• Flawless Plan, Epic Crash: The Burnout I Didn’t See

    It was a warm Thursday morning, and I was lowkey hating life. Not the fact …

  • I Almost Backed Out. Here’s Why I’m Glad I Didn’…

    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 …

  • 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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    Turning ‘Unqualified’ Into an Offer

    Turning ‘Unqualified’ Into an Offer

    Have you ever been told you didn’t qualify for a job you knew you could do, but couldn’t quite prove it “on paper”? I have! Want to know how I landed a job offer anyway? Now, fair warning, this isn’t a…

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    How I lost it all…or did I? My Unplanned Glow-Up

    How I lost it all…or did …

    In one week, I lost my job, my mom, and my man. To make this pity party really on and poppin’, three months earlier, only days before my birthday, let’s just say my cat and I went to the cat…

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    Context, Big-Picture Perspective and Agape

    Context, Big-Picture Perspective and Agape

    Once I dated a man whom I thought I would marry and build a family with—something I hadn’t desired until him—but we broke up. Even though we made this decision together during a loving, respectful conversation, we felt deeply perplexed…

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    Why Do Titles Trump the Need to Learn?

    Why Do Titles Trump the Need to …

    Heyo Managers, Leads, Supervisors, and the like! Ever notice how, at this level, there’s a constant push for you to attend training sessions and management-level meetings to stay updated on every new policy, tool, and team issue? But then, when…

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