Jun 23, 2021 | Interviews, Mental Health
This month I dive deeper into spiritual practices that encourage healing in community spaces that center BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ experiences and wisdom. I’ve been pretty consistently attending a meditation practice space called Sunset Meditation which is facilitated by...
May 27, 2021 | Mental Health, Vlogging
Anxiety is normal. It’s when it becomes pervasive to the point of needing professional intervention that we need to learn to navigate its symptoms better. I share some stories about my struggles with a general anxiety disorder and some tools I’ve been experimenting...
Mar 13, 2021 | Mental Health
There are numerous memes and posts about the need to check on your “strong” friend. But who exactly is the “strong” friend? And what if the “strong” friend is you? To be honest, I’ve been wary of the word “strong” within my particular context. The strong Black...
Dec 31, 2020 | General Thoughts and Reflections, Uncategorized
This last post of the year is a quick playback of 2020. As a refresher on the way I do things ‘round here, I base my reviews off of my slighted tweaked version of a planning system called Life in a Notebook. My friend, C.J. Hayden introduced me to her...
Oct 9, 2020 | General Thoughts and Reflections, Personal
I must admit I didn’t think it would take me this long to adjust to grad school. Since I’ve been wearing different hats and juggling multicolored bowling pins as a micro-business owner for so long, I figured what’s one more hat and one more magical act to add to the...
Jun 22, 2020 | General Thoughts and Reflections
“Upon the night view of the world, a day view must follow.” Howard Thurman references this ancient insight in his book, “The Inward Journey”. “For such a time as this” is a reference to the book of Esther. I’ve been waiting for a...
Apr 20, 2020 | General Thoughts and Reflections
I think it’d be a travesty if I didn’t have somewhere in my archives, a record of a reference to COVID-19. That in the year 2020, a time I once imagined we’d have flying cars, Rosey the Robot, and the full confidence of knowing exactly how to use those blasted three...
Feb 29, 2020 | Interviews, Mental Health
To celebrate Black History Month while cultivating my commitment to mental wellness and self-love on this blog, I invited colleague and mentor, Tiffany Jenkins,LCADC,LPC to help me share some tips on work/life harmony and mental wellness. Tiffany breaks down the 8...
Jan 31, 2020 | Mental Health
In the past, I’ve shared that I actually like Mondays. It’s the start of my work week, so I like the idea of a fresh start; the excitement of the week before me is full of hope, and with it, the chance to do better, learn new things, make progress, and...
Dec 30, 2019 | General Thoughts and Reflections
This last post of the year is a quick review of 2019. Normally, I do a post summarizing each “slice” of my “life’s pie” but I’m switching things up a bit to end this decade. For the past couple of years since I’ve started sharing my annual reflections, I’ve based them...
