Hope. We all want it. Today, more than ever, we all need it. When our day-to-day concerns include basic worrisome life matters such as social distancing, securing food, paying bills and working with kids underfoot, hope provides a motivating and protective force. Hope helps us believe that despite the overwhelming problems we face today, we will be able to move from just surviving to thriving ..read more

This edition of Becoming Linda is sponsored by G2G designs. Their jewelry is just beautiful and locally crafted here in Southern California. You can find g2g on Facebook and Instagram @shopg2g as well as their website by simply clicking on the button above ..read more

SEPTEMBER 2020 Volume I, Issue 7 Becoming Linda Media™ BECOMING  LINDA Sharing my Journey to Become Me… “Sometimes it might feel like you’re speaking to just a few people, or maybe no one at all, but if you don’t write or use your voice, then you will never know how it feels.” Sideways Maybe we aren’t […] The post September Newsletter appeared first on becominglinda ..read more

     Everything changes. Nothing stays the same. I think I figured it out. I get myself stuck in certain memories, traditions and the way things were, the operative word being “were.” But things don’t stay the same. They can’t. We grow, we get older (hopefully), our kids get older (hopefully), our parents get older […] The post Everything Changes appeared first on becominglinda ..read more

     I am not going to pretend to know a lot about Chadwick Boseman, other than what I have learned these past few days, since his very unfortunate and untimely death. And in these past few days, I have learned a lot about what was, seemingly, an exceptional man. In addition to being a […] The post Taken Too Soon appeared first on becominglinda ..read more

     You know how we always look back at our old selves, our old hairstyles and clothing choices, etc. and basically cringe? We all do it right? We all have the big hair of the 80’s or the no style of the 90’s, the high waisted pants, the low waisted pants and everything in […] The post Looking Back appeared first on becominglinda ..read more

AUGUST 2020 Volume I, Issue 6 Becoming Linda Media™ BECOMING  LINDA Sharing my Journey to Become Me… “Sometimes it might feel like you’re speaking to just a few people, or maybe no one at all, but if you don’t write or use your voice, then you will never know how it feels.” Backwards We were just […] The post Becoming Linda August Newsletter appeared first on becominglinda ..read more

     I have written before about being thin-skinned and oversensitive. It’s a quality I’ve had, and owned, my entire life, though not necessarily one I love. I am constantly at work to build confidence and thicker skin which requires tearing down some insecurities and rewiring my thinking and narrative. Not an easy task. I […] The post Tearing Down and Building Up appeared first on becominglinda ..read more

     Please talk to me. If you have something to say, good, bad or otherwise, please talk to me. Otherwise, how am I to know what you’re thinking? I’m not a mind reader. Believe me, I wish I was. It would make so many things so much easier if I could only read minds.  […] The post Talk To Me, Tell Me, Say Something appeared first on becominglinda ..read more

     This world we are in right now…it feels like two worlds wrapped up into one. It’s difficult to process, difficult to manage and if nothing else, unlike anything I’ve felt or witnessed before. One world feels regular and normal, the other feels like the world is on fire.      I spent most of Saturday […] The post Somewhere in the Middle of Two Worlds appeared first on becominglinda ..read more