Breaking Down the Wall of Silence: Sophie Littlefield’s A BAD DAY FOR SORRY
Do your holidays need an infusion of happy? I was in a terrible funk. Bad case of the blues. Down in the dumps. I needed myself a badass read […]
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Journey to Joy (Day 6): Sexual Harassment Broke My Wild Filly Spirit
Why do men do it? Power and control. Entitlement too. Misogyny. Incest. Rape. Sexual molestation. Child abuse. Violence against women. Domestic violence. Sexual harassment. The criminal acts of male people with an […]
Journey to Joy (Day 5): Breaking Down My Own Walls of Silence
Isn’t this dancing girl precious? When we see photos like this, we assume that all little girls are loved and cherished. We assume her parents perceive her to be a […]
Journey to Joy (Day 4): Incest Pot Hole
In Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself, April is a lounge-singer who drinks too much. After her 16-year-old niece Jennifer is almost raped by April’s abusive, married […]
Journey to Joy (Day 3): What Do You Really, Really, Really Want?
The first and most important step toward empowerment and joy is to clearly articulate where we want to go. We need a destination, or we’ll end up adrift with our […]
Journey to Joy (Day 2): Smile with Your Liver
Smile with your liver? Crazy. Yet, this was Elizabeth Gilbert’s first lesson in Balinese meditation. She shared her guru’s advice to “sit in silence and smile” in Eat, Pray, Love: One […]
Elizabeth Smart: Smart Advice for Survivors
How do we put the Humpty Dumpty pieces of our shattered lives back together after horrific abuse? Anderson Cooper recently asked Elizabeth Smart if she had any advice for Jaycee […]
Journey to Joy: Mastering the Art of Controlling My Destiny
Julia Powell went on a one-year quest to master the art of French Cooking. She shared her adventures on her blog. It became a book and a movie, Julie & […]
Face to Face: Reconstructive Surgery for Domestic Violence Survivors
Dr. Andrew Jacono is a “Good Guy.” He has an award to prove it. He does plastic surgery for the rich and famous in Manhattan. He also works his magic to restore […]
Julie & Julia: Books, Movie, and Inspiration
From Julie and Julia, I learned that joy comes from being so passionate about something that we master it.
What are you so passionate about that you would dedicate a year of your life to master it?
Anne Caroline Drake 