I can remember growing up, I would often get side-eyed for dreaming too big. Not the polite kind of side-eye either, it was the full-on Caribbean Elder level of, “you’ll learn soon enough” type.I’d talk about wanting to do meaningful work, build something that mattered, and leave the world better than I …
This is for those of us, who are sometimes too hard on ourselves and are learning to be a little more internally loving. Self grace is not the absence of correction, it’s the presence of care.I’m learning to meet myself where I falter,Not with fury, but with softness.As I recognize the areas …
Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you’re probably a proud owner of a high-functioning brain. You’ve likely aced a few tests, amazed people at parties with random trivia, and maybe even solved the occasional crisis with such ease and nonchalance. But let’s be real for a second: how often has your brain also …
Growing is inevitable, maturity, however, is often a choice. In many ways, growth feels like assembling a puzzle without the full picture-a slow process of piecing together fragments of yourself while making sense of what fits and what doesn’t belong. It’s a journey that deeply and intensely challenges your patience and perspective, …
Who said it was ok for you to think small of yourself? Who said that just because they underestimate you, that you had to do the same? Who gave them the right to define your worth, to dictate the limits of what you can become?Who told you that you were anything less …
It’s been over a year since I’ve written, much less published an article, or have been able to collect my thoughts in one place. However, there has been this nagging thought about wisdom, its origin, how it matures, and above all else, how it’s applied. Wisdom comes only from understanding and understanding …
If you tell yourself that you can’t, you won’t. If you tell yourself that you can, you’re more likely to try. When you’re more likely to try, you’re more likely to win. Achieving the unimaginable doesn’t require any special skills, it does require a willingness to show up. More importantly, how you …