This will be short and sweet H.E.R. Fam. If you are waking up, going to work, able to stay financially stable, have love around or even good “like” around you, and you’re making it through life’s struggle but is still not happy, it’s because you are lacking meaning in your life. Your meaning, or purpose,…
Tag: inspiration
Back to School Open Letter: “Dear Daughters…”
Artwork: “Girls” by Dana Todd Pope The school year has already started here in Atlanta and I have two young ladies gearing up to start new chapters in their young lives; one is starting her first year in college while the other is starting her first year in high school. And then my toddler will…
FIND POWER IN PRAYER RATHER THAN THE AMBIGUITY OF HOPE
Artwork: “Three Girls Praying” by Pam McCabe CAN I TESTIFY THIS MONDAY MORNING H.E.R. FAMILY? We all have a journey in life that is unlike another’s. Trials and tribulations that you may now know how or when you will get through them. My path is no different from others. I’ve been tried and tested. There…
Mid-year check-in: Are you worried about those 2K17 Goals? Don’t be and here’s why…
WHAT DAY IS IT? Have you ever looked up and said “Damn, where did the year go?” Well I did this morning. It’s already June and I feel like there is so much that I haven’t done yet (drop my next book, have a family beach trip, meet Nikki Giovanni, lose 10-15 lbs, get rich,…
3 Ways to Practice What You Preach
One of the reasons I started Monday Motivational posts—previously Monday #Mid-WYFEMotivation—was to share positive insights from my own plight. My goal was to push us all past those “bad” moments to refocus on the greatness ahead, which has been a lot easier to do than I ever thoughts. THEN one day, just a few weeks…
Stop Worrying About the Grass and Start Looking Toward the Sun
Growing up in middle to lower class status, I always wondered why I couldn’t have more. Why couldn’t I get the newest Jordan’s or Tommy Hilfiger fits? Why couldn’t I look like the other girls with the new short cuts or braids? Why couldn’t I go to Disney World or the beach just for the…
CLOSED MOUTHS DON’T GET FED
Artwork By: Laurie Cooper, “Face Reality (Female)” I’ve always been that girl; loud, sassy and not afraid to speak her mind. Personally I was labeled angry, crazy, and gangsta (Born and raised on a military base, that shit’s real gangsta). As a professional, I struggled with scaling that back. I was labeled aggressive. Hard to…
H.E.R. Crisis 