Posted in accomplishments, attitude, coaching, communication, denial, disaster, Dreams, emotions, encouragement, failure, Faith, family, Fear, finances, friendship, Frustration, future, goals, help, hopes, inspiration, life, loss, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, relationships, self doubt, spiritual, success, support, trauma, values, tagged approach, attitude, attitudes, challenges, circumstances, cons, consequences, coping, cross roads, defeat, depression, determination, direction, emotional, experiences, feelings, goals, internal, journey, layers, life, loss, negative, negativity, negotiation, obstacles, Opportunities, overcoming, physical, positive, problem, professional, pros, purpose, self esteem, self-reflection, solutions, spiritual, spiritual beliefs, success, trauma, triumph, values on February 25, 2009|
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I have been observing alot of situations in the news and in the events that happen around me…I’ve come to the conclusion that the secret in overcoming any challenges or events in life has to be in deciding not to let any circumstances or event define the rest of your life. I think a person’s attitude or determination is the key factor.
Have you ever known someone who has gotten stuck in life? You know…the the type of person who just can’t seem to be able to get past a certain event, challenge or obstacle? It is a person who dwells on all of the lost opportunities in life; any negative situations they have encountered, the after-effects or consequences from a trauma or difficulty that they have faced; events that have been a cross road in their life. We all have them; so what determines who overcomes and who seems to be buried under a load of defeat? (more…)
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Posted in accomplishments, books, Celebration, celebrity, competition, entertainment, Fun, future, goals, inspiration, life, love, micro media (social networking), news, Olympics, Opportunities, publisher, publishing, success, television, writing, tagged accomplishments, attention, beauty queen, California, Celebration, celebrity, cereal box, commercial, competing, direct responses, emotional, enjoying, entertainment, evasion, experiences, exploration, future, let down, love, Luck, Michael Phelps, micro media, Nicole Johnson, Olympics, People Magazine, personal life, photo op, publicist, publishers, role models, romance, Saturday Night Live, savy, skill set, skilled, social networking, speculators, television, Walt Disney World, world, writing a book on August 31, 2008|
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Do you remember in the old days when someone won gold in the Olympics; they maybe made the cover of a cereal box or got a television commercial? These days, with all of the open access to micro media (social networking)…a savy person, or someone with the bucks to hire a skilled publicist, has the whole world at their feet if they so choose.
Michael Phelps must be either very savy with the micro media, or he has the bucks for the publicist :). News came right away that he was going to be working on writing a book. Keeping his name in the forefront of the media is a wise thing; it will help him to sell his book in large numbers; which publishers love! He has done the traditional celebratory thing and went to Walt Disney World for a colorful photo op. He has even been making the rounds in the traditional media mags like People who try to dig into his personal life…like the romance department.
Evidently, he has been in training for more than the Olympics as he learned somewhere how to evade direct responses to requests for said information on his love life, haha. I say go for it Michael…it’s is no-ones business unless you choose to make it public knowledge. Of course, that doesn’t stop the speculators who suggest that he is involved with a former beauty queen from California, by the name of Nicole Johnson.
Michael Phelps is also keeping busy by expanding his skill set. He is going to be on Saturday Night Live on Sept 13th. It appears that Michael is going to avoid that typical emotional let down, that many feel after competing in the Olympics, when all of the attention shifts from the competitors and their accomplishments to other news of the day. Smart move…it is never a pretty thing to see a role model who is accomplished, wither on the vine, not knowing what goals to set their sights on next. Good luck Michael Phelps with your exploration of the world; you seem to be enjoying the experiences as you go, as you should!
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Posted in cancer, Celebration, celebrity, charitable organizations, chemo, children, coaching, emotions, encouragement, Faith, Fame, family, Fear, Good Morning America, grief, health, Heart, hospital, Impact, life, loneliness, loss, medical, mental and physical health, news, of connections, pain and misery, parenting, Patriotism, politics, prayer, relationships, Robin Roberts, sadness, spiritual, support, television, trauma, well-being, tagged anxiety, body, bonding, breast cancer, cancer patient, Celebration, chemo treatments, colon cancer, compassion, connections, diagnosis, emotion, encouragement, experiences, family, Fear, gift, God, Good Morning America, health, hospital, intensity, kindness, loneliness, loss, mind, parents, politics, press secretary, relationships, Robin Roberts, role model, sadness, sharing, side effects, soul, spirituality, support, teacher, testing, Tony Snow, trauma, warriors, White House on July 14, 2008|
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There is something special and unique about the bonding that takes place when people bond through their shared experiences. Something that i noticed when my parents each went through their cancer diagnosis and treatment sessions…intense bonding with fellow cancer patients and their families. That bond in those relationships was a lifeline at times. The fear of the unknown, the medical traumas, the difficult side effects, the kindness of strangers it all blended to remind us that we were not in the situation alone.
During hospital stays, during chemo treatments, and doctor appointments; my parents and other patients would share things about their families, about their experiences, their struggles, medical information, tips on how to overcome nausea, or how to cope with some of the side effects of the treatments. Some patients were alone…they had no family or else their family members lived in distant places. We would adopt them and visiting and trying to support when we could. It was all very intense.
In what amounts to a, down in the trenches, fight for their lives; cancer patients bond in very intense ways. When fellow patients would struggle…my parents would ask for prayer for them, from us. We are blessed with a strong family unit. We would honor the request …knowing that if we needed the favor returned…it would be given automatically by those same cancer patient friends and their families. We were all in a fraternity; that none of us wanted to be in….but still, we were in it together.
The losses hit hard. The emotions were so deep for my parents and for our family. Each loss, it was understood, could have been ours as well; but for the grace of God. Each milestone was celebrated. Waiting for the results of testing was, and is, filled with anxiety and fear. It is no less worrisome to hear of others around the world who struggle with the same issues. http://www.tnbcfoundation.org/tnbcinthenews.htm (more…)
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Posted in authors, baby, baby boomers, birthday, celebrity, children, communication, creative writing, divorce, emotions, encouragement, family, future, grandchildren, inspiration, kids, life, loneliness, love, meaning of life, parenting, Remembering, story tellers, words, writer's workshop, writing, tagged action, advantage, best interest, birth, bonding, caring, communication, connections, diaries, divorce, emotions, experiences, families, family values, generations, grammar, granddaughter, Great Depression, Impact, influence, jobs, journals, legacy, letters, loneliness, love, memories, neighborhoods, novel, one, phones, relatives, sharing, Sidney Poitier, survival, teaching, telegrams, thoughts, value on June 24, 2008|
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In the “old” days…families lived in close proximity to one another, it was important to the strength of the family. Either several generations lived in the same homestead together or at the very least…lived in the “neighborhood”; close enough to see and communicate with one another on a daily basis. Parents, grandparents, children, aunts, uncles and cousins all grew up together…teaching each other, learning from one another and helping to guide and direct each generation with their own brand of family values; to their place of prominence when it was time. This type of family bonding has been broken for a long time…going back to the years of the great depression; leaving quite an impact on the way families were structured. It wasn’t willful or voluntary…it was necessary. (more…)
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Posted in Marie Osmond, tagged ABC network, adoption, death, divorce, experiences, girlfriends, Marie Osmond, post partum depression, rehab, talk show on January 30, 2008|
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It was announced today, that Marie Osmond will be doing a new talk show. She said that she would like it to be for women. I think she stated that she wanted it to revolve around women and women’s issues; presented in a way, as if girlfriends were talking.
I think that she will do a great job at that kind of a program. I am glad that it will show case Marie. She has been though alot in the last few years and i think that she could contribute alot to some of those issues by speaking from her experiences. As long as Marie doesn’t fall too often into her defense mechanism of distracting by being at times a class clown…even though i do love her sense of humor. There are times when it takes away from important things.
She has gone through post partum depression, loss of parents, a divorce, having a child enter a rehab, she’s gone though personal tragedy of a fire in her home and the list goes on. She is an adoptive parent and a birth parent. These are issues that affect alot of her potential viewership.
There was no mention of which network would be carrying the program. I hope it is ABC.
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