another side of you that ... << MORE >>