I only have four more days left as Trisha Christine Blackwell. My name carries with it thirty years, eleven days and 7 hours of identity, memories and life. It is all I have ever known. Yet, in just 96 hours I am leaving it behind and running towards a new name. The anticipation of this
THE SELF-IMAGE PROPHECY.
In reading Brendan Bruchard’s book, The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives that Make You Feel Alive, I came across a statement that rocked my mind. It rocked me in that I have always believed what he says to be true, but I was never quite able to articulate it in the concisely profound way
CRAYONS AND CROWNS
As a child I could never differentiate the pronunciation between crayons and crowns, maybe it’s because I needed to attend speech therapy classes (which I did and received lots of stickers for my strides of progress), or because in my mind I never understood the point of a crown. In my candyland and lollipop world,
BEAUTIFUL BODY BISTRO
The world is a kaleidoscope of beautiful bodies, all so very similar in varying shapes and types and yet all so distinctly different and reflective at the same time. Take it from me; my job is to observe bodies all day long. If you look through this kaleidoscope the way I do, you will start