Today is Day 1of my 31 Days of Self-Love posts to celebrate Self-Love Month with suggestions for jump-starting your own self-love and joining The Self-Love Movement™. It’s a new year!! It’s also the start of Self-Love Month! If you haven’t signed the 31 Days of Self-Love Commitment pledge to start the new year…

Invictus by William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance ?I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance ?My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond…

Who are you striving to be? Following in the footsteps of a family member or creating your own footprints. I encounter too many unhappy people who are trying to be what they think they’re “supposed to be” and feel negative emotions about not being into it. Parents sometimes try to push their kids into their…

Most people know at least someone who has cancer or have had it. It can bring you down in spirit. When I met cancer survivor Cathy Hamilton, I was struck by her positive attitude about getting through a cancer diagnosis. Cathy is a  happiness coach and founder of Happy Tappy Girl. I asked her to…

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