Here We Go Again
Well, here’s and cheers to you in your quest to conquer the beast of short-lived resolutions. I’m pulling for you.
Fluid Art: Supplies Needed to Get Started
What You Need to Get Started I know you are eager to get started and I can hardly wait for you to get started as well. But first let’s get our supplies together so that once you start, you won’t have to run out or run around the house to …
Protecting Our Mental Health
Michaels Acrylic Pouring Class
Several times a month I teach an Acrylic Pouring Class as Michael’s craft store. I remember how excited I was when I first started painting and I just knew that others would be too and I wanted to be able to teach others. What’s amazing to me is that from …
The Last Word
The Last Word The significance of having the last word means different things to different people. The list can be long but here are some of the meanings that are arbitrarily assigned to having the “last word:” Not backing down in an argument A sign of being right even if …
The Evolution of Resolutions
Here we are at the end of another year and what a year it has been! Both 2020 and 2021, have been years of continued COVID-19, and numerous events that caused many of us to experience stress and anxiety. In spite of, this year in particular was a year of …
I’ve Hit the Reset Button A-gain!
That’s a Surprise Right? NOT! No surprise here right? My life seems to be a series of resets, when I think about it, whose life isn’t. I’ve been a little quiet since the publication of the 1 Word Book. I knew once the book was completed that I’d either be …
How Accessible Are You?
Readily or Not Accessible These are my own thoughts as a business person but surely they can apply to anyone (personally or professionally). Accessibility has been on my mind a great deal lately and I think in terms of how accessible I am and whether or not I’m too accessible. …
An interview Guest Chef Hermione Alease Carnes
Interview With 1 Word Book Co-author Chef Hermione Carnes Oh we got some viewers here. Good evening. Good evening Nikki Nikki Nikki and Hermione, Denise. Well one good thing about it and I might have prepared for this before I saw my face on screen, I was saying to myself when I …
This One Life We Live
This Life We Live We get this one life to live but for many of us we get far more chances than we deserve in our attempts to get it right. Promises that we’ll do better go unfulfilled. We put off things until tomorrow (or never) what we can reasonably …
2021: I Resolve to….
Live I did away with New Year’s Resolutions years ago. I released myself from the pressure of achieving something that I knew would be a struggle to achieve. For many, including myself, that struggle included losing weight, smoking, eating healthier and other such lofty goals that we had vowed to …
Where Oh Where Do We Go From Here?
Your Voice
Whose Voice Is It Anyway? Your voice. Your Voice. I’m not talking about the sound that comes out of your mouth. But rather, I’m talking about the words that come out of your mouth. Are the words that you speak and the thoughts that you think, are they uniquely yours? …
I Am… Women’s Conference 2019: A Day of Connection and Inspiration
On Saturday, September 14, 2019, I had the pleasure of being one of six speakers at Ursula Bradley’s first annual I Am… Women’s Conference. It was an amazing experience. The room was nearly filled to capacity, and the guests were an engaging group of women who came together in unity. …
I Am…… Women’s Conference
This is It Woman oh woman I am so ready for this and I’m urging you to get ready too. Mrs. Ursula Mastin Bradley is pulling off the women’s event of the year (the I Am…….Women’s Conference) and I’m honored that she asked me to be a part of it all. …