I would be lying if I told you I willfully chose to follow my purpose over my ever-looming desire to be a star. I’ve studied stardom since I was a child. I could write a book on how to live your life in the lights (maybe I will), but as I embarked on the journey there was always something nagging me. Something called purpose.
Are you bold enough to air out your dirty laundry? Kelly Rowland recently released a song called “Dirty Laundry” where she airs out her former bittersweet feelings towards Beyonce’s success during a time when she was in an abusive relationship. The song is heart wrenching, and it takes the listener back to 90s RnB. As beautifully painful and gossip-worthy as the song is, you can’t help but think—“Could I ever be that transparent?”
Confidence is a state of feeling certain about the truth of something. Once you have confidence in something, you are bold enough to speak on it, act on it, and/or live it out. Therefore, in order to be bold, you have to find your truths.
The coolest people are the people who embrace their quirks. Let’s face it… we all have them! Why not just set yourself free by knowing who you are (the good, the bad, and the ugly). Being open about who you really are could open amazing new doors and allow your life to unfold.
by Sylvia Ford-George
We all have friends or family members or co-workers—or maybe it’s you—who are fly on a daily. It comes natural to them, whether going to work, a cook-out, wedding, shopping, bowling…they know exactly what to wear, how to wear it, and how to accessorize. And not necessarily to get attention. It’s just them. It’s how they are, from head to toe, with confidence. And we can just imagine them walking down a NY runway or Hollywood Red Carpet.
It’s time to get off the drama bus! It is an exhausting way to live. Not only is drama non-productive… it’s a cancer for everyone around it! Here are some steps to end the drama:
Although you’re a star, could you have a supporting role? Or are you too great to be the cheerleader for someone else’s success? There are true blessings to being a true friend, especially a friend of someone who is experiencing great success.
There was a time when I felt life was down right boring. I was going to work and working on my dream, but I didn’t feel like my life was unfolding the way I desired it to. It was as frustrating as it was unfulfilling, and I knew a change needed to happen. And the change was simple:
When you live a life that is aaallll about yourself, you’re bound to fall into a hole of why’s? Why am I alone? Why doesn’t anyone like me? Why does no one understand me? Why don’t I have any true connections? When you open your life up to include other people and to be about other people, your ‘whys’ will vanish.
Once a relationship is tarnished, it’s very hard to get it back on track. At times it feels completely impossible. But there are ways that you can repair a flawed relationship:
