Last year, I delivered my 5th TEDx talk live at the TEDxUIUC live event on April 22nd, 2024, at the Lincoln Hall of the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. The event was themed “Odyssey” and featured six other speakers: Christine Lewington, Hema Reddy, Jack Fusco, Nathaniel Provencio, femdot., and Joe Simonetta, each sharing their empowering …
#Mindset
When you change your mindset―your self-image, your attitudes, and your responses―your perspective changes. A positive perspective that is rooted in your true identity allows you to reset, reinvent, and recreate your life, and ultimately become who you are meant to be.
It’s National Storytelling Week and it’s also The Gifts of Pain Volume 3 launch day. The Gifts of Pain is a collection of inspiring stories by 31 co-authors who are using my S.T.O.R.Y. System of Transformational Storytelling to share their vulnerable short stories of adversity and tools that you can use to overcome yours. I am sharing …
I recently shared one of my most vulnerable stories at the Empowering Women and Girls to Thrive Summit at the United Nations about suicide prevention, to help end the stigma of suicidal thoughts and promote more loving compassion and acceptance. This transformational event was supporting Sustainable Developmental Goal #5: “to achieve gender equality and empower …
A Grammy, 16 Tony awards nominations and 11 wins, including Best Musical, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an in-home release streaming on Disney+, it is no doubt that Hamilton – The Broadway Musical has stolen our hearts! I’ve seen Hamilton live several times since its release in 2015 and it is one of my …
I grew up in extreme poverty, so when I learned about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) I was elated. These Global Goals were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as “a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity.” …
I recently transformed my most personal stories into a TEDx talk titled: “What Dying Taught Me About Living.” I delivered this talk live at the TEDx MCPHS live event on March 18th, 2023, at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in the city of Boston. The event was themed “What’s Your Story” and …
I’m so grateful that I was invited to a private advanced screening of the new Barbie Movie and I loved every second. So, I decided to share a collection of the best Barbie Movie quotes for inspiration and fun. Some of these Barbie Quotes may be a bit spoilery, so feel free to skip to my …
Did you know there’s a right way and a wrong way to praise a child? It turns out that the type of praise we use could either make or break our children. Therefore, as positive moms, we must learn how to praise a child. We want to learn the right way to praise them so …
We all need positive parenting solutions. Don’t we? Temper tantrums, sibling rivalry, stressful situations, negative behaviors from an explosive child, loud cries of sensitive children, mealtime madness, chore wars, homework hassles, bedtime battles, the rolling of the eyes, the slamming of the doors, and ultimately losing control – and your marbles – during a misbehaving …
I was probably about 5 years old when I first heard about Jesus. He wasn’t a topic of conversation in the slum where I grew up, but whenever I saw my grandma, she told me about how Jesus died for me. “He loves you,” she would say. I didn’t believe that anyone loved me, and …