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Iyanla Vanzant is an inspirational speaker, life coach, author, lawyer, spiritual guide, and television personality. She is mainly known for her self help books or well known show “Iyanla Vanzant: Fix My Life” w […]

Each year the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a professional group of over 110,000 credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioners focuses attention on National Nutrition Month® during the month of […]

When she looked in the mirror, she saw herself as an obedient daughter and a doormat wife with no real future. Born in 1917 to a multi-millionaire financier (think Downton Abby, American style), Katharine was […]

Stories of Awe-Inspiring Women of History

Marie Curie– the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, scientist, and pioneering physicist
Frida Kahlo–an iconic and inspirational artist who helped shape the ide […]

Plaid For Women has decided to start a book club! I am really excited about this!

Our plan is to meet, via zoom, on the first Monday of each month between 12-1 pm CST. Bring your lunch, your thoughts, your […]

Did you know that there are two sides to faith? Are you struggling with faith right now? Most of us are. With so much negativity happening around us, it may be difficult to believe or have faith in good things […]

This week my husband lost his life-long friend, causing us to pause and reflect on life: his life, our life, the purpose and meaning of life, all things life.  I pulled up a copy of the popular poem, The Dash.  T […]

I had a dinner party the other night for friends I hadn’t seen in a while. I decided to go all out –starters, salad, main course, and desserts. Delicious! On the night, sixteen of us sat around a large table, lau […]

Goodness, goodness, where do I begin to select a woman that inspires me, there could be so many. My mother did, of course, and my courageous daughter-in-law battling illness, never giving up and many others that I […]

Dear Reader,

In March of 2017 – yes, FIVE years ago – I went out on a limb and wrote an article that I had been carrying around in my body and my Being since 2012.

It was hard to write it because I did […]

“Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just one step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it a […]

Loss. That seems too small a word when you have lost your beloved daughter to an early death. But, really, is there any word that would be sufficient?

My beloved daughter Amanda was a beautiful, vibrant young […]

Part 2 of the Tropical Oil Series
Ahhh coconut oil. If you believe everything you read about this uber-popular health food, you’d believe it to be the cure you’ve been looking for to help you lose weight and imp […]

Grief and loss, two of the naturally most feared emotions we can experience. When it comes down to it, people will go to great lengths to escape these feelings and avoid drowning in them. Often times, these […]

I am dumb.

I am stupid.

I don’t do anything right.

I am broke.

I am cursed.

My life sucks.

Nobody likes me.

Nobody loves me.

I am a failure.

I can’t stick to anything.

I am not a goo […]

Dear Reader,

As I sit to pen you this note, I am fully aware of my desire to whisper.

You see, it is but January 5 as I write and, in my family, that means that Christmas is not quite over yet (January 6 […]

With 24-hour television news stations, multitudes of social media apps, websites, radio, YouTube… it seems anyone and everyone is talking about something, debating issues back forth like a boxing match, c […]