If, like me, you’re a people pleaser you’d probably rather eat bugs than employ confrontation as a healthy means to resolve a conflict. But sometimes that’s exactly what’s needed. Here are 3 things that help me “cowboy up” and face a confrontation when there’s no other way out. I remember I’m not equipped to live in a minefield. I’m     read more

  It started on the bus with the school bully. “What’s the matter,Penny? You’re mother so cheap she couldn’t name you nickle?” Then the chant began, caught on, and went on for days.. “One cent, one cent – nothing but a one cent.” My grandfather took one look at me and knew I was really hurting. When blue-eyed blondes cry     read more

Long weekend alert! The last Monday in May—Memorial Day—is just around the corner. What special meaning will it have for you? This may come as a shock, but do you know Memorial Day is a day set aside to honor and remember the men and women who have died in active military service?  It’s not a day set aside to     read more

Here’s where to begin when unwanted change has you feeling as if you’ve been T-boned by an eighteen wheeler, left on the side of the road to die, and you feel like a total loser.   Decide if this is a fight or flight situation. Resolve to fight your way out of this mess and get back on your feet.     read more

I’ll bet you know last Thursday was The National Day of Prayer. But I bet you don’t know what last Wednesday was. It was National Two Different Colored Shoes Day   On Wednesday, as I was finishing up last minute details for Thursday’s National Day of Prayer event, notice of National Two Different Colored Shoes Day popped up on my     read more