RemarkAble Women Speak

Don't Put a Bow on Your Stress

Leave it to Oprah to find the experts that can help you minimize your stress during the hectic days of the holiday season. Putting a bow on your stress, as if to wrap it up and pretend you don't feel that way, is not going to make it going away.

Read what those who know have to share on the best ways for you to communicate effectively, stop the disruptive thoughts that get in the way, and stay in control.

Their collective wisdom and ideas are in this informative article that applies to all seasons of the year.

Enjoy!

You Have the Right to Refuse

Two weeks and 45 years ago, Rosa Parks refused to stand up and and give her seat to a White man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. That occasion marked the beginning of a boycott by African-Americans in order to gain respect and civil equality of their unalienable rights for which there was a history of denial.  

When was the last time you refused something or someone, whether it was the abuse in a relationship, mind chatter that diminishes your potential, or social expectations that could bring you financial ruin? 

The right of refusal is just as much an inalienable right as is the pursuit of happiness. It is especially so if, in the pursuit of that happiness, a person or a situation attempts to deny you what is rightfully yours.

Refuse to be stressed by the behaviors of others. Refuse to listen to the naysayers in your mind. Refuse to cave into pressures for the over-consumption of goods. Refuse to do what does not serve you and others well.

Know what you what. Know what is prompting your desire. Know why it's  important to you. Know you can have it. Know you deserve it.

Refuse to settle for less.