by Altimese Nichole | Jan 16, 2016 | Learn + Grow
It’s a new year and it’s time to get inspired! Check out these wonderful resources that can give your focus a boost:
- ZenHabits Radio: this is a blog turned podcast, full of inspiration. If you desire a boost to live your best life, this is for you!
- Why we have too few women leaders: Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach executive levels within their careers — and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women aiming for the “C-suite.”
- Heather Lindsay YouTube Video: Founder and CEO of Pinky Promise– preacher, wife and mother, Heather Lindsay shares many intimate sermons about seasonal friendships, spending quality time with God, and more!
- Monificent11: Co-Founder of the Single Black Female project and media-maven, Monique truly conveys her heart through her Podcasts. It’s easy to want to listen to more, especially when the message is delivered with authenticity. She’s up and coming and worth the time of listening!
- The 5 AM Miracle Podcast: Created by Jeff Sanders, The 5 AM Miracle is a weekly podcast dedicated to dominating your day before breakfast.It has been proven that those who extremely productive make use of their time in the morning. This podcast can help your create the habit of morning productivity.
Any videos or podcasts that you currently listen to for inspiration that are not on the list? Share them with us!
by Altimese Nichole | Jan 16, 2016 | Learn + Grow
We’re preparing for a new year that’s right around the corner! As 2015 comes to an end, many of us are setting our sights on what’s to come for 2016. As we prepare to to set new goals, here are a few tips to make those goals fool-proof:
Write out your goals
There is a very clear reason why the Word of God tells us to write our vision and make it plain. When we write out our goals, we plant the seeds into the earth. We begin to turn our dreams into tangible goals that can become reality. Additionally, the act of writing out goals helps us to wrap our minds around our desires and what the success will look like. We must first visualize success before we can walk into it.
Periodically check-in to track your goals
Many of us are great at writing goals once a year and calling them “New Year Resolutions” but how many of us actually look at those goals throughout the year (or attempt to push through the moments of quitting during the duration of the year). To see a goal manifest, we must develop in self-discipline and persistence. Reviewing goals throughout the year helps us to keep our end goals in mind.
Have an accountability Partner
It’s important for us to protect our goals and be mindful of the confidants we have as it pertains to our deepest dreams and desires. However, it’s also wise to seek an accountability partner– who can help push you to your success. Not only is this person a well-trusted advocate, but they’re intentions are purely the help you achieve the things you want to do in life. Tell your accountability partner your goals and be okay with them checking in on your progress! That’s what they’re there for:).
Use Fear, doubt, and Uncertainty as Motivation
Fear will happen as you strive to meet your goals. Life will bring curve balls and things will not go as planned. In the midst of these times, it is critical for us to stay focused on the coarse, shift our sail as needed, and use all adversity for motivation. Just because things happen that are not expected, it doesn’t mean that we will not achieve the goals we set out for. Be open to change and learn as your go.
What other tips can you add to the list for our STRONG family?
by Altimese Nichole | Dec 20, 2015 | Family + Relationships
It’s holiday season is a time when many of us travel to be with loved ones, family and close friends. We show kindness to the ones we loves through great food, time, laughter, and gifts. We’re sounded by Christmas Carols, eggnog, and beautiful lights on the Christmas tree.
On the contrary, this is also a time of year where people are reminded of loved ones who have passed away, relationships that didn’t last, and dreams that haven’t yet manifested in the time desired. People who are going through these feelings and moments of pain suffer in silence. They smile and share laughs through standard conversation and cry silently behind closed doors. As those around them share sentiments of joy, they wear a mask to hide tears and sadness. Through the pain, they allow thoughts and memories to dig a deeper wound of pain—which makes their silent turmoil almost unbearable.
As we prepare for Christmas and the New Year, let’s make it a priority to be kind and intentional toward all of those around us. Let’s hug a little longer, show care and concern with authenticity, and give love freely and in abundance. Those suffering rarely open up to cry for help, so your love could be the very thing to help them get through this season.
by Torrie Oglesby | Nov 24, 2015 | Family + Relationships
Dear Daughter,
I know you look at me and see Super-Mama, as that is what you call me when I fix your boo-boo’s or find your toy that you thought had gone missing forever. You feel safe in my arms as I read bedtime stories to you and pray over you before we go to sleep. You feel confident when I say “Great Job!” or “Wow! What an awesome idea.” You feel brave when I remind you that God makes you mighty and strong and you realize that you can conquer anything, even your stinky little brother. I know through your eyes I am unbreakable and super even when I have to correct you, you look at me with those forever hopeful eyes and understand why mommy got upset with you. I have a major secret to tell…are you ready?
My superhero armor is only this strong because of you. You see before you I really only thought about myself. My days were filled with what I wanted to do and when I wanted to do it. I was pretty lost, just doing what everyone else was doing and felt so empty. Then you came into our lives, forever changing it by adding more color, boldness, and truth disguised in tutu’s and singing. I feel super when I get to help you in any way. You make me feel safe when you ask to cuddle up with me or kiss my head when you know I have a headache. You give me confidence by asking me questions and truly wanting to know the answer. You fill me up with bravery every morning that we are blessed to wake up and start our days. I feel unbreakable, I feel strong and powerful because of you. All my superhero qualities are a product of you.
So I guess what I want to say is thank you. Thank you for finding me, believing in me, trusting me and molding me into this confident Super-Mama! Thank you for all the lessons and the plot twist that you often bring about and thank you for being you so fearlessly and unapologetically. Thank you for pulling out the Super hero in me. I love you daughter.
Love mama!
Torrie Oglesby
by Torrie Oglesby | Nov 24, 2015 | Faith + Expressions
These tears I’ve cried are overflowing the tub now
And yet these scars are beginning to heal somehow…
The pain is becoming lighter with each step I take…
But this journey is long and the one thing I’ve learned is everything is not what it seems
But you don’t learn that until after you’ve been naïve…
Rock bottom, you’ve hit rock bottom and you’re on your way to recovery.
Yet it’s so hard to see how God would still love bruised up, messed up, angry me?
This season has left me dead.
They say the fire refines you.
But you can’t get through it without getting burnt
Their hurtful words, metaphorical bullets, ended up being the lessons learned.
They say there’s a time and season for it all
Maybe there’s hope for these dead bones to live after the fall.
And now I sit here searching for forgiveness and all the good things
But every time I do, the nastiness from yesterday is all that my memories bring.
And then I hear a whisper, “grace and forgiveness”
And I go to the place where Christ said “It Is Finished.”
And I realize that it’s that battle that Christ fought on the cross
That allows me to continue on this long journey and though I wandered I am not lost.
“Your wounds will heal, your heart will forgive. This season is over daughter…
It’s time to live.”
®torrie 2015
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