I always wonder about these motivational quotes that float across social media like the seeds of a dandelion a child blew to smithereens. Do they really work? Really? Really.   They don’t work for me. I don’t read about a shark taking a bite...

I just received a thank you message about my recent Instagram posts regarding my experience with depression, and that message both warms my heart and makes me cry at the same time. I don’t want anyone to feel the debilitating and destructive effects of...

I feel like my headphone wires. Tightly woven. Tangled. A hodgepodge of entrapment. The only thing that alleviates this mental madness of peak week is…actually peaking. Stepping on stage. That is where the unraveling begins. Bit by bit, step by step, pose by pose....

I vividly remember a morning commute to work from earlier this year. As I sped down the Dallas North Tollway, I noticed something in the distance doing somersaults and barreling down the left lane towards me. It looked like a brown paper bag. With...

I have begun telling my posing clients that an oak tree does not grow from the leaves down but instead digs its roots into the ground, develops a trunk, and then branches out. Most competitors begin their front mandatory pose by setting their arms,...