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Now after being in quarantine for over two months and counting, I’ve seen myself pulled into countless different directions on a day to day basis. Whether it be  Zoom meetings (and several other digital platforms too) for family, church,  fun, or work, it feels as if everything I do is sometimes all running together. I’ve been invited to Zoom birthday celebrations, girls night out pajama parties and dinner events (I’ve seen some really creative stuff taking place in these virtual spaces). What I’m reminding you as you read this piece, is the same thing that I’m actually taking inventory and taking the time to remind myself of as well. We MUST all work to keep our house (representative of our life) in order to maintain a sense of balance. Clearly, this term can be used in its metaphoric sense and literal sense.  Most of all we must maintain a work-life balance to be completely clear on how we are achieving daily and long term goals that we've set for ourselves. I feel like I’m ev

A ccording to USA Today, “women carry higher levels of debt than men across numerous categories, have higher amounts of student loan debt, higher credit card balances, and also owe more for their auto loans.”  Though we have debt, we also know how to make money so let’s teach others to help it grow. Gaining wisdom about the purpose of money and the fact that it is a currency, a tool, and a resource that provides me the freedom of choice. My goal is to share my knowledge with others. In my most recent training, Developing Your Capacity for Wealth, we talked about Money Wounds.  Accepting and understanding money wounds and money traumas create peace of mind.  Women have the ability to make something out of nothing and build whatever we put our minds to do and there is more within us. Paying it forward by investing in our young generation sets the path for a legacy.  The youth have a hunger and thirst for knowledge that grown-ups can lose sight of as we grow older.  They have g

In August of 2019, I rolled out the “Ready, Set, Lead” workshop series during LEAD WEEK in Queens, NY at a leadership conference for New York Edge. I introduced the series there because the conference planners and I recognized that self-leadership was an important topic; and in our combined experiences, we saw the incredible power and impact that true Self-Leadership has in the workplace. What I didn’t realize was that the introduction of this curriculum would create a ‘movement’ of sorts in the workplaces that I visited; that it would shift the thinking and the approach of employees and leaders; that it would encourage people to not only evaluate themselves, but to regulate behaviors that were having a detrimental impact on individual and team productivity. So, what is self-leadership? Self-leadership is intentionally developing a sense of who you are, your competencies, and direction. It is about your ability to strategically lead yourself; and involves managing your emotions, yo

This popular song released in 1964 by Sam Cooke spoke the words that many are feeling today. I was born by the river in a little tent Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long time, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die Cause I don't know what's up there, beyond the sky It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will We are halfway through the year and many claimed it would be the year of the double portion.  However, thus far, we have been met with over one hundred thousand deaths in America due to Covid-19, an increase in divorce, domestic violence, suicide, and child abuse.  In the midst of a medical, social, and spiritual crisis, we have had to witness a declining economy and white privilege rearing its’ ugly head, with the racist actions of  BBQ Becky and the antics of Amy Cooper in Central Park.