Are you ready to take your story, your expertise or your experience and create a signature platform? Do you want to turn your experience, your story and your message to the world and create profitable opportunities for success by setting your own stage and building your own platform? If you are ready to BE the […]
Some people think that celebrities shouldn’t be role models, that role models should be parents, teachers and people who play a part in children’s every day lives. But let’s face it, many people, me included can point to various ways that famous people have had impacts on our lives. Since it’s Women’s History Month, it’s […]
Your relationship with yourself determines your destiny. It will determine how much money you attract and the ease with which you receive it. This one relationship will determine how you run your business and how you impact the important people in your life. It drastically shapes your love life and even your pant size. Check […]
While many of us were beaming with joy at the way refreshingly kid-like Quvenzhane Wallis handled herself on the Oscar Red Carpet, someone at The Onion tweeted about her using what may be the most offensive word in English language. In case you’re not familiar with it, the Onion is a satirical news outlet that […]
Those words delivered by Sug Avery to Miss Celie in the “The Color Purple,” are the most recognized and quoted lines from that movie. It’s a comedic moment in the film but it could bring painful memories for girls whose bad feelings about their skin color, hair texture and unique features kept them from ever […]
Well, it seems to be that time again. My first and not so subtle clue was the mandate by my 9 year old to find non-mushy cups and napkins for the Valentine’s Day party at school. And then add to that the amount of red roses and boxes of chocolate that seem to be everywhere […]
As a bestselling author, speaker, singer and television co-host, Michelle has authored over 35 books (selling over two million copies worldwide), including best-selling titles “The Diva Principle”, “Sassy, Single and Satisfied”, “101 Ways to Get and Keep His Attention”, and “Secrets of an Irresistible Woman”. She has been more than a champion for the single […]
Designing and building your best life ever is not something you leave to happenstance. Just as you wouldn’t wake up one morning, decide to build a house and then just get to building. You need a PLAN. Architects are skilled in just that – planning. But architecture isn’t just limited to the construction of buildings. […]
The puzzling Manti Te’o hoax recently unearthed by Deadspin stirred up quite the controversy, and it wasn’t long before people connected the news with “Catfish,” MTV’s hit show that uncovers deceiving online relationships. With even national media outlets linking Te’o story directly to “Catfish” and millions of people looking for love online, I decided to […]
It’s something that we all struggled to make sense of – the killing of 20 pupils and six adults by a gunman at an elementary school in late December. The senseless tragedy – especially at a time the focus was on good will and good cheer – was difficult for adults to deal with but […]
People talk about being happy, successful and RICH but you don’t hear as much about people living an authentic life. We are constantly bombarded with messages about material success and self-gratification. They are on the TV, the Internet, in magazines. We adopt the philosophies of others and normally that philosophy is that “to want to […]
Well “ode” may be a bit dramatic but some of my fondest memories are of sitting on the kitchen stool, watching my grandmother neatly slice up an avocado, admiring the cool green color as she tossed it on top of some lettuce, used it as a plate garnishment or smashed it on a piece of […]