Is your business or establishment suffering from negative reviews on social media and review sites? Whether you’ve had one negative review or ten, you can recoup your loses and make these reviews work for you and not against you. My books are sold on Amazon and iTunes and on both of these sites; an obvious […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson famously lamented “All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.” Abraham Lincoln insisted that “books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.” “For substantially all ideas are second-hand, consciously and unconsciously drawn from a million outside sources…” Mark Twain wrote to Hellen Keller, […]
Are you experiencing roadblocks in your life? The 5 secrets to eliminating roadblocks from your life. You will experience two types of roadblocks in your life. The first type are self-created, these are the roadblocks we create for our self to stop ourselves. The second type of roadblocks created for you by outside sources. Whether […]
Life is so easy when you can coast. You know your lines, your setting, your fellow players, and everything goes just as it should. The mind rests and there is a sense of calm. But what happens when it all goes “wrong?” In The Unexpected, Ashley shared stories of people who found themselves in unforeseen […]
“We’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.” ― Joseph Campbell I have a lot of ambitious friends. I always have. I never went for the quarterback; I was the girl who always […]
By: Ashley Berges Are you ready to begin creating instead of day dreaming and waiting? In order to make your dreams a reality, you begin by moving the dream out of your head and onto paper. Begin by taking a personal inventory of what you bring to the table with regards to this particular dream […]
Most people dislike confrontation. The thought of having to confront another individual causes anxiety, stress, and nervousness. There’s a tendency to question one’s self prior to confronting another individual. We question our self prior to confrontation. We do this to adequately be assured we aren’t part of the problem, and it’s another strategy for putting […]
6 Reasons to Stop Comparing your life to others Comparison kills happiness and personal joy. Comparing yourself to others can leave you feeling depressed, lesser than, or better than others. The human condition is saddled between the desire to be unique and the yearning to fit in. Social media has raised the comparison trend because […]
New Year’s Eve is the best and worst day of the year for many people. Some find the day and night amazing and chase after the best parties. Others feel it’s overrated and doesn’t matter. Whether you’re pro-New Year’s Eve or anti-New Year’s Eve, you’ve got to determine what NYE means to you. Your friends […]
Are you alone this holiday season? Dealing with the holidays solo can feel overwhelming. It seems all the Christmas and holiday songs speak of coming home for Christmas and not wanting to be away from family. However, if you’ve recently experienced a lose, divorce, or a recent empty nester, you know the harsh reality of […]
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