Lessons from Lionesses: Hold ‘em, Fold ‘em, and Slay

March 17, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Masai Mara, Kenya Leave it to me to be on safari and have a whole deep moment. As I was observing three lionesses hunt a warthog (which they call a Pumba in Kenya and I lived), a few things struck me. Struck me in a way that I literally had my wig snatched. So of […]

The Circle of Life: 3 day Safari in Masai Mara

March 14, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Masai Mara, Kenya The last time I went on safari I was traveling through Ghana. It was a short trek through the savannah but still amazing, at least the parts I can recall. One thing that drew me to take this trip to Kenya was that I would get to go on a safari again. […]

What 2018 Taught Me

December 31, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

2018. My, my, my. There is a lot that I can say of this year. It has been difficult but also very full of good things. If you have been rocking with me for the last year, you know that 2017 was extremely difficult for me. With the loss of my grandmother and taking my […]

Rabbit Hole Prompts

November 4, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Hello Lovelies. This is a resource for you to get started with your Rabbit Hole! If you don’t know what that is, let me direct you to my YouTube video where I talk about my approach to journaling HERE. What have I lost lately? What do I struggle with? How do I think I could […]

Self Sunday: Easing Back In

January 8, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

Inspiration: “You have to be gentle with yourself.” ~ My colleagues It is past midnight and I am having one of those moments where I have hit a productivity groove. It is officially Monday morning and I am just now getting around to writing a self care lesson for this week, again. Normally this would […]

Self Sunday: Respites and Rest Space

December 11, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

Inspiration: Matthew 11:28-30 KJV: “28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my […]

Self Sunday: Letting Go

December 5, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

Inspiration: Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself. ~Walter […]

Self Sunday: Capturing Every Thought

November 20, 2017.Reading time 9 minutes.

“The mind is everything. What we think, we become.” ~ The Buddha I know how horrible the mind can be because I suffer from anxiety and depression. It can push you over the edge into the abyss where you really cannot see things for what they are. How you think about yourself, and the world […]

Self Sunday: The Mind of Manifesting

November 12, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” ~Matthew 18:18 “By thinking those [negative] thoughts you emitted that frequency, and they became the pictures of your life” ~ The Secret to Money app “Manifest” is a big pop […]

Self Sunday: It is Ok to Step Back

November 5, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Quote: “Be kind to yourself.” Today started like many Sundays. I woke up and did my morning devotion ritual. After kind of messing around, doing some pleasure reading I started to get ready for church. But I had this nagging feeling that maybe I should stay home. I went back and forth about what I […]