If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!By Amanda Fox Do you live by the standards you expect other to live by? Right away, about half the people reading this will immediately answer in the affirmative. Of the other half, a half again will likely hesitate and […]
December 4, 2012 Leave a Comment
December 3, 2012 1 Comment
Keeping Holiday Gift Giving In Perspective
By Amanda Fox The holidays are always stressful, but this year it has proved to be more pronounced for many people. The economy isn’t what it used to be. People don’t have the kind of money to spend on gifts this year the way they did before. Families that may have earmarked a couple thousand […]
December 2, 2012 1 Comment
7 Ways to Avoid Stress during the Holidays
By Sharon Hayes The holidays are a wonderful time for most of us, but many of us find that they can represent a period of stress. We’ll be sharing with you some ideas on how to avoid (or at least minimize) stress during the upcoming holiday season. 1. Get Organized One of the […]
November 30, 2012 Leave a Comment
5 Steps To Financial Empowerment
By Amanda Fox Men and women tend to see many things differently. Money is no exception to that rule, which is why women becoming more financially empowered has been one area of personal freedom in which more equity hasn’t been realized. Men tend to use their money to try to create more wealth and take […]
November 28, 2012 3 Comments
What Do You Do When You Feel Like Giving Up
By: Sharon Hayes What do you do when you feel like giving up? Do you resign yourself to defeat and slink away or do you dig down and find that extra something that lives inside of all of us and climb back up and take on the world head on? Do you miss opportunities because […]
November 27, 2012 Leave a Comment
7 Keys to Personal Empowerment
By: Amanda Fox Empowerment. Ask 5 people what it means and the odds are you’ll get 5 different interpretations of what empowerment is. A psychologist may interpret it one way while a disabled person sees it another and a person of color yet another. It depends on the shoes a person walks in as to […]
November 23, 2012 1 Comment
November 21, 2012 2 Comments
Make A Miracle Happen For Homeless Youth
By: Amanda Fox The homeless youth situation in America is nothing to look past. Only Romania (and arguably Africa as a whole) has a statistically bigger problem with the amount of homeless youth in their country, and if that doesn’t serve as a wake-up call we don’t know what will. This year, Spicie has partnered […]
November 20, 2012 Leave a Comment
Spicie’s Guide to Happy Holiday Travel with Kids
By: Heather Jabusch It’s the most wonderful time of the year again – at least that’s what the song says. Holiday festivities come with friends, food, gifts and quite often – travel! Traveling with the kids isn’t always fun. Travel, especially extended travel, is tough on the young ones. Following the tips we provide […]
November 17, 2012 8 Comments
The Homeless Hopeful: Homeless Youth Can Overcome!
By: Tracy Madlener I lived on my own at the age of fourteen. Then again at fifteen, and one more time, this time, permanently at seventeen. I’m sure you’re wondering how that can be? Well, my mom remarried someone that I did not get along with, she had my little brother with this new man […]