Transparent. Vulnerable. Humble. Honest. Real. Authentic. Solid. Intentional. These words have become some of the trendiest and trending words of our current culture. From hashtags to slogans and descriptive words to describe yourself and likely the person sitting next to you this is a thing. But what does that really mean? Does this mean that what they have portrayed are the attributes that warrant said description or that you are easily just jumping on trend because it sou

Happy Tuesday!! Coming off an amazing but cold MLK birthday and Day of service, I pray that each of you are sliding back into this short week with ease, focus and in good spirits. If not, hopefully this quick share with help you with that! As I finished a meeting today, I thought to myself “That was DUMB”. I sat for a few minutes, returned a few text messages feeling the weird need to share this DUMB meeting …Yes, that’s what I called it and shared with two of my accountabi

In the words of the internet mavens ’22 definitely came in swinging like 20 too. I chuckle at the thought of that, but the reality is there is definitely some residue of covid years past on covid years present for many of us. Some days I’ll admit its hard to shake. As a leader it places many barriers and challenges on my day to day. Decisions to be made around travel, programming and events that could affect the health and wellness of my teams. As a sister, daughter, niece

Dear Anxiety, You came out of nowhere & I'm surprised I allowed you to stick around this long.... I wanted to tell you face to face I was leaving but I knew you would try to stop me. The long night talks, the insomnia, the acne, loss of appetite/energy, the elevated blood pressure, headaches, overthinking, nervousness, tears and cycles of depressive baggage that you bring to the table no longer have a place here. See my heart is full of love, positivity, warmth, empathy, su

Happy New Year! What a time to be Alive! Like really, what a time to be alive! In an era where the news is saturated with illness, death tolls and chaos it is indeed a blessing to be able to walk into another year. The past 2 years have challenged each of us in unimaginable ways rather in our homes, in the workplace, amongst families, in ministry and more but we made it and that is more than enough to smile about today! I’m sure you all were waiting for the annual new year,