A very moving video about life...

Very inspirational, touching and incredibly real. Awesome typography!

The beauty of a life lesson learned - Got a story to share?

Time...the great dealer and great revealer...marches on.

As I am reflecting back on my life lesson, the lessons just keep on rolling. Isn't it funny? You sit with yourself and suddenly, after all this struggle, you feel comfortable, in control and able to shut out all the noise, centre and focus.

So what can you expect from the I Can Woman in the future?

An abundance of wisdom - all learned the hard way - and I would love to invite others to post their life lessons. Why not email me your story so I can post it on the All Things Women blog? What hard life lesson did you learn and how?

I'm really looking for some great stories to include in my book that I am currently writing entitled "Fat Girls Can Dance!" - Defying the critics. So if you've got a great story of a difficult life lesson you learned and the inspirational outcome, please take the time to make a contact. If you're not a writer, let us connect on Skype and I can write your story for you.

I look forward to hearing all those wonderful life lessons! I was amazed at just how many people popped by and read my lesson, then took the time to post about it on Twitter or on the blog. You could be making that kind of ripple in the pool of life, so please, contact me or post in the comments.

If it works for a child...

My daughter who is 8 years of age came to me this morning to ask if she could go to see a friend. I told her that she could if she had cleaned her bedroom to my standards. I asked if she'd made her bed, as I knew she needed to put a clean sheet on the bed. She stood there and moaned and groaned that she needed help because she couldn't put the sheet on.

Because I am the I Can woman and I am pushing the I Can philosophy, I turned to her and was completely firm with her. I told her there is no such word as can't, only won't, and that she could do it if she put her mind to it. Well, we argued for a few moments and I repeated my message saying, "You can do this. Have a go and if you really get stuck, I'll come and help, but you have to try first."

Well, she disappeared back into her room and I waited for her to resurface to tell me that she was unable to do it. The funny thing was she didn't resurface so after 15 minutes I thought I'd go see how she was doing. When I went in she'd finished putting the sheet on and I was able to praise her for having achieved the task.

The life lesson for all here is that you can, if you want to. If you focus on the possible instead of the impossible, everything changes. You can realise your dreams, achieve your goals, conquer new skills, if you give yourself permission to try and be prepared to fail.

To find out more about the I CAN Philosophy, watch my introductory video presentation.

Validation - A Great Short Film!

I just loved this short story. Well worth a watch, as it has such a great message and leaves you with a huge smile on your face!

I'd love to hear your comments about it.

And when you've finished watching it, you may want to watch the sequel, Rent-A-Person.