Everyone Can’t Be in Your Front Row

I was recently visiting family back home.  My cousins, who are more like sisters to me, and I were having a conversation on toxic relationships with family, friends and significant others, and how sometimes the best thing you can do is distance yourself from them. It seems harsh, but regardless of if you love someone, [...]

The Sound of Silence: I Dare You to Give it a Try

Silence is the relative or total lack of audible sound. By analogy, the word silence may also refer to any absence of communication, even in media other than speech. Silence is also used as total communication, in reference to non verbal communication and spiritual connection. Okay so like many of you I saw the new [...]

Music and Mental Health

Music has always been soothing to my soul.  No matter the tribulation, task, or terribleness, music was my way to power through the pain – whether physical or mental.  Music allowed me refuge and permission to let out whatever emotions were bottled up inside.  Suffice it to say, music has a calming effect that prevents [...]

Why Do You Blog?

I get lots of questions like this from friends and strangers. They say, “you have a full time career, why are you blogging?” My responses vary depending on the audience. In my most honest and pure moments I admit that it’s cheaper than therapy. Life isn’t easy.  And it doesn’t come with an instruction manual.  My [...]

What If There Is Nothing Wrong With You?

Wow.  We spend so much time asking ourselves what is wrong with us (women especially) that we rarely think about the novel concept that nothing is wrong. Hilary Rubin posits this question over at The Huffington Post: I was sitting listening to a recording about practicing being in the moment from my coach Marie Foleo [...]

Which Came First: Weight Gain or Depression?

The Black Doctor has a good article on the endless cycle of weight gain and depression: “I’m fat because I’m depressed. I’m depressed because I’m fat.” This is a real-life riddle, only there’s nothing funny about it. Further, the medical community has debated the connection of between obesity and depression, arriving at various conclusions. Where [...]

Book Recommendation: The Master Method

What: The Master Method by Marco Sies.  The Master Method combines the wisdom of the most powerful teachers and leaders in history. This knowledge has been passed around for thousands of years from teachers to students and can be found recorded in the pages of thousands of wonderful books. These writings of ancient masters as well [...]

I Hate Cancer

I can’t put it any simpler than that.  Whenever I hear of a friend, loved one, or even a complete stranger battling cancer or having lost their battle it stops me in my tracks.  It shakes me to the core.  I lose focus.  It makes me angry.  It opens old wounds.  It makes me feel [...]

Stressed Out?

This came at a really good time. Migraine headache. Trying to play superwoman playing handyman. On my way to play superwoman moonlighting as a worldwide entrepreneur (in my own mind!) That’s when I’m taking a break from the grind of the 9 to (much later than) 5 and family commitments.  This works most days, but contents are [...]

Why Is Forgiveness So Difficult?

Forgiveness appeals to our more Christ-like qualities: the ability to forgive someone who has hurt you.  An amazing quality for those who are able to do it without question.  And that’s not even getting into the whole ”forgetting” part of forgiveness.  I’ve tried forgiveness, and have been partially successful, but the forgetting part is not something [...]