January 30, 201522 Comments
I’ve been on a journey with God in this new year about pride. God showing me my own prideful behaviors and using others as mirrors to reveal to me who I no longer want to be. I don’t want to be that person who uses social media as a scratching post for my wounded ego, as a platform for boasting about myself, or as a medium for convincing other people how great or actualized or … » Read More
July 23, 2012Comment
Quote of the Day: “Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming … » Read More
May 11, 20121 Comment
“You cannot have a private relationship in a public arena. You must look to an inner circle of people who really know you. Don’t expect to have that kind of intimate relationship with people who only know you publicly. Do not seek to be understood by the world.” ~T.D. Jakes The past couple of months of my life have been so rich with color and inspiration and new … » Read More
April 22, 2012Comment
Quote of the Day: “Once you’ve lived a little you will find that whatever you send out into the world comes back to you in one way or another. It may be today, tomorrow, or years from now, but it happens; usually when you least expect it, usually in a form that’s pretty different from the original. Those coincidental moments that change your life seem random at … » Read More
April 15, 20122 Comments
Quote of the Day: True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.” ~Oprah The Single Woman Says: Love can be crazy, and unexplainable, and sometimes unforgiving in its relentless pursuit to grab hold of your heart and squeeze until you’re sure you can’t take one moment more of the exquisite pain; but at the end of the day, when the turmoil … » Read More
April 8, 2012Comment
Quote of the Day: “There’s a price that comes with living your purpose. You can expect criticism, turbulence. You have to know when your space is too small for you and you have to be birthed into the next level. You cannot depend on people to let you know when it’s time to go to the next level. People love you until you leave. When you get ready to … » Read More
April 5, 2012Comment
Quote of the Day: “Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.” ~Fulton J. Sheen The Single Woman Says: Several years ago, before I was a columnist, a PR person, or The Single Woman…I was a television producer. TV was my first great love, and it’s what I went to school to do. I adored everything about it, knew … » Read More
March 31, 2012Comment
“Let fear be a counselor and not a jailer.” ~Tony Robbins As someone who has struggled with anxiety my entire life, I can honestly say I never thought I’d be where I am today, doing some of the things that I’m doing. I’m from a small town in Tennessee where about 99% of the people I went to high school with have been married for at least ten years…and most haven’t ventured … » Read More
March 28, 20121 Comment
Quote of the Day: As a kid, this is what I wanted my life to be. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever dare to dream that it would be this. ~Smokey Robinson The Single Woman Says: I keep walking around pinching myself these days, because I think SURELY I’m going to wake up any minute now and find that the last few … » Read More
March 28, 2012Comment
Can you imagine anything more amazing than seeing OPRAH? How about seeing Oprah in the Big Apple? At Radio City Music Hall?!? The wonderful team at OWN has given me two tickets to give away to the afternoon taping of Oprah’s Lifeclass in NYC on April 2nd. The show is completely SOLD OUT, so the only way in is to WIN! So what do you have to do to win? Simply leave … » Read More
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Life doesn’t always look the way we want it to look. In Mandy’s upcoming book, Turn Toward the Sun: Releasing What If and Embracing What Is, you’ll find encouragement to live in the moment, sit with your experiences, and trust God with the unknown.
