We all want to upgrade to a better, more meaningful life and improve ourselves on many levels. Am I right?

What better way to feel the daily pat on the back when you evolve your habits in the household? And this month of July, unless you don't own a phone, it has been a runway of amazing Plastic Busting endeavors on all social media platforms.

This is an emotional episode for ML. Hearing Amy Rosenthal from Amalli Talli talk about the debilitating effect her own perception of her difference had on her, it felt like Amy was telling ML's story.

Meet ex-volleyball players, 6'4" Amy Rosenthal and 5'10" Amy Black, Founders of Amalli Talli, a Tall Fashion brand dedicated to women with shopping difficulties. Tired of living in a world that didn't take their height into serious and kind consideration, the sisters show vulnerability and power to help themselves and their community change their narrative. As they put it "when style + fit come together, it is truly life changing." Their willingness to share their experience is what attracts so many tall gals, and ML!, into their world.

Launching the T-Factor world has helped me find the most AMAZING brands that cater to Tall people! It's actually the most exciting part of what i do, to find the little gems that give a little sparkle (if not tear) in my eyes. Because that's how exciting it is to find clothes when you're 6'1" and above. It's earth shattering.

As the T-Factor is gearing up to create the first online Tall Fashion blog featuring High and Low fashion, it is quite fitting to have fashion designer Natalie Matthews, Founder of Melbourne based Height of Fashion, talk to us about clothes, advocacy and pride. Find out how necessity is the mother of all inventions in this Tall Tale of solving a big problem: empower tall women with comfortable, feminine and fitting clothes to be the best versions of themselves. Sounds familiar? That's ALL we talk about here at the T-Factor and Natalie has the perfect words to make us all feel beautiful, strong and love the body we're in.

Ok, so here’s the deal.

I have been slacking. Or been disorganized or mismanaged my T-Factor launch, probably all of the above. Yes, in this year of self-proclaimed empowerment with taking back ownership of my life and actions, I’ve had a set-back.

One of the reasons I have been missing in action for the past two weeks is actually funny. At least that’s how I see it.

Co-Founder of the Handel Group, Life Coach, Author with a knack for unforgiving Truths, Lauren Zander will pull the carpet right from underneath your feet. The result?

As I sit in the plane on my way to Lebanon for a family visit, I struggle to find joy and peace being with my three children.

There. Sacrilege, I’ve said it.

I must be at the 100th “mommy” at this point, being an hour away from Beirut. Meaning NYC- Paris, lay-over, and now Paris-Beirut, 16 hours in, the kids are ready to climb up the curtains if there were any on this plane. You see, direct flights between the US and Lebanon don’t exist. You can fly direct to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem which are less than 100 miles south of there but flying to Lebanon which shares a border with Israel is non grata.

I’m posting this week some words I have written not so long ago, inspired by the book Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis. She is an amazing Lifestyle expert, creator of TheChicSite.com and CEO of Chic Media company. A powerful author who tells it like it is and exposes the lies we believe about ourselves. In this book, she tackles her own lies she believed about herself one by one to reveal the frauds that they were.

I can safely say there is a before and after meeting Daniel "Jomama" Jones.

To start, how can you fall for both a man and a woman who are the same person? Because that's what happened watching her show and meeting him for our interview. It cannot have been easy for a queer, mixed race boy to grow up in a small town in Massachusetts. Is that why he created his alter-ego Jomama to feel stronger and express his feminine side safely?

Short and sweet. This episode is a reflection on what's been on the podcast and what's to come. ML shares her joy of becoming the communicator and the connector she's always wanted to be.

Let's admit it, I'm a New Yorker. I've been living here for way too many years that i don't wish to admit. I've lived in NYC more than I have lived in Nice. And I left Nice when I was 17 years old.

I love this city for the main part because it's easy to be out of the norm here. As i've said in my previous blog post [#8 TEASING - BULLYING], you can be a man walking around with a cat on your head and wearing a pink tutu (actually witnessed) and nobody cares.

This episode is filled with bullet punches, not points!, on living your life authentically and showing up fearless. Lauren is an entrepreneur, angel investor, author, TV host, ex-model, you-name-it-she's-done-it, single mother of two, voice of reason who knows what she's talking about. She Talks the Talk because she definitely walks the walk. I've known Lauren for many years and have always been in awe of her presence. You'll feel inspired and ready to take much more on your plate after listening to her life journey.

Did you watch the Oscars ?

I must admit, I didn’t mind there not being a host this year, it had a pretty good flow. I enjoyed Melissa McCarthy being SO funny in her Queen Rabbit regalia, this could not have happened had there been a host. I loved Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s performance of Shallow and it’s awesome that Spike Lee got his Oscar for best adapted screen play. So well deserved, I’m looking forward to watching his movie.

This episode is very special as we tackle a 'new' difference here on the T-Factor, and it is Albinism. Diandra is the biggest female model today who has this condition and she was gracious enough to go deep in teaching us all about Albinism and how she pulled through her years of bullying and rejection.

One of the organizations I'm getting more involved with was created by one of this year’s two magnificent Nobel Prize laureates, Dr. Denis Mukwege. The second recipient is Nadia Murad. You might know of Nadia as her lawyer is none other than the extraordinary Amal Clooney and they’ve been in the news. More on that further down.

At the T-Factor, we’re all about sharing tools to love our bodies. Find out how the co-founder of Bwom, a membership app serving as a digital coach for women’s health, is changing self-care for women. This 6ft Spanish powerhouse talks about understanding our feminine bodies not only for our health but our confidence.

Are you like me and have always been inspired by people who keep to their diet and workout regimen? Do you wonder how in the world some people have that extra accountability button in their system and never falter? Do you also feel like a total failure for not waking up at the crack of dawn to either run outside in the snow or levitate in your living room?