Intentionally or not, stress is kicking our collective butts. We're working, many of us for someone else in toxic environments, running businesses, raising families, attending school, being caregivers, and more. It's intense out here. ▪️Did you know that more than 1 in 5 women in the United States experienced a mental health condition in the past year, such as ...
Entrepreneur Life: Find Your Purpose After Age 50
I don't know who needs to hear this, but… It's okay to be perfectly imperfect. You don't have to have everything together all at once. It's okay to start with a few question marks, just as long as you start! Perfection is a myth – it doesn't exist. Consistently striving for it is also a form of procrastination. ...
Confidence Is Like Sage For The Soul
Confidence is like sage for the soul. I have always believed the following: 🔹️When one of us wins, we ALL win. 🔹️️SISterhood is more than a hashtag. Unfortunately, when I look around, I don't always sense that some of us are of the same mindset. This is why I routinely encourage others in my space to do the following: When you ...
Surround Yourself With People Who Understand You
True Friends. Genuine Supporters. How many of us have them? Remember, iron sharpens iron. Who's in your tribe matters? It really does matter. Several years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Mikki Taylor, the country’s leading authority on “inner and outer beauty” for women of color, a highly sought-after empowerment speaker, and former beauty & cover director at ESSENCE magazine. She said something that ...
What Does it Mean to be Empowered as a Woman?
𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗨𝗽 𝗜𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝗔𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀. Chris Rock has a stand-up routine where he says that when you meet someone for the first time, you’re not meeting that person — you’re meeting his or her ...
Ageless Living: Is Age Just A Number?
What's my perspective on the concept of being ageless? I view it more from an appearance and mindset standpoint than anything else. For example, my grandmother lived into her eighties, had two, maybe three wrinkles on her face, a few gray strands of hair on her head, dressed fashionably according to her standards, had the energy of ...
