Category: Self-Care

  • My prayer this morning

    Dear God, I feel like I asked for this, so I shouldn’t complain. I remember feeling unsatisfied and underutilized. It was driving my crazy. I prayed, damn near cried, to be paid a lot to do work that aligned with who I am and what I want at this stage in…

  • Book writing, full moons, and deep feelings

    I’d been working on the same novel for going on two years.   I started off one way and then went for another way. That didn’t quite sit right with me with either, so I tried another direction. Time after time, I kept getting stuck.    Took my own advice…

  • Let’s do the impossible. You down?

    What is the impossible? It’s whatever you want it to be, but it’s something that requires a helluva lot more energy than usual. It’s a challenge that’s both scary and exciting. It’s something you don’t have to do, but you want to. Like, you really, really want to.   I’m…

  • 8 steps for those ready to organize and act

    I learned about a website called Blavity earlier this year. It’s ran by #youngblackandgifted writers who ain’t scared of stepping on toes. I made a mental note to eventually publish something with them, and…I just did! The title is “8 Steps for Those Ready to Organize and Act.” A little background on…

  • 8 (perfectly okay) ways to feel about what’s going on

    Even before what happened yesterday in Dallas, things were getting kinda crazy in America. There were so many opinions, so many lack of my opinions, mixed feelings. I experienced so much of it myself and was the sounding board for others, including children, in this social/political/emotional struggle. And though I…