Let’s try a relaxing experiment before you read a single word of this email. If you are able to do so safely: Drop your shoulders away from your ears. Unclench your jaw and let your tongue fall away from the roof of your mouth. Soften your belly. Let it expand completely. You do not have to hold it in here. Right now, you are safely entering a space where nothing is demanded of you. As women, we are often conditioned to operate in a permanent state of survival mode. We carry the expectations,...
3 months ago • 3 min read
You deserve the best of you, not just what's left of you. Read that again. Because if we're being honest, a lot of people are moving through life on autopilot, running on fumes, and calling it normal. You wake up already thinking about what needs to get done You're answering emails while eating breakfast You're mentally preparing for conversations that haven't happened yet You're taking care of everyone else's needs while pushing your own to the bottom of the list And because you've been...
4 months ago • 3 min read
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH... and if we are being honest, many Black women are not just stressed. WE ARE STRESS! We are the calendar, the reminder app, the emotional support hotline, the backup plan, the “I got it” friend, and the person everyone calls when things fall apart. The problem is that a lot of what people call “strength” is really over-functioning. It is answering the text when you are exhausted, saying yes when you want to say no, managing others responsibilities...
5 months ago • 2 min read
APRIL IS STRESS AWARENESS MONTH... and if we are being honest, many Black women are not just stressed. WE ARE STRESS! We are the calendar, the reminder app, the emotional support hotline, the backup plan, the “I got it” friend, and the person everyone calls when things fall apart. The problem is that a lot of what people call “strength” is really over-functioning. It is answering the text when you are exhausted, saying yes when you want to say no, carrying things that were never yours, and...
6 months ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader I have a HUGE secret to share! Love created this little miracle, and after pouring my heart, brain, and way too many late nights into this, she's finally here! Allow me to introduce the first ebook in the Anxious Woman Playbook Series - "Sis, Stop Spiraling." This is a culturally responsive guide to shutting down the spiral before it shuts you down. This is not your ordinary playbook. They're narrative plays that unpack the lived experience of anxiety through a culturally relatable...
8 months ago • 1 min read