When One Door Closes

When One Door Closes Another One Opens You’ve heard that expression right?  Do you believe it?  Sometimes it’s hard to swallow, but I believe it’s true.  Closing or closed doors may seem like the end of the world.  But do you really believe that you’ll live to see the end …

Failure Is An Option

Yes Failure Is An Option Contrary to all the hype about failure not being an option, I’m here to tell you that failure, is absolutely an option.  This is not encouragement to accept failure or accept that you are a failure.  No way, no how is that the implication here. …

Reset Your Life: The Job Search Edition

Reset Your Life: The Job Search Edition by Guest Contributor Sydney Frazer What better way to reset your life than with a new job? It is easy to be unhappy at your current job, but to still put off looking for a new position because let’s be honest, it can …

Earn Money From Your Photoshop Skills Part I

How to Start Earning Money from Your Photoshop Skills Many people invest thousands of hours in acquiring new skills. For many people, the first choice is Photoshop. However, the main problem is that people are unaware how to utilize this incredible imagery tool to earn some side income, and later …

How to Take up Photography as a Profession

How to Take up Photography as a Profession by Guest Blogger Isabella Foreman Photography is a lovely hobby that millions of people around the world enjoy. However, there are those who somehow learn to climb the ladder and turn it into a full-time profession. If you are looking to turn …

Christmas: Calm & Calamity

Calm & Calamity Christmas the season of comfort and joy for most, is also a time of chaos, confusion and even depression for others.   In speaking with a young lady recently, she expressed her anxiety over Christmas and I discovered that her dilemma is more common than one would think.  …

Sabrina Mays is One Aspiring and Inspirational Woman

Author Sabrina Mays Sabrina Mays, co-author of the 1 Word Book was born, raised and educated in Birmingham, AL.  She attended Ramsay High School and earned a BS degree  in Justice Sciences from The University of Alabama at Birmingham. She then went on to get an MBA Human Resource Management from American …

Reflecting On Words That Have the Power to Transform

The Power of Transformative Words Reflecting on Transformative Words Words have the tremendous power to influence how we communicate, how we view ourselves, how we view the world, and how we move forward in life. We may use the same words every day, but we often lose sight of their …

Ambition vs. Comfort: What’s Keeping You Stuck?

Have you ever had a strong desire to accomplish something but found yourself doing everything except taking the steps to make it happen? You have the ambition. You have the vision. You may even have a pretty good idea of what needs to be done. Yet somehow, you remain in …

Wealth Business Summit 2016

These Ladies Gave It Up at the 2016 Wealth Business Summit [supsystic-gallery id=1] If you had the opportunity to attend the 2016 Business Wealth Summit with Yakinea Marie, Aprille Franks-Hunt, and Zenobia Andrews, you did not leave disappointed.  If you missed it, I just hope they do a repeat sometime in …

Get Your Tickets to the 1 Word Book Launch Party

It’s Gonna Be Live at the 1 Word Book Launch Party It’s been months since me and 13 other awesome authors started on the book collaboration, known as the  “1 Word Book.”  The full title of the book is 1 Word:  Discover, Reflect & Connect With Words That Can Transform …

Hope Floats

Does Your Hope Float? During my quiet time this morning, the phrase “hope floats” came to mind and I continued to sit and began thinking about this phrase.  Off the top of my head, the thought of coming and going came to mind, almost like weaving in and out of consciousness. …

Wall of Words

The Words We Speak: Are They Building Us Up or Holding Us Back?

Originally published September 22, 2016 The Wall of Words It’s amazing how easily we can use words that sabotage us while overlooking the words that could uplift us and bring light into our lives and the lives of others. I am guilty of self-sabotage. Regardless of what I know or …

Feeling Like A Proud Blog Momma

Congrats to New Blogger Aimee Lanier Camper My how time flies.  About 3 years ago I met Aimee Lanier.  She was a Neighborhood Association President and so was I for our respective neighborhoods in the same city.  She and I really connected well on several levels (besides our community activism). …

1 Word Book Collaboration

ABOUT THE PROJECT I’m looking to collaborate with (20) women, and a few good men, who will share one word that has served as a motivating force in their path to personal or professional success. Along with the word, you’ll share a motivational situation about how this word helped to transform your life. While our …