First Session

I did a thing today! I’m proud of myself. Today I moved opposite of the stigma attached to therapy within the African American community. I had my first session with an AMAZING therapist and I couldn’t be more excited about what’s to come! For some time now I’ve vocalized the desire, but hadn’t moved on…

3 am Thoughts

My life… Your life… All of our lives are comprised of a multitude of experiences. Each experience lending way for elevation and wisdom as we beautifully and divinely unfold. Appreciate every experience. Find the essentiality in each of them; understanding that everything is happening FOR YOU. There is always a greater plan at play even…

Who raised you?

Have you ever said something and immediately after realized that you’d grown beyond that statement. It could even be that in that moment you had a light bulb to pop on. Perhaps buried beneath that utter was a belief that you once had or maybe just something you’d say out of habit. No matter what…

Draft

I just sat down to write an entry and began looking through my drafts. You know the ones you start but for whatever reason, you don’t finish. This draft was dated August 3, 2021. Today I PUBLISH. Today <— That would have been the title. Today I cried. Today I reflected. Today I found gratitude….

To all the Healers of the World

Why is it that we give much better advice than we take? No really, why it is? We give such great and sound advice to the people around us, yet we seem to forget those same words of wisdom and direction when we find ourselves in need of it. A couple weeks ago, I was…

Words From A Stranger

Friday, I took myself to lunch. Since I have been on this majority seafood diet, I decided to go to Red Lobster. LIGHT BULB MOMENT: Funny, there was a time when I wouldn’t dare to go out to eat, go to the movies or do much of anything by myself. At some point in my…

Cornered

Growing up my brother (Tank) would give me “fighting lessons”.  In all actuality I was his personal punching bag for years. I was a tomboy back then, so slap boxing and DDTs, amongst other 80’s baby shenanigans, was right up my alley. There were those times when he forgot that no matter how resilient I…

Red Table Talk

Jada Pinkett-Smith has this new series called Red Table Talk which airs on Facebook. The show is appropriately titled as it features herself, Adrienne Banfield-Jones (her mom) and Willow Smith (her daughter) just having real conversations around a red table. I have watched all of the broadcasted shows thus far, including the live episodes. It’s been…