#growth
2017 was my year. My year of firsts, triumphs, overcoming disappointments and experiencing unimagined success. I spent the first day of 2017 in a psychiatric facility with my mother. At that point, I didn’t expect much of 2017 but knew I was at my lowest. Although, I couldn’t directly change my mother’s mental illness, I knew I needed to start living for me.
Read More2017 so far has been very uncomfortable for me. From shifting deeper into adulthood to moving into my first apartment, 2017 has been a year of beautiful but difficult first moments. I found myself becoming latched onto fear instead of faith.
Read MoreLast night, I was able to finally meet a woman that I’ve looked up to for about two years, Sequoia Blodgett, Tech Editor at Black Enterprise. I first became familiar with Sequoia when I started writing for her wellness platform, 7am.life. Through ColorComm’s Phenomenal Women Action Campaign, we had the unique privilege to hear about Sequoia’s career journey and important lessons she’s learned on the way.
Read MoreMercury Retrograde hit me like a ton of bricks over the past couple of weeks. I was a mess and felt myself spiraling out of control. It seemed like nothing in my life was connecting or even making sense. I was hanging by a thread in all aspects of my life, from work, personal relationships, financially to my spirituality. I knew something was shifting in my world for a reason, so I submitted to what God and the Universe was doing and ultimately relearned some key principles.
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