Monday’s Message: Are you a diamond in the making?
The lion’s share of success boils down to persistence with a vision in mind. The moments prior to gratification are filled with hard work and a health measure of faith. Are you ready to be a diamond? Sticking with…
The $17 Secret
So you finally want to change your life. Circumstances have progressed enough the fear of the unknown has been eclipsed by your unhappiness with the present. YES! I’m so glad. Sometimes we have to experience that dissatisfaction to get the…
What’s in your black box? It’s holding you back!
When I was a kid, all I wanted was to fit in. It was nearly impossible to blend in during the 70’s, an awkward, undiagnosed ADHD kid with chocolatey skin and the darkest hair. My parents, newly arrived immigrants, had…
You want a breakthrough? Get real!
You think you aren’t getting the results you want. Everything is fine, you say. The relationships, the confidence, your very person is poised for success. So, what’s the problem? The reality of your life boils down to this: your…
What if you just stopped arguing with yourself and JUST DID IT!
I hate arguing. Really, I like to get along and really try to look for a compromise. But there is a running argument in my head going on all the time, asking me whether or not I am going to…
Four COLORLESS things I learned from Martin Luther King Jr.
The emotion in his voice. The honesty in his face. And the ability to take us to his vision with his words. Imagine what people could see when they were standing there listening to him. Their world was segregated. People…
To the grumpy lady at Forever 21, a note from Liz
People are gruuumpy around the holidays for goodness sakes. Standing in line at Forever 21 (yes, that store), arms aching as I ready myself to buy piles of Chinese and Indian-made goodness, I ask a woman standing off to the…
What’s your problem? The difference between challenges and problems…
I got problems, man! I have problems. Lots of problems. My husband is fourteen years older than me. I have seven children and there are problems associated with each one. The oldest lives far away and I’m not sure how…
Are you living a FEAR-less life?
During a break in Life Dare filming a few days ago, I excitedly told my guests about my idea for another episode. So far, none of the topics were particularly scary to me and I wanted to model “Bringing Life…
Day 3/ 30 Days of Gratitude in Action. I Occupy Wall Street….with gratitude?
Occupy Wall Street. Snapshots in the album of our time, people sitting in cross-legged defiance, CEO’s blithely collecting their bonuses, police officers protecting and serving a political machine with pepper spray, a sense of dark and insidious judgement passed between…