Inspiration

The Inspiration category contains posts intended to inspire you to be your best in both love and in life. To remind you that you are beautiful, that you have worth, that you deserve the best that life and love have to offer. The Inspiration category also includes a collection of various poems, stories, etc. that have given me inspiration over the years that I'm now sharing with you.

A Mother's Day Tribute To You Single Moms

I am thinking of each of you single moms out there who rarely get the recognition and appreciation that you so deserve each and every day. A single mom or single mother playing with her child in bed with the sheets.

It is Mother's Day today, and I am especially thinking of each of you single moms out there who rarely get the recognition and appreciation that you so deserve each and every day. Because unlike other moms who share the role of raising children with a partner, you walk this path alone. Some of you [...]

You Don't Need Permission

You don't need anyone's permission to be the beautiful, radiant, confident women that you are. You don't need anyone outside of you to tell you it's OK to do anything. A beautiful woman walks radiantly through a field of grass with a scarf trailing behind.

We all have times when we feel like I'm just not sure if I can do this, or Who am I to think that I can be like that. It seems like such a stretch to think of ourselves as strong enough, or good enough, or just enough in general to aspire to actually be [...]

It's Time to Stop Waiting and Start Living

It begins with getting in touch with who you are and all that you have to offer. A beautiful woman is riding a bike in a field living life to the fullest.

We can feel so lost sometimes. We wonder when love will find us, how it will happen, and what it will look like, and we forget just how much in control of our lives and our search for love we really are. Yes, fate or the Universe or God, or whatever you believe in, may all [...]

A New Perspective on Valentine's Day

The reality is that many of those seemingly wonderful relationships that for appearances sake seem to hold everything we long for are not anything we would really want. A valentine's day heart shaped candle burns against a white background.

It’s the day I remember all too well. As the entourage of flower and hearts and candy deliveries made their way into the office, the most I could usually hope for was my own Valentine’s bouquet sent from my well-meaning Mom (thanks Mom!). Or it was a beautiful show of flowers from someone I was [...]

That First Step

You don't need to settle like this. You do have worth. You don't have to prove your worthiness to receive love. It's not in everyone else except you; it's all there, in you! A beautiful woman is taking that first adventurous step across the water into the unknown.

You know you don't want to settle anymore. You know it's time to start focusing on what you really want, and deserve, and to start making this about you and not about any him. But even as you know all this, even as you know in your head so clearly what you need to do, [...]

A Christmas Wish

My wish for you this year is the same wish I always have, which is that you will realize just how much worth you really do have, how much you deserve and that you will know that what you attract into your life is all about how much you really feel this about yourself

It's Christmas. And it's been awhile since you've heard from me. I've been down with the worst flu I think I've ever had, and we've traveled 14 hours on the road to celebrate Christmas with extended family, which is why I haven't posted in while. But although my energies have been focused elsewhere for the [...]

What Do You Have to Say?

What do you have to say? I know about him, I've heard all about him, but what about you? A beautiful woman is raising her hands in a field of tall grass feeling the sunshine.

I've heard what he says, you've told me. But what I'm more interested in is: What do you say? What do you like to do? Where do you like to go? What are your dreams? Your goals? What are you passionate about? Who are YOU? You can answer so many questions about him; you know everything about [...]

This Is All For You

This is all for you. A beautiful lone flower sits in a garden.

I have been receiving such special emails from so many of you. Some of you are just saying hello and letting me know you're out there enjoying my blog posts, others of you writing for some advice and support for what you're going through, and still others with such kind words that you bring me [...]

Once Upon a Time There Was a Little Girl

Once upon a time there was a little girl who believed she could do anything (Photo of little girl jumping with joy)

Once upon a time you were a little girl who knew her worth couldn’t be measured; a little girl who believed in herself and her dreams, which were big dreams, and that little girl knew she could do anything and that her dreams would come true. Until they came along and told you that you [...]

Changes

Beautiful woman going through a big change in her life. She is packing and moving boxes.

We’re in the middle of moving across the country. And it’s a whole different kind of move when you’re moving a family, two dogs, a lizard, and fish. There are more people and things to consider, with the heart of it being that I have the responsibility of making it as easy a transition as [...]