Stand Tall

I have received a variety of comments throughout my life on the way in which I present myself.  My posture, my stance, my presence has been described as: Confident Sophisticated Exotic Guarded Closed Warm Welcoming Shy I find it rather interesting that my body language has been interpreted so differently.  From portraying strength and beauty…

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Surround Yourself – Again

With a series of technical difficulties, this message was not delivered to many, many faithful readers. Thus, I am creating a re-post of November 27, 2013. Read and be fulfilled. Surround Yourself – Again In an effort of complete and utter transparency, I will admit that the last year of my life has been more…

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Is There Anything Better?

Surrounding yourself with positive people, positive experiences, real food, and real people makes for a great day – a f.a.b.u.l.o.u.s. day, in fact. A brisk morning walk. A breakfast of Perfectly Poached eggs with loving company and conversation. A playlist of fun and dancing, songs that speak to the heart. Sunshine.  Gorgeous sunshine and fresh…

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Awesome Ending Fridays

The year is rapidly coming to an end. It’s amazing to me how as I grow older, time truly does fly – faster and faster every year, every month, every week, every day, and every moment.  Time passes in the blink of an eye. As a child, it seemed as though a season could last…

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Christmas Memories – Flashback

This last year has flown by ~ FLOWN by… It amazes me how differently time passes now as an adult from when I was a child.  A year, a month, a week, even a day could be an eternity years ago.  These days, though, I often find myself feeling as though years pass in the…

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Hands Up, Let’s Do It!

After a plethora of commentary and feedback from Stand on Your Hands, I began thinking in great detail about what exactly was most appealing to me about the idea of playful inversion and why I was originally inspired to share such a notion. (By the way, always feel free to comment directly below a post…

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Surround Yourself

In an effort of complete and utter transparency, I will admit that the last year of my life has been more than a challenge.  I’ve found myself forced to face feelings I’ve never before wanted to admit stood before me.  Pushing them away was no longer an option and inviting them into the forefront of…

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Happiness: Change the Way You Think

“People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ―Abraham Lincoln It usually isn’t what you have, where you are, or what you’ve been through that makes you happy or unhappy, it’s how you think about it all.  It starts on the inside.  You control your thoughts.  The only person who…

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Personalized Pumpkin Puffin

Often times in life we come face to face with seemingly simple challenges.  Yet, as we approach the path to move beyond, the obstacle appears to grow more and more vast, becomes increasingly objectionable, and all together overwhelming.  The answer and the result are all together one in the same – or two in the…

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