My 6-year old nephew was at the park and another kid was upset he was climbing on the jungle gym that she was on. She said, “I don’t know where you’re from or if you speak English but you need to get out of here!” The little girl’s tone was contempt and all I could …
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Everything I do is to make this little girl proud. No it’s not my daughter. It’s the kid version of me. (I imagine when you have kids, most of this switches to them). Yup, whenever I’m questioning what I’m doing with my life, I think about kid-me. What would she think if she saw that …
When I reached my mid 30’s I noticed my face starting to change. Particularly my eyes when I tried to do “smokey eye” make-up one night. I looked at photos. OMG. I can’t do my eyeshadow like this anymore. It makes my eyes look sunken in! Other things I’ve noticed: – Bags under my eyes …
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When I decided to write my first book and share more personal growth material, I had serious imposter syndrome (still working on it). It’s one of the reasons I hid behind my camera as a photographer for 15 years, because it was more comfortable telling other people’s stories. “Who am I to share my story …
I dated this guy for a while. Let’s call him Dave. I liked Dave because he was patient, adventurous, and I felt like I could be myself around him. This was during a time when I attracted emotionally unavailable men, so Dave was, of course, emotionally unavailable. Despite us “breaking up,” we still hung out often …
This is an excerpt from my book Show Up: Finding Love for Independent Women. Now available on Amazon! After doing personal growth for a few years and feeling frustrated with my dating life, I wondered if things would ever change. Then I met a guy named Greyson. Greyson and I went back and forth …
“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.” – Lao Tzu Tapping into my soft side brings me joy. When …
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I was babysitting my niece and nephew. We made paper airplanes and they started coloring them. My nephew saw my niece drawing princesses on her plane and he got mad. He told her to stop because, “Airplanes don’t have princesses on them!” I said, “Adam, there are all sorts of airplanes, even ones with princesses …
If you are in building stage, whether it be for business, relationship, or a special project, you have to be located close in order to nurture the best results. The closer the proximity, the better. Location location location. Say you want to be a movie actress in America. The best place for you to be …
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Recently I had the pleasure of training my new dog Jimmy with Cesar Millan at his Dog Psychology Center in Santa Clarita. He is labeled as a dog trainer but as he often says, “I train PEOPLE and rehabilitate dogs.” Training with Cesar exceeded all of my expectations. Besides basic dog training directives, what I was …
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