Chapter 31: Healing Our Internal Wounds

Today is a fresh start. Yesterday is gone. Today I choose to see my day unfold the way I want it to be. Thank you for allowing me to wake up and greet another day. I know that I was born to answer this call and that through my writing I am healed and will…

FYF ~ Chapter 30: My Life Was Beginning To Take Off!

How long are we willing to stay in relationships that do not serve us? How long are we willing to wait for people to be what we need? What if they never get there? What if... they just aren't capable? My career was just taking off. I was balancing motherhood, writing, running an organization and…

FYF ~ Chapter 28: Hitting That Wall Over and Over! #FYFLove #audiobook

WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE UNKNOWN? I was about to live my dreams. It was surreal. It felt like I was dreaming. I was scared of the unknown? What is it about the unknown that is so FRIGHTENING? What if I decided to SEE the unknown in a completely different way? What if I chose…

FYF ~ Chapter 28: Hitting That Wall Over and Over! #FYFLove #audiobook

This was an incredible gift and opportunity. Why was I afraid? What is it that I'm most afraid of? FAILING!!! I am afraid of failing you, failing my family, failing myself, failing my friends and failing at life. It’s not an easy task to follow our hearts desire when we allow fear to set in.…

FYF ~ Chapter 27 (Pt. 3): What Has It’s Hold On Us? #FYFLove #audiobook

I kept feeling like something was keeping me from writing today. I believed that everything that was happening to me was trying to get in my way. There was something pushing me away from what was important to me like my WRITING. There was something interfering or intervening in my process. I believed that I…

FYF ~ Chapters 23: Living By Example! #FYFLove #audiobook

We are taught, children should not be seen or heard! Not in my house! On raising daughters and the examples we set! She wrote in her email: "I can't see when the words I used to bring tears to your eyes or cause your fists to come together." She wanted to see me angry. But…

FYF ~ Chapters 17 & 18 #FYFLove #audiobook

I didn't always like her. We have had our differences and arguments. When I could step back and see my mother as a woman first, not this ideal, mythical archetype and fantasy. But a woman with her own needs. Her own dreams. Her own history. Her own wounds. This is where the healing begins to…

FYF ~ Chapters 15 & 16: On Family, Grief and Chasing The Dream #FYFLOVE #audiobook

They announced Senator Barack Obama to the podium to deliver the keynote address. He spoke for a few minutes and read an excerpt from his new book, Audacity of Hope. Once he was done, he said, “Thank you everyone. Enjoy the rest of your day.” Then he exited stage left. My mouth dropped, we weren’t…

FYF ~ Chapters 12 & 13: When We Allow People to Take Our Power #audiobook #FYFLOVE

Excerpts: "I often think about what we ALL do for a living and how we live our lives. Most people are working to live and living to work. But are they happy in their present jobs? Are they happy in their relationships? Are they happy with the way their lives have turned out? Are they…

FYF ~ Chapter 11 #audiobook #FYFLOVE

There is nothing sadder than a person building his or her power by attempting to take someone else's. People will try to break you down. People will try to dim your shine. People will tell you you can't! The only response, WATCH ME! Chapter 11 is available FREE. #audiobook #audiobooks #podcasts #fyflove #findingyourforce #writingmidwife #writersofinstagram…