How do you feel when things go well for you? If you’re anything like me you may have some mixed feelings about it, as odd as that seems.  While I do love it when things go well and when I’m feeling good, I also notice that sometimes it poses certain challenges for me as well.

With the New Year still in its first few weeks, the annual "new year, new you" phenomenon is all around us in the worlds of advertising, media, self-help and more. And while this time of year can be a great catalyst for positive change in our lives, what if we made a commitment to live our lives in 2012 focused more on who we are, and not so much on what we do, what we accomplish, what we look like, what we're striving for, and more? One of best things we can do in this New Year is to focus on who we really are, instead of who we think we're supposed to be.

A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. . . but not necessarily in that order. ~ Jean Luc Goddard

Why are you living this life?

Owning Pink is all about being unapologetically YOU so you can heal, connect, and thrive. But doing so isn’t always easy, and we all need role models.

I’d like to shine a light on Chaz Bono, who is Owning Pink so fearlessly that I’m in awe. Chaz Bono was born Chastity, but he never felt like a girl. As a tomboy child, he struggled to fit in, and as a teen, he decided he must be a lesbian. But that didn’t feel right either. Chaz just always felt like a man and suffered from the constant unsettling feeling that something just wasn’t right. So two years ago, Chastity announced that she planned to become Chaz.

Transition