

FINDING YOUR STRENGTH
By: Teresa D. Cochran When I think of the word “strength” I think about inner strength not just physical outer strength. In life changing difficult moments, how do you find your inner strength? Most everyone, who was old enough to remember, remembers where they were on September 11, 2001. I was at the end of a two week vacation standing on top of a mountain at a monastery in Toledo, Spain. I was traveling with two Spanish women. I was the only blond American in my small tr


FINDING YOUR CONFIDENCE
by Teresa D. Cochran Being confident in you can be a tricky trait, especially when you are younger and unsure of yourself, but even more so when you are older and still haven’t found your confidence in life. High school as we all know can be a challenge. It doesn’t matter if you are the unknown student or the most popular student in school. It’s a challenge, each individual, with their own expectations of others and then the expectations of others on them. The stereotypes