

- Feb 23, 2022
On Being Black & Boundaried
I had the fortunate opportunity to participate in an affirming community that promoted healing for Black Professionals. Within this community, I met Courtney Leak, who I’m giving credit to for coining the term “Black and Boundaried.” (Something about me is that I’ma give credit where credit is due :) I love this term of Black and Boundaried, and how it comes with the element of freedom. I attach having and maintaining healthy boundaries to creating ways for you to be free, au


- Feb 16, 2022
On Being Black & Excelling
“I’m so elevated, thank God that we made it Manifested every dream and answered all my prayers Every day, I, stay high Say hi to my haters on my way up Ain't no way that you could ever get me down We ain't the same, I'm movin' different now I'm in the midst of an ascension now Lifted and I'm driftin' on a cloud” (Lyrics from Down Again by Jhene Aiko) In continuing to build off the foundation of self-reflection and the main self-reflection question of this month’s blog: What d


- Feb 9, 2022
On Being Black & Triggered
In the previous week, I challenged you to explore your own definition of your Blackness. I take this moment to add even more to that foundation of self-perception. To be triggered is be activated in some way, to have a specific emotional button pressed, primarily by something or someone outside of you, yet can also be pressed by an internal thought as well. To be triggered is to awaken a memory, an experience or experiences, and/or a moment that may have yet to be fully resol


- Feb 2, 2022
What does Being Black mean to you?
As Black History Month 2022 flows in, we may run into Black images, experiences, narratives, and historical and monumental events and shifts like no other month. I still think the celebration of Blackness should be reflected in everyday, but that’s a shift for another day. As we take the time to celebrate and honor Black history, I also hope you take the time to self-reflect on what being Black means to you? To go beyond what Black means to those who you follow, to those who