How to video: a wee word of encouragment for the ladies!

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Wow, I just so have been waking up with joy lately! I know that when I look around I am surrounded by negative reports and things look a bit grim. Then on top of that negative report there are so many of you precious young girls; the tweens, teens, and single moms going back to school.

Oh how challenging it can be to balance home/family/work/school/finances and on top of all that look and feel pretty!

Well today I have a short how to video for you to help encourage you.

See I am a fan of the being the first one to tell me how my day is going to be when I wake up. In fact, I know that how I think and say about me is how others around me are going to perceive me-so I need to get right from the start!

I command my morning-I encourage myself and my son with the word of God and what He says about me, not what the world does.

So I remind myself that I am highly favored of God, that everything I put my hand to prospers and that I am being overtaken by the blessings right now!

You know I have a friendly challenge for you: how about for the next ten days you wake up and say three amazing things to yourself and about yourself! Write them down on a note card or a sticky note and put it on the bathroom mirror, the coffee maker, the refrigerator or in your wallet. Wherever you are going to look first!

Say things along the lines like Stuart Smalley from the SNL episode. Tell yourself:
-I am the righteousness of God
-I am highly favored, everyone who sees me favors me
-I am being overtaken by blessings right now!

Woo hoo! Shout it! Say it like you mean it! You can do it! If you don't tell yourself something good about you, who will?

Today is August 31st and there are ten days til Rosh Hashana which is the Jewish new year and I say that you spend the next 10 days encouraging yourself for the beginning of the new year.

Not Jewish? Neither am I, but Rosh Hashana is in the Bible and if God celebrates it so do I!

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For Back to School this year, there is an amalgamation of styles. There are not the definitive lines that we have seen in previous years and there are so many "celebrity" combinations of actors/musicians with designers.
I'll get you some pics to compare with, but in the meantime, remember to focus on what makes you feel your best and look your best.
Just because everyone is wearing a certain style or look doesn't mean that you do...pick what works for your personality and style.
In fact, start your own trend! Because wearing a ton of black rubber bracelets had to start somewhere, right? Enjoy the beauty bubble!
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