How My Life Improved After 14 Days of Saying “No”

How My Life Improved After 14 Days of Saying “No”

I had always been a “yes” woman. You know, that woman who wants to make everyone happy, not ruffle any feathers, and above all, lend a helping hand. You must be able to relate? Well, at the beginning of this year, I decided it was time to become a “no” woman…unless...

How I Made the Top 100 Websites for Writers in 2015 (My Personal Reflection and Insight)

If you’ve been a member of my community for a while, you may remember the post from last year around this time, called I Made The 100 Best Websites for Writers in 2014 (And HOW I did that!). If you didn’t get a chance to read that post, I suggest you take...

How to Give Yourself Permission to Succeed

Remember back in the day when you would enthusiastically tote home a permission slip from your teacher for the next school trip? What caused that excitement? Was it the change in routine from a normal school day? Or was it the chance to go somewhere you had never been...

Guest Post: Lisa Arends on A Three Part Journal and My Journey to Hope

Several years ago, I stood on the tattered shore of my life, surveying the destruction left by a tsunami divorce. That great wave of change not only ended my life as I knew it, it carried in the seeds of what was to come. Within days of the sudden text message that...
Got Gratitude? Bestow It Upon Others.

Got Gratitude? Bestow It Upon Others.

It’s one thing to be grateful, and to keep all those yummy vibes to yourself, but it’s another to speak and write words of gratitude to others. Do you know how much a simple, heartfelt “thank you” can change someone’s life? Kind words are encouraging, fueling the...