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People often ask me how I started writing poetry. It started very simply with my Nana giving me a composition book and encouraging me to...

So, I recently turned 50. In the months leading up to my birthday, my emotions have been all over the place but mostly positive. I may...

I'm not sure who needs to hear this but... toxicity against women is not funny or deserved. Even when it's Kim Kardashian. Not only is it...

Every year, Black History Month provides us the opportunity for a fresh perspective and new possibilities. For this, the second month of...

I wrote a letter to myself, during my senior year of high school, that still makes me smile. In it I expressed my joy of finally being...

If you’re on social media for any considerable amount of time, at some point you’ll come across someone still questioning if we, as a...

My forthcoming book, When Black Women Breathe, is a labor of love. I'm taking my time with it - feeling, listening, being open and...

There is a quote from the 1985 movie, The Color Purple, that says: “Folks don’t like anybody being too proud or too free.” Celie comes to...

Oprah says many people are held back from becoming who they were meant to be by shadow beliefs and feelings of unworthiness. Microsoft’s...

In the 1937 book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston said that like mules, Black women carry the w wishes on their backs....

In 2008, I was working as an investment accountant navigating my way through corporate America. At that time, I knew there was something...

And just like that. In 10.64 seconds, 21-year-old Sha’Carri Richardson let the world know that she is a force to be reckoned with....

It’s a Sunday morning. I’m drinking coffee from one of my infamous mugs, enjoying the sun beaming through the window, and waiting for...

When I think of colorism, I think of light-skinned versus dark-skinned Black women. I think of how perceived attractiveness,...

There was a time when I found myself saying “yes” to things, only to regret it minutes later. Whether personally or professionally, I did...

As the verdict was being read early Tuesday evening in the murder trial of George Floyd, 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was being shot and...

This time last year, we were desperately trying to find toilet paper and Clorox wipes. I remember seeing the empty aisles at the grocery...

I’m thankful that I have never had to be someone else, in order to have my writing voice heard. As a society, we still have a way to go...

In the midst of a divorce many years ago, I found myself weighed down with anxiety and depression. I reached out to family and friends...

We’ve all had some time to process Oprah’s interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, as they dropped bombs of racism and just...