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JUST THINK NOW: IS IT LOVE OR OBSESSION?

Some people have the discernment required in connecting with others. Many, despite their intelligence, self-sufficiency, and well-meaning hearts often find themselves in unhealthy relationships. There was a time that I, too, lacked that discernment. I had to learn the hard way never to ignore the following. 1) Red Flags Waving We witness behavior that raises […]

MY SPECIAL GIFT TO YOU: WIN FREE BOOKS & MORE!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! A few wonderful authors will join me this holiday season in giving away books to a few lucky winners. Entering to win is easy! Just answer these questions in the comments of this blog or on the Facebook post of this blog. If you can’t answer all of […]

GRIEF: THE DEVASTATING TRUTHS BEHIND THE TEARS

Sometimes we lose someone who may not have been that close to us, yet we think they should have been. Those ties were supposed to bind but didn’t. Instead, they turned out to be so weak, they broke a little more at every difference of opinion, every instance where we stood up for ourselves, every […]

A PERSPECTIVE ON THE MIND-BLOWING VICTORY

{Photo by Aia Fernandez} Most of us are not turning over cars, damaging property, or advocating violence, and most of us would not be doing that regardless of the outcome. Yes, some people are doing it, just like some people threatened to overthrow the government in a bloody revolution if we had the opposite outcome. But […]

RECLAIM THE GIFT THAT MAKES YOUR SPIRIT SOAR

Photo Credit – Angela Marie Henriette   My nephew, Christopher, was about six when he gazed out the window in the backseat of the car and said, “I’m just afraid I will run out of things to draw.” He began at an early age, sketching and drawing—leaving people in awe of his talent. You see […]

GOOD PEOPLE DROWNING IN FEAR AND TOXIC SHAME

I know what it’s like when your mind doesn’t stop – the thoughts, the ideas, the worries, the obsessions. Many people struggle, and I think it’s important to not only acknowledge that, but to share how we have been conquering one battle after another. It tells others they are not alone in their struggles; that things can […]

LITTLE TIPS THAT WILL HELP YOU CONQUER BACK PAIN

People suffering from lower back pain often ask me how I manage scoliosis and lumbar spine disk disease, because I do manage it, despite having a disk determined to be “shot” rendering me a bad candidate for back surgery. One doctor told me I would end up in a wheelchair, but I haven’t had a […]

WHEN YOU RECLAIM YOUR FAITH, HEART, AND SPIRIT

In Catholic elementary school, one priest admitted to our eighth-grade class that none of the bible stories we’d learned in the lower grades were meant to be taken literally, that they were just “examples” to give us an idea. I had to ask. An idea of what? What the church wanted? What God wanted? What […]

RUTHLESS MURDER OF A SWEET GIRL I’LL NEVER FORGET

  July 29, 2016, will mark forty years since the “Son of Sam” murdered my sweet friend, Donna Lauria. (In case anyone doesn’t know who the Son of Sam is, he was a serial killer named David Berkowitz who terrorized New York in the late 1970s.) Donna Lauria and I met at Compton Advertising (now […]

TERROR WILL MAKE YOU TERRORIZE—THE INSIDIOUS ALLIANCE FAIL

It’s easy to get pulled into a state of terror these days. There is deliberate fear mongering and propaganda, so it’s often hard for people to know what to believe. They want accountability and honesty from their leaders, and they deserve that. It is understandable that people are tired of oppression by corrupt and manipulative […]