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On Loving Yourself Unapologetically and Paving Your Path to Greatness!
In honor of “The Greatest” (Muhammad Ali) and to all of you, realize that you too can achieve your dreams and goals and as you travel on your journey in the pursuit of happiness, define yourself for yourself and be unapologetically you. Be original in all that you do! Take pride in the fact that you are unique and be your inspiration to keep rising to the top, knowing that one size does not fit all. Know and believe that you do not have to settle for mediocre because you deserve extraordinary!
What I admired most about Muhammad Ali was his love of life and all people, his unique style, belief in equality for all, how he stood firm in his convictions and his love of self. I admired the fact that he lived his life through his eyes and showed the world that when you have a strong sense…
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Order in time for the Holidays! Living Life Fabulous at Fifty: Affirmations for Women of Color!
Christmas shopping – Order in time for the Holidays!
Living Life Fabulous at Fifty: Affirmations for Women of Color!
Living Life Fabulous at Fifty: Affirmations for Women of Color is a new book by Dr. Donnamaria Culbreth that focuses on women of color transitioning into and living life in their fifties as they re-balance and embrace their psychological, emotional, physical, and social well-being. The fabulous fifties is a time for women of color to celebrate, rejuvenate, enhance, and empower themselves to begin living life fabulous!
About the book
Filled with positive affirmations designed to help every woman of color transitioning into and living life in their fifties think, believe, and practice positive thoughts! As you read this book, prepare for an awesome change in the way that you think about everything! The power is within!
Focus on re-balancing your personal, psychological, emotional, physical, and social well-being and status because, this is the time to celebrate who you are by rejuvenating, enhancing, and empowering yourself! Begin your journey by setting new goals and achieving them, creating a bucket list for your fabulous fifties, discovering a new hobby, embracing the beauty of nature, beginning an exercise routine, scheduling your general and women’s wellness exam, eating healthy, writing your memoirs, and most importantly, making time for you to truly enjoy your fifties. As you write this new chapter in the book of your life, focus on finding your balance, embracing the Principles for Living Life Fabulous, thinking big, dreaming big and living large as you embrace being a woman of color living life fabulous at fifty!
Living Life Fabulous at Fifty: Affirmations for Women of Color contains The Principles for Living Life Fabulous and 140 positive affirmations and explanations written specifically for women of color as a self-help/motivational guide as they learn to live life fabulous.
Affirmation topics include the fabulously fifty bucket list, being a trailblazer and torch-bearer, colorism, hair, standards of beauty, resiliency, refusing to settle, destination success, personal space and time, change, intimacy, gratifying love-making, physical changes, menopause, and the Principles for Living Life Fabulous among other topics.
By thinking, believing and applying positive thought processes, women of color in their fifties will begin to live life fabulous.
Available on Amazon and through Complexity Publishing, LLC.
About the Author
Dr. Donnamaria Culbreth is the Founder and CEO of the Intraracial Colorism Project, Inc., I Am Beautiful Global, Inc., Fabulously Fifty Women of Color, and the National Girls and Women of Color Council, Inc. (NGWCC).
Editor: Dr. Julie Jung-Kim
PRESS CONTACT:
Complexity Publishing, LLC
orders@complexitypublishing.com
866-829-0163
Living Your Dash in Style: Your Legacy of a Significant Life.
Join Dr. Culbreth for Living Your Dash in Style: Your Legacy of a Significant Life.
Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 8:00 pm EST on
Complexity Talk Radio – Complexity Live
Listen live!
Listener Line: 914-338-1308. Call in to ask questions, comment or share
The topics will focus on living life to its fullest, pursing your dreams, rediscovering, reinventing and redefining you as you travel on your journey to the what next stage in life. Food for thought: Are you living a fulfilling life – one that will note your dash as extraordinary and significant? Are you happy? Do you know where you are going to?
Topics:
- What Really Matters
- Living Your Dash in Style
- Rediscover, Reinvent and Redefine You
- Embracing the What Next Stage
- Celebrate, Embrace and Empower You
- Home
- Live Your Dream
- Do You Know?
- One Day at a Time
- Leave a Legacy of a Significant Life
- Ready, Set, Go
Link to the show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/complexitylive/2015/08/14/living-your-dash-in-style-your-legacy-of-a-significant-life
NGWCC’s New Resources Page
Greetings
The National Girls and Women of Color Council, Inc. has added a Resources page to the NGWCC website. The page contains resources for girls and women of color. If you would like to have your business, book, or other resources (fitness, health, beauty, magazines, nutritional, consulting business, etc.) listed on NGWCC’s Resources page, please visit our website, complete the NGWCC Resources Form and submit! We will contact you shortly.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Continued Success!
Dr. Culbreth
On Being Bigger, Better and Bolder!
Being bigger means that you are the bigger person who takes the high road at all times and that you are the bigger person when dealing with adversity, disagreements, and difficult people. You understand that being bigger means standing firm in your convictions and calling attention to issues that affect girls, pre-teens, teens and women of color worldwide.
Being better means that you are better person today than you were yesterday, last week, last month or even last year. You have learned valuable life lessons from your experiences and now use them to make you a better person. You read and research issues affecting girls, pre-teens, teens, and women of color throughout the world and work to make the world a better place for them.
Being bolder means that you dare to be different and dream of being a trailblazer and torchbearer for girls, pre-teens, teens and women of color who will break down race and color barriers impeding girls, pre-teens, teens, and women of color across the board.
Your ability to be bigger, better and bolder will enable many girls, pre-teens, teens, and women of color throughout the world to believe that they too can break down race and color barriers and be a part of the change that is needed in this world. You are bigger, better and bolder. Think it! Believe it! Be it!
Nominate Extraordinary Girls and Women of Color
As we celebrate, embrace and empower girls and women of color, the National Girls and Women of Color Council, Inc. (NGWCC) and I Am Beautiful Global, Inc. are seeking nominations of girls and women of color who have and are making history as trailblazers and torchbearers in their own right. Selected Nominees will be featured in the special thematic issue of the Journal of Colorism Studies (JOCS), Celebrating, Embracing and Empowering Girls and Women of Color, under the section, Girls and Women Making History.
Nominees demonstrate character, commitment, perseverance, determination, strength and resiliency. They inspire and empower girls and women of color to achieve their dreams and to reach higher ground. Nominees may be students, parents, seniors, business leaders, lawyers, artists, writers, organizational leaders, administrators, educators, health workers, politicians, change agents, role models, mentors, clergy, founders, community activists/leaders, social workers, visionaries, volunteers, employees, etc.
We are very interested in receiving nominations of seniors who are unsung trailblazers and torchbearers within communities of color.
The deadline for submissions is August 30, 2015. Please complete the Girls and Women of Color Making History Nomination (below) and submit to nominees@ngwcc.org.
Nomination Form Girls and Women of Color Making History
(Microsoft Word Doc)
Join NGWCC: Be A Part Of The Change Needed For Girls and Women of Color!
The National Girls and Women of Color Council, Inc. (NGWCC) is growing and we are excited about our growth. We will hold our organizational conference call in May and would like to have our Board of Directors and Task Forces ready to launch. Our goal is to build a membership base that includes members from every state as well as international representation. Our success is determined by your involvement, commitment, and interest in being a part of the change needed for girls and women of color worldwide. Accordingly, we are seeking Chairs to lead the following Task Forces:
Open Task Forces
- Art
- Education – Higher Education
- Fundraising
- Mentoring
- Career & Professional Development
- Research
- STEM
- Global
- E-Newsletter (new)
- NGWCC Journal (new – The Task Force Chair will serve as Editor-in-Chief)
- Campus (new)
- Membership (new)
- Parenting (new)
Filled Task Force Positions:
- Health/Nutrition
- Criminal Justice/Incarceration
- Grant Writing and Non-Profit Management
- NGWCC Writer’s…
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Psychic Prisons
As a fabulously fifty woman of color, it is important for you to understand that you live in a society that may not always embrace the beautiful hues of skin tones, hair textures, body shapes, or cultures of women of color. Sometimes people use negative stereotypes and negative perceptions of women of color and try to force you to identify with them or make you believe that you are inferior and that they are superior.
If you begin to believe the negative stereotypes, they can affect your self-esteem, self-love, self-identity, self-pride and self-respect, resulting in you becoming trapped in a psychic prison. As a result, you will begin to display negative attitudes, negative behaviors, and negative thought processes that can lead to you making choices that may defer your dreams, diminish your hopes, and destroy your ability to live life fabulous. Psychic prisons thrive on negativity.
Do not believe the negative stereotypes because as a fabulously fifty woman of color, you are so much more than the negative thoughts, words, or beliefs of people who cannot see the beauty in women of color. To avoid becoming trapped in a psychic prison, consider the following:
- Learn and embrace the Principles of Living Life Fabulous
- Believe in yourself with every fiber of your being
- Think and practice positive thought processes
- Apply the Principles of Living Life Fabulous philosophy to your life everyday all day.
Remember that you are not inferior, less worthy, or insignificant because of the color of your skin. Show the world that you will not be a victim or trapped in a psychic prison because you are just too awesome to allow yourself to be trapped by the ignorance of others.
Show and Tell
Tell your children/grandchildren that you love them and show them at the same time so that they continue to grow, not only knowing that you love them, but feeling loved. When children feel and know that they are loved, they will not look for love in the wrong places and from the wrong crowd.
Show your children/grandchildren that you love them in little ways that mean the most. A hug followed by “I love you” can build confidence and inspire. Become personable with your children/grandchildren and instead of texting them to say I love you, tell them in person and look into their eyes when you do so that they see the certainty in your eyes.
Motivate them with words of encouragement and remember that elaborate gifts are not substitutes for quality time, love, attention, or affection. When you show and tell, your children/grandchildren will know what love feels like and in turn, they will grow understanding what giving, receiving, feeling, and knowing what love is.
If you have not done so today, show and tell your children/grandchildren that you love them! Words and actions are powerful!
Reference
Culbreth, D. (2014). Living Life Fabulous at Fifty: Affirmations for Women of Color.
Women of Color Living Life Fabulous at Fifty 