It’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and I couldn’t think of a better time to give my brain a hug than right now. As we all know, mental health, mental illness, and wellness as a whole […]
Tag: Reflections
Exploring the Imposter Syndrome
As a woman of color, I grew up knowing that I’d always have to work twice as hard to compensate for the fact that I am a woman of color trying to be successful. It […]
Resolutions?
Every new year we make an effort to lie to ourselves for two weeks about improving our diet, exercise plans, budgets, and career goals. Honestly, with impending doom at every corner here in the states, […]
Heal
“Oh, I didn’t know you were suffering.” Although the phone was to my ear, I stepped back. Suffering? Me? I hadn’t realized that in the whirlwind of emotions, I was experiencing the toll it took […]
#DEVASTED
Don’t worry, I’m still stewing in guilt gumbo for my “posting schedule…” I’ve been working on the Creepcon video and post over the last week and a half and this amazing thing happened. After HOURS […]
You Gotta Have Vision!
(Refer to the pimp counsel scene from Willie Dynamite for the title of this weeks post.) I had an enlightening time with Anna Sommers at Athleta for a vision board party. I usually avoid these […]
Put the Self in Self Care
What’s weird about self-care is how much we talk ourselves out of needing it. I’ve not seen my therapist since March, I’ve screwed up my skin care regimen, I don’t have enough wine at home, […]
Create & Cultivate Beauty Summit
IT’S STORYTIME! Confidence and self-esteem tend to go hand in hand in most cases, and I don’t know about you, but I usually fake both! However, after attending the Beauty Summit in New York hosted […]