"Fight Like A Girl"... For Your Friend, Family Member, Or Cause

5 Things To Do In An Economic Depression (and the personal one that comes with it)

Mentors Will Inspire, Promote, and Cheer You On

A Belle’s Thoughts…
As a follow up to the Proust Questionnaire, I asked that fellow Belles fill out their own Proust Questionnaire and submit it to Belle@IndependentBelle.com.  Below are the answers from our first featured "Celebri-Belle", Anne.  Enjoy! What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Being disconnected from the people I ...

To Have Or Not To Have, And Still Have It All. It’s Your Call
We all have friends who struggle with the decision of when to have children, if it's not one we struggle with ourselves.  Hell, I struggle with whether my career allows time for me to start a new relationship, so I can only imagine deciding on a baby.  But for whatever ...

The Proust Questionnaire: Asking Independent Belles
I’ve taken the Proust Questionnaire several times in my life and I always like to look back and see how I’ve grown and changed over the years.  The questionnaire was made popular by the responses of the French writer, Marcel Proust, and has been used as a way for interviewers ...

Take A Vacation, For Yourself!
We always want to look our best, impress our boss, manage our finances, take care of our families, have tidy homes, keep in touch with friends, exercise, eat healthy, and get a decent amount of sleep; all without losing our sense of self (or our minds) in the process. I’ve ...

“Fight Like A Girl”… For Your Friend, Family Member, Or Cause
What causes do you support?  If you've ever received a diagnosis then you've likely had this passion chosen for you.  Maybe a friend calls needing support after getting news from her doctor that she has breast cancer.  I know how difficult it is to remain strong when a big ...