Tag: mental-health
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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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Letting Go of What No Longer Serves You—Even When It Feels Good
I remember sitting in one of my therapy sessions, fully engaged in the process of untangling the patterns that shaped my life. I thought I had a solid grasp on why I struggled to release certain habits, relationships, and thought patterns. But then, in one of those quiet, earth-shifting moments, my therapist said something that…
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Finally Slowing Down: Why You Don’t Have to Wait Until 50 to Do the Same
I remember sitting in my bedroom the night before my 40th birthday, feeling completely disconnected from the version of myself I thought I’d be by then. I had the house. The luxury car. Multiple degrees. A husband. A great job in corporate America. On the outside, it looked like I had checked all the boxes…
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Rethinking Money: Why We Can’t Afford to Wait Any Longer
There was a time when I thought I had it all figured out. I followed the traditional middle-class playbook to a T: saving $1,000 for emergencies, building a “high-yield” savings account (even if that yield was barely 2%), and feeling proud that I was doing what I was supposed to do with my money. I…
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Building a Life That Feels as Good as It Looks: Money, Joy, and the Freedom to Choose Differently
Six years ago, I found myself at a crossroads—one that I never imagined I would face. At the time, I was the founder and president of a thriving nonprofit organization centered around marriage and healthy Christian relationships. On the outside, everything looked perfect. I was leading an organization with over 37,000 members, speaking on stages…
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How I Walked Away from Hustle Culture—And Still Built Wealth
I was sitting on a white sand beach, staring at the bluest water I had ever seen, drink in one hand, laptop in the other. This was supposed to be it. The dream. I was surrounded by 25 brilliant Black women—powerhouses, CEOs, business moguls, making $20K, $30K, even $35K a month. Women who had “made…
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Black Women, Minding Our Own Business—What It Really Means
For generations, Black women have been the backbone of movements, families, businesses, and communities. We’ve stood at the forefront of every fight, poured ourselves into causes, and stretched ourselves thin, believing that our labor—our sweat, our sacrifice—mattered. But today, a shift is happening. A quiet, yet powerful shift. More and more Black women are stepping…
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Finding Your Happy When You’ve Been Everyone’s Everything
For generations, Black women have carried the weight of everyone else’s happiness on our shoulders. We’ve been the fixers, the nurturers, the ones who hold it all together when the world feels like it’s falling apart. But somewhere in the midst of saving the day for everyone else, we’ve often forgotten to ask ourselves a…
Slower, Wealthier, Happier 