Give yourself the chance to move forward

Some of you all may not want to read this, but…   There will be times when you have to do things that you don’t want to do to make space for the things you want in life.   During a #L2LChat with Dr. Jasmine Escalera, she revealed one of her career lemons. She started

4 Ways to Step Your Personal Brand Up

Your personal brand is your expertise and your reputation. It’s how you show up to your colleagues and how others perceive you.

Overcoming Rejection & Shooting Your Shot from the #L2LChat Series

Have you tuned in to our weekly #L2LChat on IG Live?   If not, you are missing out on some fantastic gems.   In August, four women shared their insight into pitching, public relations, freelance writing, and brand partnerships.

Chadwick’s last gift was a reminder of purpose

“Purpose is an essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history. Your very existence is wrapped up in the things you are here to fulfill.” – Chadwick Boseman

Lemonade in a Pandemic

“Loving God, today, I continue my new journey. A journey that began with a yes. A yes to choosing a job and it choosing me.”   In May 2018, I was laid off from my job. It was the second time in my career that I could not leave a role on my own terms.

This woman shares tips on how to address leadership on making Black Lives Matter at work

Since your company posted on social media or sent out internal communications about ensuring Black Lives Matter at work, you’ve been holding your breath to see accountability, actionable workplace culture framework, and change that has not happened. You want to address it. Weeks have passed, and the email to your employer is collecting dust in

A Guide to Being Helpful to Those Who are Job Searching

Searching for a job isn’t always a solo sport. With today’s limited job market overwhelmed by the growing numbers of job seekers, nowadays, it takes more than filling out an application on a job board to land a role. 

How to deal with race and religion at work

I originally wrote this article for Levo.com in January 2016 after witnessing the lack of empathy around police brutality and an increase of ignorance around mass shootings. People wanted to discuss or make comments around current events at work but did not know how to talk about it without being offensive to the minority employees

Support Black Women Businesses with These Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

We can all use a little self-care. How do you plan to gift some of your friends, family members and brand supporters with a little bit of self-care? How about a self-care box featuring items from small business owners. For Christmas and Galentine’s Day, I created these special boxes for friends that featured products from Black women-owned

4 Lessons We Learned From Pippen’s “Last Dance” Campaign for Fair Pay

The docuseries we all didn’t know we needed right now are giving us more than behind the scenes stories of the NBA’s most famous championship run of the Chicago Bulls. The docuseries is giving us insight on what the working culture was like for basketball players in the late 80s and early 90s, specifically part