Facts you need to know | Tyra Garlington

Christmas Gift #3 Honoring Their Legacy

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

My third gift to you this December is good news about seldom know contributions of WW II women pilots. When the U.S. was drawn into World War II, many citizens wanted to do anything they could to support the effort. It would take enormous air power to defeat the enemy in Europe and in the Pacific, and young men were answering the call in droves. Those unable to serve in the military took up the work on the home front, and women were needed to step outside of their traditional roles to fulfill the demand. The world would never be……
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Once Upon a Time 100 Years Ago

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“World War I is among the least documented wars of those covered by the Veterans History Project, and the number of collections relating its experiences is not likely to grow dramatically. Because all but a handful of WWI vets are no longer alive, oral history interviews are out of the question, so we must rely on the generosity of relatives and friends of deceased veterans to donate written accounts in letters, diaries, and memoirs, as well as precious collections of photographs. Every veteran has his or her own war, and each is the custodian of a unique story and memories. [1] ……
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My heart cried last week: Part One

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

The intense angry sexual assault conversations knocked down the door to my secret pain. For all intent and purposes, I am well adjusted. I live in my worthiness, I believe my circumstances are not who I am. And, my abusers have long since died. However, on rare occasions, unpredicted triggers catch my breath in hushed fury. I ask the ghosts “How could you? How dare you? YOU were supposed to protect me.” Yet, I never told. “The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports receiving 12,000 allegations of sex-based harassment each year, with women accounting for about 83 percent of the complainants. That figure……
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Are the “Man Code” and “self-compassion” enemies?

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

I recently overheard a father telling his preteen son what it means to be a man. It prompted sharing the following blog. “At the age of ten a boy begins imitating a man. And he continues doing this for the rest of his life.” -Mark Twain Most guys get lessons on how to live by the “boy code” from an early age—in families, playgrounds, schools, churches and temples, and on the streets. Even very young boys learn to “keep a stiff upper lip,” “not show their feelings,” “act real tough,” “not act too nice,” and “be cool.” Since the surest……
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September is Suicide Prevention Month

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

When a family member commits suicide, the entire family is plunged into confusion and grief. Life is instinctually valued by all of life’s creatures. Even a blade of grass of a flower fights for the privilege of life. When someone close to you voluntarily ends their life, your entire value system is thrown into question. Family members may also be consumed with guilt thinking they somehow should have seen the signs that led to the individual’s suicide. Consider My Best Friends Departure by © Carina Spencer I jumped, you caught me. I laughed, you joked. I was down, you picked me up.……
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Have you ever walked into a room called shame?

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

The key that unlocks the room is shaped like a negative unexpected event or circumstance that makes us leave safe places in our lives. Shame is an existential feeling of unworthiness. Dr. Bryn Jessup says. “When people feel shame, they believe that they are ultimately an inadequate person or an unworthy person.”[1] Shame is one of the most powerful emotions that we feel. It can cause us to sever relationships, sink into depression, fuel addictions and eating disorders, and even lead to suicide. For me it was rape; years ago. Before that, shame was a term I had not associated……
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Back-to-school shopping: Bullet proof backpacks.

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“As schools across the nation prepare for the 2018-2019 educational year, parents, students, teachers, and school officials are keeping bulletproof protection and gun safety in mind, along with computers, books, lesson plans, and learning. In all, 74 percent of the 1,000 parents who participated in the national online survey said they were concerned about a school shooting happening at their child’s school this year, and 63 percent said they were more concerned than they were last year. And nearly one in five said they had already purchased some form of ballistic protection for their children. “There are very few places in America left where people……
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Your story has already been written.

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Know your label. You are not a markdown. You are a one-off … a designer’s original, fearfully and wonderfully made. Two hundred to six hundred million sperm fought to see who would become you! Your eyes can see 10 million shades of color. Your ears can hear 20 – 20,000 Hertz. Your body can withstand 60 degrees Celsius. Your tongue can taste 100,000 flavors. Your nose can smell 1 Trillion scents. You have a unique thumbprint, a unique heartbeat, and unique tongue print. Know your label. You are not a markdown. You are a one-off. You have no……
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How do you spell H A P P I N E S S?

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design into the present. Happy people do a lot of things. They spend time expressing gratitude, cultivating optimism, practicing kindness, nurturing loving relationships, committing to meaningful goals, savoring life’s little pleasures, and so on and so forth. But they NEVER… Mind other people’s business. Forget about what others are doing. Stop looking at where they are and what they have. Nobody is doing better than you because nobody can do better than you. YOU are walking your own path. Seek validation of self-worth from others. When you……
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What airbrushed social media cannot show you.

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

One Insanely Popular Love Story that Breaks Too Many Hearts. “We make our relationships so much harder than they need to be. The difficulties started when conversations became texting, feelings became subliminal, sex became a game, the word “love” fell out of context, trust faded as honesty waned, insecurities became a way of living, jealously became a cyclical routine, being hurt started to feel natural… and running away from it all became our go-to solution. Let’s stop running! Let’s start working together to face these issues—to break the cycle, to communicate, to appreciate, to forgive, and to LOVE the people……
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