Everyone has had a hard time doing this. The task of connecting with the positive all of the time isn’t an easy one, especially when the journey itself comes with an envoy of elements that can either build you up or rip you apart. This is because you often end up carrying with you [...]

  There’s something about a woman of character and principle that’s rare. She might appear foolish in the eyes of others because she doesn’t conform to a particular norm. Her movement might seem slow to the untested eye but underneath it is careful thought and deliberation. She has spent considerable amounts of time building up [...]

  I remember the first time I thought I was ugly. I was 14 years old and I walked in on a conversation two high school boys were having about me. The words I remember are, “She’d be cute if she just wasn’t, you know.” I never knew what the “you know” referred to, but [...]

  On March 20, 2010, Dr. Argie Allen, a relationship and family therapist hosted an empowerment seminar in Philadelphia entitled, “Dare to be Lovely.” The objective of the workshop was to help each attendant reclaim the authentic beauty within her by tapping into the essence of how powerful she truly is as a woman. This [...]