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  • Finding Your Happiness

    Sometimes it can be challenging to find light during difficult times. It is important to try to focus on the good & in turn that will help us to find our inner happiness when the lights feel dim. Did you know that being consciously aware of what you’re thankful for can actually change your level of happiness? There are always silver linings – we just have to allow our consciousness to find them. Here are some way to consciously focus on your happiness: 

    Start by making a list of all the small things that contribute to your happiness. From feeling the sun warming your face, to the birds singing as you take a walk, or maybe even the taste of your first morning coffee. Keeping such a list helps to stay focused on the present as you go through each day, and will remind you how many great things there are in your life.

    Give yourself permission to be who you are – permission to laugh big, to cry when you need to, to fail; permission to fall apart, breakdown and get back up again; permission to be different and unique; permission to go too far and reach your dreams. 

    When you wake up each morning, spend time recalling all the things for which you feel grateful. Before you go to bed, you can keep a gratitude journal. Write down some things you felt gratitude for during your day. Even saying prayers of gratitude are truly powerful because through these prayers we can recognize the ultimate source of all we are and all we can be.

    I hope this helps guide you to find your inner happiness and as always we are on this journey together!

  • Travel tips + Favorite products

    Summertime is here and for many it’s a time to travel and create adventures for the entire family. I know when we travel, one of the biggest struggles is what to pack. We all want to look less jet-lagged and more jet-set. Feeling good and refreshed is all about packing smart. Here are a few of my favorite  products that you will always find with me on my travels:

    I’ve been really loving my SilcSkin Decollette Pads lately. There are so many benefits to wearing them, and you can see results pretty quick. These pads work wonders to correct and prevent chest wrinkles caused by sun damage, aging, and sleeping on your side. They are very discreet to wear anytime of day, so I can practically do anything while wearing them.

    Getting a good nights rest is vital, especially when it comes to a long day of travel. Melatonin is a supplement you will always find packed in my bag during my long trips. One of my favorite brands, MaryRuth’s, makes their delicious Passion Fruit Jasmine Tea Melatonin Gummies that are 100% Plant-Based. It really helps me to get restful night sleep, especially when I am traveling to different time zones.

    I hope you’re having a restful + healthy Summer. Keep up the good work and as always, I am here on this continued journey of Health + Wellness with you.

  • Rejuvenating your Mind

    Happy Friday!

    I wanted to send you all a little light and love as we approach the end of the week. What do you do to relax after a long day? Today I wanted to share with you few of my favorite tips when I need to unwind and rejuvenate after a long week. 

    First of all appreciation. Go over your week in your mind and be grateful for all of it! Yes, all of it, even those tasks that went unfinished or conversations that didn’t go the way you had hoped. Just trust that all is in alignment and if you are in alignment, then all else will be also. Remember to take time to focus on your breathing  as you go through this process, as it will help bring the on the peace we strive for.

    One of my self-care routines is highly revolved around skincare! Our skin needs lots of TLC and it is so very important that we stay on a good healthy regimen with it. Some of the issues I often overhear being the most problematic with our skin is dehydration, redness, ageing visible lines, and dullness. I often get stopped and asked how I keep my skin so clear, radiant, and youthful. Lately, some of my favorite products that I have been using is from a line called Glowbiotics. My top pick that I have gotten hooked on is their Replenishing Cream. Glowbiotics uses Probiotic Derived Bioactives, or PDBs. PDBs are healthy, non-living probiotic fragments derived from the most beneficial bacteria, put through a special fermentation process. When applied to the skin their Replenishing Cream does its miracle work by preventing premature ageing skin, reduces inflammation, and even plumps up and maintains your skins natural state (these are just few of the many benefits I have seen in such a short period of time while using this product).  

    I hope my tips and routine can help you to relax a little more this weekend. As always, I am here to help you on your journey of Health & Wellness!
  • Finding your Inner Peace

    As we move through life, we can easily lose sight of some of the most basic things we can do that keep our mental + physical health at the top of our priority list.  As this week comes to an end, I wanted to share with you a few tools that I use to help guide me through my best + worst days. Self-love and Meditation are two of the most important things I strive to do daily.

    Too easily we forget that loving yourself starts with the thoughts you have about who you are as a person, your beliefs, and your self-worth. Sometimes my personal insecurities block me from stepping forward into the dreams placed in my heart. 
      Too often, we unconsciously take on other people’s thoughts + ideas about ourselves and the messages we receive from our society. In reality, they are simple misperceptions + misunderstandings which can take us into a path of self-doubt and which actually not true.

    The reality is that your thoughts, ideas, and beliefs are absolutely not fixed and not fact. YOU decide what you want to believe about yourself. Choose to focus on what you truly appreciate and enjoy. Set small goals. Do something you love everyday. Take a walk on the beach and dance in the rain. Take deep slow breathes, imagine golden light traveling  from the top of your crown chakra to your toes and into the earth below you.  Calm your mind into stillness. Slowly but surely in creating your own practice you will start to see the change. 

    I hope this weekend you do something that makes you smile. As always, I am here on this wellness journey with you!

  • A mother and grandmothers’ love

    Yes, this week has been powerful and painful and healing and joyful and full of deep introspection… Life

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    This evening 5 yrs ago at 9:22pt our precious mom-mom, the forever beautiful & glamorous Momma Ann rose up to her heavenly place. This was so clear as I held her and held onto every moment, watching her elevating and looking up as she took her last breath, with a peaceful smile on her face.

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    I was so blessed to have a mother who adored me and truly loved her granddaughter @tiffanytrump more than anything. She was so beautiful as you can see in this photo when she was homecoming queen and so sporty & playful as here with Tiffany when she was in her mid 50’s.  Mom always supported me so proudly, here posing outside the Palace Theater when I was performing on #Broadway after probably watching her 100th performance. And she was the best dancer of all!

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    Mom gave her heart and soul to her family and today I can feel her loving and yes still feisty spirit with me.

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    Cancer may have taken her body way too soon for us who miss her so, but her spirit was never broken… Moms’ faith remained so strong as she trusted every step of her journey, yet her courage and commitment to her healing never ended …

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    There is so much more I’d to share, but this may already be my longest  post ever… So for now thank you for listening as I shared my heart. May moms faith help inspire any of you going through challenges to love more, trust in your own Divinity and see beyond any limitations that this life or world may offer. #YouAreABlessing #eternallove #braincancerawareness #breastcancerawareness #faith #AnnMaples

    Wow.. the 50’s Total elegance.  My mom, Ann Maples Age 18 in 1958
    Nothing but Love with Tiffany and her Mom-Mom
    Mom with me in the background as Ziegfeld’s Favorite in the Will Rogers Follies. 
    Glamorous Mom in 1996
    My first birthday with mom Ann and daddy Stan
    Mom-Mom with her granddaughter Tiffany
  • Yoga love through the Years

    Running forward while throwing back #tbt March 1996 @fitnessmagazine Still loving my #yoga today! From #acroyoga and #kundalini to #iyengar I love mixing it up ‍♀️ If you can’t get to a yoga studio near you, then do a search on YouTube and find the perfect instructor for you. #mindbodyspirit #loveyourself #breathe #lifechanger #marlamotivations 

    Fitness Magazine 1996
    Caribbean 2019
  • Facial Acupuncture

    Don’t leave me at home alone too long I’m not a professional but I have loved having facial acupuncture throughout the years and have taken a few notes, so yes I did this myself then laid down to rest & meditate after applying a even a few more needles. I’m grateful for birthdays but woe, after this last one, I noticed many more fine lines and yes, some awesome eye drooping. Maybe it’s just my eyesight improving… Tee Hee! I truly believe joy and appreciation of all our earth years is so important, but a few perks or in this case pricks along the way can increase circulation and help to de-stress and relax at the same time. #acupuncture #FacialAcupuncture #dontjudgeme #BoostwithoutBotox

    Shot by Annie Leibovitz @AnnieLeibovitz for @VogueMagazine June 1996 at Mar-A-Lago 
    Above a Nov. 2018 #selfie

  • Prayers from Barcelona

    One of our first stops when we returned to #Barcelona was the Basilica Santa Maria Del Mar. We were enveloped in magnificence & called to sit in prayer… At this time please may we all seek deeper & higher guidance from the Divine Light within each of us to help our hearts, minds & world be filled with love… Can we challenge ourselves to choose love  all of us? #bless #prayersforlove #liveinjoy #beablessing #uplift #peacetothosesuffering ☮️✝️✡️ ☪️☮️ With lovely friends from Romania Venezuela Canada Carmen Anderson, Cat Faith and Marielen Perdom