Personal Empowerment | Tyra Garlington

I’m sorry, I forgot to explain.

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

As I turn to face the New Year I am hesitating less about pursuing my passions. In this life season I am passionate about the strength to be vulnerable and the courage to be authentic. Admittedly I am not always successful. And I have learned to look at my imperfections as unique gifts of opportunity. Today when I look around I see a world struggling to breathe. Yet I believe in each of us is the ability to provide life-saving air. Each of us is a potential encouraging game changer even as we live life full out on our own……
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What would you do if you knew you could not fail?

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

In a number of hours it will be 2016. It’s time for our New Year’s Resolutions. A New Year’s resolution is a tradition, most common in the West but found around the world, in which a person makes a promise on New Year’s Eve to make certain changes or self-improvements in the year ahead. It is believed that the Babylonians were the first to make New Year’s resolutions around 4,000 years ago, and people all over the world have been breaking them ever since! The ancient Babylonians made promises to their gods at the start of each year, which began……
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Sometimes cliches are necessary.

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“Let’s see what happens”, she replied. How many times had she heard and said those words? But this time was different. She was different. She had been divorced ten years. She had been alone ten years. It had taken her that long to learn to love herself again; to see herself as worthy. Now she was ready to dip her toe, perhaps her whole foot into the water. She was tired of being “singular”. Initially she had tried online dating. Perhaps because then she still saw herself as damaged, she attracted unsatisfying companions with her words. Oh, but now she……
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Read this if nobody texted you “good morning”.

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Good morning, exceptional, incredible you. Remember when I asked you how you greet the morning? Today I was writing my son his good morning text of encouragement and love. It makes me feel connected and full of joy. Actually, this morning habit is one of my “pay it forward” activity. Blogger Heidi Priebe agrees with me and wrote some time ago that good morning texts are more than a half-hearted means of communication. They are a sign that we are thought of. Cared for. Adored, by someone who may not be immediately present. They are a reminder – one we……
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How do you greet the morning?

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Dan Fogelberg wrote a song many years ago titled To The Morning. The chorus included these words: “And it’s going to be a day, there is really no way to say no to the morning” So the morning comes faithfully every day and without any help from us. The only thing we can affect is how we greet it. And although the morning is inevitable, our ability to enjoy it isn’t. We have to be intentional about our joy. Personally, I love the morning! I am told that since I was an infant, I met the morning with giggles and coos and a smile when……
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What do you do when your heart says “STOP”?

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Yesterday I smiled way down deep inside when my cardiologist said excitedly, “Tyra, you are doing great! Your nuclear stress test shows a very healthy heart. ” Dr. Hopkins and I met on February 3, 2014. He was wearing the color blue from head to toe. Only his eyes were visible to communicate his compassion. His words pleaded, “Hang on for me Tyra, stay with me. I am going to help you.” He did not lie. I had no clue my heart was mad at me. But early that February morning it attacked me with a vengeance disguised as chills, severe nausea, extreme chest……
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What if you had to be the one?

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

At least a generation ago, singer Dusty Springfield sang a love song containing the following lyrics: “Wishin’ and hopin’ and thinkin’ and prayin’ Plannin’ and dreamin’ each night of his charms That won’t get you into his arms So if you’re lookin’ to find love you can share All you gotta do is hold him and kiss him and love him And show him that you care” Now consider this. “What if you peered into a fortune ball right now — this very second, today — and saw with indisputable clarity that you were never going to meet the love of your life?” I’m aware this is……
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Are you having a Humpty Dumpty experience?

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Have you ever been happily living large; sitting tal, Then BAM! You had a devastating fall? How low did you go? What did life look like from down there? You may have thought it would take more than all the kings’ horses and all the kings’ men to put you back together again. The good news is you have everything you need to recover. You came here with the promise, protection, provision and power of grace. It is in your Christian DNA whether you are worthy of it or not. It may take a lifetime to discover, however in the rearview……
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Can dreams come true?

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Have you ever been in a near-miss accident? Do you know that feeling of panic that lingers in your chest? Maybe it radiates down your arms into your fingertips leaving a tingling sensation? That is your body’s response to something it did not anticipate. Now imagine that every day of your life, you experience that sensation. For many children with special needs, their environment is a threatening place due to the demands that are placed on an atypically-developing nervous system. Now imagine these children in their wheelchairs unable to access a playground or with disabilities that do not let them hang……
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You are worth it!

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known. We honor that spiritual connection with kindness, respect, trust and affection.” – Brené Brown. This is a personal thank you note to all the women who gathered in Tampa, Florida on Saturday, September 19, 2015 to Elevate Your Brilliance! You allowed yourselves to be both vulnerable and powerful and you connected with kindness, respect, trust and affection. When we are able to look into someone else’s perspective we experienced one of the most valuable things we can do. What hope is gained……
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