The woman on the left had just been through VERY serious trauma. I was physically, mentally & emotionally destroyed. Shattered. Broken. The love of my life, my husband, Gary, had suffered & died from cancer. I was grieving, angry, lost…and yet, I was smiling. That’s the thing about trauma. You can’t always see it. For YEARS, I missed that woman. I wanted to be her again but just couldn’t. ~She was softer. ~She trusted more easily. ~She didn’t have the walls I developed later. And quite...

Hi Friends, One of the many things I do everyday is I listen to positive YouTube videos, that will help me grow. I don’t have excuses why I can’t do it, I just do it. I show up for myself every day. ~When I’m showering, I’m listening to something that will help, uplift and inspire me! ~When I’m doing my makeup, I’m listening, learning & empowering myself more! ~Driving~ same thing. ~and so on. You get the point, right? I take that knowledge and apply it to my personal and professional life. I...

The Arrow Parable There’s an old teaching that says… If someone shoots an arrow at you, it can only wound you if you don’t remove it. If you leave it there, it continues to hurt you long after the other person has walked away. ⸻ Many years ago, I was in a bar (shocker, I know, 😂😂). A group of very drunk women called me (another drunk women) over, smiling. I thought they wanted to talk. So I went over. One of them looked at me and said, “How does a girl like you get a guy like that?” The...