It was 2006, and I was completing the Master of Science degree I had been working on part-time at Eastern Illinois University in...

The International Women's Writing Guild (IWWG) published a Black Voices edition of their quarterly newsletter, Network. Our Stories,...

In June 2020 I had the pleasure of being interviewed by my good friend Dr. Shemya Vaughn. Dr. Vaughn is a Licensed Professional Counselor...

When I close my eyes to pray, I see a world of possibilities. I see opportunities to begin again, not just with the start of a new year,...

As the year comes to a close, I am led to do as I do every year around this time, reflect. Of course, I reflect throughout the year, but...

This is a repost from The Healing Collective Global - Healing Collectively Blog in August 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused most of...

Erykah Badu never spoke truer words than, when right before singing Tyrone (Live), she shared with the audience, “I’m an artist and I’m...

In June I wrote a Facebook post reflecting on my experiences as a Black woman in higher education. The response to the post was...

This fight to end white supremacy and oppression, in all its ugly forms, is not new to Blacks in the United States of America. This is a...

It's been over a year since I published my first book, It Don't Hurt Now: My Journey of Self-Love & Self-Acceptance.

“There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within...

I thought I knew grief. I had met its acquaintance in 1990 and 1991 when I lost two cousins, one from a long-term illness and the other...

The vast majority of my blog posts focus on self-love because this is an important topic to me. I also write quite a bit about "letting...

You're at arms reach But baby, where are you? ...'Cause I'm lonely Whenever you're around Whenever You're Around - Jill Scott You know...

"What's your motivation? How you gon' add to me? Yeah, uh? How you gon' add to me?" I feel you, Ledisi. That's my question in the new...

I don't know about you, but I find the news overwhelming, even depressing at times. Mass shootings, sexual assault, racial injustice,...

Last month I had the wonderful experience of delivering my very first author talk. I was in my favorite city at a really cool cafe and...

Who you allow in your inner circle is a reflection of how you feel about yourself. Do you have kind, trustworthy, encouraging,...

It was four years ago this past March that my for better or for worse came to an end. My then husband and I had been separated for 7...

"Your first mind is your God mind." I heard this phrase often growing up. It wasn't until I was an adult in my early 30's that I...