I keep thinking about Kamala Harris’ performance during the Vice Presidential debate last week. It was such a familiar scene. A woman of color who is clearly the smartest and most qualified person in the room but has to bend over backwards to showcase her confidence and her expertise in the most delicate way possible, […]
‘How do you balance it all?’ Women get asked this question all the time. If you’re ambitious, high-achieving, are a wife and/or mother and look even remotely put together, people ask you this question as if you have some magic formula locked away. I won’t even get into why men aren’t asked this question. How […]
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been talking to clients, friends, and peers and the one theme that keeps coming up is that they don’t feel like they’re doing enough in this moment. We’re experiencing a flurry of emotions: anger, astonishment, relief, overwhelm, joy.We’re protesting, calling folks out on social media and in real life, […]
‘We are our ancestors wildest dreams.’ – Unknown No matter how you choose to celebrate Juneteenth, I want you to pause for one moment and recognize the magnitude of today. Can you imagine the swelling sense of joy and pride your great-great-great-great Grandmother and Grandfather have when they see YOU? What you’ve built.What you fight […]
Freedom is not given, it is WON.– A. Phillip Randolph. Do you feel FREE? With next week being Juneteenth, and an awakening happening in America (this is me being hopeful), I’ve been thinking about what really makes you free. What does freedom look like for Black, Indigenous, and Brown folks? I shared a bit of […]
Whiplash. That’s the only way I can accurately describe what we’ve experienced and lived this week. REMINDER FOR BLACK WOMEN:Please don’t think because white folks are eager to learn everything right now that you have to jump or bend over backwards to give it to them. Chances are high that you’ve been inundated with questions […]
It’s exhausting.I’m exhausted. If I’m being honest, I’m supposed to be the person that slides in your inbox and reminds you to center your joy. To boldly take up space. To get outside and get grounded. And that all sounds like bullshit right now. A black man birdwatching in the early hours of the morning […]
This has been a doozy of a week, right? There’s a lot of fear and overwhelm and anxiety and even some downright panic going around. There’s also grief over canceled plans, concerns about the future, anger over the decisions being made by our government (or lack there of), sadness about the ripple effects those decisions […]
“The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.” Chances are you’ve heard that sentiment over and over again. But when was the last time you really audited your life to see where you’ve been embracing and relishing insanity, rather than rejecting it? I can’t […]
So, how many times have you watched Homecoming? Listen, I’m not judging at ALL. There are so many monumental lessons in the documentary. From entrepreneurship, to seeing her struggle between work and family, to the marketing lessons (of course, my mind went there… I might have given up my marketing career, but I’m still a […]