Grow­ing up, my moth­er al­ways told me to look in the mir­ror and say "Every day in every way, I am get­ting bet­ter, bet­ter and bet­ter." To­day, this af­fir­ma­tion still puts a smile on my face and I can't help my­self say­ing it some­times when I need a lit­tle boost. When last have you spo­ken to your­self? Have you ever told your­self that you are great or ap­pre­ci­ate the beau­ty in you? Af­fir­ma­tions can form pow­er­ful and pos­i­tive habits that can keep you on track when ful­fill­ing your pur­pose and achiev­ing your goals.

Suc­cess is not on­ly about be­ing recog­nised by oth­er per­sons, but you ac­tu­al­ly have to be­lieve that you are worth it. Suc­cess can have dif­fer­ent mean­ings for dif­fer­ent per­sons, there­fore it is per­son­al. Do we put the same ef­fort on our­selves, as we place on oth­ers? It is about time that we do, and we will show you how. We kick off this week's is­sue with the sto­ry of Car­ol, who de­spite her back­ground de­mands that she prints a name of her own. Learn from Karimah and Deepa as they fol­low their hearts by do­ing what they love.

We guide you on the ba­sics of fol­low­ing your dream, and help you to re­alise that you need to start with you first, be­fore mov­ing on to oth­ers. Read the wise words of Dr. Lois P. Frankel, au­thor of "See Jane Lead" as she shares why Lead­er­ship is a woman's art. En­joy our ex­pert dec­o­rat­ing tips, beau­ty and sat­is­fy­ing bak­ing ad­vice to keep you beau­ti­ful and healthy.

I am Beau­ti­ful...

I have a pur­pose...

I be­lieve in Me...

Just Be!

Lisa Jes­samy

As­so­ciate Ed­i­tor

Spe­cial Pub­li­ca­tions Unit