Freedom, is A Mindset
What I’ve learned along the way I was sitting in a room the size of a New York studio apartment. I can’t recall the color of the couch exactly but I feel like it was dark green. There were beautiful,…
Maybe We Should Just Stop Talking About Size
In the last six months, I’ve lost about 20 lbs. I’ve worked hard for it. I’ve lifted weights. Run miles. Eaten healthier portions and taken Zumba. I’ve made protein shakes and green juices. I’ve woken up at 5am to make…
.…And These Three Things, I Learned From My Mother
When I was a little girl, I would watch my mother put her knee to the steering wheel and drive as she used tweezers to shape her eyebrows — something she later taught me that saved me $10 every two…
Can A White Girl Wear That?
“Can a white girl wear that?” She asked me after complimenting the style of my Ankara head wrap. She was one of my favorite white girls. I just liked her. Something about her was annoyingly sweet, hilarious, and so lovable. I wanted…
The Three Elements Of Marriage
We were three months shy of our 7 year wedding anniversary when we sat down in our room, and asked, “Is this it? Has our marriage run its course?” It was an honest moment. A real moment. We felt off;…
Five Ways To Practice Freedom
When I was on a journey of finding myself a few years ago, I began “practicing freedom” out of a desire to make big leaps and authentic decisions. “I want to be free,” is what I told my therapist when…
On Letting Go
For those Who Replay The Memory I was a new student at King Springs Elementary School when it happened. My private Montessori school would only go to 3rd grade, forcing me and my other classmates to finish elementary school elsewhere.…
January Lessons: Commitment, Purpose, & Marriage
I’ve been learning a lot of lessons lately. Lessons that have been a little hard to process because they’re all happening at once. Lessons I want to learn but am having a hard time deciphering what they actually are. I…
10 Ways I Care For My Soul
While the world is going crazy, our souls are in need of healing and restoration just as much as it is in need of food. Whether you’re a busy mom who barely has time to comb her own hair or…
Because We Deserve Better
Reflections on Denial, Change, and the Hulu show Queenie A few nights ago, a couple friends and I sat around my kitchen island to play “We’re Not Really Strangers” over vanilla ice cream and rum cake. We flipped a few…