Tribute to My Mother With My Mother, Glenna Faye Rowland, in Indianapolis, IN at the 2015 National Grief & Hope Convention

Hi, With Mother's Day coming soon, I can't help but think about my mother and blessed I am. She is a phenomenal mom. She was at every one of my beauty pageants growing up which consisted of too many to count. Attended all my college football games watching me take the field on the dance team. She took me to Cheer practice, events & basically anything I needed a ride for. I'm sure she had to sit through a lot of boring birthday parties, but she was always there for me and still is. When we got our first family dog, Ric-Rac, we got him as a puppy and “She cared for him and loved him for many years until he died on Easter Sunday one year and it broke her heart and the entire family. Now she loves on her 2 dogs Batman & Robin. Yes, they are brother and sister. If I have any empathy, creativity and compassion, it's because of my mother. She taught be to be kind and be the best I can possibly be. She reminds me still today that I can do anything I set my mind to. I think it’s a combination on determination and stubbornness. My mom and dad also taught me what true love and devotion is. My mother loves my dad and she will do anything for him. I'm the oldest daughter and the middle child in the family and I guess one would say I am a control freak and hold down the fort in my family. I know so many do not have their Mother on Mother’s Day and I didn’t realize how painful that would be until after my Mom was diagnosed with Lymphoma in 2012. Like everything in her life she fought it and won. She chose to be positive, pray and just endure whatever she had to in order to live and continue the life God gave her. She is an amazing mother and her whole life is about her devotion and love for her family. She beat her cancer diagnoses and being a Mom myself enduring a lifelong grief journey after the loss of my 17 year old precious son Bryant, I know how important life can be and the people that surround us in our life today. She is deserving of this tribute and should be honored for her commitment to her family and her life. She gets up every day at the age of 73 and hits the ground running. I am so proud to call her my Mom! As J.K. Simmons said when he accepted his Supporting Actor Oscar, "If you're lucky enough to have a parent or 2 alive on this planet, call them. Don't text. Don't email. Call them and tell them that you love them. Thank them and listen to them for as long as they want to talk to you." Thanks So Much Tell the people in your life that you love them. Hug them and talk to them. Live a purposeful, passionate life and do it with confidence. XOXO, Cherie Rickard

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What Are the Basic Principles of Self-Esteem?

How to catch the negative critic in you: People are often the hardest on themselves most of the time. Every time a negative or temporary life altering event on the outside happens, you begin to think about yourself as a loser and everyone else as a great life, stop that thought right there and catch it. Failures will cease to make you feel bad about yourself when you realize that they are only opportunities and not mighty hardships that God is trying to throw on you. Often, when something doesn't turn out the way you plan another opportunity comes to pass. We find it difficult to focus on what other opportunity could possibly be better and only focus on what did not happen. Stop comparing yourself to others: Though it's been said a million times already, it still holds true that every single individual on this planet is unique in their way. What matters is not whether you are as good as the rest of the woman, but whether you are good at being you and showing your own gifts and talents with others. People have different lives and circumstances and have their successes and failures. You may think someone else has a better life because they have more money than you or a better husband or better friends, family or job. What you don't always know, is the skeletons in their closet that we all have. Respect yourself first: Love yourself more: Because if you don't respect yourself, then how can you expect others to respect you? Accept yourself, however you are at this moment, and that means physically and mentally. Physically, some of us are more endowed with good looks than others. Some of us have sharper minds than our peers, and that's perfectly fine. Whoever you are and however you are, there will always be something in you that absolutely nobody else will have. You have to allow for someone to make you feel bad: If somebody were to throw mud at you, would you just stand there and let it hit your head, hair or clothes or would you simply move aside and let it pass by you? The choice is yours. You cannot stop people from throwing stones and telling you all that they do, but you can choose to accept it and make you feel bad or not accept it. Be very choosy and picky when it comes to taking advice from just anyone. Ask yourself if it makes sense and is it helping you or is it being given by alternative motives. If it's not helping you, then discard it. Associate with genuine, real positive people who will help you and feel good about yourself as a woman. Keeping a journal. I don't want to hear how you don't have time. With technology today you can write notes in your phone which is probably by your side most of the day. Write something good about yourself every day. Whenever you feel down and low in self-esteem, open up your journal to encourage yourself once again. Do unto others: Do one good thing to someone or something every day without expecting anything in return. It could be anything, from feeding a stray dog, giving a complement to helping the elderly. When you can help someone else in their suffering or pain especially if it's a pain or situation you have been through you're actually healing yourself as well in return without realizing it. Express your talents: Pick a hobby you are good at and become even better at it. Pride in something that you do helps to create a positive self-esteem Examples of hobbies can be gardening, writing blogging, embroidering, sewing or even wood refurnishing. It is hard to be down on yourself when you have created something physical and can look at it with pride and say to yourself "Look at what I have created". Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Cherie_Rickard

How Confidence Can Change Your Life

In my third book "Strong Women" to be released later this Spring I will discuss and guide women on how to Build Self Confidence, Self-esteem and Independence The first step toward confidence is to determine exactly where you’re missing it and the beliefs and behaviors holding you back. Next you need to deconstruct old ways of thinking and patterns that keep you bound to the status quo and prevent you from taking confident action. Finally, you need to develop new mind-sets and skills to practice regularly in order to rebuild your confidence muscle and help you develop into the self-assured, pro-active, confident person you want to be. As you practice new thoughts and behaviors, you’re actually creating new neural pathways in your brain, supporting your real world efforts. Whether you’re lacking confidence in general, or simply need support in a particular area, the techniques taught in Building Confidence can improve your entire life. Confidence is such an important factor that it’s been proven to increase one's yearly salary by thousands of dollars, improve your relationships, and supercharge your career trajectory. By committing to a confidence buff up, you’re taking control of your destiny and positioning yourself for personal and professional success. Most of the limitations that keep us from confidence are illusions and limiting beliefs. Once you learn to shatter those illusions and break through limiting beliefs, you’ll be empower to accomplish anything you set your mind to. Visit www.triumphintragedy.com for more information

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