BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- Bloomfield Hills Marian girls basketball coach Mary Cicerone walked out of her teams postgame debriefing on Friday night holding a bouquet of flowers and a small, round cake inside a protective plastic container. Typically, it is not usually what she carries around after losing a basketball game, but it was her birthday after all.

Although she was hoping to celebrate her 62nd birthday with a win instead of a 35-29 home loss to rival Farmington Hills Mercy, the cake and flowers were a nice consolation prize. Since she does not like holding onto awards and is not a big fan of extravagance, they were good gifts too. She can eat the cake and be done with it. Flowers only last so long.

Over her 39 seasons of coaching girls varsity basketball exclusively at Bloomfield Hills Marian, Cicerone has accumulated many honors for her longstanding success with the program. Cicerone has likely earned enough individual honors to make a shrine to herself at home.

But if you want to see what Cicerone has done with her awards, you might find yourself digging through the trash.

You know what Ive done with all of those awards? Cicerone asked. For 39 years, what are you going to do with all those things? I dont have them anymore. I trashed them. Gave them to a trophy place in hopes they can use them again.

Cicerone became a coach because she loves the sport and she loves the kids. She doesnt want the spotlight now matter how much people think she deserves it.

That is why when Cicerone decided to retire from coaching and teaching at the conclusion of this season and school year, she did not make a deal about it. She told her players. She told her athletic director. If you asked her about it, she would answer. She just did not want to make a big deal about it.

I dont care (who knows), Cicerone said. My team knows. Thats all that matters to me.

The thing is, Cicerones decision to retire is a big deal.

Bloomfield Hills Marian head coach Mary Cicerone directs her players during Bloomfield Hills Marian's girls basketball game against Royal Oak at Marian High School in Bloomfield Hills Friday, March 8 2019.MLive.com

Cicerone is currently the fourth-winningest girls basketball coach in state history, according to records kept by the Michigan High School Athletic Association. Her career record of 697-228 puts her one win behind former Detroit Martin Luther King coach William Winfield, who retired in 2018. She is three wins away from becoming just the third coach to ever reach 700 victories.

With at least 14 games left this season -- or more, if Marian makes a deep playoff run -- Cicerone will also be the first female coach in state history to win 700 games. Former Detroit Country Day coach Frank Orlando won a state record 797 games from 1981-2019. Current Sandusky coach Al DeMott has 774 wins since he began coaching there in 1979.

Just like her age, Cicerone treats her win total as if it is just another number.

Who cares about that? Cicerone said. Whats 700? What is that going to be? Five hundred wins, 400 wins -- whats the difference? I mean, 700, Ive been here forever. I should have a lot, right? You know, Im not in it for that. Id like for these kids to go out in their senior year -- Ive done this with all of them for a long time and theyre special.

Its not that Cicerone is ungrateful for her honors and recognition. In fact, she still holds on to plenty of great things. You just wont find them on some dusty shelf.

Ive got tons of memories, Cicerone said. I know everybody from that first year. Those are the things you remember.

Cicerone is 6-1 in state championship games, winning her first three appearances. Her first was in 1988 when she coached Jennifer Shasky, the only Miss Basketball winner in school history. That year, Marian beat Flint Powers in convincing fashion, 71-49. She has since coached four other Miss Basketball finalists. Cicerones most recent state championship was in 2015 when Marian beat DeWitt, 51-37, marking the first time she ever won back-to-back state championships.

Its a good thing those six state championship trophies are being taken care of by the school in the trophy case. Give them enough time in Cicerones hands and they might have been dropped off at a local trophy shop.

I know theyre there (in the trophy case), Cicerone said. I dont have to see them. I really dont look at them. Weve got so many (from other sports). How do I pick out mine from all the others?

Cicerone clarified that she did keep many of her plaques for a long time before she got rid of them. However, she kept them in a closet that became too cumbersome to organize.

Some people are just humble enough to realize the excess of success is clutter. In Cicerones case, it is clutter well earned.

Im going to miss it, dont get me wrong, Cicerone said. But Im just ready to pass the torch. Im not going to stay here for frickin ever. Ive already been here forever. The kids are all OK with it. They know theyre going to be in good hands.

After winning just over 75 percent of the 925 games she has coached, Cicerone is preparing to move on with her life.

No hoopla, please.

This is normal, she said. People move on, someone takes over. Thats the way it is.

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Darren Carter is home. A lifelong Birmingham City supporter, his playing career at the club included scoring the penalty that first took the club into the Premier League in 2002. Twenty years on, he has returned as the interim coach of Birmingham City Women.

Some of his players were not born when that ball hit the net, but he is remembered around these parts. For his first game in charge against Manchester City last month, the attendance at St Andrew's was swelled by the number of family and friends in the crowd.

"It was a special moment," he tells Sky Sports. "It probably did not sink in first time around how proud they all were. You do appreciate those moments more as you get older. My whole family are Birmingham City supporters. It still feels like home."

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Although Carter, 38, says that he is "loving every minute of it and learning every day" the circumstances of his return are far from ideal. The team are rock-bottom of the Women's Super League with just one point from their opening 10 matches.

Some fight was shown in that first game, only a late Manchester City goal denying them a point. There were even two goals to celebrate - doubling their total for the season. It was encouraging because it provided a bit of belief that the team can compete.

"The first job was to lift the spirits," says Carter, "because we should be competing. The players deserve to be at this level." But how do you restore confidence? "You just remind them of their qualities. I have been there. That is how you build momentum.

"I have seen a change of mindset. Players are starting to enjoy it again. That is big for me. In any industry, if you are not enjoying it, if it becomes a grind, you aren't going to get the best out of people. It is about creating that environment and putting smiles on faces."

His own playing career only came to an end last season. He acknowledges that the opportunity has come sooner than he has anticipated in his coaching career following a conversation with former team-mate Craig Gardner, now the club's technical director.

Carter played under Steve Bruce and Mick McCarthy, vastly experienced coaches, but he describes Solihull Moors boss Jimmy Shan, under whom he began his coaching journey, as his mentor. "I am a bit of a disciple of his. He is on speed-dial."

The influences are eclectic. Carter is a big basketball fan and so Phil Jackson, the former Chicago Bulls coach, is an inspiration. "He is one of the greatest. I have read all his books. When the pandemic first hit I did so much studying of him and his ways of coaching.

"I love the intricacies of basketball, the psychology of it. They are way more advanced on how to create an environment for players, how to engage them. Even though it is a different sport, a different dynamic, the challenge of managing people is still the same."

Tactically, he has changed things, trying a new formation. "What is the system that suits the players? We have looked at that. Changing the way they play, being more on the front foot and being brave even against the top teams." But mentality is going to be key.

"Adversity separates the winners from the rest and we know we have good leaders here. Even the younger ones have a great attitude. They won't shirk it. There are players here with high ceilings. The challenge for me is to get them to their best."

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Defeat to Leicester in his second game in charge was difficult to take. "It was a real gut-check, I cannot lie. We felt that we had enough in the game to score. We got into good areas. It was just that final bit of quality. We shot ourselves in the foot."

But they are creating chances now at least. "That has come from a change of style. We want to be in the final third a lot more, have those entries, those shots and create those chances, because we have talented players at the top end of the pitch."

They need to take them soon but there is still hope. With a dozen games to play, his team are only two points from safety. "We are positive," he says. "Ultimately, you need results at the weekend but I know these players have more to give. The time is now."

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The car service driver guides his vehicle slow enough through the outer edges of downtown Cleveland so Barbara Turner can inhale many of her childhood memories. She points out her former house and wonders aloud where the milk crate might be that she and her older brother Cameron used for a basketball goal.

The neighborhood gym appears after a measured turn around the block. This is where Turner crafted her basketball skills playing against many of the better boys in the area.

About 4 miles west, directly across the street from a group of public housing apartments run by the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, is East Technical High School. Its the same East Tech that produced Olympic gold medalists Jesse Owens and Harrison Dillard, and Jack Trice, the only Black man whose name graces a Division I football stadium.

One of the most decorated and celebrated female athletes in Clevelands history is in town on a business trip with the Houston Rockets. She enters the building of her alma mater for the first time in 10 years because of her engaging schedule.

The wait was way too long.

The last time I was here, I remember being excited about what I accomplished but also having some anxiety entering the next chapter of my life, Turner said.

Turner helped galvanize a community as she led an unlikely girls basketball team to an unprecedented Ohio state title. She then became a two-time NCAA champion at the University of Connecticut, played in the WNBA and in Turkey. Turner is currently one of the few women player development coaches in the NBA, and is one of seven women listed as an assistant coach. She was also inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.

All from someone who grew up in Cleveland, the poorest big city in the country (30% of residents and 46% of children live below the poverty line), where the degree of violent crime has escalated to historic levels.

Although now a resident of Houston, Cleveland remains home for Turner.

Its home because thats where Im loved after bringing the inner city of Cleveland to a better light, and showing people that you can make it out of any condition or circumstances, Turner said. Im forever grateful and indebted to the city of Cleveland.

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East Tech plays in one of the oldest city public school conferences in the state, but has never had a reputation for girls basketball success. Budget cuts have limited schools to only a varsity roster, omitting junior varsity and freshmen, and many of the better players enroll in private school programs.

For Turner, it was important for her to remain in the community and achieve what no other school in her conference had before. She also found plenty of motivation when she rejected an offer from a coach to play for a private school.

He said that he was offering me a chance of a lifetime, and if I remained at East Tech that Id just become another statistic, Turner said. I never forgot those words. So every time we played them, I wanted to destroy him. Every time I wanted to achieve something, I kept those words in my mind.

Those words werent enough to help East Tech advance beyond the state semifinals Turners sophomore and junior years. Heading into her senior year, a stress fracture in her right tibia threatened to wipe out her final high school season and a chance at a state championship.

I was boo-hoo crying, Turner said. But my driving force was that I wanted to bring something positive to East Tech and to the area we call Down the Way. I wasnt going to allow that to stop me.

It didnt.

To take the strain off her leg, Turner didnt practice all season and only played in games. Despite her limitations, East Tech went on an unbelievable run, and the community supported the success with packed gyms not even seen at boys games.

Wed leave work early to see their games, said local barber Ted Lighting. Id compare the atmosphere here to how Chicago reacted during the Bulls [championship] era.

The neighborhood gravitated toward us, said Mel Burke, who was then an East Tech assistant coach. It was inner-city projects heaven. Fans were feeding us, raising money to buy the players socks, and fans raised money for T-shirts to wear in the state game. The support was off the charts.

And the East Tech Mighty Scarabs didnt disappoint in the 2002 state final. Turner led her school to the Division II championship with 30 points and nine rebounds. Shortly after her state title victory, Turner was named Ms. Ohio Basketball and to the McDonalds All American team.

We had some type of celebration at our gym with the students and with most of the people that would travel to see us play, Turner said. I remember feeling so happy and satisfied that we achieved everything we set out to do by winning a championship and bringing some positivity to the community.

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Turners basketball career continued at UConn, where she was a member of two NCAA title teams and ranks among the Huskies all-time scoring and rebounding leaders. During her career, she was named most outstanding player of the Big East tournament and was a member of the Big East all-tournament team.

There was an adjustment period despite Turners on-court success. The added competition pushed her.

There was a lot of pressure at UConn because of what was expected, Turner said. They were superduper good and on a great run when I got there. And it was the first time I was in an environment where all 11 players were stars in high school.

Ive always had a fear of failure, and what helps me overcome my fear of failure is my will to want success. Success is my only result.

Success continued as she became the 11th overall pick in the WNBA draft by the Seattle Storm. Turner had an average WNBA career from 2006 to 2009, but she was more consistent in Turkey, one of the top overseas leagues. She recently completed her 15th pro season and is a naturalized Turkish citizen. Once she became a citizen, Turner chose the name Bahar Ozturk (Bahar means spring in English; Ozturk is the last name of the team owner who helped her get a passport), which she did to show respect for the country and culture.

I benefited from playing overseas because I was able to have a longer career, Turner said. I made a hell of a lot of money. I embraced the country and got to learn the culture of a country that Ive come to love.

The time in Turkey is when the coaching bug began to bite Turner. She started closely watching Europes male stars such as Luka Doni, Cedi Osman and Furkan Korkmaz.

It gave me a feel of what I need to look for and how I can help guys improve, Turner said. It started my passion to work in the player development field.

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Turner worked as an intern with the Rockets last summer under the direction of her mentor John Lucas, a former NBA coach who has been a Rockets assistant since 2016. Turner has known Lucas since he helped train her while he was the coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2001 to 2003.

At the end of 2020, Turner came to a turning point and sought her mentor for help.

I dont know if Id call it depression, but there was a moment I was really lost because I didnt know what was next, Turner said. Lucas asked me what I wanted to do and I said player development. He brought me in.

With the Rockets, Turner worked offseason practices, pre-draft workouts and camps with NBA prospects, and assisted Lucas at his personal camps. Once the Rockets drafted Turkish center Alperen engn in July, a door of opportunity opened. She was hired to translate for engn and assist the team during summer league in Las Vegas.

I had a conversation with Coach [Stephen] Silas and he told me what my role would be, and the rest is history, Turner said.

In her position, Turners not only responsible for translating for engn, but also working out the younger players and breaking down videos for the coaching staff with an emphasis on the teams offensive playbook.

Barbara has all the four components of coaching, Lucas said. Shes been a counselor, shes been a mentor, she teaches the game and one of her greatest assets is positive confrontation. She knows how to challenge young men without offending them.

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Turners latest trip home had some challenges once she walked the empty halls of East Tech. Her tour guide, athletic director Leroy Carter, impatiently waited for her return to show Turner that shes never been forgotten.

It started with a tour of the gym. The state championship banner is on the wall behind one basket, and a poster of Turner is behind the basket on the opposite end. From there, a walk to a trophy case reveals relics from two of the greats Owens and Dillard along with a banner of Turner.

Finally, theres a trip to the schools indoor track. A painting of Turner, along with her quote following the state title, causes her to pause.

She probably thought we forgot about her and she almost got emotional, Carter said. We always talk about her around here and use her life as an example for our students to strive for excellence.

Turner managed to hold back the tears, but she couldnt control the rush of emotions.

I felt extremely proud, she said. Probably even more than when I won the national championship in college, because winning here was like a national championship.

I cant put into words how proud I am of myself and being able to do what Ive accomplished coming out of East Tech. This will always be something thats a part of my legacy.

Branson Wright is a filmmaker and freelance multimedia sports reporter.

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BERLIN - With the retirement of longtime Hiland girls basketball coach Dave Schlabach and the passing of Tom Jenkins last year, the future of the Classic in the Country, an event developed by Schlabach and Jenkins 20 years earlier, seemed uncertain.

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Schlabach, however, committed his time and resources to ensure that the Classic in the Country, a 25-game showcase of high school girls basketball continued as a tribute to Jenkins, along with the remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Perry Reese Jr.

"As I was getting ready to retire from coaching, we were pretty much resigned to no longer doing the Classic in the Country after last year," Schlabach said. "But with Tom's passing, and all that stuff coming out about how important this event was to him, Cousy (former assistant coach Dave Borter) said he would do this as long as he was needed since it was that important to Tom."

Borter said his primary duties were to organize team hosts, assign team locker rooms and assure that all players, coaches and team personnel experienced a first class event. There are 37 teams scheduled to play over the weekend this year.

It was my duty to see that everything from making sure that they knew exactly where to go for anything they were looking for and knowing they had a team host available to answer any questions, Borter said.

In "retirement," Borter adds with a laugh, he will still have many of the same responsibilities, but is transitioning some of those duties to the new coaching staff.

Jenkins always used to joke that they "had to make it to X," or 10, as the Classic in the Country uses Roman numerals (like the Super Bowl) to emphasize the impact the event has locally. Anything after 10 was considered a bonus.

"This event is so important to our community, financially, for tourism, and for the benefit of our players," Schlabach said. "It's amazing how I can be in an airport in Texas, or somewhere like that and run into somebody who was an assistant coach for this college or that who was at the Classic. You just don't know what you have until it's gone. But it's time to get new blood involved. The people who have been doing this event for the past 15-20 years are tired.

"Tom loved the idea that we pulled this thing off. When talking about the Classic, he always used to say this was a magical event. We were able to do so many good things," Schlabach said. "We were extremely different, but we had the same goals in mind, so it worked out."

Schlabach talked about Jenkins' relationship with college coaches, and just Ohio basketball, as being a big part of the continued success of the Classic in the Country. Hundreds of college coaches come to Berlin every year for the Classic to see a collection of talent all in one stop.

"His impact is very long-lasting in our state," Schlabach said. "There are kids playing in college, overseas, and in the WNBA that probably wouldn't have been there if it hadn't been for Tom's help and guidance.

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East Holmes Superintendent Erik Beun points out how the Classic in the Country has helped put Hiland on the map, earning national recognition for the quality event it has become.

The Classic in the Country is an event held during the time of year when tourist traffic is lower, and this brings a lot of people into our community, he said. Those people are eating at restaurants and staying at hotels and doing other things that really helps the local economy.

"It also gives us a chance to host the visiting schools and communities that gives them an excellent environment to showcase their skills, and have an opportunity to experience playing in the Classic, Beun continued.

Having an event in the middle of January, when the tourism industry generally takes a hiatus, seeing the hotels fill up with visitors from out of town for a weekend of basketball is a big bonus for the Holmes County community.

Through the first 18 years the Classic in the Country has been held, it generated an estimated $20 million for the Holmes County economy, according to the Holmes County Chamber of Commerce. Hotels prosper, restaurants fill up and visitors are treated to some top-quality girls basketball.

Beun adds that the Classic in the Country has almost taken on a life if its own, thanks to the army of volunteers who have made it happen every year for the past 18 years.

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There is a long list of volunteers who help year in, year out, he said. Daves commitment, and Tom Jenkins previously, and so many others along the way have made this event what it is. There has been such an effort by so many volunteers, from the entertainment committee, to the snack stands, it has created a memorable experience for people.

Brady Schlabach, the son of Coach Schlabach, has taken on an increased role in helping move the event forward. He started out as part of the entertainment crew as a child and will lend his talents to continue the event that his father developed.

The younger Schlabach has worked with his father and others to put together a schedule of competitive games, matching up teams with similarly skilled opponents who they normally wouldnt face, like teams from Columbus and Cincinnati taking on teams from Northeast Ohio to Toledo.

We are trying to create the best atmosphere we can for these girls to compete in, he said. Thats what it has always been what Classic in the Country is about. It gives teams a chance to play against other great schools in Ohio, but also nationally, and international. Weve even got a team out of Canada this year.

I was very fortunate to grow up in the basketball community, but also the Hiland community as a whole, Schlabach said. Its been really cool to see behind the scenes of this success, and all the hard work that goes into it. I never realized what all goes into it until this year, and how important the community is to making the event happen. Every year we have to ask for volunteers, and the community always steps up.

Whenever I talk to high school coaches about the Classic, they mention the hospitality, and our volunteers are the best you can find, he continued. They are the most caring people anywhere. Especially Cousy. Even though he and my dad are no longer coaching, Cousy has been the biggest help behind the scenes in getting things ready to go.

The Classic in the Country is going big this year, adding five games over the Martin Luther King weekend to make it 25 games over Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Jan. 15, 16 and 17.

"We used to play seven games on Saturday and Monday, but now we're going to have nine games," Schlabach said. "And weve gone from five to seven games on Sunday. We've got a lot of teams that want to be here, including a couple teams from out of state (Colorado and Indiana) and a loaded team from Ontario, Canada (Southwest Academy)."

A schedule of the games and ticket information is available online at Classicinthecountry.org.

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Detroit Tracy Walker had it rough.

A leader of Detroits secondary, the fourth-year safety was stuck with a nickname that no defensive back would find appealing: "Butters" Walker.

He dropped that nickname on Sunday when he picked off Jordan Love with under 30 seconds left in the Lions 37-30 season-finale win over the Green Bay Packers for his first interception since Week 1, 2019 an 853-day gap.

Today we cant call him Butters, said defensive back C.J. Moore, who intercepted Love a drive prior to put Detroit in the drivers seat. He actually got one.

It was an up-and-down game that closed a stellar season for Walker, an impending free agent who'sdue for a raise after what his nose for bringing down the ballcarrier gave the Lions this season. He even tied a career-high in tackles Sunday, coming up with 13.

Honestly, Im just happy we got the win, Walker said. That goes to the foundation weve been trying to establish all year. Weve been having all types of ups and downs, but today we were able to go out there and play as one. We played as a team today, and we were able to be successful today.

Still, Walkers season and the Lions win almost ended after a tackle he didnt make.

With the Lions leading 27-22 in the fourth, Walker whiffed on a tackle during a tight end screen to Green Bays Josiah Deguara that wound up going for a 62-yard touchdown to put the Packers up, 30-27.

I know I gotta make the tackle, but Im human, too, Walker said. He gets paid on the other side of the ball as well, so shoutout to him for making me miss. … I made up for it in the long run.

That he did, and hes got those two late interceptions plus a rushing touchdown from DAndre Swift that regained the lead to thank for why Detroit closed the last six weeks of its season on a 3-3 run.

For Walker, that final stretch of the season represented growth of a team that asked him to do a lot of heavy lifting, and didnt always have top-flight talent alongside him in the secondary. The former third-round pick out of Louisianaled the team in tackles and set a single-season career high with 107.

Thats quite a bounce-back season after the Matt Patricia-led Lions took him away from free safety in 2020, the place on the field where hes most impactful. Now comes the wait, as its still unclear whether exactly what Walkers future holds.

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But given his postgame comments, one would have a hard time believing that he wants to play anywhere else. He certainly doesnt talk like someone who plans on starting all over again in someplace new.

Weve had so many ups and downs this year, that I dont think we give enough credit to Dan Campbell. Hes a hell of a coach, Walker said.

Hes always preparing us, each and every week, to go out and compete against the best of the best. At the end of the day, I feel like things are coming together, and we see that. … Sometimes life doesnt go your way, but hey, life is 10% what happens to you, 90% how you respond. And we responded the right way today, so thats how we look at it.

And he definitely doesnt sound like someone whos interested in trying to jibe with a third coaching staff in three years.

I feel like with these coaches, they believe in the players, Walker said. They understand what its like to be a player, first off, so theyre open ears. Sometimes we might not be right as players, but theyre still open to hear it. Thats the biggest thing for me. That was the biggest difference, honestly. I respect these coaches for that, giving me a voice, and allowing me to voice my opinions, and hearing me out, regardless if Im right or wrong.

Thats the difference between these coaches. Thats why I respect them the way I do.

Nolan Bianchi is a freelance writer.

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WITH HALF your face covered and with crisis in the air, how can you think of makeovers at a time like this? A life coach and makeup artist has the answer.

In an e-mail interview with BusinessWorld, Ning Barcelo Tadena said, In one of my coaching specializations, we learned that our physiology affects our psychology, and our psychology affects our physiology. Simply put, our acting affects our thinking and vice versa. If we dress drab, well probably feel drab about ourselves. If our hair is disheveled when we look at ourselves, well probably feel disheveled, as well. When we enhance the way we look, we inadvertently enhance the way we feel. Its mens sana in corpore sano (the Latin phrase meaning a sound mind in a sound body) in action.

Ms. Tadena offers beauty and lifestyle workshops for free through the Unlock the Diva Community group on Facebook. Ostensibly just lessons on doing your makeup at home, the sessions (which started in August and will go on until October) also offer self-love and self-care affirmations. A release says, The aim is to achieve a body, heart and mindset make-over and the ultimate goal is to spread more LOVE (capitalization theirs) during this time that we need it the most. The third session, for example, covers eyebrows, and the affirmation I am caring! Other sessions would cover eyes, hair, lips, among others with accompanying affirmations such as being enough, being caring, and being grateful.

I feel its also relevant to learn more practical skills in makeup because there are more online meetings done, and masks are not worn there. Women might be buying products that are not suitable for them and they dont know how to use them. My aim is simply to give them practical tips and teach them how to apply [makeup] easily and do it with a healthy heart and mindset, said Ms. Tadena.

An author of two inspirational books (Unlock the Diva A Life Guide to Unlocking Your Purpose and the Diva Prayer Book Prayers for the Modern Woman), Ms. Tadena explained the reasons behind starting the workshops, as well as doing them for free. Before the pandemic, I led a very active lifestyle. I would do back-to-back talks; travel to different places to do workshops, trainings, and book signings. But since I cant do all that face-to-face anymore, I asked myself this question that has guided me since the beginning of the lockdown last year: what can I do, with what I have and where I am now?

From there I have grown in connecting through online events, trainings and talks, she said. Some are paid, some are free the question that guides in answering that is what serves the highest good?. Free talks, according to her, reach and bless more, while paid engagements are for those who would like to commit themselves to growing deeper and learning more.

I am a professional makeup artist and a life coach. My mission for several years now has been to bring out beauty in people from the inside and out.

On that note, Ms. Tadena gave tips on feeling and looking beautiful while wearing a mask. I got that specific question from one of the participants of the Diva Make-Over Challenge regarding masks. So, I told her that it will just be great to bring out her eyes more since her nose and her mouth are covered no need for lipstick and foundation.

To join the sessions, enter the Unlock the Diva Community Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/unlockthedivacommunity/. Registration is free. JL Garcia

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Are you the type of person that finds joy in helping others achieve the best version of themselves? Perhaps one of the best ideas you can consider is starting your own business and learning how to become a life coach. Over the past few years, this profession is gaining quite a following. If you scroll through social media sites, you've most probably encountered a post that's promoting life coach services.

But even if your previous profession only focuses on a singular theme, there will most definitely be a possibility that you will also touch on other aspects that make up your life. For example, even if you were an employee before, you can still talk about the value of good leadership in maintaining a happy employee. Thus, the topics you may discuss in a life coaching session are endless.

When you get a life coach certification, you are bound by specific rules and ethical guidelines. For example, once you become a certified life coach, you will need to have annual training to keep your practice up to date.

In life coach training, you will learn some of the most fundamental skills any life coach could possibly need. You will be taught how to listen actively and create an environment that will build trust between you and your clients. Plus, you will be taught how to set up your own life coach business, including the profession's ethical demands.

Becoming a life coach may not be as easy as it may seem. It will demand a lot of hard work and considerable investment. A life coach certification can cost you around $ 5000 or more.

Once you've decided on the type of your business as an entity, you need to prepare for the cost of your business. Costing can include setting up your business, life coach certification, renting the space you plan to use, insurance, and many other possible costs you may incur in your business venture.

After deciding and planning for your business, you need an effective marketing strategy. No matter how amazing you are in your specialization, it wouldn't matter if no one knows about your practice. Word of mouth can only go so far. One of the most effective marketing strategies is to allow customers to experience what you have to offer. You can provide a mini free session or even a discounted session. If someone is referred by another client, you can give them a discount as well. Above all that strategies, you can also consider building an online presence.

Aside from what has been mentioned, there are still other things you need to consider to establish an effective life coaching business. Although one thing is certain, once you've decided on your niche, you're already off to a great start.

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High Infidelity

Season 6 Episode 9

Editors Rating 3 stars ***

Photo: Bravo

So far this season, we have been introduced to a gentle reboot of Candiaces reality TV persona. While her mouth and her confessionals are still as sharp as ever, her edges have been a bit softer: Shes a stepmom, a grad student, and budding girlboss entertainer in the making. Sisters are doin it for themselves, as the song goes, one four-count and pilot episode at a time. Alas, just like DCs The Suicide Squad, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Namely, Candiace is still the cantankerous, quick-to-the-draw, impulsive loudmouth we were introduced to, and no one triggers her less desirable qualities more than her husband and Ashley.

Candiace cannot seem to figure out what role she wants her husband to play in her life. Is he her partner, her manager, or her errand boy? Shes triggered by Gizelle mentioning the obvious that it can seem like Chris is riding her coattails but to be fair, its a logical conclusion to make of a husband who spends half his time on the links and the other half doing Instagram cooking classes. In a lot of ways, it does seem like she has transferred her dynamic with her mother into the one she has with Chris: She expects him to show up on her terms, as she is the one controlling the purse strings in the relationship. This power structure does not bode well for their managerial relationship, which she apparently seems to believe entails being onsite at every single moment that she has an activity or obligation (as someone who has had to coordinate with talent management for various projects, I can assure you that that is not the case). Personally, I think they should cut their losses while they still can; Candiace can help him with the down payment on a food truck that he can have in DuPont Circle in D.C., where professionals and Bravo fans delusional enough to think Candiace might make the occasional appearance will eagerly pay 15 dollars for a grilled-cheese sandwich. A double-income household and happy marriage seems like a worthwhile investment to avoid them cursing each other out in the parking lot of a wing spot.

Ashley inexplicably agitates something deep in Candiace that at times is warranted, but frequently ends up being an overreaction to her behavior. My working suspicion is that they have more in common than not, and it unsettles her: They both came out of the pageant circuit, both met their white partners while working together, both have a tendency to run their mouth and regret it later, and while were at it they both have generous foreheads. So for the life of me, I dont grasp why Candiace thinks that she has enough country to throw that jab. I mean, hers may not be quite as expansive as the real estate possessed by me or my fellow East African princess Askale, but if someone wanted to rent ad space, theyd have plenty of room. She has made the executive decision that Ashley was gleefully carrying that bone for Gizelle, and regardless of whether or not you agree with her (I personally dont), her reasoning for it was illogical: She didnt like the tone with which Ashley said thats not how that was supposed to go? Why is this irritation not extended to Gizelle, who additionally inserted herself into her marriage? That question is rhetorical because the answer is obviously that she doesnt want to threaten her position within the delicately constructed hierarchy of the Potomac crew, lest she be banished to the hinterlands with Karen Huger. Instead, we get a flurry of over-the-line insults targeted at Ashley during Robyns birthday party, commenting on her wide body and breast milk, as if Ashleys postpartum figure is still not more petite than 80 percent of the adult world. I appreciate a witty barb, but to call a nursing woman a filthy milkmaid just because you dislike her is unacceptable. There are some lines that are just not worth crossing; Im sure she wouldnt appreciate it if people called her a sentient Bratz doll, for example.

Notably absent from Robyns party are Wendy and Karen, who, to their credit, arent surprised or hurt to be excluded from the event. Wendy and Eddie debriefed on camera on their feelings about the events that took place in Williamsburg, and as I mentioned last week, they had already revealed last season their trials and tribulations with Eddies family to the group, which makes Gizelles choice to discuss the rumors about her fellow soror on camera all the more hurtful to the couple. It should also be noted that Gizelle has recently revealed that she had also discussed this with Wendy before filming, which means that both Robyn and Gizelle had private conversations to address the gossip as friends, and then chose to bring it up on camera for the sake of a plotline. Aside from this drama, we have Gizelle bringing her daughter back and forth to her learners permit test and Robyn living in a Judd Apatow film, so they needed to deliver something else. As Eddie astutely pointed out, you have to be hurt to project hurt onto someone. I appreciate how confident they are in their union, but I also hope it doesnt come back to bite Wendy in the ass. While Gizelle may continuously place everyones worth in the quality of a man they can attract, I dont think Wendy should, nor do I think that she should set herself up so that it would be a failure if Eddie did indeed end up straying; and while I understand some people finding her reaction a bit excessive, this is the same reality-TV universe where someone once pulled off their leg and put it on a restaurant table to make a point, so I think we can all agree that histrionics are par for the course here.

Speaking of hurt people hurting people, Gizelle and Robyn take the opportunity to advertise their podcast, which they have been recording in Gizelles lauded West Wing,malfunctioning sliding door and all. The episode, of course, is about infidelity, and the women chat about their experiences with monogamy and the lack thereof in their respective partnerships. Let me just say this upfront: Not everyone needs to have a podcast. Personally, I like my podcasts to be highly produced and edited, and if theyre going to be that barbershop style that the green-eyed duo is going for, you need a particular level of dynamism which translates into audio that I dont think they possess. Regardless, Robyn talks about what she will and wont accept in relationships now, which I find hard to believe since she has pretty much been with Juan in different states of coupling and uncoupling since high school. Gizelle reads off the statistic that 22 percent of men have cheated on their significant other and that if someone has cheated before, there is a 350 percent chance that they will cheat again. Now, as someone who majored in economics and studied/suffered through statistics, I feel obligated to lend my skillset to the ongoing study of the Reality TV Arts & Sciences and point out that these numbers dont make sense. I put my loans to use and did some digging, and it seems to have come from this nondescript blog which points to a Psychology Today article that seems to report that first-time cheaters cheat the second time around 3.5 times more frequently than those who didnt in their first relationships, which is a bit different than a 350 percent chance. Regardless, Gizelle quips that she wishes she could have known this two years ago, and that is the closest that she has come to admitting that Monique was telling that truth on the reunion stage, which we already knew since she hasnt lost any sort of defamation suit yet.

Next week, we see Karen fulfilling her Ambassador duties, Candiaces marital tension starts to escalate, and Gizelle begins to open up on the face crack heard around the world during last seasons reunion. See you then!

It is very cute that much ado is being made of Karen Hugers vow renewal although for all our sakes, please dont make Ray walk down those stairs before he ends up on the wrong side of a Life Alert commercial but the exterior looks like Williamsburg in 1997: abandoned warehouses as far as the eye can see. I hope they figure out how to give that faade some sort of a face lift or the girls that are forced to come and film for the show will be clowning the Grand Dame the entire ceremony.

I found it interesting that Candiace called her marriage an Ebony & Ivory love story when she had previously and notoriously called Ashley a bed wench. No additional comment there, just an observation.

Askale made a perfunctory cameo as Robyns friend at her birthday dinner. I want so much more for her, since the Ethiopian community in D.C. is quite large with a rich culture. Give us a coffee trip, something!

Michael, a troll who abandoned his appointed post at the bridge, has decided to mansplain the entire postpartum process during a visit to a holistic nurse. As if that wasnt unbearable enough, his doting husband compliment of the week was that Ashley didnt look overweight and that he was still attracted to her. Is this what awaits me in marriage? Because if so, I think Im just going to go ahead and get a cat.

Mia has been an erratic presence on the show thus far, but her exploring her journey with her mom was genuinely touching. As someone who has also experienced a lot of childhood trauma, I know personally how hard it can be to work through that with your parents, regardless of whether a camera is there. It also helps me understand her a bit more. I think a lot of her chaos is an intentional persona she creates, not just for TV, but to keep people at a distance because too many of the people closest to her have caused her the most harm. That said, I hope she finds the right balance, both for her emotional health but also to ensure that her presence on the show doesnt become too much of a strain.

Robyn starts to seek the counsel of a life coach. Normally I am against life coaches, but this one seems quite sensible, explaining to her that coaching is for people who are emotionally and psychologically healthy and want to make changes to move forward in their lives. The problem is that Robyn seems to think that applies to her. I guess if she was self-aware, she wouldnt be seeking out a life coach in the first place.

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In the middle of training to become a therapist and with a bachelors degree in psychology under her belt already, Salinas-raised Diana Beltran began a train of thought that eventually evolved into a business. I knew I wanted to help as many people as possible, she says. And then one sleepless night, she got up and wrote her business idea down. So began a new direction with the creation of a life coaching business.

Her Inner Chats program is done in a group setting and is pitched as an emotional support wellness group, in which Beltran leads conversations and other therapeutic exercises. The goal is to help participants to become more self-aware. That could mean more self-aware of their communication skills, their feelings, needs or personal goals.

Inner Chats is available for all ages and group settings, including schools. Beltran has a few contracts in process, and has already brought the program to Monterey County Juvenile Hall. You can see the difference. Maybe day one, someone isnt talking. Maybe even on day two. But they eventually begin to learn to express themselves, she says.

Beltran walked theWeeklythrough the finer points of talking about feelings, while everyone else is watching.

Weekly:When you think about traditional therapy, what do you think of?

Beltran: A lot of it is one-to-one and its very important. A therapist is there to help with mental health issues. Many people need one. And its great when people know they need to talk to one. But it is difficult to bring that one-to-one everywhere.

I struggled a lot with depression and therapy. I didnt know about one-to-one counseling, I just thought, Im crazy. People can be in such a dark place, with no support. Even me, I didnt know where to look.

Why is therapy so hard to access?

A lot of people think they can see mental health. But, like with me, you couldnt tell I had depression or anxiety. I didnt even know I was depressed or anxious. People are just waiting for you to look sad. That doesnt work.

It can be very difficult to find help or ask for it. I was scared to reach out. I wasnt sure what it looked like, or sometimes help can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. My family didnt know either theyd look at me and think I just needed to get rest or sleep.

What are the benefits of talking about your feelings in a group setting? It can look pretty intimidating.

Being in a group setting encourages people to talk and be themselves with some boundaries. Using your voice to talk about yourself to others is a benefit thats not often practiced. Talking doesnt always have to be structured. Like, Tell me how you feel if you want and if you can. I dont want to make people feel that they are pressured to have to say anything. If you compare the first day [of Inner Chats] to the third day, you see people have the comfort they may not have in their own lives.

Dont get me wrong, I think therapy is great and all the resources out there are helpful. But what about those things people cant change? Like what if youre in a job that doesnt pay you enough to support yourself? Therapy cant make your boss pay you more.

Is there a limit to self-help, self-care and therapy?

You are what you limit yourself to. You can reach out for help, but at some point you have to say,enough. Therapy, self-help theyre tools to make you better. The goal is to improve the person that you are.

What do you do to take your mind off of your work?

I love audiobooks. I was never much of a reader until I got into audiobooks. And exploring the outdoors is my escape. Hiking, biking, and Im trying boogie boarding right now.

What audiobook are you listening to right now?

I am listening to two books:Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarterby Curtis Jackson, known as 50 Cent. Its very real, very raw. I believe everyone can create something in some way.

AndThe Happiness Advantageby Shawn Achor it focuses on what isaboveaverage and the book asks, why are we so focused on average, what does it take to be above average?

Are you at an above-average level of happiness?

I am working on being there, and I think maybe Im there but I was not always.

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Approach, perspective topics of workshop

Writers looking to change their approach to writing will find the upcoming Writers Night right up their alley.

Making the Familiar Strange: Uncovering New Perspectives Through Writing is the title for Carrie Schaeffers presentation at the Writers Night at 6 p.m. Tuesday at The Art Center, 1803 N. Seventh St.

Schaeffer is a freelance writer, owns Apostrophe Life Coaching and co-owns Hoptocopter Films.

Poets from across U.S. set to compete in Slamming Bricks

The third annual Slamming Bricks: A Poetry Riot will go from 6:308:30 p.m. Saturday at Charlie Dwellingtons, 103 N. First St.

There will be eight poets from across the United States competing at Slamming Bricks.

The competition will be centered on the themes of liberation and resistance in honor of the 1969 Stonewall Riots that launched the Gay Liberation movement, according to a news release from the Western Colorado Writers Forum, which hosts the slam.

Admission is free. This event is for individuals age 21 and older.

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