Fall is around the corner so I decided to share this French toast recipe I just made up last week for all you Domestic Divas to try. It's called Cinnamon Apple French Toast with Spicy Caramel Syrup. Here's the link to the recipe. Enjoy.
https://www.firehow.com/2013091537864/how-to-make-cinnamon-apple-french-toast-with-spicy-caramel-syrup.html
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Diva Anthem of the week
Special motivated words to this song sung by this songstress who influenced me to sing. RIP, Whitney Houston.
What's Life If You're Not Living it? Reclaim your inner diva
For family divas, especially mother divas, here's are some tips to keep living your divaship.
The Best Direct Sales Party Plan Success Tool: The Diva Success System P...
Here's a great tip for divas who plan parties.
Teacher Tips Organized Play Centers www.MsCharme.com #3
For education divas, here's an interesting tip on organizing play centers for your students
Edel O'Mahony - Rock Diva - Live Your Passion and Purpose
This tip will help you stay focused on your passions and goals.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
runDisney Nutritionist Tara Gidus: Fuelling your morning run
Here's a tip for divas who need a boost of energy in the morning.
"Diva Derriere" sassy butt firming fitness Real Hollywood Trainer workou...
Here's an exercise to help firm your bottom.
How To Start Journaling
I mentioned earlier in the blog about starting your diva journal. But for those who want further details on journal writing, here's this quick tip.
Market like a Rock Star on Social Media Presentation
For business divas who want to use social media as a marketing tool, follow these tips.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Diva tip: Creating your own all purpose cleanser
Suppose you're out of all purpose cleanser for the bathroom and kitchen and you have no money to buy another. You can make up one yourself. You got the cleaning ingredients like laundry detergent and anmoinia, just mix the two together with water in a spray bottle. Take a capful of anmoinia as a distinfectant and a half a cap full or a quarter cup of laundry detergent for cleansing and a 3/4 bottle full of water to stretch the solution. For sanitizing purposes use a half a cap full of bleach like Clorox instead of anmoinia (Never mix anmoina and bleach together, they're never the best of friends). For deodorizing, you can use scented anmoinia like lemon, pine, lavender, etc. or you could use scented fragrance oils. I used cherry vanilla oil (sometimes Autumn Harvest oil) to deodorize every time I clean the bathroom. People rave over the sweet, wonderful scent.
Once you gather the ingredients and mix them together, spray the surfaces, sinks the toilet, the bathtub, the shower walls, and the facets. Let the solution sit for a few minutes and then wipe clean. That's all.
You can use this solution to wipe down the walls, clean the refrigerator and cabinets.
This tip is easy to try. It can save you money and time to buy another cleanser.
Remember, you don't have to be rich and famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessings!
Once you gather the ingredients and mix them together, spray the surfaces, sinks the toilet, the bathtub, the shower walls, and the facets. Let the solution sit for a few minutes and then wipe clean. That's all.
You can use this solution to wipe down the walls, clean the refrigerator and cabinets.
This tip is easy to try. It can save you money and time to buy another cleanser.
Remember, you don't have to be rich and famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessings!
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Top five picks: Virtual Makeovers
Here are my personal five picks on virtual Makeovers.
1. Dailyglow They got EVERYTHING! The Celebrity hairstyles are sensational. The makeup on the photos are beautiful and well detailed. The accessories are wonderful, the hats, the jewelry, the eye wear.
2. Instyle They have wonderful celebrity hairstyles you can try out yourself, the makeup is fasinating. What I like about Instyle is that you can adjust the hairstyles anyway you want.
3. Mary Kay They have fabulous accessories, especially the fancy jewelry. The hairstyles are phemomenal.
4. Marie Clair Like the makeup colors. They look realistic on photo screens, especially the lip gloss.
5.Total Beauty Interesting hairstyles and makeup. The modern jewelry is fasinating.
What are your top five favorite virtual makeovers?
Remember, you don't have to be rich and famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessings!
1. Dailyglow They got EVERYTHING! The Celebrity hairstyles are sensational. The makeup on the photos are beautiful and well detailed. The accessories are wonderful, the hats, the jewelry, the eye wear.
2. Instyle They have wonderful celebrity hairstyles you can try out yourself, the makeup is fasinating. What I like about Instyle is that you can adjust the hairstyles anyway you want.
3. Mary Kay They have fabulous accessories, especially the fancy jewelry. The hairstyles are phemomenal.
4. Marie Clair Like the makeup colors. They look realistic on photo screens, especially the lip gloss.
5.Total Beauty Interesting hairstyles and makeup. The modern jewelry is fasinating.
What are your top five favorite virtual makeovers?
Remember, you don't have to be rich and famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessings!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Let's Talk: High Heels vs. Flats
What really matters to you when you go shoe shopping? What's more important to you when it comes to choosing a pair? What is the main reason you're going to or stopping at a shoe store? How many pairs you're planning to buy and what is the reason behind the concept? These are basic questions we asked these days. But the big question is what kind of pair are you looking for? Heels or flats? Are looking for style or comfort?
High heels are beautiful. They have great custom built designs. Some heels have embellishments like tiny gems, rhinestone, flowers, bows, etc. They give us more height, make us look glamorous when we go clubs, weddings, or any social events. They are appropriate for employment and corporate business fields. But they are not made for everyday wear, especially when you're active. They're not made for sporting activities either. Some heels have soles that are slippery and some heels are not sturdy enough to handle the body weight everyday and might break off by accident.
Flats are also beautiful, but more comfortable. Just like the heels, they are pretty decorative with embellishments. They can be used for everyday wear, especially when you're doing long distance walking. They are also good for any social events, for work business fields.
Now, let's dig deep.
Size really does matter when choosing a pair of shoes. We all have to find shoes that fit our feet, right? Suppose you find a nice pair of Stillettos but they only come in size 9 and small and you needed a size 10. Some of you couldn't help yourselves in buying shoes that are not your size, but you just got to have them because they looks so beautiful and you want to be envied with them. (I'm getting real here, so look out!) You're going to experience everyday pain with bunions, swollen corns and extremely weak feet due to very uncomfortable tightness and pressure from smaller sizes. Now ask yourself, is the suffering really worth it? Buying shoes in bigger sizes are also a no-no. 85% percent chance that they'll slip off your feet when walking and they might cause accidents. They might fly off your feet when you kick too high and one of the pair might hit someone's window or someone's head.
Pay extra attention to the width of the shoes. Some women have wider widths like a D or E, some have narrow width A, the rest have a medium B or C. Some shoes don't usually come wide widths, some may not be on display, they might be stored in supply rooms. So know what you size width is the next time you go shoe shopping. If you don't know, ask the store clerk to measure your feet by width to be sure. If your feet is width D or E, ask the clerk to show you pairs of shoes in your width size and you pick what you like from there. I'm sure they don't mind.
My suggestion in buying shoes? Buy a couple of pair for work or business, buy a couple of pairs for special occasions, one pair for everyday casual, one pair for active wear like sports activities or exercise, and one pair for household work, and one pair for sleep wear (slippers). No need to buy large quantities of shoes to match every outfit you got unless you're Carrie Bradshaw or Paris Hilton with a very big walk-in closet and a limousine and a private plane to put all of your luggage in when traveling. Black and white goes with anything you wear. So whether you're prefer flats or high heels, the important thing is that you pick the right pair for your size. Comfort and style are important, so why not have the best of both worlds? But make sure they in the right shoe size. And if these pairs of shoes fit, wear it with pride and ease!
Remember, you don't have to be rich an famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessings!
High heels are beautiful. They have great custom built designs. Some heels have embellishments like tiny gems, rhinestone, flowers, bows, etc. They give us more height, make us look glamorous when we go clubs, weddings, or any social events. They are appropriate for employment and corporate business fields. But they are not made for everyday wear, especially when you're active. They're not made for sporting activities either. Some heels have soles that are slippery and some heels are not sturdy enough to handle the body weight everyday and might break off by accident.
Flats are also beautiful, but more comfortable. Just like the heels, they are pretty decorative with embellishments. They can be used for everyday wear, especially when you're doing long distance walking. They are also good for any social events, for work business fields.
Now, let's dig deep.
Size really does matter when choosing a pair of shoes. We all have to find shoes that fit our feet, right? Suppose you find a nice pair of Stillettos but they only come in size 9 and small and you needed a size 10. Some of you couldn't help yourselves in buying shoes that are not your size, but you just got to have them because they looks so beautiful and you want to be envied with them. (I'm getting real here, so look out!) You're going to experience everyday pain with bunions, swollen corns and extremely weak feet due to very uncomfortable tightness and pressure from smaller sizes. Now ask yourself, is the suffering really worth it? Buying shoes in bigger sizes are also a no-no. 85% percent chance that they'll slip off your feet when walking and they might cause accidents. They might fly off your feet when you kick too high and one of the pair might hit someone's window or someone's head.
Pay extra attention to the width of the shoes. Some women have wider widths like a D or E, some have narrow width A, the rest have a medium B or C. Some shoes don't usually come wide widths, some may not be on display, they might be stored in supply rooms. So know what you size width is the next time you go shoe shopping. If you don't know, ask the store clerk to measure your feet by width to be sure. If your feet is width D or E, ask the clerk to show you pairs of shoes in your width size and you pick what you like from there. I'm sure they don't mind.
My suggestion in buying shoes? Buy a couple of pair for work or business, buy a couple of pairs for special occasions, one pair for everyday casual, one pair for active wear like sports activities or exercise, and one pair for household work, and one pair for sleep wear (slippers). No need to buy large quantities of shoes to match every outfit you got unless you're Carrie Bradshaw or Paris Hilton with a very big walk-in closet and a limousine and a private plane to put all of your luggage in when traveling. Black and white goes with anything you wear. So whether you're prefer flats or high heels, the important thing is that you pick the right pair for your size. Comfort and style are important, so why not have the best of both worlds? But make sure they in the right shoe size. And if these pairs of shoes fit, wear it with pride and ease!
Remember, you don't have to be rich an famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessings!
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Seasonal clothing apparel
It's chilly out here from where I live. So it's important to dress accordingly, especially for the weather. Some divas don't bother doing so because they think what they're buying to wear is all about the look, showing off. That's why some of us tend to get sick with colds and flu or fevers or any health problems. You could still look good through all kinds of weather, but you need to pick out clothes for seasonal purposes, it all depends on the color and the thickness of the fabric for the clothes you're wearing.
For example, you can't wear clothes that are light weighted, like sheer, mesh, lace, satin or flannel in the middle of winter. These kinds of fabrics are for the summer only. They're can withstand the summer heat especially from the sun itself.
Instead, wear clothes with thick fabric such as cotton, wool, denim, fleece, velvet, leather, or felt. These fabrics have natural instillation to protect your skin and body from the dangerous winter chills, especially when the winds are blowing.
You can use cotton, denim and leather for all seasons.
For color, I suggests you pick out winter clothes that are neutral and dark colored. For autumn seasons, wear earth toned colors like brown, red, orange, and yellow, just like the falling leaves. Bright colored clothes are for the summer and light colored clothes like pink, lavender, mauve, turquoise, shamrock green, lemon yellow, sky blue and strawberry red are for spring.
White and black are all seasonal, just don't wear all white during winter unless the fabric is real thick and all black during the summer unless it's loose fitting and very light weight.
You can mix and match the colors to coordinate your outfits, but you must do it according to season. If you're going to wear skirts or dresses whether they're long or short, then you need to wear something thick to cover rest of your legs such as thick cotton tights or leg warmers. Your health is much more important than your appearance.
Remember, You don't have to be rich and famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessing!
For example, you can't wear clothes that are light weighted, like sheer, mesh, lace, satin or flannel in the middle of winter. These kinds of fabrics are for the summer only. They're can withstand the summer heat especially from the sun itself.
Instead, wear clothes with thick fabric such as cotton, wool, denim, fleece, velvet, leather, or felt. These fabrics have natural instillation to protect your skin and body from the dangerous winter chills, especially when the winds are blowing.
You can use cotton, denim and leather for all seasons.
For color, I suggests you pick out winter clothes that are neutral and dark colored. For autumn seasons, wear earth toned colors like brown, red, orange, and yellow, just like the falling leaves. Bright colored clothes are for the summer and light colored clothes like pink, lavender, mauve, turquoise, shamrock green, lemon yellow, sky blue and strawberry red are for spring.
White and black are all seasonal, just don't wear all white during winter unless the fabric is real thick and all black during the summer unless it's loose fitting and very light weight.
You can mix and match the colors to coordinate your outfits, but you must do it according to season. If you're going to wear skirts or dresses whether they're long or short, then you need to wear something thick to cover rest of your legs such as thick cotton tights or leg warmers. Your health is much more important than your appearance.
Remember, You don't have to be rich and famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessing!
Monday, February 4, 2013
Divaism on Twitter
Hey, fellow divas! I have a brief announcement to make. After a few months of posting content that motivates and inspires you to learn while earning your divaship, I decided to take this fascinating blog to another. Last night, I have created a Twitter account. Yes, Divaism is on Twitter. I want to have this blog reach a broader audience, so I'm taking it to social media. I will post my words of wisdom, advice and tips on how to live your life like a diva among other things. I will also post videos from Youtube that are informative as well. So far, I have nine followers. You can follow me as well, @Divaism1
Blessings!
Blessings!
THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT: Set up your weekly schedules
For this week's assignment, we are going to set up weekly schedules. Why? Because each week, we get two days off from work and school plus we busy ourselves with other plans, assignment, appointments, chores, etc., and not enough free time for ourselves to relax and take care of ourselves.
Here's an example of a daily schedule for a domestic diva
For divas who work the day shift (first shift).
For divas who work the evening shift (second shift)
For young divas attending school
Or students with a part time job
Here's an example of a daily schedule for a domestic diva
For divas who work the day shift (first shift).
For divas who work the evening shift (second shift)
For young divas attending school
Sometimes your schedules can be rearranged and it happens. So you need to prepare for adjustments. For example if there's an important meeting or a family emergency that suddenly came up, you'd drop everything to attend. That's ok. Just pick up where you left off the next day. When you have you days off or on vacation or on holiday, this could be a time for the three R's: rest, relaxation, recreation. It could also be a time to make up for the duties you missed for that week. Schedules for other divas may vary.
Take a sheet of paper, or a few if you prefer. Write down what you normally do on a daily basis and place them on your schedule. You can rearrange them if you want, whatever makes you feel comfortable. This method could be good to develop time management and flexibility, also an ability to multitask.
When you list everything down and schedule them, make copies of your schedule and paste them in your bedroom, your office, or just carry one with you. That way you remind yourself on what to do next.
Also, keep a small date book, that has a day planner, for events your planning or attending, important meetings and appointments.
Remember, you don't have to be rich and famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessings.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Subculture Series...... Cyber Goth Makeup.
For some divas who into the gothic look, try out this dramatic eye style.
Diva's Healthy Strawberry Banana Smoothie Recipe
Ever want to make a healthy, yummy smoothie from scratch? Here's how to do it.
How does a Diva drink her water?
At times, we get bored with drinking a lot of plain water. It happens. I ought to know personally. Now here's a tip on flavoring your water without sugar.
Nappy Hair Diva Natural Hair Growth
Here's a tip on hair growth for divas with natural, thick or nappy hair.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Green Diva Meg on FOX: Easy Ways to Keep it Green in 2013
For divas who like to go green, here's a tip for you.
Party Decorations and Tips with Darcy Diva
To make your party decor look fabulous, follow these tips.
Purple Smoke Valentines Day Look Feat. Glama Girl Cosmetics
Here's a look for Valentine's Day you can try.
Nutrition Diva explains the health benefits of avocado oil on Dr. Oz Sho...
Here's an interesting tip about avocado.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Let's talk: parental responsibilities
Let's face it. We live in a time where single parenthood is normal. Before then there TWO parents living in the same household, where the father works and the mother says home with the children, doing the cooking and the cleaning. There there are two parents who have jobs, living on a two family income. Now, we got single women having children out of wedlock, some are ignorant because they should have known better than to have unprotective sex, some are very naive because their parents never gave them THE TALK when they were growing up, so therefore they got no clue what they're getting into when they hook up with boys at a young age.
Young divas between age 13 and 21, (I hope you're reading this article carefully). If you're are a virgin, I strongly recommend that you remain staying that way until graduate from college and have good job to support you. If your parents never gave you a pep talk about the birds and the bees, then ask your school's guidance counselor or grade advisor to help you sign up for or create a sex education class for students. If you're dating, be extremely careful of who you're courting. What you don't know can hurt you in the long run. Don't ever let a man push you into sleeping with him. I don't care how fine he is, how popular he is in school, how good he is to you. Both of you are not financially, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually ready to become parents. You're practically babies yourselves and you got an awful lot to learn when comes to being an adult. If you are sexually active (and some of you are out there, I know), take safe sex more seriously everytime you hookup with a guy. If a guy forces himself onto you, go whatever it takes to get out of there and call the police on him. Wear a condom when you get intimate, this could not only prevent you from getting pregnant, but it also proctect you contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STD) like HIV and AIDS. If you are pregnant, seek some help as soon as possible. Talk to your guidance counselor, your family doctor, your preacher, someone you really trust because it's hard to tell your parents first, they would throw lots of negative reactions on you but give them a chance to calm down. Talk about adoption agencies that are legit if you want give it up for adoption. Know the laws in your city and state in terms of abandoning your child in the street. In New York City, there is a state law called safe haven law for mothers who abandon their unwanted babies on public streets, they could get arrested for that. In this law, a mother is suppose to leave her unwanted child at places like hospitals, police stations, fire house, anyplace where there is a lot of people who have connections to child services and adoption agencies. No questions will be asked. Talk about abortion clinics if you want to abort the pregnancy, know the state laws regarding abortion and KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, there are authority figures who don't believe in abortion. If you want keep the baby and raise him or her, ask about government programs to support you and your child such as welfare, food stamps like SNAP (used to be EBT) or WIC program, affordable health insurance programs for your child, and public housing programs in case you want to move out. You must know who the child's father is, it takes two to make a baby. If you do know who it is, then you need to let him know, he has the right to know and so does the child. Make him take a paternity test to prove it. Every child needs a father figure in their lives, I mean a man who can be there for the child, who can provide for them, who can protect them, who establish discipline and structure for the child. And for God's sake, don't ever use child support to spend the money on yourself, that's selfish, that's greedy and it shows that you're using your child to get what you want and milking the baby dady out of his hard earned money which he needs to pay his bills with. (Excuse me for getting real) If you don't know who it is because it could more than just one guy you've slept with, track down every guy you hooked up with and make them take paternity test until you find the exact DNA match.
For divas, 21 and over, you should know right and wrong and should know better about what you're doing, what you're about to do and the consequences of your actions by now. You have more self respect and self worth. Some of you out there want to party once you've reach 21, but if you have a child your partying days are over. You have a responsibility to take care of, which means that it's time for you to really grow up. You need to start changing gears and set a very positive example for the child. You and the child's father must stay in contact, even if you're not a couple and you can't get along and seeing other people. Start by taking parenting classes. Find a way to co-exist together for the sake of the child, not just money wise but also emotionally because children can mimic your attitudes and emotions by watching you, so watch what you do and what you say in front of your children. What you and your baby's daddy do right now can affect the child's future in life.
For divas who are in their late thirties and over and has a teen daughter who is suddenly pregnant, don't get upset, don't panic. You may think that this will never happen to your own daughters because of the way you raised them. Please, don't make assumptions like because you probably don't know what's going on out there and times are changing. This is now the time to be there for your daughter in her time of need, she's very young, scared and doesn't know what to do. You got to help her make good decision and be open minded for options regarding health and pregnancy. Don't ever throw your daughter out of the house. That shows abandonment and neglect and selfishness. She can't handle herself in the streets alone, especially when she is with child. If you find out if your teen son got a girl pregnant, make him take parenting and child care classes, that way he will learn to be a good father to the child.
The main reason why I'm addressing this issue to all you divas because this generation has too many absentee fathers. Some women have too much pride in raising children alone without telling them who their birth father is. Most children never knew their father because their mothers never talked to them about him. That could cause consequences. For example, I recently heard about a young woman dating an older man nearly twice her age, they got intimate a few times, then she brung him to her home so he can meet her family, but the woman's mother suddenly recognized him and confessed to her that the man the man the woman is dating is really her birth father and the DNA confirmed it. Both the woman and the man felt devastage never knowing about their hereditary. Basically this is the mother's fault because she was selfish and foolish to make decisions to hide that information from both the man and her daughter for so long. This is karma for her. Please, don't betray your daughters or sons by denying their rights to know who their father is. Don't keep the child's father out of the picture by ignoring the fact that he has a child with you. Think about it.
Remember you don't have to be rich and famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessings!
Young divas between age 13 and 21, (I hope you're reading this article carefully). If you're are a virgin, I strongly recommend that you remain staying that way until graduate from college and have good job to support you. If your parents never gave you a pep talk about the birds and the bees, then ask your school's guidance counselor or grade advisor to help you sign up for or create a sex education class for students. If you're dating, be extremely careful of who you're courting. What you don't know can hurt you in the long run. Don't ever let a man push you into sleeping with him. I don't care how fine he is, how popular he is in school, how good he is to you. Both of you are not financially, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually ready to become parents. You're practically babies yourselves and you got an awful lot to learn when comes to being an adult. If you are sexually active (and some of you are out there, I know), take safe sex more seriously everytime you hookup with a guy. If a guy forces himself onto you, go whatever it takes to get out of there and call the police on him. Wear a condom when you get intimate, this could not only prevent you from getting pregnant, but it also proctect you contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STD) like HIV and AIDS. If you are pregnant, seek some help as soon as possible. Talk to your guidance counselor, your family doctor, your preacher, someone you really trust because it's hard to tell your parents first, they would throw lots of negative reactions on you but give them a chance to calm down. Talk about adoption agencies that are legit if you want give it up for adoption. Know the laws in your city and state in terms of abandoning your child in the street. In New York City, there is a state law called safe haven law for mothers who abandon their unwanted babies on public streets, they could get arrested for that. In this law, a mother is suppose to leave her unwanted child at places like hospitals, police stations, fire house, anyplace where there is a lot of people who have connections to child services and adoption agencies. No questions will be asked. Talk about abortion clinics if you want to abort the pregnancy, know the state laws regarding abortion and KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, there are authority figures who don't believe in abortion. If you want keep the baby and raise him or her, ask about government programs to support you and your child such as welfare, food stamps like SNAP (used to be EBT) or WIC program, affordable health insurance programs for your child, and public housing programs in case you want to move out. You must know who the child's father is, it takes two to make a baby. If you do know who it is, then you need to let him know, he has the right to know and so does the child. Make him take a paternity test to prove it. Every child needs a father figure in their lives, I mean a man who can be there for the child, who can provide for them, who can protect them, who establish discipline and structure for the child. And for God's sake, don't ever use child support to spend the money on yourself, that's selfish, that's greedy and it shows that you're using your child to get what you want and milking the baby dady out of his hard earned money which he needs to pay his bills with. (Excuse me for getting real) If you don't know who it is because it could more than just one guy you've slept with, track down every guy you hooked up with and make them take paternity test until you find the exact DNA match.
For divas, 21 and over, you should know right and wrong and should know better about what you're doing, what you're about to do and the consequences of your actions by now. You have more self respect and self worth. Some of you out there want to party once you've reach 21, but if you have a child your partying days are over. You have a responsibility to take care of, which means that it's time for you to really grow up. You need to start changing gears and set a very positive example for the child. You and the child's father must stay in contact, even if you're not a couple and you can't get along and seeing other people. Start by taking parenting classes. Find a way to co-exist together for the sake of the child, not just money wise but also emotionally because children can mimic your attitudes and emotions by watching you, so watch what you do and what you say in front of your children. What you and your baby's daddy do right now can affect the child's future in life.
For divas who are in their late thirties and over and has a teen daughter who is suddenly pregnant, don't get upset, don't panic. You may think that this will never happen to your own daughters because of the way you raised them. Please, don't make assumptions like because you probably don't know what's going on out there and times are changing. This is now the time to be there for your daughter in her time of need, she's very young, scared and doesn't know what to do. You got to help her make good decision and be open minded for options regarding health and pregnancy. Don't ever throw your daughter out of the house. That shows abandonment and neglect and selfishness. She can't handle herself in the streets alone, especially when she is with child. If you find out if your teen son got a girl pregnant, make him take parenting and child care classes, that way he will learn to be a good father to the child.
The main reason why I'm addressing this issue to all you divas because this generation has too many absentee fathers. Some women have too much pride in raising children alone without telling them who their birth father is. Most children never knew their father because their mothers never talked to them about him. That could cause consequences. For example, I recently heard about a young woman dating an older man nearly twice her age, they got intimate a few times, then she brung him to her home so he can meet her family, but the woman's mother suddenly recognized him and confessed to her that the man the man the woman is dating is really her birth father and the DNA confirmed it. Both the woman and the man felt devastage never knowing about their hereditary. Basically this is the mother's fault because she was selfish and foolish to make decisions to hide that information from both the man and her daughter for so long. This is karma for her. Please, don't betray your daughters or sons by denying their rights to know who their father is. Don't keep the child's father out of the picture by ignoring the fact that he has a child with you. Think about it.
Remember you don't have to be rich and famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessings!
Diva Tip: Bowls instead of plates.
Some of you want to start off the New Year by losing weight, which is common every New Year. Some do it naturally, others try diet plans or programs. And therea girls who think its ok to starve themselves to an early grave just to lose weight (something I clearly don't recommend). Every time we eat a meal whether it's breakfast, lunch or dinner, we tend to fill our plates in larger portions, we might have a temptation of having everything we see that's appealing to us by the sight, the aroma and the taste. This is the habit we have since we're little girls when we first started eating solid foods. We care more about the taste more than nutrition. Sometimes we overstuff our plates and eat more than we can digest, sometimes we skip breakfast and go on to eating lunch and ignoring dinner. These are the kind of cycles we need to stop.
So for this week's tip, we're going to use bowls instead of plates. Why? They can cut meal portion size in half. When on a diet, we are told to eat meals at small portions, but we don't know how much or how little. When we use plates, we don't know how much we going eat and it could be tempting to overstuff our plates. With bowls, you know exactly how much meal you're filling.
Use regular sized bowls to eat meals with. No bigger bowls like mixing bowls, that's cheating. No small bowls either, that's shaming yourself. Use any regular sized bowl as a measuring instrument. Fill your bowls with food. You meal must not reach above the rim of your bowl, it shows that you're eating too much. Your meal must be filled 1/8 below the rim. Never fill your meal only at the base of your bowl like a 1/4 full or smaller that shows that you're eating too little.
When you go out, make sure you bring a disposal paper bowl with you. You can bring a heat resistant plastic bowl with you, when having lunch at work (Remember to clean your bowl when you're done eating lunch). At a restaurant, ask the waitstaff worker to serve your meals in bowls only.
Here's the factor in daily meals. 3 meals a day, 4 snacks a day and water in between. You read me right, 4 snacks. You are allowed to eat snacks as long as they're healthy. So never mind what people said about not snacking between meals. Has it worke for them? I bet not. You can eat what you want, but make sure you eat in moderation. 3 meals in bowls only, 4 small snacks, and 8 ounces of water 8 times a day (preferably spring water).
Try this tip and you won't feel starved or missing out on what you love to eat and it could help you lose weight as long as you add exercise and physical activity to the mix.
Remember, you don't have to be rich and famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessings.
So for this week's tip, we're going to use bowls instead of plates. Why? They can cut meal portion size in half. When on a diet, we are told to eat meals at small portions, but we don't know how much or how little. When we use plates, we don't know how much we going eat and it could be tempting to overstuff our plates. With bowls, you know exactly how much meal you're filling.
Use regular sized bowls to eat meals with. No bigger bowls like mixing bowls, that's cheating. No small bowls either, that's shaming yourself. Use any regular sized bowl as a measuring instrument. Fill your bowls with food. You meal must not reach above the rim of your bowl, it shows that you're eating too much. Your meal must be filled 1/8 below the rim. Never fill your meal only at the base of your bowl like a 1/4 full or smaller that shows that you're eating too little.
When you go out, make sure you bring a disposal paper bowl with you. You can bring a heat resistant plastic bowl with you, when having lunch at work (Remember to clean your bowl when you're done eating lunch). At a restaurant, ask the waitstaff worker to serve your meals in bowls only.
Here's the factor in daily meals. 3 meals a day, 4 snacks a day and water in between. You read me right, 4 snacks. You are allowed to eat snacks as long as they're healthy. So never mind what people said about not snacking between meals. Has it worke for them? I bet not. You can eat what you want, but make sure you eat in moderation. 3 meals in bowls only, 4 small snacks, and 8 ounces of water 8 times a day (preferably spring water).
Try this tip and you won't feel starved or missing out on what you love to eat and it could help you lose weight as long as you add exercise and physical activity to the mix.
Remember, you don't have to be rich and famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessings.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
New Year, New Beginnings
Happy New Year to all fellow divas. I hope you enjoyed your holidays as much as I did. I bet you have a list of resolutions, plans and goals that you either want to achieve or change. January 1 is always the best time for new beginnings, so make today your time to start a project, join social groups or community of support, try a different diet program, create a new style or fashion statement, gevelop a new talent, go someplace you never went to before or been wanting to go to so badly, sign up for classess on fields of your interest, learn something new, try something new, do something new. Keep the list in handy as a reminder, make copies of it if you want to because over the months down the line we get side tracked and tend to forget. Set up a list of long term goals for a year or later, then break each goal down to a list of short term goals for each month. Schedule your goals that way you'll have time to work on each of them and stay focused throughout the months. You don't have to complete all your goals in one year, try to complete a few goals, that way you will feel that you accomplished something big at the end of the year that would make a big difference in your life and the lives of others.
Remember, You don't have be rich and famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessings.
Remember, You don't have be rich and famous to be a diva, being yourself is what a diva is all about. Blessings.
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