Mind of a Diva

The idea of making a lasting impression with someone makes me think of having to do a song and dance just to get a person to approve of us. This is the realization that I’ve most recently came to after going out of my way to form a bond with a friend of a friend. [...]

I’m now starting to see that interacting with people and trying to form friendships is almost like playing a game. With every move we have to decide how to react and if it’s worth chasing after a possible win or just taking a loss. In friendships we have to do the same and decide if [...]

Yesterday I was hanging out with a new friend and we were talking about college, guys, and female friends. As we talked I found myself wondering why women find men that are taken worth pursuing. Should we be concerned about other women wanting the relationship or mate that we have? She told me about her [...]

This morning my mind has been steadily thinking about the past, trust, and where to go from here. Every now and then an old friendship comes to my mind and makes me wonder what these thoughts mean. Once the trust is gone in a friendship, where can that relationship go? A couple of years ago [...]

The other day I was reading a women’s blog post about how reality television portrays interactions and friendships amongst women. The writer noted that these shows realistically demonstrate how women size-up, dismiss, and are standoffish towards women they’ve never met. That made me wonder, are we in a mean girl mindset when we meet women [...]

Every friendship requires some sense of loyalty amongst both people. We want to have people in our lives that will support us and stand by us when things are not going well. However, how far should our loyalty extend? An should someone use loyalty as a way to get others to fight their battles? A [...]

The people that we shouldn’t have to worry about being real with is our true friends. In a healthy friendship people can freely discuss subjects and tell a person if they are headed for some sort of trouble. If we don’t have that freedom with someone we consider a friend, is their really a friendship? [...]

Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope that you guys are doing well. I’ve truly missed you guys during my time away, and I’m so happy to be back and writing on Mind of a Diva once again. We will talk about that more later because I want to talk about my recent radio interview. Last week [...]

The word couple typically refers to two people who are evolved with one another, however, there can be other players within a relationship. This happens when we allow our friends to get too involved in every detail. We have to decide early on how significant of a role should outsiders play in ones relationship. During [...]

Some of us may know people who lie or embellish the truth to make themselves look good. A lie here and a lie there doesn’t seem like much, but at some point all of the lies catch up to a person. Once other people start to notice how much a person lies, it’s hard to [...]