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Place your mat on the front row

Place your mat on the front row

Sometimes when I leave hot yoga I feel high. Tonight is one of those nights! I have always said “I’m high on life” and I truly can’t understand why people resort to drugs and alcohol to get the natural feeling your body can produce on its own. I can enter the tunnel....

Ely’s Top Reads for 2021

Ely’s Top Reads for 2021

The continuous search for knowledge is the highest form of wisdom. Jordan Peterson No one can take away your knowledge, your education, your own thoughts. I love sharing and learning ideas from others. I am always open to reading anything even if it is something...

Living a Lie

Living a Lie

For several years now I have been researching, writing, and even publicly speaking about the idea of knowing yourself, of being genuine, authentic, and finding a way to set yourself free. I shared the steps I had myself taken to walk away from a bad relationship, to...

Defining Relationships

Defining Relationships

I have spent many years talking to both men and women, reading books and listening to podcasts trying to understand how others define relationships, the values they attach to them, the non expressed expectations they place on their significant others, the physical,...

To have written a book…..

To have written a book…..

One person plus one typewriter constitute a movement. Pauli Murray A month ago, I released into the world my book, Own your Fire. It still feels surreal. The first couple of weeks I was feeling like a truck ran over me, better yet, it was the equivalent of doing an...

Untold Stories of Women …… Part 1

Untold Stories of Women …… Part 1

Yesterday, I spoke to a good friend of mine who has been going through a horrific court battle with her ex-husband regarding the relocation and custody of her children. Ironically, her trial happened to be the same day as the closing remarks of a high profile case...

Untold Stories of Women ……

Untold Stories of Women ……

After I gave my first talk ever on February 12, 2020, I was overwhelmed with emails, facebook posts, facebook messages, and texts thanking me for sharing a bit of my truth and helping women take the necessary steps to knowing their worth. More humbling were the women...

One day at a time.

One day at a time.

One day at a time. Those are the words I have been uttering daily for over 4 years now. I hated them at first because it meant I had to work on my patience. It meant I could not get things done quickly and more frustratingly to me that I was not able to see...

A Year of Gratitudes

A Year of Gratitudes

On June 23, 2019 I began a new practice with my kids.  It was something I had done in my journals for over 20 years.  It was also something I started with them years prior in our car rides to and from school, usually after school.  One day, I decided we would convert...

Recordar es Vivir

Recordar es Vivir

No tienes que traer el pasado en el presente No tienes que vivirlo de nuevo   El pasado es simplemente un recuerdo de lo que has aprendido  O tal vez una réplica de la misma novela que sigues actuando    El pasado solo se revive para aprender, para no...