Please welcome Renee DeMont to #BeREALationships Tell me one thing you are super proud of yourself for this week. I want you to brag about yourself. None of this being humble crap. Give it to me. I want to be proud of you too. #bereal When I read HastyWord’s post I didn’t hesitate to comment:…
I had the chance recently to go to BlogHer. I got an email stating I had won one of the Voice of the Year Awards. I almost trashed it thinking it was spam but I when I saw the link they included was my #BeREAL piece I paused. I read it. I looked up BlogHer…
Please welcome Cee Streetlights to #BeREALationships. I had been in labor since May when my water finally broke in July. Avoiding a premature birth had been our primary goal since my first ultrasound at seven weeks when I watched my baby – smaller than the size of a jelly bean – bouncing around the…
Please welcome Christin Nicole Crider to #BeREALationships. Let me preface this by saying this is part of my life has never really been talked about. I put it on a shelf many years ago. I let it sit there, collecting dust over the last 18 years. But for some reason today, I feel the need…
Humor me for a brief moment. Close your eyes (well, not literally, considering I need you to continue reading). Imagine you are minding your business, grocery shopping and you notice an over-zealous store clerk shadowing your every move, ensuring you have not “slipped something in your pocket.” Perhaps, that was too specific. Let’s try again. Imagine politely opening the door for a…
I used to think that all my problems stemmed from my childhood. I blamed bullies, bitches, and boys for my mood swings. They were such inconsiderate jerks. I used to think all of the men I dated were emotionally stunted. Why else would they be ignorant enough to hurt my feelings, take me for…
What Happens When You Walk Through The Fire By Rachel Thompson From the upcoming book, Broken People Copyright ShadowTeams Publishing, 2016 When I finally decided it was time to tell my (now-ex) husband I wanted him to move out, I wanted a divorce, the truth is, I wasn’t ready to walk through the fire. Skipping…
I am so pleased to have Lizzi Lewis here to help me kick off my new #BeReal series. Relationships are hard but so far my relationship with Lizzi has been the easiest and most rewarding friendship I have ever had. She is my sunrise and I am her sunset. My life is better with her…
Please welcome Mac Dickson McCannell to #BeReal. Be real… Two simple words that mean so much. When I was asked to explain what “Be Real” means to me, I was at first confused and yet, excited. It has taken me weeks to figure out what angle I wanted to approach. I think why I was…
Please welcome Lindsay Fischer to #BeReal. On Reinvention, Releasing Reality and Whole-Hearted Living I’ve never felt more alive than the day I decided to take the screen off and be myself, releasing stuck pieces of reality from the filter used as my defense and watching the withheld, eager remnants descend in the very first pour.…
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