In honor of Women’s History Month, I want to uplift and celebrate the powerful women leaders I serve. I want to encourage you to step up and step into the history maker that lives inside of you. To support your endeavors, I will be talking and writing about characteristics that can enhance your ability to
As professional Black women, we have historically been expected to be present, but not heard. We are sometimes invited into rooms, but not given a seat at the table. Our opinions have been asked, but our truth has been muted. Our voices have been vilified to keep us silent and out of important conversations that
My facial expressions don’t always use their inside voice. Before I know it, I’ve communicated a thought or feeling…without saying a word. Most of the time my nonverbals are incredibly accurate. Has that ever happened to you? A situation where your nonverbals showed up before you were ready to speak up. If so, this blog
I’m not a big fan of Valentine’s Day. I think it puts more focus on the appearance of having a loving relationship versus the real-life experience of manifesting one. It also seems to create a sense of lack for women who are fabulously single. But, that’s just me. If you love Valentine’s Day, this blog
Journaling in its most basic form is the writing of our thoughts, feelings, and experiences. It’s a method used to create a written record of our day-to-day experiences and reflect on our past, present, and future. Journaling is more than writing. It’s an avenue for self-exploration and can help our minds to release stress, boost
The world of mental health can be confusing. There are so many words to remember and decipher. I’ve had a few conversations this week about the difference between mental health, mental wellness, mental illness, and mental fitness. I suspect I will have many more, but today, let’s focus on mental fitness. As a mental fitness
Feeling good about who you are as a woman is not always easy. Looking in the mirror and loving what you see is a process of building self-esteem. It’s learning to understand how our flaws can be perceived as failures, even when we have no control over them. This perception of failure affects our minds,
From the youngest of ages, we are slowly but surely conditioned to suppress who we really are. As children, we are told to stop being so loud, sit still, don’t talk back, raise our hand, pay attention, or be more like so and so. We are taught to conform and hide the beauty of our
I was planning to write this blog post yesterday, but I got sidetracked emotionally. Actually, it was more than sidetracked. I got derailed by the news, the images, the harsh reality of people’s hateful intentions, and by my own mind. I violated my own boundaries about pro-longed news watching. This boundary breach allowed outside factors
Have you ever been locked out? Locked out of your car, your house, or your office? Was it scary, frustrating, or just plain old inconvenient? Worse than being locked out of physical space, is being locked out of a dream. Dreams are the visions that drive us to live big and work hard. They ignite