Category: Spirituality

  • 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…

  • Trelani’s book-idea breakdown: The hardest part of my life

    This story is part of the series that I’m working on: Trelani’s book idea breakdown. While writing my books, I’m taking you through the process step-by-step. So far, I’ve outlined my vision and wrote two chapters already; this is the third. What makes this one unique is that I recorded…

  • 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…

  • 5 spiritually yummy lessons Reiki taught (and retaught me)

    I got my first reiki reading at the Shades Retreat a few years ago. I explain what reiki is further down, if you aren’t super familiar. The practitioner at this retreat, Nichole’s style was so bomb. She integrated Orisha readings, and it blew my mind. She told me that Oya…

  • 10 points that made my writing retreat, Between Words and Water, so epic

    This post checks off three tasks: I wanted to share what happened, analyze what went well, and give some type of guide to those who plan to host a retreat of their own. We’re all creators who are aware of the importance of giving other women space to connect and create. So…