Tweet By now you have probably seen the McKayla Maroney meme has that gone viral. Poking fun at McKayla’s apparent “sore loser” stance when her vault fell short – she literally fell, not sticking her landing. This cost her the Gold medal, and instead received the Silver. Still, not too shabby for Olympic standards. Apparently, …

Tweet As much as entertainment and the media extol “bad” virtues and make fun of straight-laced, conservative personas, the lasting impression always come from the personalities that were indeed “nice” and “good”. Andy Griffith, famously known as the Sheriff of Mayberry and in later years, “Matlock” passed away today. The Andy Griffith Show is well-known …

Tweet This is a guest post by my good friend, Michelle Harden Stevens. I recently took a trip “Around the World“.  My husband and I were able to travel to10 countries and many cities.  One thing I’ve noticed is that in spite the demographics, culture, climate or village there is a basic human need that …

Tweet 1st Annual Balanced Moms Expo -  February 25th We Move Forward 2012 – March 8-10th Tags: events, expo, international women’s day, moms, women

Tweet This is my latest guest post on Girlfriendology.com. For original posting click here. There are a lot of things we can do on our own, right girlfriends? Even some of the things that were traditionally “the man’s job” we can handle with ease. But for each of us, there are repairs we shy away …

Tweet Surprise, surprise, Paula Deen has diabetes. Though I am not making light of her condition (my grandmother had diabetes), with America’s almost epidemic state of obesity, Paula should have known better than to tout her decadent style of cookin’. In defense of Ms. Deen’s current awkward situation, who can blame her for branding herself …

Tweet Once in a lifetimes DO happen! Are you a woman who has moved from adversity to triumph? Do you have a story to tell others to inspire hope, change and action? We Move Forward 2012 is hosting a retreat on March 8-10, 2012 on the beautiful Mexican island, appropriately named, Isla Mujeres (“Island of …

Tweet I’m not big on new year’s resolutions. Resolutions tend to be short-lived and often ends in disappointment. However, goals are something that we can work on throughout the year. To make goal-setting more interesting this year, try setting goals using your senses: 1. Words – writing goals down using a numeric list is the …

Tweet People have 10 things they will accomplish for the new year. I’m a lists girl, but rather than try to impress people (or myself), I thought I would write down and share my top 5 things (or goals) to ROCK in 2012. 1. Face to face networking. It can be so tempting to rely …

Tweet There are two camps of people: those who do and those who do not. And there are two types of dreamers: those who dream, and those who make it happen. Being an entrepreneur sets your mind on those two questions: are you a do-er and will you make your dreams happen? I once sat …