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    Back in my pro cheerleading days, I wouldn’t tell anyone when I was auditioning—…

  • Devotionals for the Sanctified Professional Who Needs Jesus and a Nap

    Let’s be real. We’ve been deep lately—fasting, caregiving, sympathy spirals, and workplace …

  • Caregivers of Parents: The Forgotten Workforce

    Is it just me? Or do caregivers of parents get the short end of the …

  • Career Myths We’re (Still) Falling For—and How to Break Free

    The other day, one of my besties and I got deep into a conversation about …

  • How to Truly Support Someone—Without Making It About You

    You voted, I listened! This was the #1 topic you wanted me to write about next, …

  • From Fasting to Focus: What the Daniel Fast Taught Me About Leadership and Growth

    From Fasting to Focus: What the Daniel …

    I thought I was ready for the Daniel Fast—spiritually armed and prepped to conquer. No animal products? Easy. No processed foods? A mild inconvenience (only because of my potato chip habit). No soothing oat milk decaf with honey? Brutal.  But…

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    A Knock I Couldn’t Ignore: The Other ‘L’ Word

    A Knock I Couldn’t Ignore: The …

    Today, I want to introduce you to a friend of mine. Well, ‘friend’ might be a stretch. Let’s just say she’s someone I know very well—maybe too well.  Her name is Mama Fine. She’s… complicated. Picture a combination of a…

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    Progress over Perfection, and Doing It Any Way

    Progress over Perfection, and Doing It Any …

    Have you ever been so gripped by fear you couldn’t move? Like what you wanted most in life was right before you, beckoning you, but you were too afraid to seize it? Fear takes many forms. For some, it’s the…

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    Candidate Experience: Things That Make You Go Hmm…

    Candidate Experience: Things That Make You Go …

    I wasn’t going to publish this but a TED talk by Luvvie Ajayi Jones gave me the nudge I needed. Notice how I said I wasn’t going to publish instead of write—because the truth is, I started writing about this…

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    Didn’t know anyone, yet everyone was fam: My AfroTech Takeaways

    Didn’t know anyone, yet everyone was …

    AfroTech Conference 2024 wasn’t just another tech conference—it was the tech conference. Sure, it had the usual suspects: brilliant main-stagers, knowledge-dropping chiefs, cutting-edge panels in ice-cold theaters. Sessions covering all the hot topics like spatial audio, AI, cybersecurity, and climate…

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