Author: taraleigh

You know the African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child?”  It seems now-a-days we are expected to do everything on our own from raising our children to running our businesses to dealing with our struggles. In the technical age we’re in where we can do all our shopping online, upload books to…

I’m feeling fresh, relaxed, energized, joyous, motivated and full of love. Those feelings are what was cultivated not only for me, but all the attendees at the retreat I hosted with Ryan Montbleau this weekend  called Rock Your Life Retreat. (It was such an epic event that the next one is happening May 2014) Want to…

I can’t believe it!!!  The retreat I’m doing with Ryan Montbleau is this weekend and I have learned so much already. I have to say…I’m really freakin proud of myself. I had this big idea and it’s actually happening. I worked hard with ease to make it happen flowing downstream instead of trying to push…

My soul sister called me in a panic.  She felt this strong pull to go to Peru ever since she could remember. When her grandmother was dying, my soul sister promised her she would go to Peru. Her grandmother always wanted to go there and regretted never taking the trip. My beautiful soul sister had…

I had a conversation with a friend the other day. She said how she wanted to be at two places at the same time. I said, “Let’s cut you in half so you can do both things.”  I realized that meant she would be half-ass participating in two things.  Half-assed is no way to do…

Hello amazing one, My good friend and Rock Your Life Retreat co-host Ryan Montbleau just did THIS!!! Click ^ to watch Ryan rock the National Anthem It’s true.  This is Ryan Montbleau accomplishing one of his dreams by singing the National Anthem in front of 30,000 fans at Fenway Park at a sold out Red…

They All Laughed at Me I had a fear I let hold me back from fully living the life I desired. It all goes back to a situation that happened to me in the second grade. An event like this may not have had you bat an eyelash, but for me it was the biggest…

As Americans who live free we can declare whatever we want. I declared the first week of September as the Week of Awesome.  I asked people to join me by capturing awesome things in photos and sharing those photos with the world on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook with the hash tag WeekofAwesome. So many of…

Practicing self-care isn’t a selfish act. It’s actually the opposite and is nothing to feel guilty about. In fact, it’s something to feel awesome about. When you make self-care a priority for yourself you are not only sending the message to yourself that you really to love you, but you are making the world a…

 I don’t want crabs and I’m thinking most people don’t want them either. I’m not talking about that STD that makes you itchy down south (although I don’t want those kinds of crabs either), but I’m talking about people who act like crabs. Check out what I found on wikipedia about crab mentality. Crab mentality,…