Life lessons | Tyra Garlington

Thank You for your Service Then and Now: Lasting Memories

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

I am celebrating veterans and active-duty military who keep us and have kept us out of constant harm’s way, often at great costs. We are reminded that war is a part of human history. I aim to share varied war stories across age, gender, and race to include family impact and cultural legacies. The Vietnam War was my coming-of-age war. I became immersed in and confused by the concurrent war at home about the necessity of US involvement while at the same time grieving over school friends who paid the ultimate price. There were so many bold and untold stories.……
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Phenomenal Woman Louise Molton says, “Yes!” to Her Power Within

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

This month, Frankly Speaking, is focusing on phenomenal women and how we embrace and manage our universal experiences, rainbows and clouds, courage, and resolve. We are a journey, not a destination; our life is a process, not an event. Even still, we are motion, loving, serving, nurturing, encouraging, and empowering. We are love, and love does. And yes, sometimes… sometimes we get stuck between our no longer the familiar, the habits, and our not yet, who we were created to be, and we may ask, “Am I enough?” By the way, the right answer is a resounding YES! Author Ilyanla Vanzant……
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Meet phenomenal woman Dr. Mamie Parker who lives her passion, her promise, and her gifts to save the planet to save ourselves.

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Noted Karmic astrologer Dora Jones believes “Each of us comes into life with a promise, a gift, a passion, and a deep heartfelt desire.” The promise is what you have come to life to master. You have promised to overcome, resolve, or heal some aspect of your consciousness. As you face your life experiences, you are allowed to fulfill this promise. Your responses to your experiences determine whether you fulfill or break the promise you have made to yourself. The gift is what you have come to give to life. It is the cornerstone of self-determination and self-actualization. The gift……
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Phenomenal women Afrika Bell Kathuria and Michele Sandiford share Zebra Ears, their creative collaboration.

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

This month we celebrate the Phenomenal Women who walk into this space through many doors. They authentically share their stories, often vulnerably pay forward what they have learned, and celebrate each other. Thank you, ladies! Life is always listening to the silent requests of your heart and mind. Life is always surveying the landscape of your heart, gathering the bits and pieces of the emotions buried there. Life is always monitoring the activity of your tongue, checking for ruins and sacred elements. Life knows that your mind, heart, and mouth will produce the requests of your consciousness even when you……
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REWIND: You are Never Too Old to Get Rich Featuring Author and Financial Strategist, Kerry Hannon

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“An entrepreneur herself and leading expert on people 50 years and older, Kerry Hannon draws powerful lessons from the mid-life entrepreneurs she profiles. Her enthusiasm about the opportunities is inspiring, her cautions are practical and refreshing, and her insights into later life entrepreneurship ars spot-on. I love this book.” -Chris Farrell, author of Purpose and Paycheck. Beyond being a nationally recognized expert and strategist on career transitions, personal finance, and retirement, I enjoyed learning about Kerry’s family and life experiences that helped to inform the WHO and WHY she is today. Horses play an exciting role. Listen, get more innovative,……
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Women’s History Month Celebrates Nikki Giovanni, Poet Extraordinaire

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

In her own words, “We had music growing up, 78RPM’s that evolved into 45RPM’s and, always, the radio. The radio in my day, Black and white, played everything. Gospel Spirituals, even some opera when Leontyne Price came along. You could listen to R & B late at night or you could go to the other station and listen to popular music. There was also jazz if the wind was right. I feel so sorry for the kids who only hear one kind of music. Where do your dreams come from? My dream was not to publish or to even be……
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Women’s History Month recognizes Brig. Gen USAF Retired Sandra Gregory for her service then and now.

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Do you go the extra mile? Do you do more Than what is expected? Do you expect the best? These questions pertain to your relationship with the world and how you treat yourself. Do you go the extra mile when it comes to you, or do you think that the least is enough for you? Some people believe that struggle, servitude, and sacrifice are the best they can hope for. They look for ways and reasons to be okay with the things they believe are not okay with your lives. Other people believe they must constantly be on the giving end.……
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Black History Month salutes “Love in Action” with the late Congressman John Lewis and NPR’s Krista Tippett

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

First Corinthians 13: 4-8 says “Love is patient and kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. … Love never ends”. Wikipedia says, “Love is considered to be a positive and negative: with its virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection, as “the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another”; and its vice representing human moral flaw, akin to vanity, selfishness, and egotism, Author Glennon Doyle Melton expresses love as a message from God, and I quote: “When you were born, I put a piece of me in……
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Black History Month: More than a memoir with Liza Price

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Beauty products entrepreneur Lisa Price was born on May 18, 1962, in Brooklyn, New York. She is the founder of Carol’s Daughter, one of the first African American-owned product lines with a flagship store. During her childhood, she remembers the smell of the soap her grandmother made at their Brooklyn brownstone. In 1990, Price began making creams and lotions based on natural materials in her kitchen. Encouraged by family members and friends, she began Carol’s Daughter from her home in 1993. Her customers soon multiplied. By 1999, Price added mail-order, website, and walk-in customers, and her business moved from the parlor floor……
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REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES. This movie changed me. A Conversation with NPR movie critic Lily Persy and guest commentator, Virgie Tovar

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“Jimmy, Ana’s boyfriend, says, “You’re not fat. You’re beautiful.” She is both. “Real Women Have Curves” doesn’t argue that Ana is beautiful on the “inside,” like the Gwyneth Paltrow character in “Shallow Hal,” but that she is beautiful inside and out–love handles, big boobs, round cheeks, and all. “Turn the lights on,” she shyly tells Jimmy. “I want you to see me. See, this is what I look like.” Ana has learned to accept herself. It is more than her mother can do. There have been several movies recently about the second generation of children of immigrants–Indian, Filipino, Chinese, Korean,……
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