Personal Empowerment | Tyra Garlington

Are you friends with the elephant in you?

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“Zookeepers typically strap a thin metal chain to a grown elephant’s leg and then attach the other end to a small wooden peg that’s hammered into the ground. The 10-foot tall, 10,000-pound elephant could easily snap the chain, uproot the wooden peg and escape to freedom with minimal effort. But it doesn’t. In fact, the elephant never even tries. The world’s most powerful land animal, which can uproot a tree as easily as you could break a toothpick, remains defeated by a small wooden peg and a flimsy chain. Why? Because when the elephant was a baby, its trainers used……
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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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A Gift for Graduates

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“This morning I was reading a book at my favorite beach-side coffee shop when an 18-year-old kid sat down next to me and said, “That’s a great read, ain’t it?” So, we started chatting. He told me he was getting ready to graduate from high school in a couple of weeks and then immediately starting his college career in the fall. “But I have no clue what I want to do with my life,” he said. “Right now, I’m just going with the flow.” And then, with eager, honest eyes, he began asking me one question after the next: “What do you……
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Current day politics made me walk into this space

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Honesty is one of the treasured values of human being. Living life honestly means opening oneself freely and exposing one’s true self to others. Honesty is essential because it acts as the glue holding people together. Moreover, honesty helps a person to conquer problems and excel in his life. However, is this always right to tell truth? First of all, honesty is the foundation upon which a person builds any relationship with his loved ones such as family or friends. By being honest to his loved ones, he will make them feel that they are trustworthy and closed enough for……
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It’s Spring! Don’t worry; be happy.

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

There’s a truth in life that some people refuse to accept: You have no control over many of the things that happen in your life. Some people who resist this truth become control freaks. They micromanage, refuse to delegate tasks and try to force other people to change. They think if they can gain enough control over other people and the situations they find themselves in, they can prevent bad things from happening. Others know they can’t prevent bad things from happening, but they worry about them anyway. They fret about everything from natural disasters to deadly diseases. Their worries keep them occupied,……
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Was your mother a superhero?

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

We grow up getting clues as to who we should be from significant others and multimedia images and stories. We begin in a once upon a time and happily ever after world. Somewhere between the ages of three and ten we seem to be drawn to the land of superheroes. Did you know that 37% of children ages three to ten when asked what they want to be when they grow up say superheroes? Although I loved to see her twirl into her superpowers, my first superhero was not Wonder Woman. My first superhero was my mother. Mother raised me the first……
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Don’t you feel great when you are with her?

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“Live by choice, not by chance. Make changes, not excuses. Be motivated, not manipulated. Work to excel, not compete. Listen to your own inner voice, not the jumbled opinions of everyone else. This is the way to inspire people! This is how you can grow into the best version of YOU! Here are three more ideas to get you started with inspiring everyone around you: Be authentic and true to yourself.– In this crazy world that’s trying to make you like everyone else, find the courage to keep being your awesome self. Embrace that individual inside you that has ideas,……
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It’s Spring! Be imperfectly perfect.

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“Practice makes perfect.” Does this phrase, although uttered quite frequently in our society, have any truth behind it? How much practice, in fact, does it take to become “perfect”? What even is “perfect”? We have come to believe, through the influence of media, that perfect is attainable; it is something we can reach if we would just be “better”. In reality, perfection is having no flaws, and I don’t know about you, but I don’t think that is remotely possible. How to fix this? Well, first you have to find who you are. Whoa! That was pretty deep, wasn’t it?……
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Women of Wonder with Erni Shepherd

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

With Erni Shepherd Podcast format of Tyra Garlington’s weekly radio show, Frankly Speaking with Tyra G. Broadcast on Radio Fairfax www.radiofairfax.com Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tyra-garlington/message…
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It’s Women’s History Month: From slave to four years in the White House.

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Elizabeth Keckley was born a slave in Dinwiddie, Virginia, in February 1818. After purchasing her freedom in 1855, she became a dressmaker for the wives of the political elite in Washington. In addition to her sewing skills, Keckley was an excellent networker. By 1860, she had moved to Washington, D.C., and established her own dressmaking business. She was soon styling the Washington elite, including the wives of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stephen Douglas, Lincoln’s former political rival. She had a spare style in contrast to the Victorian norm and was an expert with fit. She also scored the……
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