Category Archives: Live. Love. Lead.

I heard the term “daddyless daughter” being used to describe women like me many years ago, and I didn’t like it. I thought, “Why in the heck would someone want to categorize themselves in that way?” At the time, it seemed like a sad and victimizing label that I wanted to distance myself from. Mainly

Self-care for busy and ambitious women can be challenging to incorporate into a daily routine. In fact, figuring out how to do so takes time, practice, and strategy. Even when we understand the importance of self-care it’s not always enough. For many women, a new way of thinking and proceeding with a self-care roadmap is

We live in a world of technology and information that feeds our desire to want what other people have. As we scroll through the beautiful pictures on social media, watch the online videos of people living their best lives, and read about other people’s wins, it’s no wonder that envy starts to set in. Our

The past few weeks my emotional distractions have been high and my productivity has been low. I keep thinking about the things I want to accomplish. I’ve made plans to get these things done, but for a variety of reasons, I haven’t started and completed much. I’m currently experiencing what I like to call “false

Is the title of this blog post describing you? If so, and you’d like to be feeling and describing yourself differently, read over this post and take what you need to proceed. This message is for every woman who feels guilty for slowing down in order to speed up in the area of her mental

What do you do when you are the person standing in your way? How do you deal with sabotaging your own goals and dreams? My guess is that you might complain. Not about yourself, your procrastination, fears, excuses, or distractions, but about other people and circumstances. My guess is that like me, you’ve been there

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