The journey I was about to embark on was like standing at the base of a mountain and searching for a view of the peak.

Being diagnosed with cancer immediately halts everything in life. It's the stop sign you never saw coming, the red light in the middle of busy roadway. What on earth?!", your mind questions and simultaneously tries to find answers. "But I've been so good!" Trying to find the why and the how is a natural tendency in order for the brain to cope with the present. The truth at the heart of it was, I was not taking care of myself. I thought taking care of myself meant soaking in

My journey through breast cancer ( part 1) As a young teen, I only wanted one thing.. not a car or a driver's license...breasts. Just as Molly Ringwald's character in "Sixteen Candles", I too waited for the day I'd wake up on my 16th birthday magically transformed. Alas, I was a petite stick figure feeling as hopeless as "Sam", the central character in the movie. Unfortunately, that feeling never ceased and it seemed that a shadow of awkwardness followed me into adulthood. A

Like many, many people out there, I share selfies on social media quite often. While I really do try to share an image that is...

I was living in San Antonio when my four-year marriage crumbled, and in turn, I did too. Those four years were some of the saddest, loneliest, and most difficult times I had gone through. In the beginning, our marriage, was full of love and great times. Eventually, once the honeymoon stage ended, a life of routine and endless sleepless nights proceeded. The marriage began to deteriorate quickly. Few want to admit that they are headed into deep waters in their relationship,

Throughout my career I have had the pleasure of meeting so many women by helping them with their beauty questions and challenges. ...

Thousands of women go thru infertility, endometriosis and hysterectomies every year. There stories are so often unheard. I wanted to share my story here as a way to offer a dialogue to those many, many women who struggle with infertility. Here is my story.... When I had my son at age 38, I had post-partum depression and didn't know it. It took me a couple years to figure out that my anxiety stemmed from post-partum depression. The thought of adding a second child to our trio

It all started with a small breakout on the tip of my nose. I had been treating it with Mario Badescu's Drying Lotion and had expected...

As a makeup artist for nearly twenty years I have seen trends come and go, innovation in skin care technology advance, but nothing has...

Raise your hands if you wash your face in the shower and feel the hot steamy water run down your face? Do you have your hand up? I do....