Ruth Anita Foote

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Time to Break Up—and Let the Addictions Go

The holidays barely have time to breathe before they’re replaced—nearly stomped out—as retailers race toward the next sale. One celebration blends into the next until you’re not quite sure what season you’re in anymore. You didn’t imagine it. But one thing is certain, they play on your addictions. Addictions occur also

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As an award-winning journalist, historian, writer, and online entrepreneur, I’ve dedicated my life to sharing stories that shape our world. I believe in the power of words to convey dreams, ideas, and experiences. My journey as a writer began in an extraordinary childhood as an Army brat, experiencing the harmonious world Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., envisioned—a foundation that still informs my work today.

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A horizontal, realistic photograph of an older African American man in his 50s working at his office desk while viewing stock charts on his computer screen. A small 5-year-old boy, representing his inner child, gently leans over his shoulder and watches the screen with him. The warm office setting and their shared focus symbolize reflection, guidance, and the connection between past and present self.

Why Your Inner Child Matters in 2026

As we move into 2026, the countdown already feels like sand slipping through our fingers — but let’s make sure we don’t leave our inner child behind. Bring her (or him) with you. Psychologists say our inner child is the foundation of our essence — who we are, what we do,

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Clearing Clutter Before the New Year

As Thanksgiving rolls to an end, and with Christmas less than a month ahead, 2026 calls out to us — louder and clearer. While we’re grateful for the holiday season, it’s also the perfect moment to release the clutter that has quietly settled into our lives. In other words: Do your

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Pillars of Salt: Escaping Regret and Fear of Tomorrow

Regret? Looking back? Not living in the present moment? It seems like that these themes kept surfacing in recent posts by thought leaders I respect and enjoy following. Looking back reminded me of Lot’s wife, turned into a pillar of salt. Thought of that image always made me shudder. Who wants

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My Dog Ain’t in That Fight: Boundaries Matter

When I was working at a nonprofit, I had a colleague who often said: “My dog ain’t in that fight.” Words of wisdom, with a Louisiana flair, from an elder. And words to heed in our business, career, and personal life. Often, we’re tempted to intervene in controversy or confrontation that

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To Boldly Go: Lessons from Star Trek and Tomorrow

Star Trek taught us that we’re not alone. That was the mission of the Starship Enterprise, after all, according to Captain James T. Kirk’s iconic delivery in the TV show’s opening: To boldly go where no man has gone before. When the The Next Generation debuted, Captain Jean Luc Picard’s delivery

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Brain Fog to Laser Focus: Regaining Clarity in Work and Life


When a last bout with Covid ended, I worried that so had my career. I could no longer think in straight lines, and I needed my analytic conscious to complete tasks. I could not focus. I worried not only for my job, but the fact that I also freelanced for a popular online newspaper, and […]

August 20, 2025

Phobia of Public Speaking: From Butterflies to Boldness


I dreaded public speaking since I was a child, and I have more than one reason. Besides getting butterflies in my stomach beforehand, whether for a class project or an area speech tournament in high school, I still carry trauma from the day my father insisted on being in the room to hear my oration […]

August 13, 2025

Whether Pigs Have Wings: Life, Literature, and Legacy


In seventh grade social studies, our teacher Mrs. Hebert (pronounced AY-bair here in Louisiana) had us to memorize every stanza of Lewis Carroll’s classic, The Walrus and The Carpenter, as a lesson on life, literature, and legacy: The time has come, the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — […]

August 6, 2025

The Man with the Pink Knapsack: Even If No One Sees Your Rainbow


Within seconds he had passed in front of me, seated in my car at the red light intersection, before my delayed reaction spotted him and tuned in that bright and sunny day. He walked at a fast pace, escorting an old bicycle on the sidewalk, as if he were escorting his date to senior prom. […]

July 30, 2025

Some Manners, Please: Frankly, My Dear, I DO Give a D—!


(Note: I wrote this piece as a guest blog for entrepreneur and mentor Connie Ragen Green’s Huge Profits Tiny List website. I was grateful for the opportunity. Since then, even the President has dropped F-bombs on national television and it did not seem to have fazed individuals — at least, publicly. And rude behavior everywhere seems […]

July 23, 2025

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    Time to Break Up—and Let the Addictions Go

    The holidays barely have time to breathe before they’re replaced—nearly stomped out—as retailers race toward the next sale. One celebration blends into the next until you’re not quite sure what season you’re in anymore. You didn’t imagine it. But one thing is certain, they play on your addictions. Addictions occur also

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          As an award-winning journalist, historian, writer, and online entrepreneur, I’ve dedicated my life to sharing stories that shape our world. I believe in the power of words to convey dreams, ideas, and experiences. My journey as a writer began in an extraordinary childhood as an Army brat, experiencing the harmonious world Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., envisioned—a foundation that still informs my work today.

          After my family settled in my father's hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana, I later discovered a vibrant culture that inspired my passion for writing and community advocacy. I’ve channeled this passion into my work, from co-publishing Creole Magazine in the 1990s to authoring For Shakespeare's Stepchildren: 10 Essential Writing Tips and Techniques: Secrets of Successful Writers, available on Amazon now. And recently, I uploaded my thesis in book format, Just As Brutal But Without All the Fanfare: African American Students, Racism, and Defiance during the Desegregation of Southwestern Louisiana Institute, 1954-1964, which tells the inspirational story of the brave young men and women who desegregated the school, today known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It became the first higher education institution to desegregate in the Deep South.