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Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Find Out What’s Holding You Back
Posted by Kim Jackson on 7:46 AM
The simplest way to jump start progress in any area of your life, is to find out what’s holding you back and keeping you from seeing things through. Often we’re holding ourselves back, because of a fear or a lingering issue that we just can’t seem to move past.
By way of example: I have a friend (and I hope she doesn’t mind my using her story) who wants to lose weight. She has started over and over again, only to fall short. Many of us have this same issue—but what is odd about it for her, is that she is normally a very decisive person. She sets her mind to something, and accomplishes it without hesitation; and often on a whim. She just has...
Monday, March 26, 2012
How to Avoid an Autistic Existence
Posted by Kim Jackson on 5:58 PM
In this PLPT guest post, Jess J. helps us to understand how we can become cognizant of our own behaviors to avoid an "autistic existence". Read on to learn more.
A few years ago I read the following quote by Geneen Roth in her book Women Food and God:
As long as I believe that pain is bigger than me, as long as I define being open and vulnerable as being vulnerable to annihilation, I believe in an image of myself: that I am someone who can be annihilated. And when I believe this, I bolt from different situations by engaging in various mind-altering and body numbing activities. I shut myself down or walk out the door when pain threatens...
Friday, March 23, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Are You Experiencing Your Life or Just Recording It?
Posted by Kim Jackson on 2:16 PM
In this PLPT guest post, Pastor/Professor Lawrence Ware asks the question: "What if we cared less about showing others what we have experienced and cared more about experiencing it?"
I was at an OKC Thunder game the other day, and I noticed the strangest thing.
Very rarely would people actually look at the game—they were busy looking at the game through the lens of their phones or they were busy updating Facebook statuses about being at the game while very rarely enjoying the experience of being at the game.
Man, that was a three line sentence—the philosopher in me took over—let me see if I can break that down.
I noticed people tagging...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Album Review: Selena McDay’s “Cry With A Smile”
Posted by Kim Jackson on 4:26 PM
With this post, it is our pleasure to introduce our guest music reviewer, Mugure Crawford. Mugure has extensive experience in the music industry, and we knew there was no one better to tackle this task. Enjoy.
With the current state of R&B/Soul artists and music, one can definitely use a huge dose of some good ole lovin’ and inspirational lyrics. After all, the Hip Hop/Rap Culture has dominated our Urban music world for the last 10-15 years. So you’re looking for that old thing back? Some good ole feel good music? You know the type of music that you won't hear playing in strip club? Look no further than a soulful, up and coming spoken word,...
Monday, March 19, 2012
Celebrating in the Spirit of Friendship
Posted by Kim Jackson on 4:51 PM
GG, Me and Vonnie
(Vonnie wrote an At Your Best feature for us which you can read here)
Our relationships change, grow and morph as we do the same, but it is a wonderful thing to have those relationships that seem to stay the same because they mature right along with us. “They” say that female relationships are difficult to maintain, but I am happy to report that my group of girlfriends and I are largely the exception. Within our extended circle are women who have been friends since college, high school and even middle school! And we are all still able to come together in the spirit of love and friendship no matter how many years have passed....
Friday, March 16, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Learning the Truth about Yourself
Posted by Kim Jackson on 5:47 PM
In order to reach your full potential and discover your purpose, it is vital that you learn the truth about yourself.
I have a deep seated belief that I’m not as smart or creative as I think, and that my endeavors won’t necessarily be successful or that people will hate what I’ve done. I know that this is because of the messages that were drilled into my head by my peers when I was a child and a teen. I skipped two grades in elementary school because I was an advanced learner. School just came easily to me. So my peers were, for the better part of my formative years, two years older than me and very often—just plain old mean. They didn’t understand...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
PLPT GEMS: Meet Selena McDay
Posted by Kim Jackson on 4:02 PM
PLPT GEMS PresentsSelena McDaySongstress. Mother. Legacy.
You've recently released an album, "Cry With a Smile", that was produced by your son, RiZ, to help bring your musical dreams to fruition. Tell us about the album and what type of sound your audience can expect to hear.
EVERYTHING I write is from personal experience! So the simple answer is: you’re going to hear a collection of “life lessons and love lessons”! Most (I hate to admit) were learned the really hard way, because I used to be so daggone “hardheaded”! But thankfully, I used writing as an outlet for a lot of things most of my life. And now, thanks to my incredible son RiZ,...
Monday, March 12, 2012
6 Soul Searching Questions You Need to Ask Yourself
Posted by GG on 9:49 PM
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I'm currently reading Gail McMeekin's "The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women" and I just can't say enough about it. It's one of those books that you read and reread throughout your life. The tag line is -- A Portable Life Coach for Creative Women -- and that is EXACTLY what it is.
I had to share the following self-discovery questions with you from the book. These aren't simple questions, so perhaps the best approach is to write them in your journal and dig in when you have some "me" time.
1. What do you feel most ashamed about and how can you heal it?
2. If you were...
Friday, March 9, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
5 Ways to Instill Positive Thinking Into Your Children
Posted by GG on 12:09 PM
"Children are imaginative, open, inquisitive and excited about everything. Isn't it wonderful to have an audience coming to you with all that open feeling?" - Faith Ringgold
Many of us are just now learning to adopt a more positive mindset to improve the quality of our lives. As we learn, we can pass this knowledge on to our children. Here are five ways to do so:
Teach by example. Our children are constantly watching us. They see how we handle stress, loss and adversity. The energy that we put out into the world has a huge impact on them. There have been many times when I've caught myself speaking...
Monday, March 5, 2012
Affirmations for Turning Your Life Around
Posted by Kim Jackson on 9:40 PM
I just celebrated my 33rd birthday, and I’m so grateful to have been blessed with another year. On my 28th birthday, I had a breakdown; I felt that I hadn’t accomplished anything that I thought I would have by that time in my life: my finances were a mess, my career was stalled, and many of my relationships were dysfunctional.
While that was one of my lowest moments, I’m grateful that things happened the way they did, because that was the moment of my own personal quantum shift. I got my finances together, found a way to do what I love and learned to let go of relationships that didn’t serve me and to be open to healthy ones to come in their...
Friday, March 2, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
How to Accept Constructive Criticism
Posted by Kim Jackson on 6:46 AM
Part of self-assessing is learning to accept constructive criticism. It’s easy to decide on our own what we think our flaws are, or where we have room for improvement. It’s a bit more difficult to accept ourselves as other people perceive us—especially when we don’t agree with what they see.
Do you ever feel like people assign you flaws because they just don’t “get” you? It may be true that they don’t have a complete picture of your personality, but they can only go by the information you’ve given them.
Let’s take the office, for example: I have a rather subdued personality—and my professional personality, even more subdued than that. In...
