Kimberly Delarosa

Forget the days of white picket fences and fancy office jobs – being an entrepreneur has become the new American Dream. In a 2018 study done by Fresh Books, 15 million Americans make a living by being self-employed. That number continues to grow year after year. Millennial juggernauts like Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Matthew Mullenweg (WordPress), and Emily Weiss (Glossier) have paved the way for young Gen Z entrepreneurs to launch their dream business.
Entrepreneurship and startup guides wer...

Raise your hand if you love flirting.
Mine are raised high in the sky right now. In my opinion, it’s the best part about dating. Flirting with your crush helps you get to know this new person you’re interested in. It’s the anticipation for what’s next and feeling those butterflies in your stomach, especially when you feel like you’re both into one another. But how do you know if he’s really into you or if it’s all in your head? Trying to decipher the language of men has always been a struggle...

When you’re dating a person you like, you fall into this romantic fairytale.
However, when you find out that this perfect person has kids…what do you do? Dating a person with a child, or multiple children, can be a completely different relationship. It’s not good or bad, but it has a whole lot of love. However, there is this huge stigma about dating people with kids and how complicated it can be.
Navigating the dating realm with a partner that has a child doesn’t have to be difficult. As long...

Cheating in a relationship is a sensitive topic. Many couples and individuals have mixed feelings about affairs within committed partnerships. However, the one thing we all can agree on is that cheating on you’re partner or spouse can make you feel awful. You never go into a relationship with the thought that one day this person, who you’re madly in love with, might one day ruin the relationship by having an affair. The feelings of anger, shame, and pain overflow as you realize the loss of wh...

As American culture progresses, so do family dynamics.
Today in the U.S. alone, over 13 million Americans are single parents. And according to the census, over 80% of them are single mothers. Unlike the fifties, where family and marriage were greatly emphasized, present-day single mothers entering the dating world is natural. It allows women to find the partner they deserve. As women, we’re going back and forth, wondering if we are making the right decision in our lives. For the most part, we...

Do happy couples fight?
The first time I heard this, my first answer was 'no.' After years of being single, I remember feeling nothing but pure bliss when I met my partner. I’ve finally found my person and can’t imagine life without them. But once the honeymoon phase is over, things start to change. A few years go by, add a couple of kids, a mortgage, and I found myself singing a different tune. As the relationship progressed I couldn’t stand the sight of my partner, and that’s when pure blis...

"Oh my God," That was the first thing I blurted out. I stood over the bathroom sink holding the pregnancy test, paralyzed. I never thought this day would come. Even though there was an inner voice that said otherwise, my brain couldn't make sense of it. As I slowly let go of the stick, everything hit me all at once.
I was going to be a mother… and I was terrified.
For years, I never aimed or wanted to achieve motherhood. While I respected women who longed to create families, the goal of havin...

While attending the annual holiday work party, I began to converse with a very brilliant Brazilian designer who proclaimed that she was getting married in the new year. I was excited for her and as we continued talking, I noticed that she was not wearing an engagement ring.
Me: “Where’s your ring?”
Designer: “I”m sorry?”
Me: “You’re engagement ring.”
Designer: “Oh there is no engagement ring. That’s not our tradition.”
I must admit, it sounded bizarre to me in the beginning and as I stood the...

Drug addiction is at an all-time high…with no end in sight.
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 21.5 million American adults battled with substance abuse. Many started at 12 years old! And a recent study by the Addiction Center shows that 100 people die every day from drug.
This rate has tripled in the past 20 years!
Unfortunately, it’s been getting worse especially for millennial’s. Simon Sinek, organizational consultant and motivational speaker, nearly broke the...

A note from Danielle: This is a guest post from the fabulous Kimberly Delarosa. Kimberly Delarosa is a wellness writer and weightlifter located in Eastchester, NY. You can follow her stories on her website at www.kimberlydelarosa.com loves!
There’s a lot of self-love going around and I absolutely love it!
As a wellness writer, one of the topics I strongly encourage my readers to implement in their lives is self-love and self-care. I think it’s crucial to be able to sit down daily and make sur...

After writing my article about how fitness can help prevent drug abuse, one question I was asked was:
“Doesn’t fitness actually introduces you to the drug world, like steroids?”
I was stumped!
It’s no surprise that steroids are very present in the fitness world. After being asked that question, it made me sit down and think it through. What causes someone to use steroids…and can fitness actually be a gateway?
But before we can get into that, let’s talk about the history of steroids and how it...