Want to make better choices? Picture yourself tomorrow morning.
Instead of thinking about the moment, think about the after. The pride. The peace. The alignment.
Action Steps:
1. Close your eyes for 10 seconds.
2. Imagine waking up proud of yourself.
3. Choose the action that matches that version of you.
Let tomorrow’s you guide today’s choices.
12/07/2025
“ I am open to the miracles of everyday life, recognizing the extraordinary in the ordinary.” What are the little things that bring you joy?
12/04/2025
🙌🏻🩷💪🏻
11/28/2025
Your brain loves scripts. So give it better ones.
Habits are neural pathways. You replace them by giving your brain a new, clear sequence.
Action Steps:
1. Pick one impulse behavior you want to change.
2. Create a replacement: “If I feel X → then I do Y.”
• If I feel lonely → I go for a 3-minute walk.
• If I want sugar → I drink water first.
3. Repeat it daily so the pathway strengthens.
“Your brain doesn’t take orders. It takes patterns.”
11/28/2025
Healing from codependency and moving into healthy relationships takes continued work.
I try to show growth happening in real time on my page so people can see everything is a process.
1. Pay attention to your thoughts and actions that may bring up old patterns.
2. Ask yourself, “What is this trying to teach me?”
3. Be completely honest with yourself about your feelings and triggers.
4. Create a mantra, journal, exercise, or find a healthy way to bring yourself back to the present moment.
5. Keep going because you are rocking it!
11/25/2025
As I celebrate my 53rd trip around the sun, I couldn’t be more grateful for the life I have been given, and choose to live.
Although the last two years have been two of the hardest, they have also been the absolute best! Every tear, heartache, panic attack, new friendship, new experience, and new revelation, we’re building me into the person I am today. A person I am extremely proud to be.
Here’s to 2026 because it’s going to be epic!
11/22/2025
The 10-Second Override
“Your impulsive brain acts in 2 seconds. Your logical brain needs 10. Here’s how to buy yourself time.”
When dopamine fires, your limbic system takes over. The prefrontal cortex just needs a pause to come back online.
Action Steps:
1. When you feel the impulse rise — freeze instantly.
2. Breathe in for 4, out for 6.
3. Ask: “What will Future Me thank me for?”
4. Choose from that answer.
“That’s how you shift from autopilot to self-mastery.”
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11/20/2025
“Here’s a power move: do an energy audit. Who and what drains you? Who and what fuels you? Then make adjustments — no explanation required.”
11/18/2025
This was a pivotal moment in my healing journey after my traumatic separation and divorce. I found myself living back in my hometown of Richmond, Virginia unexpectedly, and I needed to find my new place in the world. This was my first solo journey to a new beach to start figuring out who I was as a single person and what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and although there have been many ups and downs, since this moment, this trip started me on a new direction and I’m grateful for every minute of it
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When my husband & I moved to Cocoa Beach a little less than a year ago, I had no idea that not only was my address changing, but my entire life was about to catapult into something dreams were made of.
For the last 30 years, I have worked in the financial industry. It’s what I know, it pays the bills, and I am extremely grateful for the opportunities and lifestyle it affords me. However, I’ve always felt like something was missing. Passion.
When life’s path led us to Cocoa Beach, I was awestruck by the natural beauty surrounding me daily. There were moments, many of them actually, that I was moved to tears by the shear, glorious beauty of it all. We live here.
I couldn’t wait to share what I was witnessing with my friends & family back home in Virginia (and my 2nd home, Tampa, where we lived for 5 years before settling here.) I dug out my daughter’s old point-and-shoot Sony camera, and started clicking away. We live on the beach, so sunrises are a daily blessing. I began taking shots of the sunrise over the Atlantic each morning and it was a big hit with my crew on Facebook. Soon, I branched out into my new LOVE...Surf photography!
After a month or so of shooting with the old P/S (do you see what I did there?) I decided to go all in and buy myself the mac-daddy Christmas gift; the Nikon D7200. Oh man! I still do my little happy dance when I think of the first shots I took with that camera! This little gift to myself has turned into much more of a blessing than I could have ever imagined.
I live at one of the coolest breaks in Central Florida. It’s a daily event to see surfers paddling out at 16th Street South in South Cocoa Beach, so I didn’t have to go far to get in some practice shooting. I thought it would be a cool idea to take shots of the local surfers and post them on a site so they could have pics of themselves. It was also a way for me to give back to the community that had already given so much to me. So with that, The Beach at 16th Street was born on Facebook. It is so cool to see that site grow and community come together to share stories and pictures. And, my heart warms every time a surfer sees their pictures and says, “Oh man! That’s awesome! Thanks so much!”.
One morning, as I was watching, and shooting, an unusually golden sunrise, a man and his two daughters arrived for dawn patrol. The moment struck my heart with such emotion that I knew at that moment, I was meant for something greater. My purpose is to capture moments of beauty, and share stories of those who are also living their purpose.