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The Little Garden That’s Teaching Me to Love Myself Better
I screamed.Like, a full out, hand-over-the-mouth, what-is-happening kind of scream. It wasn’t because something was wrong.It was because something was… growing. Literally. The herb garden I planted with my girlfriends—a fun, casual little project we did together—had sprouted. One day it was just dirt. The next day, there were tiny green buds breaking through the…
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The Sweetness I Never Knew I Needed: Lessons from a Jar of Homemade Jam
There’s something about soft Sunday mornings and a good show that just feels like therapy. When With Love, Meghan came out, I didn’t rush to watch it right away. I needed a moment. Or maybe a few. I wanted to be fully present when I watched it—when I sat down to take in a Black…
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The Life That’s Growing Me (Turns Out, This Is What I Asked For)
I didn’t know starting a blog would become the soft opening to a new life. When I first sat down to write, it was simply to put language to the way I wanted to live. Slower. Wealthier. Happier.A whisper of a vision. A craving. A quiet shift. But what I didn’t know then—what I couldn’t…
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The Happiness Hoax: The Lie They Told Us About Hard Work & Sacrifice
“How much longer do I have to wait?” I remember sitting in my car, gripping the steering wheel so tight my knuckles turned white. I was tired. And I don’t just mean “I-need-a-nap” tired. I mean soul tired. The kind of tired that makes you want to scream. I had done everything right. I worked…
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Make Happy the Goal: The Soft, Rich, and Satisfied Life of Black Women
Tuesdays Feel Like Happiness! The moment I wake up on a Tuesday morning, I already know—it’s going to be a good day. Not because something big is happening. Not because I checked a milestone off my list. But because Tuesday is mine. I wake up late, slow, and easy—no rushing, no obligations that feel like…
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Luxury Is Not only a White Woman’s Sport: Choosing Happiness, Softness & the Luxury We Deserve
“You’re moving too fast, sis.” The voice was warm, amused, and slightly knowing. I looked up, slightly flustered, still juggling my phone, my carry-on bag, and the half-empty cup of tea I had grabbed in a rush. I was in the lobby of a gorgeous boutique hotel, fresh off a flight, moving with the urgency…
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With Love, Megan: The Uproar Over Black Women Choosing Themselves—And Why It Won’t Stop Us
For most of my life, I lived under the shadow of a single word: selfish. I heard it constantly growing up, always attached to a warning, a lesson, a fear. My mother, without meaning to, planted in me the idea that selfishness was the worst thing a person—especially a Black woman—could be. She would tell…
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Wear the Dress, Burn the Candle, Use the “Good” China: Why Life Is Meant to Be Lived Now
The Tuesday That Changed My Perspective It was a Tuesday. Not just any Tuesday—Taco Tuesday, one of my favorite little rituals of joy. I was on my way to meet a girlfriend for lunch, soaking up the small but sweet pleasure of a midday outing in my work-live-play community. And then, I saw her. My…
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The Art of Doing Nothing: Why Rest Is a Revolutionary Act
The First Lesson in Rest: My Husband’s Revolution Eighteen years ago, after saying I do, I unknowingly walked into one of the most transformative lessons of my life. It wasn’t about love.It wasn’t about communication.It wasn’t about compromise. It was about rest. When my husband and I first moved in together, I was in full…
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Finding Joy in the Little Things: A Guide to Everyday Happiness
Three years ago, I wrote on my “300 List” that I wanted to learn how to bake bread. At the time, it felt more like a hope than an actual plan. I had no real roadmap to get there, no confidence that I could, and honestly, no reason to believe I’d ever succeed. Because if…
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