Womanhood, motherhood, sisterhood – is beautiful, interesting, empowering…and often exhausting LOL! Have you ever wondered if you are playing small but then questioned whether you’re being too ambitious? Have you celebrated your professional accomplishments and then wondered if you can repeat the success? Have you wondered if you have fear of success or fear […]
I meant it with every fiber of my being when I said that I will never lead you where I haven’t gone. Integrity is important to me, so I want to admit that periodically I have to call myself out for shrinking back into my comfort zone. Periodically I realize that I’m playing small
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I closed out September which was Self-Improvement Month and Self-Care Awareness Month with the first You Can’t Pour from An Empty Cup: Self-Love, Self-Care and Self-Preservation for Working Women virtual workshop. It was amazing! Did you miss it? If you missed it, no worries, because I am setting the date for the next virtual
Janet Jackson asked, “What have you done for me lately”. I’m asking you what have you done for YOU lately? What have you done mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually for you lately? Do you have hobbies you enjoy and regularly engage in? Have you taken time recently to just be who you are without
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I know that you are busy. I know that you have a ton of responsibilities. I know that your to-do list is long. I know that there are people depending on you. I know. I know. I know. That is EXACTLY why I am sending you another invitation to the You Can’t Pour from An
For years I was told to focus on one thing at a time. That multi-tasking was counterproductive. That being multi-passionate was hazardous to your career advancement and business bottom line. None of that advice worked for me – even when I tried to adhere to it. Now that I am committed to defining success
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If you graduated from an accredited social work program and you’re using your social work education and training to succeed in a job, then you are doing social work – the job title is irrelevant. It’s time to eliminate the narrow, traditional view of social work and expand our work as our world expands.
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June marks the completion of the first half of the year as well as the end of the 2nd quarter and the end of the school year in the Washington Metropolitan area. June has been a time for self-evaluation for me for over two decades. Today is also the official Juneteenth federal holiday. Yet,
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I’ve said for years that “faith is a verb”! The Bible says, “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” (James 2:26, KJV) I’ve been evaluating my faith a lot over these last couple of weeks and I think it’s time to take another faith walk. If
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Last year I asked the question, “How is your job impacting your life”? We were in the thick of a pandemic, social and political – unrest, return to office ultimatums, supply chains shortages – oh, wait, we’re still there – but I encouraged us all to think about whether our jobs were adding additional
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