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Beauty, Building and Believing Today I bring to you a candid conversation with Dana Trakas.  I sat down with Dana last month and she had recently finished a competition.  She'll share her story of how she became interested in bodybuilding, the sacrifices, advice for young women and more. CSW:  Thanks Dana for meeting me and you look fabulous. DT:  Thank you and I've been looking forward to this. CSW:  Me too.  I have to ask, how did you get involved in bodybuilding?  What attracted you to it? DT:  I was doing obstacle course racing (OCR) and I fell off a six-foot wall and I hurt my neck which lead to getting injections in my neck. CSW: Oh my. DT:  Not a fun injury and I really loved obstacle racing but, I couldn't risk getting hurt again.  I like to stay competitive, so I had to find something else.  A friend was doing bodybuilding and she asked me to try it.  I said no because I knew I wouldn't have...

Seeing the Light Beyond Lyme-Featuring Jennifer Scott  It's Lyme Awareness month and let us continue to be informed and getting the word out about Lyme disease this month and beyond.  Today I bring to you an interview and snapshot of Jennifer Scott’s life as she navigates through a journey with Lyme disease while balancing family, personal goals, passion and purpose.  CSW:  Hi Jennifer.  I really appreciate you taking the time to speak with us. JBS:  It’s my pleasure. CSW:  My main goal for the audience is to understand a portion of your journey and if you can share what that means and inform us about Lyme disease. JBS:  Sounds good, I'm ready. CSW:  All right, let’s get started.  With May being Lyme Awareness month, I want to have a conversation about the disease and how it can affect a person’s world.   It’s had an impact on your life so can you tell me in four words a description of your journey? ...

A Rose In Full Bloom Part 3 In this last, of my three-part interview, we start with advice to our young women from Keisha Rose.   Parts one and two can be found at wadlingtonwords.weebly.com. and wadlingtonwords.blogspot.com. CSW:   Are you ready to do this? KR:   Yes, let’s roll. CSW:   What advice would you give to a teenage young woman who wants to do what you’re doing? KR:   What advice would I give her?  I would tell her to study the craft and to ask is it really something she seriously wants to do.  People see the fame and the success part of it but they don’t see the process. We live in a microwave society today, so everybody wants to make it overnight.  It’s a lot of hard work so I would tell her to research and prepare.  Make sure she’s in love with it and know what she’s walking in to. CSW:   Great advice and we have some wonderfully, talented young people who are pursuing their dreams.   Fo...

A Rose In Full Bloom Part 2 Today we pick up with my interview with Actress, Keisha Rose. CSW:  Keisha Rose, let’s get this party started. KR: Let’s do this. CSW:  You are one busy woman and I want to know, how do you balance personal life and your career? KR:   Ooh, that’s a tough one because you feel like you’re not giving everything 100 percent.   Am I giving my kids enough time, am I giving this enough time?   This project is coming up.   Did I research enough?   Did I spend enough time rehearsing?   Did I spend enough time preparing?   So you just do it.   As a woman, you make it happen.   I have a great support team that makes sure everything is running smoothly.   I don’t stress out about it. CSW:  As of today, what’s the hardest role you’ve acted in and why? KR:   I would say the hardest role I’ve acted in was in Pink Baby Doll , and it was a true story.   The characte...