Greetings all!

This certainly has been a time of growth for me and Life By Design! In July, I started my own column at Women’s Online Magazine, called Journey to Self.

The journey to self is one of monumental importance. It is one that leads us to our true selves and allows us to start making our own dreams come true. Through the sometimes bumpy journey there are many things to learn, offering us a chance to open up to the real possibilities that lay at our feet. Journey to Self explores the steps that we take to find our true identity, to strengthen our sense of self, and to bring inner peace into our lives.

I am so excited to announce I will have my own Journey to Self radio segment on Womanly Insights!! The show is a live call in show and will run from 12pm CST (10am PST/1pm EST) to 1pm CST (11am PST/ 2pm EST) every Thursday starting August 9th!

Teresa Morrow of Key Business Partners will be joining me for my first show as we talk about the Journey to Self, where we are, were we have been, and where to go now. If you would like to call in and talk with us the call in number is (646) 716-8056.

Also, coming in September I will be offering new products: e-Books, e-courses and audios.

Because of some changes, the Life By Design site will be undergoing a minor face lift, as well.

I am proud to be apart of a FABULOUS event that will take place in October, mums the word for now, but look for the announcement coming very soon!

Stay tuned for more upcoming news!

With Empowering Regards,

Tonya Ramsey

I wanted to invite you all to a chance to win some of fabulous prizes that are being given a way this week.

Thursday Night, my wonderful partner Betty Lynch and I  are going to be doing our monthly Back to the Table Presentation. This month we are presenting Summer Desserts and Picnic Tips.

We always have a great time. Everyone that attends will get a special thank you gift from us and a change to will some great prizes. For information on our presentation visit our blog at http://backtothetable.wordpress.com

Also, this week kicks off the start of weekly prize give-a-ways for Mom’s Coffee Break! (read more http://momscoffeebreak.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/exciting-news/)

Our sponsor this week is Carole Reynolds from Warm Spirit ~ http://www.warmspirit.org/esuite/home/fruitsofwisdom and our topic is Pampering Yourself.

Come by Mom’s Coffee Break Blog and leave a comment on how your pamper yourself, you will be entered in a drawing to win a prize from Carole! http://momscoffeebreak.wordpress.com/2007/07/25/kicking-off-our-weekly-prize-give-a-way/

Good Luck everyone!!

We have to come to the awareness of the infinite pairing of opposites keeping the universe going - birth and death, joy and sorrow, celebration and tragedy, and the list goes on. During our lifetime we will see tragedy, we will know sorrow, we will feel regret; it is not a question that negative things will come into our lives. The key is our ability to deal and rebound from the negativity going on in our lives, and in the world around us.

We do not have to let the disheartening news from the world shade our perceptions. When we focus on the positive, we can help ourselves from falling into the darkness. Be grateful for the all the positives in your life. Hold tight to what you are grateful for because it will help you get through the doom and gloom the world portrays.

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Published in my new column Journey to Self at Women’s Online Magazine

Stop by Heal Yourself Talk Radio and listen to my interview with Rebecca White.  We shared some stories, laughs, and talked about how to stop the SuperMom epidemic.

As I sat alone in my office for my daily “quiet time” during my son’s nap, the phone rang. On the other end was old friend of mine. We had fallen out of touch with each other after some events that took place. It had been over four years since we where had talked. We chatted for about an hour and made plans to meet for coffee in a couple of days.

Four years, it seems like a life time had happen to me over that time. So, much had changed. I feel that I had grown so much as a person over that time, not to mention the total transformation of my life as I entered into motherhood. I was with my soul mate, that alone has changed my life so profoundly. Who knew how much could change? I was happy to be talking to the one person that over the years I had been missing, my oldest and dearest friend.

It had occurred to me, there were all different types of situations that cause us to treat our friendships as if they are the expendable, something that we can do without, nothing could be further from the truth. Human Being as complex creatures depend on our relationships with others. Once a survival tactic, with the mentality that there is safety in numbers, now has evolved to a human need. We need social interaction with others; we need other to share ideas. As human beings it is vital to us to have connections to others, it is needed to create and maintain families and communities. We need to love and to be loved. Yet, when our lives get busy, when we are in negative relationships, or for whatever other reason, we start by pulling away from others. Whether it is by choice or not.

When my life got busy my social activities was the one thing that was easiest to give away. I don’t know why, I just stopped making time for my friends, stopped going out. Our friendships might be the most expendable, but they are also the missed the most. It makes a big difference to have friends to share things with, to have a girls night out, someone that we can turn to when things get tough.

Why are relationships other than our spouses and family important?

• It helps us maintain our own identity
• It helps us stay connected to the world
• It allows us to have a break from the day to day
• It is a way to engage in interesting conversation
• It allows us to share and release feeling and emotions
• Friends can be great cheerleaders and good shoulders to cry on

Remember to make time for the people in your life and to tell them how grateful you are to have them in your life.

I would like to take some time to thank all the men and women, from the past to the present that have sacrificed to keep us free!

Celebrate, America! Your another year older and still marvelous!