You know, so many of us are compassionate towards others. We hear of some unspeakable pain or even just someone’s trials for the day and we instantly feel empathy and want to do what we can to alleviate their pain or suffering. We often get so lost in helping others that we forget our own…
8 Things Every Woman Needs to Know to Boost Her Self Esteem
8 Things Every Woman Needs to Know Right Now! As a woman, I need to know a lot of things. Things like, why can’t chocolate just show up on my doorstep exactly when I need it, why can’t I have $1,000,000 in my bank account all the time and where is Mr. Right hiding…
16 Sweet and Simple Self Care Ideas For Your Soul and Mind
You’ve heard the question before from your friends or family. “Do you take care of yourself”? We brush them off with a quick and nonchalant, ‘yes I do’ but you know you’re not. You really don’t have time for self care and you continually burn the candle at both ends. Do you take care of…
5 Simple Steps To Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone
Be sure to read the important update at the end of this post. It will blow your mind. This girl took her comfort zone and threw it in the garbage. Find out how and what happened after that! My son is overseas at the moment. He’s been there since March of this year. I miss…
How to Overcome Fear and Live the Life You Deserve
I’m pretty sure that fear in the #1 killer of dreams and hopes. Amirite? It will stop you dead in your tracks and it doesn’t back down either. It knows when you are in goal setting mode and swiftly jumps in and stops you! Whammo! Just like that, in your face. And you back away.…
5 Things That Cause a Broken Heart and How to Stop It
Our hearts eat lies. They do. Too often we believe what people tell us just so we can feel love and that right there my friends is the major cause of a broken heart. Let’s discuss this more. So why do we torment ourselves like that? Why do we keep letting our hearts eat lies?…
Delight, Luck and Surprise! The Exciting Full Moon in June
Oh yay!! Rejoice. It’s full moon time (June 27th) and this one has crazy surprises and delight! Yippee. Are you starting to feel a little bit excited? Is your energy becoming restless because you just know good things are on the way? I’m suddenly full of piss and vinegar and can’t wait to see what…
This Is How The Word NO Can Affect You
You know, no is a funny word, right? We hear it and we stop. You ask a question, the answer is no, you accept it and walk away. The end. You may not like the answer no, but it’s too late, really, you’ve already acknowledged the fact that that’s what the answer is. It’s too…
Being a Mean Girl Changed My Life Forever (and I don’t regret it)
My name is Iva and I used to be a mean girl. There I said it. You know, nothing changes if nothing changes, right? How many times have you yelled out at your spouse or partner or child “You’ll never change!!”? Chances are, if you keep shouting that to them, one of two things are…
How to Deal With the Horrific Memories (and the trauma) From the Past.
The past is a funny thing. I don’t mean funny ha-ha, I mean funny hmmmm. We want to forget it. Really we do. We don’t want to keep going back there. It sucks. We forgive the hurt and the pain, well some of us do anyway, but forgetting? The memory is always there, just a…
