I appear to be a bit of a brave bad*** to a lot of people and for the most part, I guess I kinda am. After years of abusive relationships, financial struggles and the constant battling within myself to find out who Iva is, and what she wants, I am finally living life on my…
Does this sound like you? One minute life seems ok and all is going well and the next thing you know you’re frozen and feeling stuck in life and not sure what the hell just happened? You have no clear focus, no clarity, no solutions, and no ambition. You got the deer in headlights look…
My whole life I’ve been surrounded by control freaks and bullies. My mom, ex-boyfriends, bosses, sisters. I imagine I even have control tendencies and bullying issues. Yup, my whole life. I’m sure I’m not the only one and at the time, I had no idea how to stop bullying. We’ve all had to deal with…
Even the happiest of people have down days. Yup they sure do. Do you know there are some simple and quick fixes to pick yourself back up again? We don’t like to stay down too long so you figure out how the heck to get out of a poopy mood. Applying mindfulness techniques will snap…
I love who I am. I strive to be authentic. It’s taken me a while to get here, to this happy place I’m at now, and man oh man I sure love it. I honestly never knew how to be authentic until I left my last abusive relationship. True story. One of my former co-workers…
Let’s face it. Life can sometimes suck and not everything goes according to plan. That’s why I think planning can be slightly overrated. Anyway. When we are dealing with tough circumstances or feel like we have failed at something and nothing is going right, there is no one to depend on but yourself to see…
Right now I know you want to know what I’m smoking. You think I’ve lost my senses. Why should I be grateful to all the abusive people in my life? Well here are 5 things you need to thank your abusers for. You’ll thank me at the end too! Moving on….. Let’s talk about the…
A true story about why you shouldn’t judge people I want to share a story with you about what happened to me a few years ago. Quite a few years ago but the message is still powerful and strong. It’s about why we shouldn’t judge people. I really detest people who judge others. Honestly!! I’m…
How many of you struggle on figuring out how to be more assertive? How many of you lack assertive communication skills? Don’t feel bad. You’re not alone. Ever been in a situation like this before? You don’t pick up the phone in time and when you call the person back, the first words out of…
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 a dream, there are a…
