14 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Love

What is love? How do you love? Who do you love? Why do we love? Here are 14 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Love…and Life. 1. Love…gives us purpose. “When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world-no matter how imperfect-becomes rich and beautiful-it consists solely of opportunities for love.”-Soren Aabye […]

Friends W/ Benefits Series: Michelle Page

Hello Rockstars! Happy Tuesday:) I have the incredible privilege of meeting exceptional people-ones who are a breath of fresh air and have this innate ability to make everyone around them better. This new series entitled Friends W/ Benefits was inspired by my fellow LOLE Women (For those who don’t know, LOLE=Live Out Loud Everyday) and gives […]

A BAD Post.

We live in a world that glorifies being busy and magnifies material goods. In the midst of it all is a deep desire within all of us for…connection. Real connection with real people. A type of connection that says,  “I hear you. I feel your pain. I celebrate your success. I understand. You can do it. You are worth […]

Unwrap every obstacle, expose every opportunity.

It’s blooming season. Lots of exciting things are taking place on the Playground of Connoisseurs of Life and many of them stemmed from an obstacle, inconvenience, or something that didn’t go as planned/expected. I encourage all of you to embrace obstacles and inconveniences as they are just opportunities (many times AMAZING opportunities) in disguise. 1. […]

Learning from an 8 Year-Old…

“Take a chance on me”  -Jasmine & Stokes  A couple of years ago, Drew and I watched a compelling Canadian documentary (featured at the Hot Docs festival) called “Listen to This.” The documentary followed the lives of several inner city kids enrolled in an after school music program “Evolving Through the Arts” (http://www.egbofoundation.org/). We were […]

This is NOT ok.

Ladies & Gents, This is NOT ok. And by THIS, I am referring to bullying. Bullying of any sorts is NOT ok. Putting others down through words and/or actions in attempts to gain power and have control is NOT ok. For some of you out there, you may think that bullying is just child’s play. […]

Currency of Life

“The days are long but the years are short…” Time flies. It really does. It is something that most of us crave more of but don’t really know what to do with it when we have it. It is one of those “things” that the less there is, the more we want. Time has a […]

Excitement Unleashed!

Happy Thursday All! A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you that some BIG things were happening and….they have! 1. The NEW website was unveiled earlier this week thanks to the brilliant and talented Drew Lesiuczok of www.lessuhchuck.com Check. It. Out.  www.bigpicturefinefocus.com 2. I was recently featured on Extraordinary Women TV with Shannon Skinner. […]

A Summer Cool Down

It’s hot outside so this should cool you down. Thanks to my genius friend Matt Tod who shared this quote, which I among many happen to agree with. You decide for yourself. ‎”Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.” ~ […]