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Nonfiction Authors Association: I’m New Chapter Leader (Brentwood)
As a member of the Nonfiction Authors Association, I’ve attended their top notch Nonfiction Writers Conference–a virtual event for the past 5 years. Over two days, 10 dynamic and knowledgeable...
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Interview with Nonfiction Authors Association
I had a great time being interviewed by the Nonfiction Authors Association, and look forward to being their new Chapter Leader! Full interview can be accessed. Introducing Local Chapter Leader Vicki...
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Living a B A L A N C E D Life
Are you living a balanced life? You may have asked yourself this question, but what answers have you given? Were you honest? Do you really know what a balanced life includes? Now, there may be...
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Author Pens Book to Empower Battered Women and Break the Silence Surrounding...
[Vicki's Note]: Guest post written by DARLENE GREENE–the president and founder of Ina Mae Greene Foundation. The foundation’s objective is to raise awareness about the atrocities of domestic violence...
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Standing on Your Character
Most everyone prefers a sunny day to a gloomy overcast or windy one. A bright, sunny day can easily be translated into fun; leisure, shopping, or hanging out with friends, maybe taking the kids to the...
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Enlarge Your Range and Increase Your Spirit
Mature women have weathered a great number of tests and trials throughout life, bringing them to where they are today. It’s just expected. There is no growth in a void of challenges, whether personal,...
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YOU Must be Your First Priority!
Whose needs, issues, and requests are you regularly serving? Are your needs for calm, quiet, space to breath, and time to relax just behind those of your mate, your children, boss, coworker, or church...
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Continue to Welcome Any Vision into Your Spirit
Have you examined your life to determine just what you want to achieve, or merely allowed yourself to drift from one event to another occurrence, just managing on the fly? Do you take time to envision...
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Hello Fear
Oh, I guess you didn’t know I was aware of you standing there. Let me tell you something. You have been around all of my life. Sometimes I felt I had no other choice than give in to you. Other times I...
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Warrior Must Run
A Hawaiian Proverb states: “When one becomes a warrior, one must run.” This proverb can quite simply describe the life of a woman, whether a women of color, a younger woman, or a mature woman....
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Anything Worth Doing is Worth Doing Well
Growing up, did your parents, a teacher, or another adult tell you that anything worth doing was worth doing well? Yeah, that struck a nerve, didn’t it? There’s no escaping the teaching and chidings...
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Don’t Stop Believin’
Belief in yourself, as the rails on which your life travels. You have you. Just like you stood in line at the carnival ride eager and thrilled to get on, you were just a bit frightened. This was...
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Gratitude
Acknowledging a person and expressing thanks when someone has given you something is a normal and expected pleasantry in life. Restaurant servers appreciate hearing the words thank you after serving...
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Power and Fear
When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” Audre Lorde The words quoted above are by the African American...
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Protect Your Peace
There is chatter everywhere. Sometimes it amounts to just plain chaos constantly circling above our heads. The news regularly reports another shooting, or seemingly senseless act of aggression...
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Life’s Dressing Room
Women are painfully familiar with department store dressing rooms. You know the place that’s about 4 x 6 feet and can only comfortably fit one person. In this space you bare all that is personal, and...
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Lasting Change
We learn early in life that all things will change—whether it is the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the friends we make, or the scenery on the trip to school as the driver slowly drives the speed...
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There are No Shortcuts to Anywhere Worth Going
Sometimes, I have to think back to that time when I was in my twenties with the love of my life. I was so high on “us” being a couple; my feet rarely touched the ground. I liked that he wasn’t a...
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You Loved Playing in the Rain
But now, can you handle the MUD? Children seem to have always enjoyed playing in the rain. Mothers couldn’t stop it, so they made sure their kids had their rain boots on to splash in and jump over...
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