I don't know who needs to hear this, butโฆ 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 โ 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: ๐น๏ธWhen one of us wins, we ALL win. ๐น๏ธ๏ธSISterhood 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,ย the countryโs leading authority on โinner and outer beautyโ for women of color, a highly sought-after empowerment speaker, andย former beauty & cover director atย ESSENCEย magazine. She said something that ...
What Does it Mean to be Empowered as a Woman?
๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐จ๐ฝ ๐๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐, ๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ข๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐. Chris Rock has a stand-up routine where he says that when you meet someone for the first time, youโre not meeting that person โ youโre meeting his or her ...
Ageless Living: Is Age Just A Number?
What'sย 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 ...
Seeking Validation? Looking Within Is a Great Place to Start.
Confidence in one's self doesn't come easy for many people. However, in order to continue to grow and shine in this world, we must all be certain that we are presenting our very best selves. That generally begins with believing in who we are, knowing what we want, and developing a plan to achieve it. ...
