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Navigating Transitions

Autumn leaves are pretty. They create “picture perfect” sceneries. Unfortunately, we humans are not like leaves during transitions. We are generally not pretty. For most of us, transitions are rather chaotic and filled with uncertainties. Here are 3 thoughts on how to navigate these uncertain periods: 1 . Admit that transitions are hard: doing this liberates Read more about Navigating Transitions[…]

Run Your Race

I recently completed my first trail race ever, the Lookout Mountain 20 miler.  This was after my failed attempt at my first race, the Snakebite 50k.  After this race, I was completely dejected but I reflected on the things I didn’t do well, retooled by getting a coach and developing a game plan and re-attacked Read more about Run Your Race[…]

Challenges…

Hey! Notice everybody is talking about discovering purpose these days? You can meet a person for the first time and you guys are already talking about “what’s your purpose?” That’s great! It’s really important to discover purpose and live it out. There’s another side to this purpose coin, however. It is called “challenges”. Yeah, not Read more about Challenges…[…]

Complacency

Here was James lying lifeless on the floor. James!! Wake up James!!! This wasn’t the plan we had. Please James. Sarah, James’ closest friend, cries uncontrollably at the loss of her friend. A few months earlier, James and Sarah met in the cafeteria for lunch and discussed their goals for the next year. Two days Read more about Complacency[…]

The Other Side of Social Media: How it can help and How it Can Hurt

When people find out I am fashion model: they rush to my Instagram, like my pictures, follow me, and ask me how they can become a model. I’m very active on social media and I’ve made valuable connections on Instagram and Facebook. One week, I posted one of my favorite photos from a shoot. The lighting Read more about The Other Side of Social Media: How it can help and How it Can Hurt[…]

Squad Goals

It is so #lit, I think, to belong to a squad as a teenager. For real it is #turnt and nothing beats this. You feel loved and you are given the opportunity to love back. This kinda love gives you confidence and a great feeling every time you remember you’ve got a #fam that will Read more about Squad Goals[…]

The Seductress

Come my son Hear my words Heed my advice Else she stays and seduces Time that is… In my mind, in the deep corners of my soul, I am still that young teenage girl with huge dreams, with the world at her feet. Ten years after, I am not anymore, and I wonder, “where did she Read more about The Seductress[…]

Vision

The possession of “vision’ is a key factor that separates the people who accomplish great things from those who don’t. Judging greatness by influence, impact, and accomplishments, then, regardless of age, all great and “potential great” people must possess vision. No one becomes great without it! Vision has little to do with sight, but has everything Read more about Vision[…]

Show YOU…Not Your Skin

 When I was in high school, I saw people around me that looked ‘cool’. Looking ‘cool’ was wearing clothes that showed ALOT of skin. The boys loved this, obviously, and I wanted to be cool too. I felt that showing more cleavage and cheeks would make me cool. You know what it made me? Uncomfortable. Really Read more about Show YOU…Not Your Skin[…]

Jelly Beans

Life is full of jelly beans. Each jelly bean has a different flavor, bitter, sweet, or tangy. The decision and choices we make are similar to the jelly beans we love so much. There was a time I was faced with questions that pushed me towards sour, tangy and sweet jelly Bean flavors. When I was Read more about Jelly Beans[…]