Life is all about perspective and the feelings and thoughts you choose to let into your life. When I think about today’s girls and young ladies, I wonder, how do they feel and think about themselves? Girls today certainly face Read More
Category: Lifestyle
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How To Make Time for Meditation
“If you don’t have at least 20 minutes for yourself during the day – something is wrong,” my mother-in-law said as she watched me rushing through morning errands from the passenger seat of my car. It was 6:30 am and Read More
The Benefits of Volunteering and Activism
Every year millions of individuals dedicate themselves to making the world better through volunteer work. According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, about 62.6 million Americans, or about a quarter of the adult population, gave 7.8 billion hours of Read More
How to Help Girls to Grow Strong and Flourish
We have the power to boost and inspire the next generation of girls, just by the way we speak to them. The way we speak to them, and the way we support their decisions, pave the way for what they Read More
5 Simple Tips for Managing Stress When You’re a Working Mother
I went to law school at night while working 50 hours a week as a paralegal. For a while, I had a part-time job in the law library, too. I can’t say it was easy. There was a Krispy Kreme Read More
Raising a Social Media Girl
My phone rings in the middle of the day from my daughter’s middle school and I hear the voice of her school counselor on the other end. I put my conference call on hold to figure out why she sounded Read More
Breathing. It Could Save Your Life
Breathing. It seems so simple. Of course you’re breathing, you wouldn’t be reading this if you weren’t. I’m talking about mindful breathing, though. Some people call it meditation, but ‘meditation’ can be intimidating… it felt too hard for me at Read More
“Be as you wish to seem.”
One of the podcasts I listen to (Inspire Me Today) had an interview with a fitness/weight loss coach who was talking about how she helps her clients lose weight & get in shape. While I’m not really interested in that Read More
5 Books Every Feminist Should Read This Year
I love to read a variety of genres, but I am most drawn to books that place primacy on feminist topics. These types of books contribute to my consciousness-raising process by enabling me to understand the unique challenges that other Read More
April Lee Hernandez on Self Worth and Abuse
When you are in an abusive relationship and you see the signs that things are going downhill and you don’t do anything about it, it begins to fester. Moment by moment you accept it and plant the seed that can Read More