Ray of Sunshine

We all made them or thought about making them - New Year Resolutions. The sale of exercise equipment went up and flyers and advertising promises you freedom if you only have 15 minutes a day. Weight loss promises to ourselves. For some of us fitting in any time for ourselves even 15 minutes just does not work, oh we have good intentions, but get to the end of the day and by then there is no energy left in our poor weary bodies, it's all we can do to breathe. Stressed and busy

Self-Image is marketing 101. How you perceive yourself is how you will display yourself to the world. You cannot sell something unless you believe in it. In all my years of sales and marketing experience, it is apparent, that even if you have the gift of “selling” – you cannot sell something you do not believe in. On the other hand – if you believe in something no matter how obscure, you can sell it. When we believe the lies and criticism from others - like me – “fatty, fa

When we get hurt by something or someone in life, we have a tendency to not want to repeat it, not want to deal with it, to stuff it down, hide it away or to even deny anything touched us.[1] Everything that happens to you, whether physically or emotionally has an effect on your body.[2] We are physical, spiritual and emotional beings – body, mind and spirit. The three have to work together to have a well-rounded life. When you get hurt in any area – body, mind or spirit the

When being in love means being in pain – I can identify with this statement. It is how my life evolved and revolved for a long period of time. It took years and years for me to see that the problem with my pain was the way I loved myself. When we truly love ourselves we will not allow the comments of others to penetrate our souls and dig a hole inside our hearts. Those harmful comments will bounce off of us like water on a ducks back. What gives people a right to “comment” on

I was the fat kid with buck teeth. I got “fatty, fatty” and “bucky beaver” all those nice things. No hope for self-esteem there. I still have a hard time looking in a mirror. Body image is marketing on the most intimate level – it’s the way we put ourselves “out there” to the world. Because of the shame associated with my childhood, I became a woman who loved too much, a fixer or doer, always striving to be just right or perfect. If I am perfect, everyone has to love you righ