A few weeks ago, I asked women in the Live Like HER community to email me their questions about self-care. I didn’t expect such a great response, but I’m so glad many of you chimed in. The questions asked will be used to bless my blog readers with self-care guidance. I believe that if one
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Jun
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I heard the term “daddyless daughter” being used to describe women like me many years ago, and I didn’t like it. I thought, “Why in the heck would someone want to categorize themselves in that way?” At the time, it seemed like a sad and victimizing label that I wanted to distance myself from. Mainly
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Self-care for busy and ambitious women can be challenging to incorporate into a daily routine. In fact, figuring out how to do so takes time, practice, and strategy. Even when we understand the importance of self-care it’s not always enough. For many women, a new way of thinking and proceeding with a self-care roadmap is
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Self-care in its most basic form means taking care of yourself mentally and physically in order to preserve or improve your health. It’s the deliberate activities that keep our minds and bodies in a state of wellness. But today, I want you to think of self-care in a deeper way. It helps you, but it’s
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May
May
We live in a world of technology and information that feeds our desire to want what other people have. As we scroll through the beautiful pictures on social media, watch the online videos of people living their best lives, and read about other people’s wins, it’s no wonder that envy starts to set in. Our
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Apr
The past few weeks have been emotionally disruptive. Through the disruption, I’ve gotten to know myself better. I’ve even reviewed some of the lessons I’ve taught, the education I’ve received, and experiences that I have grown from. I’ve been paying attention to my thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and guess what I discovered? I’m guilty. I’m
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I feel so redundant, but that’s because the state of our world and the inhumane behavior of humans is redundant. During times like these, I am more consistent about protecting my mind, body, and spirit from images, conversations, media, people, and content that disrupt my energy. Because of how immersed we are in technology, this
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The past few weeks my emotional distractions have been high and my productivity has been low. I keep thinking about the things I want to accomplish. I’ve made plans to get these things done, but for a variety of reasons, I haven’t started and completed much. I’m currently experiencing what I like to call “false
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Apr
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Is the title of this blog post describing you? If so, and you’d like to be feeling and describing yourself differently, read over this post and take what you need to proceed. This message is for every woman who feels guilty for slowing down in order to speed up in the area of her mental
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Mar
What do you do when you are the person standing in your way? How do you deal with sabotaging your own goals and dreams? My guess is that you might complain. Not about yourself, your procrastination, fears, excuses, or distractions, but about other people and circumstances. My guess is that like me, you’ve been there