Inspiring * Transformational * Courageous * Personable

No Princess Here Please

My parents never told me I was a princess.  My mom never let me complain if people at school made fun of my brown skin or my unruly curly hair (I was the only brown girl in my entire elementary school).  In fact, she MANY times told me “everybody has problems, no body...
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Stop Worrying Already!

I was so worried about a mountain of stuff last night that I couldn’t even lay down to bed.  I was pacing back and forth and didn’t even accept my husband’s offer to take a quick trip to Diary Queen and grab an ice-cream treat.  Who says no to DQ deliciousness...
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Don’t Give Up

If you’re truly passionate about something, you’ll fight and fight until there’s no more fight left in you.  This mom in Texas noticed that her special needs son was coming home from school with broken bones, bruises and had even been sexually assaulted...
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Being Stubborn is NO compliment

“There is a difference between being convinced and being stubborn. I’m not certain what the difference is, but I do know that if you butt your head against a stone wall long enough, at some point you realize the wall is stone and that your head is flesh and...
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Intrapreneur (not Entrepreneur)

Wake Up and Shake Up- It’s About You! Intrapreneurs are the “dreamers who do.” A mind is meant to imagine and then act. It is a terrible thing to split apart the dreamer and the doer. -Gifford Pinchot Bold. Hungry. Passionate. Trail-blazing. Fearlessl...
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E-Zine for January 2007

Wake Up and Shake Up- It’s About You! Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. -Og Mandino Life is full of second chances. I’ve recently...
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Power of Affirmations

Wake Up and Shake Up- It’s About You! An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that something is already so. -Shakti Gawain I know this guy who has a habit of announcing to his inner circle of friends exactly what he’s going to accomplish. Then, with laser precision, he...
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E-Zine for September 2006

Wake Up and Shake Up- It’s About You! Acceptance of others – their looks, their behaviors, their beliefs – brings you an inner peace and tranquility, instead of anger and resentment. -Source Unknown My favorite questions that people ask me: “Are you Mexican?”“Are you black?”And...
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Gratitude

Wake Up and Shake Up- It’s About You! Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. -Oprah Winfrey Growing up as a normal kid in the United States, I was preoccupied with normal...
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Do the Right Thing

Wake Up and Shake Up- It’s About You! Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. -Mark Twain Doing the right thing isn’t always the easiest thing to do. In fact, it can be downright hard, especially if the people around you are encouraging you to do...
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Laugh a Little Y’all

Wake Up and Shake Up- It’s About You! A sense of humor – is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life. -Hugh Sidey Do you know anyone who suffers from terminal seriousness? You...
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E-Zine for March 2006

I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not. – Lucille Ball “It’s March Madness baby!” Anyone who has watched a college basketball game announced by Dick Vitale will know exactly what that means: It’s time for the 64 best college...
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