Blog – Tagged "Empowerment" – Page 2

Spring Time Clean

The other day, I hired my favorite organizer, Lisa Griffith, to come over to my business and help give me a fresh perspective on where to put all o...

Two women, standing in front of East Bay Food Pantry. One woman smiling and holding a book with her picture on it. The other smiling holding a check. Text on the side of the picture that reads "I. like charitable people".

I Like Charitable People

Many years ago when books on tape first started hitting the market, I purchased one from the Queen of beautiful voices, Maya Angelou. Some writers ...

Two Years Later- COVID and small business

Two Years Later and Yes, We Are Open

I can’t believe that two years ago March 14, 2020, I, like nearly every other business, closed my business while I anxiously waited to learn my fut...

I Wrote A Book

There I said it. Let me say it again. I wrote a book. I am proud of this accomplishment. I will squelch the little voice inside that wants to take ...

What Does Your Mirror Tell You?

Masks are coming off. Zoom meetings are likely shifting back to in person. We are beginning to change our thinking towards living with rather than ...

Self Care (Again)

If anyone understands self-care, it is me. I have no excuse to do anything other than self-care these days. I am mostly an empty nester; I mostly l...

Seeing What Sticks

If I had to define my business plan in three words for 2021, it would be SEEING WHAT STICKS. I tried a little and a lot of everything. So instead o...

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Who is Your Wonder Woman?

Why Wonder Woman? After receiving endless quantities of Wonder Woman swag during my cancer diagnosis in 2017, I became a bit hooked on this Super (...

Where Does Your Power Come From?

I opened my electric bill the other day and along with the bill came the usual extras. An envelope for mailing back the bill along with a small inf...

Fun Kits and Gifts for Under $75

I realize we are a small store in the big online world of shopping, but what I have also realized during this past almost two years is that you can...

The COVID Shift

"Because of Covid"… Have you been hearing this? I hear it when I am on hold for what seems indefinitely. I see it when I head to visit my loved one...

Feet with bright toenails, standing on scale, with "WTF" where numbers appear.

The Weight of Weight

I cannot recall a time in my life when I have not been thinking about losing weight. Truth is I have never been satisfied with my weight. The elusi...