" Not speaking up on things just to keep the peace is a trauma response. When you do this, you disrespect your own boundaries. No matter what, keep taking up space and use your voice."
Stop letting your potential go to waste because you don't feel confident or ready enough. People with half your talent are making serious waves while you're still waiting to feel ready.
Investing in your partner is probably the gift that keeps giving! If it is a true partnership, when one wins, you both bask in the victory. If one fails, the other should be there to pick them up! According to a study published by researchers from C…
Often times we have this outlook that we have to work and work only! Now I shouldn't have to say this, BUT I am not advocating stopping working by any means. What I am saying though is, don't use work as an excuse! Let me explain what I mean. Often…
For many I have been silent, but for the ones that love and truly care about me I haven't. What does that mean you wonder? Well, I am probably the most antisocial, social person lol. I love to help, but when I am growing through some things I can ge…
I was watching the Net's vs Celtics and one of the announcers was talking about Kyrie Irving. They were saying how he thrives on the criticism and the fans booing him. They even went as far as saying he purposely will do and say things in the press …
They say being in a long relationship things eventually grow stale but I beg to differ! It isn't the time that makes things stale, it's not doing the very things that you did in the beginning! How do you regain what seems to be lost? Well, it is a l…
"When your needs are unmet or ignored, you have to learn to recognize your needs, honor them, and safely share your feelings." You can always learn what you weren't taught or allowed to do!
Many people disguise a form of disrespect by saying "I am just keeping it real." What does that really mean? Being honest isn't a pass to be mean or demeaning, in fact, you have to read the room and know your audience! Some people aren't prepared to…
Problems in your relationship didn't just happen overnight and won't be solved overnight. A lot of our relationship issues and the way we handle them come from how and what we saw growing up. That's why it's so important to understand who you are wi…
I use this reference all the time, "If you say my something about my Grandma, then I knock your teeth out, don't say I am wrong." You see, you can't wrong someone and then control how they respond, you're gone too far just might be they're taking it…
Saying how you feel will never ruin a real connection with a person! Why am I starting off like this? Well one of the hardest things I have to constantly say to myself on a daily bases is how there is nothing wrong with me! Now that sounds crazy, bu…
I have one daughter and this is something that I don't take lightly. Having kids, in general, should change your life. Things that you didn't have to worry about before now consume you. You worry about them driving, you worry about them working I me…
I am an open book, and I pride myself on that! When I am up, I share it, when I am down I do the same! I have said this on many different occasions, but the biggest hurdle that I had to overcome was my feeling the need of people that just couldn't s…
I am an avid reader, and I came across a story about a couple that really inspired me! To sum the story up, a woman and a man had been married for ten years, and they weren't struggling but they were tired of the grind of the regular 9-5. Both parti…
One of the things that are hard but you have to do is, learn how to let things go! Now by no means am I saying be stupid, but it is important to process what you feeling and leave people where they are.
I love social media for what it has done for many people. So many people have become very rich, have been afforded opportunities that they probably would never have had before in life! Like many things in life, there is also a very downside to socia…
We often use the phrase "You're pushing my buttons," as a warning that a person is getting on your nerves. I believe though that it is more to it than that! You see I believe so many people have unhealed trauma! Let me explain what I mean. I hate t…
Well by now, everyone has taken a stance on the WIll Smith Chris Rock situation. Now I am very aware that I don't have any skin in the fight, I don't know them personally, I don't know what was going on behind the scenes, but I wanted to address the…
What we have been praying for, we have generally right in front of us, we just sometimes don't want to do the work! Some of us pray for peace, and God will grant it yet we miss it! You see God will put you in positions that make you uncomfortable si…
"They are just angry because the truth you speak contradicts the lie they live." You would be surprised at the people that have a problem with what I post sometimes. I get it, sometimes a post can seem like it is directly to them but that's…
