Embracing the Elegance of Tears: A Journey Through Our Emotions
Tears are the essence of our soul speaking, bubbling up from the depths of our emotional well. By yielding to that familiar prickle behind our eyes and the tightness in our throats, we grant our feelings the freedom to emerge and be released.
Read MoreEveryone is always telling you to let go because you are getting bitter.
Read MoreOn January 4, 2021, my daughter Stephanie (pictured here), lost her battle with breast cancer. She died at home in my arms. She was only 37. I was — and still am — devastated by her death. Stephanie was a group fitness instructor who loved dancing. Her members loved her spirit, her kindness, and her passion to help them love their gorgeous bodies no matter the size.
I want to share a more personal layer of my journey with you all. I am not only an advocate for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, but I am also a survivor myself. My path has been marked by the struggles I faced, not only in my own healing but also in my relationship with my mother.
Read MoreThe price of being right, hoping you will be heard and seen by the person incapable of fulfilling what is dehydrated in a longing no one human fill becomes to costly. Particularly when a human capacity to fill your empty cup is not present.
Read MoreFunctional suffering is challenging at most and heart-wrenching at its worst. The dream of what “Family” is to look, feel, and taste like may very well be the thing sabotaging joy. The ideal, who, and what fixated your attention on achieving these ideals? Has anyone ever achieved it, or is it just that, an ideal?
Read MoreThe tenacles of guilt, the demise of self-worth and value, and family wounds and pain are often untreated. Preventing domestic violence involves proactive efforts to stop abuse from happening in the first place by interrupting the cultural rules and constructs that support it.
Read MoreOne worker turns to the other worker still on the beam and says, “Gee, I’ve never seen anyone so upset about a ham and cheese sandwich.” The other worker turns to him and says, “Yeah. What’s really odd is that he makes his own lunch!”
Read MoreYou can’t just announce one day that you need to hire more female engineers or male nurses and expect success.
Read MoreWomen make up almost half of the national workforce but earn $0.76 per dollar a man earns. And Black women earn $0.64 for every dollar a White man earns. In Los Angeles County, more than 70% of the unhoused community are women, and the 2020 Census reported over 63,706 unhoused with a 35% increase from 2019 in marginalized communities. This is one of the reasons CRT is important to understand. As well as look at how we may better serve these communities.
Read MoreLast month our country paid tribute to black African Americans, and this month we appreciate women from all walks of life. Both from what is defined as marginalized communities. Sharing personal stories and personal commitments involves a certain amount of vulnerability.
Read More"I challenge each of us to pause, reflect, and allow the feelings of pain, anger, and fear push us towards hope beyond ordinary solutions of calm down until the next atrocity."
Read MoreI never do anything to make me happy; it’s not on my radar, “happy”! Happiness is so temporary.
Read MoreDid you know that you can receive a gift or grant to qualify for a mortgage loan?
Read MoreAt what point do we let go of a dream or desire? Or is it the constant drumbeat that drives some to insanity or full-fill-meant? How do we navigate the thin line between faith and insanity? What I know for sure is that it is a personal journey. Unfortunately, some of the social constructs created have created a false narrative many of us live and experience daily as a recipe for a diabolical existence. —battled with internal conflict and a satirical life filled with poverty, illness, trauma, and pain—justified in spiritual principles that may be in direct competition with Spirit.
Read MoreThe climate of the world has intensified the trauma our children are experiencing. How adults process, handle, and heal from their trauma has a direct effect on our children, adolescents, and teenagers.
Read MoreLiving up to an image of strength has the potential to feed weakness, as well as cause one to opt out by way of suicide. Suicidal tendencies are not only the actual act of taking one’s physical life but include sabotaging one’s relationships, fulfillment, and success with repeating loops of the same old thing. In communities and cultures that have a strong belief rooted in Christianity, Islam, or any other religious practices or the community experience has tentacles in extreme cultural trauma, the idea of seeking help for mental health issues is sac religious.
Read MoreA part of shifting the trajectory of your famili’s financial life is understanding your Payroll, Benefits and Retirement limits in 2022. Our Board member Mrs. Spencer and payroll specialist offer important information for your 2022 tax planning.
Read MoreHow do you manage and navigate your relationships? Are you healthy? physically, mentally, and spiritually? Are you working to provide for your family and find yourself consistently falling short? What are you feeding your emotional and spiritual development?
Read MoreHow do you end something substantial or begin it more robust when you are in the whirlwind of disappointment, frustration, sadness, regret, and worry?
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