Why Your Touch Matters

Why Your Touch Matters

“I just wanted someone to hug me.” This was the comment I had from an actress I was interviewing on a Zoom webinar as the pandemic was coming to an end. We had been discussing why relationships matter and why Influence Women is essential. She was single and, during...
Get Out of the Cave and Back on the Winding Road That Leads Home

Get Out of the Cave and Back on the Winding Road That Leads Home

I love summer, but not so much when it gets outrageously hot. It can make me a bit grumpy, discouraged, and depressed. I liken it to winter in August. It’s cave time. I have to stay inside the air conditioning, hide, and try not to let my emotions and thoughts get to...
Busyness: Is It Making You One of the Walking Dead

Busyness: Is It Making You One of the Walking Dead

“Busy” doesn’t mean “productive.” In our desire to get more, be more, and do more, are we becoming the walking dead? Are we seeing life as meaningless and irrelevant? Each day becomes a blur as we wake up worn out and trying to pack something more into our already...
A Passion That Incites Unintended Incidents

A Passion That Incites Unintended Incidents

Our culture is volatile. Just observe what often happens when a car accident occurs. In our present era of social media and its ability to take an unintended or accidental incident and have it “go viral” happens easily. Out come the cell phones. With social media,...
A Lasting Picture: Overcoming Fear and Insecurity

A Lasting Picture: Overcoming Fear and Insecurity

Recently at a Museum of The Bible event in Washington, D.C., I was invited to participate in a painting class. When I first saw the class being offered on the schedule, I was a bit hesitant, if not intimidated.  I hadn’t painted anything since the 3rdgrade.  I...