'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.

Macaroni and cheese was my mother's special dish. She'd also make jambalaya and dirty rice and bake a ham that would be incredible. And greens. But if you were looking for vegetables and healthy things, there weren't a lot of those.

Seven years after my mother's passing, I still reach for the phone for a split second to call her. We spoke every day.

Oh, this is a dear diary moment....

It's always important for a coach to decide on the short term and long term - one factor doesn't block out the other.

My biggest success is getting over the things that have tried to destroy and take me out of this life. Those are my biggest successes. It has nothing to do with work.