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A Spoonful of Grateful

2011-12-14T16:41:00.000-05:00

For the past couple of days, I have to admit I haven’t been in the best of moods. No reason really, I just wasn’t in a good mood. I seemed to be complaining a lot to people about things that I wanted them to fix but they had no control to do so. I call this my impatience factor. There are times where I can be impatient. I think we all can at times. However, when your impatience comes

In The Fires of Hell - Andrea Yates

2011-06-13T14:46:00.005-04:00

Chills consume the vertebrates of my spin while I continue to research the unfortunately well known story of Andrea Yates. She was a mother of five children, a stellar student, a valedictorian and a nurse. However, today she is known as being a murderer of her five children. “In 1993, she married Rusty Yates, who was a disciple of preacher Michael Peter Woroniecki.” (A&E Television,

Wanna A Great Air Check?

2011-04-20T19:25:00.005-04:00

I'm a recent major market on air personality in radio. Now, I want to help YOU sound the best you can on the air. Radio needs great sounding jocks on the air and I want YOU to be one of them. I've done radio in just about all market sizes. I've done radio from market 165 all the way up to market 4 and I've accomplished this from only being on the air full time under 7 years. I have a

Bad Career Advice From Good Parents.

2011-04-19T15:51:00.000-04:00

Six months into being unemployed I find I'm still having to answer to my parents as to why I haven't been able to get a job yet. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind answering to my parents even if I am over 40 years old. However, what they don't realize these days is the hiring process has changed so much since their days of employment. It used to be when you were looking for a job you

Employing The Unemployed

2011-02-21T07:39:00.003-05:00

The homeless man who had more integrity than corporate America. "Will Work 4 Food", "Please help, homeless vet needs food". We've all seen signs like this from people on the streets looking for our hand outs. Not too long ago, I was living in San Francisco. The first day I get to the city, I see a man on the corner holding a sign that read "Need Money For A Hooker, too ugly to get laid

Relationships Are Like Our Kitchen

2011-02-19T09:32:00.000-05:00

Relationships ARE like our kitchen. Depending on how your kitchen is laid out can say a lot about how you view your relationships in life. Think about it for a minute. We all have cabinets, we all put certain things in their certain places and we know they're there if we need to use them. How does this all play a part within our relationships? Well, if you have a scattered kitchen and things

The Educated Ego

2011-02-07T17:20:00.000-05:00

With unemployment being so high these days it's important to "sell" ourselves to the potential employer. We're all in this game called "Life". It's been 4 months since I've been able to land a gig in radio. It's not because I'm too picky on where I want to work, but it may be due to the way I thought I had to "sell" myself to the potential employer. During the interview process we

The Art Of Writing About Nothing

2011-01-09T18:58:00.000-05:00

Everyone wants to be heard. Everyone wants to know they're being heard. No one likes to be ignored. Regardless of the nature of us writing or speaking it's essential we are heard. There are times we come across people who just love to talk. Yes, and we're forced to listen to them because anything BUT paying attention to them is impolite. I'd like to know where is it

Monkey See...Monkey Do...or Do We?

2011-01-04T07:24:00.000-05:00

Bandura’s Observational Learning concept is brilliant. When we look at Bandura's observational of learning and how it's influenced, we see four variables. There is the Attentional processes, which determines what we can and do attend to. We have The Retentional processes, which this tells us how we remember what we saw. We have The Motor reproduction processes, this tells us

It's Your Ego

2010-12-11T07:15:00.001-05:00

If there was one person I'd love to have coffee with, it would be Sigmund Freud. I have always been so engaged in anything he's studied or theorized. Sigmund Freud brought us the three different parts of our mind to understand. He gave us these three components of level of awareness. The fist level he calls The conscious mind. This is where we are right now, we are paying attention to

Waiting Is The Hardest Part

2010-12-08T08:45:00.006-05:00

Jack Oct 1996 - Nov 2010 R.I.P Mommy Loves You Good News!! Petco.com published this story for their contest. Please vote for my story by following this link. Let's win this, and currently my story is Number 1 with the votes. Here's the Link: http://www.petco.com/content/story/brandylist.aspx?bvcategoryid=1-45 We all say losing a friend is one of the hardest things we go

The Circle of Life

2010-11-17T19:24:00.002-05:00

As I sit here in my kitchen wearing my white Royal Caribbean Cruise bath robe, tears fall down my face. I have a candle lit, there's the sounds of classical music mixed with nature sounds playing in the background. I have a puppy named Bennie pictured left. Bennie is 3 years old and a really good boy. He's healthy, well balanced and very playful according to his vet and his trainer.

The Front Porch of Our Lives

2010-11-04T09:07:00.002-04:00

Communication is the key to all relationships. How we communicate is a vehicle we use to get us to the next level in our relationships. So many times in our lives we become so busy it's easy to forget how important communication means to people. Sure, we text, we use instant messaging on Facebook, AOL, Yahoo!, MSN, Skype and so many other means of "being in touch" with people. If you really

A Million Hits in .02 Seconds

2010-10-27T16:04:00.000-04:00

I'm not really sure what the actual "Laws of Attraction" means. I'm not going to bother to Google it or Bing it or anything it.Who needs a million hits in .02 seconds? I'll be the first to admit I Google and Bing everything. When I say everything, I mean "everything". Just today I Googled "why does my dog pace the floor all day?" I won't bore you with the million hits that only took

Why I am Going To Boycott Music Artists

2010-10-25T19:15:00.000-04:00

In a recent story published by allaccess.com today.THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS RADIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS has voted in favor of presenting musicFIRST representatives a legislative "Term Sheet" designed to resolve the longstanding performance fee issue. The Radio Board conditioned their support for today's Term Sheet on the understanding that all provisions would remain part of

Turn The Stereotyping Off!

2010-10-23T15:08:00.003-04:00

There is so much in the current news about stereotyping and the damage it creates to those who practice the art of stereotyping. I call it an "Art" because it's not politically correct to stereotype, so instead we justify it by saying "it's just my opinion". As in the stories below, you can see these comments are by people in the middle who get paid to give their "opinions". Keep in

Who Are You Anyway

2010-09-24T19:21:00.003-04:00

Some of you may not like what I'm about to write but I feel compelled to write about it. So, just bare with me and keep an open mind. Ya know, I read the Bible and I research things in it and I re-read it and I try to make sense out of it. It actually DOES make sense. I was talking with a friend earlier today and she was telling about a friend she has who gets plastic surgery done. Her

I Think I Know You - You're ME!

2010-09-09T21:38:00.000-04:00

A lot of times, I get emails from readers asking for advice on certain things going on in their lives. I enjoy all the emails I get so thanks for sending them! Recently, I received an email from a lady named "Diane". I'll call her "Diane" for the sake of my blog and her story. This was her email to me: Sept 6, 2010 Dear Nikki, You don't know me, but I think I know who you are...you're ME! I

"About Face"- If Tomorrow Never Comes...Then What?

2010-09-01T20:48:00.000-04:00

September 1, 2010 The title of this blog is often used as a military preparatory command. For my blog purpose I'll use it in a different way. When was the last time you looked at someones face? I mean really looked at them to see what they are feeling inside. Many times we "look" at people and that's all we do, we just "look". Have you ever taken out the time to just look at someone and wonder

Evolving

2010-08-28T14:34:00.000-04:00

Even though I am no longer employed, I feel at peace with myself. So many changes happening in my life now. Sometimes, people do not welcome change. This always seemed to amaze me. If we did not welcome change, we wouldn't be where we are today in life. You couldn't not have gotten where you are today without change...it's called "evolving". I'm about to enter another phase of my life, one of

When You No Longer Belong

2010-08-24T20:00:00.000-04:00

www.nikkilandryproductions.com There comes a time in our lives where we wear out our welcome. We can wear out our welcome in love, marriage, relationships, and even jobs. Today I wore out my welcome at my job. I'm no longer with CBS and now I have launched my own company that I have been working on for the past few months. I'm excited to say it goes into production tomorrow. So, when you wear

What are YOU Willing To Do To Be Happy?

2010-08-10T18:58:00.000-04:00

There comes a time in our lives where we have to stop keeping score. When you're in love or a marriage (and yes, I've had both) you have to stop keeping score. We all have fights, we all love, we all hate, we all mistrust and yes, sometimes we cheat. I'm in my Psychology class for my Master's Degree and I'm learning a lot. One day I'm going to open my own practice and help couples who suffer from

When Change Doesn't Change

2010-07-02T14:04:00.003-04:00

We've all heard it before in our relationships "I'll change" or "Give me a chance to change" or even "I'll prove it to you I've changed, just give me a chance." This always amazes me when I hear about couples who have a significant other that say things like this to them. Or, even when they themselves tell me they'll change for their partner. My answer is usually "Really?" IS it fair to expect

Wanna Chance?

2010-06-30T15:13:00.000-04:00

June 30, 2010 I have a list of topics I want to discuss in my Blog. I'm not sure which one I want to start with so, Here's YOUR chance to tell ME what you'd like me to write about. "Being Friends After The Breakup" -- Can you? Should you? Will you? Will he? Upside -- great bond formed -- Downside -- get him/her outta my life "Exploring Mutual Interests -- Beyond The Bedroom" -- sex is

On With Regis And Kelly Live

2010-06-22T18:46:00.007-04:00

Here is my shot to be on national TV again. I really want this opportunity too! But I need your vote! Regis and Kelly are kicking off a contest for Women In Radio to co-host a show with regis. Can I PLEASE get your nomination? Please??? Go here to this link and find out more. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! You'll need my information to nominate me. If they ask for a picture (which they may) Please feel