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41 pieces on soul care and resting without guilt, healing takes time, overcoming self-doubt, healthy boundaries for women, solo female travel in the Caribbean, building a creative business, and daily affirmations for women. Pick the season you're in below, or scroll until a title stops you.
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- 2026
- Why I Keep Choosing Solo Travel Why I love traveling on my own: slow beach days, taking it all in, and still meeting people along the way. Plus a few things I'd keep in mind before your first solo trip.
- 45 and Still Writing the Story A birthday look back at the choices that shaped me, from my first journals and the podcast to 2020, the app I launched, and the people who cheered me on.
- Rest Is Not a Reward for Finishing I used to treat rest like something I had to earn. Here's the Sunday I noticed it, what I changed, and what surprised me once rest went on the calendar first.
- Squarespace vs. Shopify for Creative Businesses in 2026 Skip the feature lists. I build on both for clients, and these three questions decide which platform fits your creative business.
- Your Morning Isn't the Problem. Your 3pm Is. Two weeks of tracking my days showed they fell apart between 2 and 4pm, not in the morning. The three changes I made gave me back hours every week.
- How to Stop Comparing Your Year One to Someone's Year Seven Comparison was costing me whole mornings. This is the three-question interrupt I use now, and a reminder that every season has its own work.
- Self-Respect 101: What Oprah Taught Us About Who Deserves Access to Your Life Oprah's words on Keke Palmer's podcast about letting people diminish you, and why boundaries are self-respect, not something to feel guilty about.
- How to Price Creative Work When You Still Feel Like a Beginner I undercharged for two years. Here's how to find your price floor, quote the whole job in writing, say the number out loud, and know when to raise it.
- The Four Mind Pits of Self-Doubt (And the Question That Gets You Out) Overthinking, comparison, the credential trap and the retrospective rewrite. How I learned to spot each one, and the one question that gets me out of all four.
- I Rebuilt My Creative Business After Burning It Down. Here's the Order I Did It In. When my business ran on me alone, I took it apart. The order I rebuilt it in: stop first, keep two offers, price from a floor, and plan the week, not the year.
- 2025
- Choosing Peace: My Journey Toward a New Life Abroad Dreaming about a calmer life in the Caribbean, I compare Grenada, Barbados and St. Lucia on cost of living, entry options and the peace I'm really looking for.
- Why I’m Done Playing Small Layoffs, family hurt and depression didn't stop me. This is about calling out imposter syndrome, setting a new goal, and inviting you to stop playing small too.
- 2024
- Discovering Grenada: My Birthday Adventure My first trip to Grenada, for my birthday, including visits to the places my family grew up, plus tips if you're planning your own Grenada trip.
- Healing Takes Time An honest post about healing after painful family trauma, feeling stuck, and why I'm giving myself permission to be quiet while I heal.
- 2023
- Navigating Relationships Where You Feel “Not Enough” When someone makes you feel like you're never enough, your worth isn't theirs to decide. On staying authentic and choosing relationships that honor who you are.
- Mental Health Awareness For Mental Health Awareness Month: what self-care really means, simple ways to support your mental health each day, and the podcast episode where I talk about it.
- Who Am I? Turning 41 during the pandemic, my first cruise to the Bahamas, and slowing down to rediscover who I really am.
- In Honor of World Storytelling Day For World Storytelling Day on March 20, why writing your own story in a journal or diary matters, and how it helps you find your voice.
- New Year, Same Me Setting goals for the new year is only the first step. Practical tips for being strategic about your goals and actually reaching them.
- 2020
- I Face the Day With Anticipation and Interest An affirmation for meeting each day with curiosity and gratitude, with reflection questions to help you feel more invested in your days.
- How to Stay Motivated When Nothing Is Happening When the results aren't showing up yet, these tips help you keep going, plus reflection questions to check in with your goals.
- My Inner Voice Encourages Me An affirmation about talking to yourself like a close friend: kindly, honestly and with encouragement. Includes reflection questions.
- More Blessings Are Coming My Way An affirmation on gratitude and abundance, noticing the good in your life and caring for your relationships and health. Includes reflection questions.
- I Discover New Strengths Each Day An affirmation about noticing what you do well, asking others for feedback and building on your strengths. Includes reflection questions.
- Saving Money Feels Good to Me An affirmation about building a saving habit and feeling proud as your savings grow, with reflection questions about your money.
- I Let Go of My Insecurities An affirmation for the moments that leave you feeling vulnerable: naming the feeling, releasing it and moving forward. Includes reflection questions.
- I Am Comfortable in My Skin What months of reflection during quarantine taught me about loving being the underdog and feeling at home in who I am. Includes reflection questions.
- 2018
- My Passion and My Love for Fashion How my love for fashion and years of compliments on my outfits led me to face my fears, pray for clarity and pursue my passion.
- 2018 With Purpose Going into 2018 with more purpose and intention, letting go of what doesn't add value, and trusting God with my decisions.
- 2017
- Gift of Change A faith reflection on how change from God brings growth and fulfillment, and why our hope is in the One who never changes.
- The Year Is Wrapping Up Looking back on a year of change, growth and stepping out of my comfort zone, and remembering every week can be a fresh start.
- When the Hardest Part Is Getting Out of Your Own Head Why we talk ourselves out of things, and simple ways to rebuild confidence, cut distractions and stay motivated with faith.
- Proverbs 31 Woman: Finding My Way Back to the Lord A prayer and reflection on inviting God back into every part of my life and asking for wisdom to follow the path He's laid out.
- We Still Have a Long Way to Go My thoughts on the 2017 Women's March and a powerful response I shared about why women still march for equality.
- A Letter to My Little Man A birthday letter to my son as he turns 13, holding on to every memory and looking ahead to all our new adventures.
- Every Moment Is a Fresh Beginning One week into 2017, why lasting change comes from small daily habits, not big resolutions, and the fresh start every moment offers.
- 2016
- Love and Necessities Realizing how little I really need to be happy, and a reflection on what love teaches us.
- How Does Your Stress Manifest? In the quiet days after Christmas, a look at how stress shows up in our lives and why a positive mind matters.
- What's Wrong With a Fairytale? Hot chocolate, Hallmark movies and wondering why I can't have a happy ending too. A reflection on the kind of love I want.
- I Think I'm Getting the Hang of This On writer's block, procrastination and my promise to keep writing my thoughts down, even if it's only once a week.
- Another Year, Another Resolution Filled With Uncertainty Instead of a long list of resolutions, this year I'm putting myself first and choosing what truly adds value to my life.
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