We Must Stop Apologizing for Our Light!
If you’ve worked hard to get where you are and are striving to be the best, you better tell people that!
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No Woman Left Behind!
I often hear women talk about their struggles with other women in the workplace … It often smells and feels a lot like hate if not absolutely so.
Receiving the Gift of Growing Pains
The “stretch of life” is hard, uncomfortable, sometimes unbearable, but necessary. These seasons are the cornerstones of our testimonies.
Leadership 101: How She Becomes a Force Without Being Forecful
Learning who you are requires work, growing pains, as well as accomplishment and setbacks. Identifying who you are as a woman in the workplace can be one of the most challenging parts of the journey. Whether you are in a female-dominated vocation or the opposite, you’ve likely experienced how lonely the path to leadership can…
What.Would.a.Wakandan.Do?
Like you, I saw “Black Panther” and walked away with so many things to digest and dissect. The movie caused me to re-evaluate my take on relationships, culture, history and gender roles. Most poignant for me, were the outstanding examples of female strength, honor, loyalty, determination and wisdom. If they could overcome, why can’t we?…
“That’s Not a Real Job!”
Have you ever heard these words? When you are ready to make your next move, people will come out of the woodwork with their opinions and suggestions on how you should best live YOUR life. I had family, friends and co-workers telling me that I couldn’t own my own business. Some cautioned me about leaving…
Am I a Woman? Yes. Am I Black? Yes! Am I Angry? No, Not Usually.
Nice plays nice with nice and fails to make progress. Nice never birthed change.
How to Deal With Chronic Complainers (3 min read)
When someone would come to me repeatedly to vent, I would let them talk at first and then I would ask one of three questions…
