Beauty for Ashes

Ashes. If you are a smoker, this word may mean something entirely different than it does to those of you who have lost a home to fire.  If you are […]

Proper Perspective Produces Confidence

I’m prepearing to board my flight home. I sure hope this one’s not as turbulant as the last one! I don’t want to witness that many passeI’m prepearing to board […]

Shop Like a Man: Guilt-Free

I did it again! I forgot to buy cereal, yet there I was trying to make the room for all the other groceries I didn’t need. I suppose I could […]

What Makes a Bride Beautiful?

She takes her father’s arm and enters the sanctuary as the entire congregation stands to their feet in awe. Her beauty captivates them, but their gaze does not distract her. […]

Are You Confident in the Face of Correction?

“No, no, honey, that’s dangerous.” You would think my mom had just slapped the kid across the face and yelled at him by the way he burst into heart-wrenching tears. I […]

Is there an Elephant in the Room?

I was really enjoying our budding friendship when suddenly it came to a holt. We were spending hours together waiting for our boys’ baseball practice while we pushed our little girls […]

My Struggle with Confident Beauty

My whole world was rocked the day my first husband left me.  Pregnant and alone, his betrayal made me feel ugly, unwanted and self-conscious. Before then, even though I was a hairdresser, I never really focused […]

Are You a Dry Sponge? 

I was all ready to walk out the door. I’d taken extra care in choosing my outfit and applying my makeup because I needed to make a good impression at […]

Get your Beauty Sleep, Gain Confidence

There are three simple things that each of us do every day that has the power to increase your confidence and make you more beautiful: Eat, Move, Sleep. Yet so […]