I hear you, and you are not alone. I know what it feels like to step into academe, to face students and faculty who don’t look like you and give you the vibe of “unwantedness.” (Sorry grammarly, I am not going to change this word because yes, I am saying unWANTEDness. We are sometimes…
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Meditation and The Funk
Friends and family, About 15 months or more ago, I meditated over a weekend with 10 other brave souls for about 16 hours in total silence. I experienced a sort of mental and emotional breaking down, questioning what really existed inside. Searching for the essence, in a sense. In a similar way, our country is…
See With Your Eyes But Listen With Your Heart
I watched her tears roll down her face as she described how unattractive she felt because of her skin color. Her pain was deep. Oprah and Iyanla recently presented a “LIFECLASS” on the OWN network that explored colorism. Colorism is a psycho-social effect of living in societies where skin color become associated with subjective factors….
The Art of Letting Go
The Art of Letting Go: Part One- Sometimes it is best not to let go. I struggle with the concept of how we talk about letting go. This is probably because I have had some new insights when thinking about my past, and I am probably watching too many Super Soul Sundays or Iyanla’s Fix…
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