May 18, 2013

Living in the Land of Make Believe: Kym Whitley, Holding Her OWN

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* KYM WHITLEY. Personality. Actress. Comedienne. Entrepreneur. Producer. Mother. Being a true veteran of show business, she’s been all over the circuit. However, what interested me the most was the Kym Whitley that we don’t know much about. And that is Whitley as a mother, a kid growing up and  now, as a debuting personality on [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Setting Yourself Up for Success in 2013

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*With four more days until the New Year there is lots of talk about resolutions, getting in shape, losing weight, finding a new job, working towards finding a significant other, starting a job search, giving up swearing, and so on, and so on, and so on. The end of the year often brings the need [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Before You Say I Do

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“Marriage is hard.” That seems to be one thing that many people agree on, whether they are married or divorced. Well, the statistics  in the United States support that notion, with a divorce rate of 40 – 50% depending on whose report you’re reading. When people seem to be “happily” married, people often marvel at [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: On the Level about Life with Kenny Lattimore

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*If you’ve ever heard Kenny Lattimore sing “For You” then you’re most likely a fan of that voice. And, now having met him I know that he’ll always “Find A Way” to live in his own truth, and that makes me a fan of his journey. I had the great pleasure of meeting Kenny while I [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Failing Forward

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*Failure. Failure. Failure. There I said it. The other ugly “F” word. Dictionary.com says that is it the nonperformance of something due, required, or expected and, a person or thing that is unsuccessful or disappointing. Well, the truth moment here is that we’re all going to experience it. Yes, you’ve probably experienced it before and [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Gain Perspective, Change Reality

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*Through this thing called life, I’ve recently been learning I couldn’t have imagined how that Saturday through yesterday morning would make me look at my reality with a new perspective. Throughout the weekend and beginning of the week, the Dr.’s told us how her vitals were not stable, her liver was enlarged, the cancer was [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Living True

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*I had the opportunity to hang out with a few notable people this past summer and fall. Given the ease at which we report upon the bad news of these personalities, I thought I might take a moment to talk about my pleasant experiences with them. Ms. Angie Stone – She starred in the play [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: The Norm to Perform

Monica Cost, Brand Strategist

*It used to be that we would keep our business, our business. What happened in your family, household, neighborhood, was just between you and those involved. Today, everything is open for discussion, disclosure and distribution. From who you sleep with to what you have for dinner, inquiring minds want to know. On the one hand, [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Are you Serious?

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*On Women’s Behavior A woman that wears low cut shirts with her breasts in full view and wonders why men can’t look them in the eye. A woman that wear’s tightly fitting and revealing clothing to a business meeting and wonder’s why the men are not taken them seriously. A woman that constantly nags her [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: The Life you Lust or a Life to Love. Can You Have Both?

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*“I want the money, money and the cars, cars and the clothes, the hoes, I suppose, I just wanna be, I just wanna be successful” as Drake put it. I am certainly not against creating a quality life, complete with all of the trappings you’ve earned and desire, if that’s your cup of tea. As [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: The Price of the Jump Off

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*As I was on the airplane last week thinking about what to write for my first piece in this wonderful online publication, I was struck by an article I read on Josh Groban in the AirTran magazine. “I was immediately forced to be a people-pleaser” states Josh Groban in his interview with Go Magazine, referring [...]




EURweb.com welcomes New Columnist Monica Cost

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*EURweb is pleased to welcome to its list of fine columnists, Monica Cost, author of the popular blog “Living in the Land of Make Believe.”  Monica is a brand strategist whose foundational message is Live Your Truth! Her column, also named “Living in the Land of Make Believe,” will debut here. tomorrow. Monica is the [...]