Embrace the Journey

Coping with changes can be difficult. Coping during a life altering experience can be even more stressful. This segment shares quick tips on how to help ease fears and worries you, family, or friends may be experiencing.  We will get through this. Hang in there and make sure you are taking care of yourself mentally and physically and doing your part to support family and friends where you can, even if its just with words of encouragement.  Stay strong everyone and keeping washing those hands! 

Being quarantined can be difficult for both children and adults leading to increased stress and anxiety resulting from these uncertain times. In this episode, my friend, Dr. Cicely Walker Brantley, joins me to discuss healthy coping mechanisms. We also look at ways you can help those who may be in an abusive home unable to leave. 

For questions email me or contact Dr. Brantley on her Psychology Today page: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/cicely-walker-brantley-tallahassee-fl/719161

I am truly saddened and disheartened by what is going on in our nation and in our world. In the year 2020 you would think we would have made progress towards acceptance and tolerance. Though, the problems we face with racism are unfortunately nothing new. To make matters worse, we have people in elected office who are suppose to be leaders, but who are only adding fuel to the fire by continuing to promote and spread messages of hatred and intolerance.  It is past time for change.

This "Motivational Moment" will be on the importance of owning your power and strength and never letting anyone or anything stand in your way of success, including people who deliberately work against you for their own benefit (because those people are definitely out there). Live strong in your power. Be brave along your journey. Stand up for what's right.  Speak truth to power, never give up, continue to move forward in your journey and remember to lift others up along your path to success. 

In this segment, Zoe & I explore the vlogging/podcast craze. We discuss the pros and cons of hosting conversations where ideas are shared and suggestions provided absent the input of trained professionals (we ARE trained professionals ;-). We do this all while making a chocolate avocado mousse. 

This video is the very first one we have done outside of a real studio, so while this video may be "rough", we are excited to post it as it will remind us of our humble beginnings as we continue to grow. 

Life isn't always easy. Sometimes it may feel like a never ending battle, but we have to keep moving forward.  We often learn who we are in the most difficult of times.  It is when we continue to press on despite the odds, that we arise triumphant and prove to ourselves just how unstoppable we are. It's not WHEN you get to the finish line, but that you ARRIVED at the finish line. Support someone else along the way; you never know how your assistance can make ALL THE DIFFERENCE in their life.