Do you know how it feels to saturate yourself in the things and people that bring you joy? To curl up into the folds of the experiences and people that fill you with utter bliss? Do you know? I thought I did because JOY is one of many things I…

Drumroll, please! It is December, and we have finally reached the end of the “What’s in Your Toolkit?” series and I am in awe and thankful. In awe of all the amazing women who chose to tell their stories and thankful for the tools they shared. As I shared with…

It is the holiday season and what better time to celebrate family especially in a year where many people have lost family members, can’t touch their family members and have no idea when next they’d see each other. Family, the one we are born into or choose, is important. So…

Drumroll, please! Our final October toolkit storyteller is none other than the Jasmine Smith, founder and producer of DC Wedding Week and SmithCo The first time I laid my eyes on Jasmine was about 3 years ago. A friend and colleague in the wedding industry invited me to a holiday…

Day two of October’s “What’s in your Toolkit? is here, and I am so excited to share Dr. Chinasa Elue with you. We were introduced by a mutual friend about five (5) years ago and she hired me to write copy for her then-new coaching services. Working with her was…

I decided to do something different with the October tool kit stories; I am sharing one storyteller a day starting with Nicole Amma Twum-Baah. I met Amma almost a decade ago in 2011/2012. I had just moved back home from Washington D.C. to Minnesota and she was in the D.C…

This theme for this month humbled me and I am still sitting with my discovery. I reached out to seven (7) women about sharing a romance tool and the running theme was: I have nothing to add to the conversation on romance…there is not much going on in our household…

He looked good on paper! Doctor. Nigerian. Christian. Cute. Tall. Yoruba. No weird energy!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Literally perfect to share with my besties and siblings. He was also ‘meet the parents worthy’ and he could very well be my last bus stop. Our first date was great…ice cream at the waterfront. So…

I can’t believe COVID-19 is still here. We are in August for crying out loud. The entire year has been a doozy, and I don’t ever want to repeat 2020 or anything like it again. We desire and pray for better months and years ahead. In all of the craziness…