Wearing My Invisible Crown
[inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it. — James Baldwin[/inlinetweet] I’m grateful for a lot: my life is good, my family is good, my God is good. So in addition to keeping my Native American brothers and sisters in my constant prayers, […]
When the Gold is Just Glitter and the Beauty of Fresh Starts
The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves. — Barbara Corcoran I thought 2016 was going to be my year. I didn’t just talk about it either. I worked my butt off and it’d seemed, for a moment anyway, that my hard work was finally paying […]
When I Cried for 30 Days
A few months ago, I started to cry and I couldn’t stop. I had a lot of commitments, too, and I couldn’t stop those either. I’m a journalist, a writer, a social media consultant, an entrepreneur, a mother, a daughter, a big sister, a mentor, and a friend. Like always, I had people counting on […]
Current Obsession: Making Oprah and the Sport of Staying in My Own Lane
To me, podcasts are God’s gift to my earbuds. There’s nothing I love more than turning on a well-crafted piece of audio journalism. It’s my thing and it’s some of the best storytelling known to man. So, my current obsession is Making Oprah, a WBEZ podcast hosted by Jenn White that follows the media queen’s rise […]
Thankful for the Jackies to My Joy
Behind every successful woman, is a tribe of other successful women that have her back. I’m late watching movies [like a solid year-late late] and I just watched Joy — the movie loosely based on entrepreneur Joy Mangano who created the Miracle Mop and then went on have more than 100 patents for her inventions. […]
Trina Knows All: 2016 Holiday Gift Guide
This week, I got the chance to work with my big sis Trina of Baby Shopaholic, to help design her holiday gift guide, done in conjunction with Mimi of Unlikely Martha. As far as gifts go, Trina literally knows all and her style is impeccable. She’s styled me for so many events that I can’t […]
Motivation Monday: Three Ways to Be More Bullish
The following is a bit of a throwback from a site I created last year, but decided not to keep pursuing. The content, though, still applies. You’ve probably heard someone describe the stock market as a bull or bear market, right? Well, those terms can actually be applied to any commodity, and what’s a bigger […]
Bringing in the New Year in South Africa! (Again)
They say when a place changes you, it becomes a part of you. South Africa, or so it seems, has become my heart. Why is it you can never hope to describe the emotion Africa creates? You are lifted. Out of whatever pit, unbound from whatever tie, released from whatever fear. You are lifted and […]
It’s just really hard work. That’s it.
For the past five years, being a social media strategist has been one of my hats so I love to study emerging platforms and how well they succeed — or fail — at garnering the attention of their audiences. So of course, the newest phenomenon in the social space has been Snapchat and its ability […]
See, you only have this one life.
See, you only have this one life. That’s it. There are no do-overs. And if you’re like me, then you made a critical decision when 2015 was nearing its end: to never let another year go by without living it to the fullest. One thing I learned is that living small is not always living. […]