By Lisa Selow CC Image courtesy of kpishdadi on Flickr Many of you have big goals, dreams, and visions. You have desires. It all can get so overwhelming at times. I know because I’ve been there. I’ve stood there stopped in my tracks, thinking, “How will I get from here to there?” Your desires might seem far away. Maybe you put them on the back burner for a while? Maybe you just can’t think about them ‘cause you’re not taking action and it hurts too much not to make them happe

By Ashley Ryan Growing up I didn’t think much of myself. I grew up poor, and spent much of my childhood alone. My father wasn’t around and my mother worked full-time, so I had to look out for myself from a very young age. This created emotional baggage, which I carried for many years. Even though things started rocky, I was committed to myself and consciousness at an early age. I always felt like I knew there was something greater out there, but I wasn’t sure what. Over the y

By Ashley Ryan Putting on a happy face and looking good in order to disguise what was going on inside. I thought with nice clothes or a brighter smile, people wouldn’t notice my inherent flaws or the mistakes I made. This mask of perfection lasted many years and now that I’m a mother, I especially notice all the ways I try and keep up appearances… Setting a good example for my child. Keeping it all together for my significant other. Giving, giving, giving so others will see

So I loaded myself up with expectations, hoping I’d get it right, wanting to impress my producers and please my publisher and all that jazz. Naturally, heaping myself with expectations of perfection only left me feeling stressed and overwhelmed in the months before the film date. And then, suddenly, I was backstage, about to appear before a live studio audience to deliver what I hoped would be a perfect performance. (No biggie.) Permission To Be Imperfect Suddenly, inside my

This article was sent to me by Angela Jones, a plus size model whose passion is to help women break free of trying to be “perfect” and embrace their own true beauty.  I loved this article so much, I asked if I could post it on my blog to share with all of you~ In  Love and Beauty~ Michelle Phillips Natural Beauties…by Andrea Dodd That was the premise of our evening. Angela and I – giddy to induce an awakening, or enlightening at best; planned the second event of it’s kind, fo