This darling boss babe with pink hair that speaks such amazing words about living our best life. Creator of The Champagne Diet, Cara got my attention years ago and I've been a loyal follower ever since. When you read what she has to say, you'll see how much in alignment we are in what we think about following your passion, being true to you, and living On Purpose. I'm so honored to have the fabulous Cara Alwill Leyba for today's Women On … [Read more...]
How To Stop The Need To Please
Are you a people-pleaser? Do you try to help everyone at the expense of your own needs? Do you try to make others happy as a means of avoiding confrontation? Do you feel guilt when you put yourself first? I hate to say it but if these sound like you, you’re a people pleaser. Trying to make others happy at your own expense is a poor way to spend your time and energy. If you’re looking out for everyone else, who has your best interests at … [Read more...]
5 Steps to Embrace New Chapters in Your Life
Life is a journey. Death of a loved one. Major illness. Divorce. Loss of a job. Career change. Kids grown and leaving. Moving to a new city. Marriage. Having kids. I'm sure you've encountered any number of these. This is just a short list of life-changing circumstances that mark a new chapter in your life. As you're well aware, life is full of changes. Sometimes, the changes occur when you least expect them, and you end up with … [Read more...]
Women On Purpose: Alex Wehrley
Alex Wehrley is a national TV host, speaker and the creator of Empowerista, a movement and mentorship program promoting the independence and individuality of women. She has hosted for E!, VH1, ABC red carpets and the Miss USA telecast. In 2009, Alex was Miss Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. After graduating during the height of the recession, it took Alex a year-and-a-half of networking, making opportunities and patience … [Read more...]
Women On Purpose: Beverly Feldman, Shoe Designer
Social media has the power eliminate any distance barriers between two people and has the ability to connect people who would otherwise have never met. Me in Oklahoma, Beverly Feldman in Spain, and social media has brought this fabulous woman and me together. When Beverly Feldman and I began communicating, and I can't even recall how, it became a PLEASE PINCH ME moment. THE Beverly Feldman and I were Skyping and have become dear … [Read more...]
How To Handle Life When Dealing With Tough Times
Speaking from the heart today. In case you've wondered where I've been, I got the news just before Thanksgiving that my sweet daddy had colon cancer. Although we did find out we caught it in time just this weekend, we're still not out of the woods, as he could be dealing with possible pneumonia. Needless to say, whatever the illness, it feels like crisis mode to me, because I'm an only child (I'm sure you could NEVER see my invisible crown, … [Read more...]
Let’s Be Like Flowers…
Thinking about spring.... Can I get an "ahhhhhhhh"? Spring for me represents freshness, newness, a rebirth, growth and new energy. I thought I'd let the flowers in bloom bring us our source of inspiration as I think about the season of spring an what it represents... Truth, right? Just be the flower you were meant to be and just BLOOM. Forget about what everyone else is doing and comparing and competing. The flowers … [Read more...]
Settling for Average and Striving for Excellence
I was thinking recently about goals and things I'm pursuing and some thoughts that some others have shared with me and how my thinking had changed them. They said after working with me, there's no more average, there's only excellence. Wow! And I paused and said, to myself, "well, of course! I mean, how ELSE could it be? It can't be anything BUT that. Average just isn't good enough for me." I have always been a perfectionist. That … [Read more...]
Sunday’s Pinspiration
If you're not getting what you want out of life, are you putting out to the world what you're trying to attract? Know who you are and be that that you're trying attract. A little bit of law of attraction... A little pin-worthy quote for your Sunday. #onpurpose … [Read more...]
W.O.W. Life Manifesto
Sunday, a day of rest, a day to refresh, a day to reflect. Some words of wisdom, or as I call it, W.O.W. Enjoy this life manifesto. Happy Sunday! … [Read more...]
Friday Food For Thought
Most of you know I'm Greek. Does that mean I'm born a philosopher? Not really, but my thoughts about life and how we live are always on my mind. Just some random warm fuzzies running through my head I wanna leave you with... about business about relationships about life about how we live..... 1. Do all things genuinely and authentically. It shows when you do and it shows when you don't. Just sayin. 2. … [Read more...]
Be On Purpose. Simply Said.
I'd like to call today Meaningful Monday. It's so easy to get sidetracked... and I really haven't gotten sidetracked so much as just let myself bloom more into what I'm supposed to be doing. Evolving so to speak. Which is following my passions. But it's also inline with what this is all about. Being On Purpose. When I started my blog over 2 years ago, I was so excited to share inspirational thoughts and ideas with the world, to believe in … [Read more...]
WOW: Daily To-Do List
WOW is a favorite word of mine because it represents WONDERFULness.... and to me WONDERFULness is nothing but good and positive and purposeful and awesome, which is what we're all about here, right? And it also stands for Words of Wisdom. And it's Wednesday. I think a perfect day, hump day, to give us a bit of umph in our week. Sometimes we are busy and in a hurry, and going thru the motions of life. I was thinking we could use a … [Read more...]
