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Teaching My Kids That Ordinary, Everyday Winners Are Happy Because They Persevere.#WomenRiseAboveIt

This post is brought to you by the makers of Pine-Sol® Products. I have partnered with them to spread the word about the ‘When Life Gets Tough, Women Rise Above It’ campaign and sweepstakes. To enter the sweepstakes, visit www.womenRiseAboveIt.com. All opinions and stories are my own. My husband and I don’t have children and

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To be a Happy Black Woman. Now, that’s a RADICAL concept.

It is almost blasphemous, but I will say it anyway. And if you want, I’ma make a t-shirt out of it. “I’d much rather be happy than be a credit to my race and gender.” There. I said it. Some say that’s RADICAL. I say it’s self-preservation and common sense. Young black girls are raised

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The New Formula for Work-Life Balance

I’ve decided it’s important for me to be more physically active, but I have a hard time staying motivated to work out. So I have been trying different types of activities just to keep me interested. And most recently, I thought a pole dancing class would be a nice fun way to get moving. The

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One Fullproof Way to Tell the Difference Between Real Beauty and Fake Beauty

by LifeBliss Lisa I have my own ideas about what beauty is and what beauty isn’t.  I’ve talked about carefree sensuality and the importance of comfort and confidence.  I continue to notice that the most beautiful women are the ones who are not obsessing about it all day long, every day, but the ones who take the time

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5 Things to Consider Before You File for Divorce

I suppose it’s because I’m a divorcee that people often come to me when they’re contemplating divorce. As divorce shouldn’t be entered intolightly, I would advise any friend of mine to consider the following questions: 1. Am I really done? Though to those in my life, separation may have seemed a quick decision on my

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Boss Lady: 4 Leadership Traits Women Naturally Possess

In my last post I wrote about accepting the leadership component of my new job. In effort to do that, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be a good leader, particularly for a woman. And as you might imagine there is no real difference between a good leader who is a

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Two Sites That Will Bring You Peace and Happiness on the Cheap

This past Friday, I spent the evening with my brother watching The Secret.  For those of you that haven’t read the book or watched the film, I highly recommend it. The Secret talks about the relationship between your thoughts and your reality. The premise of the secret and the Law of Attraction is that we

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I Work Less but Still Make Money: My 2014 Leap of Faith

Though as a child, I’d always been an early riser—up as early as 6 every morning—this was no match for the women in my household.  My mother, grandmother or great grandmother would have already been up, doing god knows what.  Sweeping? Cooking? Cleaning? I don’t know—any and every thing, with the exception of relaxing or

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The New Feminista: Feminism in 2014 without Beyonce

The re-launch of this site seems to be timely because on the heels of the release of Beyonce’s most recent album, the word ‘feminist’ seems to be on everyone’s lips these days. Let me start by saying, this will not be another piece on Beyonce and whether or not she can honestly be characterized as

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5 Things That Death Reminds You To Do

Last Sunday, over the Christmas break  one of the principals that I work closely with, dropped dead at 38-years old, leaving behind a wife and a four-year old daughter. This principal was a dynamic leader, loved children, but most importantly to me, and for the purposes of this post, so young.So young. I haven’t been to

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