May 21, 2013

Brandy Dedicates Her Life and Career to Whitney Houston

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*Multitalented singer and actress, Brandy Norwood got her start in the world of fame at the tender age of 15 as a singer and later as an actress on popular show “Moesha.” The pressures of life and work eventually boiled over, pushing the young diva over the edge with an eating disorder and breakdown. Now [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: Happy Having this Holiday Season

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*Around age twelve, when we used to drive by a certain business on the way to my Aunt Mal’s house, I used to look at the people coming and going and I began to envision a later me. I envisioned being dressed in pinstriped suits, getting in and out of cars (sometimes I was driving, [...]




Living in the Land of make Believe: The Empowered You

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Empower is to give power or authority to; to authorize, to enable or permit. We talk much about empowering people in our society. We want to empower children, survivors of domestic violence, girls, teens, moms and more. However, we often struggle to empower ourselves. We struggle to give ourselves permission to relax, to treat ourselves, to [...]