Personal Empowerment | Tyra Garlington

Impossible is merely a word with Helenia Bragg

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Helenia has spent 20 years in prison over four separate sentences. Each of her terms in prison was the result of substance abuse, a multi-generational addiction in her family. But while serving her last sentence, Helenia became determined to transform her life. Seeking every opportunity to become more educated, Helenia earned the Sunshine Lady Foundation scholarship while incarcerated and received her Associate’s Degree from Piedmont Valley Community College in May 2015. She then enrolled in every course offered in Resilience’s Entrepreneurship Program at her facility. Through her courses with Resilience, she earned certificates from Darden upon graduation in May 2016……
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The blessings of legacy with mother and daughter, Karen and Cheyenne Harris

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“Legacy is about life and living. It’s about learning from the past, living in the present, and building for the future. A legacy may take many forms – children, grandchildren, a business, an idea, a book, a community, a home, some piece of ourselves. How many of us are living our lives so that our legacy reflects all that we truly hold most near and dear? How many of us are living with integrity and courage? The world isn’t connected by molecules. It’s connected by stories, traditions, memories, hopes, and dreams. We are connected by the legacies passed down from……
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This is Us Chapter One: You can count on me with Jaleh Moslehi.

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

We don’t usually spend time considering the impacts of human choice unless our power to choose for ourselves is taken away. But for many young women, the right to choose how their lives unfold was never an option. Whether dictated by culture, circumstance, family, or poverty, their paths are often already set. It’s all too common for women to surrender their chance for education and career. But self-determination is a dream that many young women hold onto. And for the women who receive scholarships each year from schools in the United States, choosing education over old cultural norms allows them……
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Stories we grew up with featuring Denise Fayne

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Author Richard Kearney says in his book On Stories “Telling stories is as basic to human beings as eating. More so, in fact, for while food makes us live, stories are what make our lives worth living.” Isak Dinesen says, “To be a person is to have a story to tell. —” Author David Denborough, Ph.D., writes “Who we are and what we do are influenced by the stories that we tell ourselves…There are many different events in our lives, but only some of them get formed into the storylines of our identities. Whatever storyline we have about our lives……
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“Perfectly Good” with Dannielle Nkojo

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“Legacy is about life and living. It’s about learning from the past, living in the present, and building for the future. Did you know that: The best place to plant a young tree: is in a clearing in an old-growth forest and not an open field. Why Tyra, I’m glad you asked. Ecologists tell us that a young tree grows better when it’s planted in an area with older trees. Now, this is the good part. The reason, it seems, is that the roots of the young tree are able to follow the pathways created by former trees and implant……
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Transformation is more than a word with Millie Harris

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

A courageous conversation about human trafficking with Bill Woolf

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Bill Woolf had been a police officer for ten years and was a detective with Fairfax County Police Community Resources Division, tasked with investigating all forms of human trafficking in Fairfax County. He was named 2012 Gang Investigator of the Year by the Virginia Gang Investigator’s Association and received the Virginia Attorney General’s Award for Excellence. Recipient of the 2012 Milton Thrasher Award for Superior Excellence in Gang Prevention, he actively sought to form and foster collaborative relationships with agencies and service providers outside of his department in an effort to comprehensively combat the issue of human trafficking. Joins us in a courageous……
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“A Better You” with Sherrell Moore-Tucker

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

SHERRELL MOORE-TUCKER is a best-selling author, speaker, and wellness expert who focuses on wellness as a lifestyle! She specializes in educating communities about stress and trauma and how it impacts the mind, body, and spirit. Through talks, workshops, conferences, and retreats, she shares various holistic modalities, products, and movement therapies that can be used as tools for living well inside and out. Sherrell is a proud military veteran who fights for the well-being of others draws upon her more than 10 years of experience in Human Resources, Yoga & Natural health, and her adventures in the military when delivering impactful and……
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Choose to take the next step.

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“It really only takes a small shift every day that over time amounts to enormous change. People don’t suddenly heal and start living their ideal life overnight—their daily rituals (tiny steps) play a massive role in making it possible for them to create the life they sincerely want to live. You can choose to develop daily rituals that point you in the direction of creating your ideal life—or rituals that keep you firmly anchored to your present situation. Make the decision. Make the commitment. Then take the next tiniest step forward in the direction you choose to go. Honestly, that’s……
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Six words that can save marriages.

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“Because Battling over a household chore? Your request is more liable to be fulfilled if one magic word is used: because. Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer found that people are more willing to comply with an appeal if you simply provide a reason—any reason. But We’ve all been told not to use the word “but” for an apology (as in, “I’m sorry, but…”), which comes off as an excuse and feels like a less-than-sincere mea culpa. In a series of experiments, however, psychologists Sandra Murray and John Holmes discovered the word can have a magically protective effect in relationships. They had couples……
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