Every year when International Women’s Day comes around, everyone starts shouting out women they admire or who inspire them. I love that! It’s always good to acknowledge those who help us, especially publicly. One thing that seems to get lost in the message, though, is the theme of the day. Yes, International Women’s Day has…
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Hope & Fury and an Inspiration to Do Good
Hope & Fury: MLK, The Media and The Movement is now available for you to watch on Comcast Xfinity. Thank you to Comcast for sponsoring this post. How will I use my influence for good? This is the question that I ask myself every day that I wake up. As a blogger and a digital…
Hey Mama, You Need to Stop Holding Yourself Back
Hey Mama. Yeah, I’m talking to you. The one over there, in your head, overthinking something or another. Never putting yourself first. Always exhausted. Scared to say no. You need to stop. I’m serious. STOP. Jump up and down if you have to. Go somewhere and scream at the top of your lungs. Find a…
How to Be a Better Human with Hardly Any Effort
I’ve always been an optimist. Even when things were the worse in my life than they had ever been, I believed that things would turn out the way that they should. Right now in America, we’re dealing with an outward resurgence of hate that makes me want to throw all hope out the window. I’m…
You’re on social media all the time, so use it for good
Just about every human on this planet, especially those of us with access to resources like the internet and social media has influence. Regardless of our formal titles, most of us have an audience of people who care about what we think and who look to us to educate, entertain, and inform them about things…