This is a crazy time — almost surreal in some ways. Between the impact of the pandemic, and the civil protests throughout the world, many of us are struggling. Struggling to understand. To know. To make sense of it. To grasp it all. And to figure it all out. And, it’s hard. Our emotions are […]
Here’s What I Know: It’s okay to be confused. It’s okay to feel unprepared. And uncomfortable. Perhaps afraid. Maybe even second-guessing yourself. But not okay to feel unworthy. Undesirable. Undeserving. Unloved. And, underestimated. Never let anyone make you feel “Un-Anything.” Because you are more than that. And you deserve more than that. If they do, […]
Here’s What I Know: So look… Stop falling for the bullsh**. Stop accepting the bullsh**. You are worth so much more than that. So stop accepting it. Start trusting and believing that you own the power of change. And start to change it. Change how you think first. So you can change how you behave […]
I was feeling a bit nostalgic last week when I found an old college ID in a drawer while searching for AAA batteries…It made me think back in time when I was full of dreams and praying for endless opportunities that would help make those dreams come true. I started thinking about how we just […]
Sometimes we reach points in our lives when we feel trapped. We feel as though we have gone as far as we can go but we still are not happy. We want to go further, but we are just unsure about the direction we need to take. As though we are spinning in circles and […]
What would you tell your 16-year-old self? When I look at this picture of myself at 16 years old, I have to chuckle because I remember when the photo was taken. I remember that it was at my first job working at a bakery on Church Ave. in Brooklyn. I would come directly after attending […]
I had an abortion. Over my lifetime, several of them. Hmmmm…. Yes, I terminated my pregnancies when I knew that I was going to give birth to negativity, doubt, self-hatred and a demolition of dreams. When faced with the choices of giving life to these feelings or walking them to death’s door, I chose the […]
As we begin this New Year with lots of hopes, promises and some resolutions at the forefront of our minds, I thought that this edited excerpt from my #1 National Bestseller, “Get Over It! How to Bounce Back after Hitting Rock Bottom,” was very appropriate to share as my first blog post of 2016. G= Getting Over […]
Sometimes we just feel “Unpretty” and we cannot explain it. It is just a moment in time that we can actually say “I woke up like this!” And I am not even talking about the way we look physically. I am not talking about having a “bad hair” day, or about our jeans fitting too […]
Here’s What I Know: If someone is in your life who pulls while you push, Let them go. If someone is in your life who makes you feel bad just so they can feel good, Let them go. If there is someone walking around in your world who puts salt in your sugar, then you […]
Watching “The Wiz” reminds me of how many times we forget what we are born with… A heart to love. A brain to enable us to figure out how to follow our dreams. A portion of courage that allows our Faith to be stronger than our fear. You see, God has already made us equipped and empowered. […]
#MyLifeMatters Sometimes I forget that I really matter. I get so caught up in doing everything for everyone that I don’t do for myself. You see, I get caught up in that “Superwoman” syndrome and focus on the things that I need to do, the things that I failed to do and the things that […]
There are so many of us sleeping with our dreams at night but living with nightmares during the day… We are allowing the quadruple demons of the fear, confusion, doubt and failure to block our paths to happiness. We get caught up in “I shoulda, coulda, woulda” and fail to focus on “I am, I […]
