Tag: helping others

  • 5 Struggles in Life A Strong Woman Has to Face Alone

    5 Struggles in Life A Strong Woman Has to Face Alone

    I love being the strong woman that I am today. I hold my head up high, I’m pretty proud of how far I’ve come, my level of self confidence has reached a ridiculous all-time high. Yup, life is pretty sweet being a strong woman. But….there are definitely some struggles in…

  • 7 Amazing Benefits of Helping Others (and why you always should!)

    7 Amazing Benefits of Helping Others (and why you always should!)

    I want to share a personal story with you. Warning though, it’s hard and sad, so sad. And then following the story I want to give you 7 amazing benefits of helping others and why you always should if you get the chance. I had the chance and turned a…

  • 5 Things to Remember When Your Dreams Die (and you feel like giving up)

    5 Things to Remember When Your Dreams Die (and you feel like giving up)

    Where are all the big dreamers here? Mememememe!! We should all have dreams of some sort and we should also try to realize as many of these dreams as possible. But what happens when our dreams die and we feel like giving up? Unfortunately, that happens sometimes. When we have…

  • No One Wants You to Solve Their Problems-Shut Up and Listen

    No One Wants You to Solve Their Problems-Shut Up and Listen

    I have to admit, I’m one of those people that wants to solve all the world’s problems AND if you have a problem I’m right there with all the advice I can muster up. I want everyone to be happy and smiling and be free of pain and suffering. Yup, that’s…

  • 3 Insanely Easy Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog (and make more moo-lah!!)

    3 Insanely Easy Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog (and make more moo-lah!!)

    You know, truth be told, when I first started my blog back in 2014 I had no clue what I was doing. Not a clue. Just write, Iva, you’re a good writer. Just do lots of that. You will write good things and people will flock to your website in…

  • The Day I Stopped Whining About My Poverty.

    The Day I Stopped Whining About My Poverty.

    (Note:This blog was written in May of 2015.) Well, I’m now wrapping up 3 weeks of volunteering in what could quite possibly be the most beautiful place on earth. The emotions I am feeling are indescribable but I will do my best. When I got down here I was scared,…

  • Becoming a Minimalist Wasn’t For Me – Until it Was

    Becoming a Minimalist Wasn’t For Me – Until it Was

    I had it all. Almost. I mean, the big house in the posh neighbourhood I left a couple of years ago along with the unhappy relationship but aside from that, I had a pretty good job. I had a nice apartment. I had a great SUV that I loved, I…