BE Positive and You’ll BE Powerful

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but winter is a season for rest, not reinvention. And yet, every single year, like clockwork, January 1st comes carrying a heavy load of expectations – and anxiety. It’s all over your favorite social media platform: motivational quotes and declarations of new year’s resolutions. Whether it’s gym memberships …

Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of my superheroes. And each time I have walked through The King Center in Atlanta, I have felt something sacred settle into my bones. His legacy is palpable.  I’ve visited several times over the years, most meaningfully with my daughters, because as a mother, a naturalized citizen of the …

When someone says the phrase JUST DO IT, it sounds strong. It sounds motivational. It sounds like the only way to move forward, to break through inertia, to tackle a big project, to shift your state of mind. We’ve been sold the slogan as bold and inspiring, and we’ve seen the commercials so many times that it’s …

Every time I drove around the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, I knew I wanted to take my daughters on a staycation there. I am happy to report that we spent a few days at this family-friendly indoor water park resort, and I have all the tea! Great Wolf …

Violence against women is not simply a personal tragedy — it is one of the most widespread human rights violations in the world. We must eliminate violence against women! Whether it appears as domestic violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse, intimate partner violence, psychological abuse, financial abuse, spiritual abuse, sexual harassment, or any of the many …

You don’t have to be a K-pop music fan or part of a specific generation to be in love with KPop Demon Hunters. Everyone’s obsessed with this Netflix original animated film, and it’s worth the buzz.  Don’t be fooled by the word “demon” in the title – this supernatural K-Drama is as heavenly as it …

Congratulations on writing and publishing your book! It’s time now to share it with the world through marketing, and setting up a book signing is a great way to get started getting book sales. As the author of many books, including anthologies and collections like The Gifts of Pain, I organize several book events per …

Last year, I delivered my 5th TEDx talk live at the TEDxUIUC live event on April 22nd, 2024, at the Lincoln Hall of the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. The event was themed “Odyssey” and featured six other speakers: Christine Lewington, Hema Reddy, Jack Fusco, Nathaniel Provencio, femdot., and Joe Simonetta, each sharing their empowering …

It’s National Storytelling Week and it’s also The Gifts of Pain Volume 3 launch day. The Gifts of Pain is a collection of inspiring stories by 31 co-authors who are using my S.T.O.R.Y. System of Transformational Storytelling to share their vulnerable short stories of adversity and tools that you can use to overcome yours.  I am sharing …

I recently shared one of my most vulnerable stories at the Empowering Women and Girls to Thrive Summit at the United Nations about suicide prevention, to help end the stigma of suicidal thoughts and promote more loving compassion and acceptance. This transformational event was supporting Sustainable Developmental Goal #5: “to achieve gender equality and empower …