I believe that gratitude is the foundation of a positive attitude. Gratitude, like many other virtues and/or positive values, is a learned character trait that should be taught as early on as possible in a child’s life. Gratitude is a WHOLE Family principle because increases the quality of our lives and the ones of those …
Nowadays, kids are born with an innate inclination and gift for technology, media, and telecommunications. Just give a toddler an iPad and you’ll see what I mean. Technology truly fascinates me. It is amazing what you can do with it and what it can do for you. But this can be a double-edged sword. I …
People are sometimes surprised when I say I started my first guerrilla entrepreneurial career at 7 years old. This was in no way an accident. For as long as I knew, my dad owned a carpentry and furniture design workshop, which for most of my childhood was located right at the back of our house, …
I love bugs, snakes, and spiders (especially tarantulas!). Roaches only make me scream because, um, well, you know, they’re gross. My phobia, fear, or pet peeve wasn’t heights, the dark, or tight spaces. I was afraid of driving my car! Don’t get me wrong…I love my car. I even think I look kinda cute in …
Today, I’d like to share a little poem I read in my tween years in Spanish that guided my path for decades now. The power’s all in your mind: If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you like to win but think you can’t, it’s …
8 years ago, I found myself lost, overwhelmed, and traumatized by the challenge of starting a new life as a single mom with two toddlers. I was married for only a little over 3 years, but separation, divorce, breakups, are painful no matter how long you did “the relationship thing” for. October 19th marked the …
It’s true that magic can just happen. Blessings are bestowed and miracles are granted. But truth be told, life is a collection of moments, and the most magical moments are those you create with the ones you love. But…What IS magic? The official definition is “the power of apparently influencing the course of events by …
I have particular views about bullying. I guess it is because anti-bullying doesn’t really resonate with me. “Love thy neighbor” advocate is more of a fitting title. It concerns me that we may be “medicating the symptoms” of a rapidly growing condition. Bullying, like other diseases of the body and mind, is an epidemic that …
On Wednesday afternoon, we embarked on a lovely journey from Texas to California. I was one of the three finalists nominated for The Mom Entrepreneur of the Year award, presented at the SUCCESS Summit and Expo by Today’s Innovative Woman magazine. The drive was amazing – and amazingly long, too. We went through beautiful mountains …
Because I am a Geekess, you may think that UBUNTU refers to the free open source operating system based on Linux…okay, maybe that’s just me… However, I am talking about the African philosophy that I just fell in love with. Here’s the story: An anthropologist proposed a game to African tribe kids. He put a basket …