In a moment of quiet reflection, I was told to the enjoy journey.
My response? “You have GOT to be kidding me!”
This message came during an extremely hard season. Life was life’ing and I was exhausted.
How was I supposed to find pleasure when … Read more...
There was no way we should have become friends. She was the one that my husband (well now ex) had cheated with. I couldn’t believe another woman would willingly be a part of this – fully knowing that her actions were hurting another. That was the version in my head, however, it’s never this simple or black and white. She … Read more...
I was addicted to fairy-tales and had a little faith. All my life I searched relentlessly for my prince charming or what I like to call, my other half. Instead of keeping the faith that love would appear when it was meant to, I wanted to rush love and thus suffered heartache after heartache. Finally one day, … Read more...
I’m blessed to be surrounded by women whose spirituality means as much to them as mine does to me. That said, our encounters, particularly those of us who date, have been made more interesting by our deep involvement in spirituality. We’ve all encountered men, as well as other women, who don’t understand how spirituality can touch every area of your … Read more...
In any serious spiritual practice one of the fundamental practices is that of non-attachment. In order for us to awaken from out of our habitual conditioning, we must come to realize the transitory nature of life in the physical. It is a practice to help us release our hold on the material world, whether it is a thing or … Read more...
As women gain more opportunities in the marketplace and the workplace, more conferences are being launched to support them in their personal, spiritual and business lives. This Woman Knows (TWK) is proud to present 10 women’s conferences that will keep your personal evolution moving forward. This list contains conferences that focus on spirituality, business and the total woman. We’ve even … Read more...
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Are you exhausted or just not entirely there with your life? Is life overwhelming and you just can’t get up in the morning? On the outside everyone thinks you are fine? Yet inside you can barely keep it together?
You could be suffering from burnout. A time in life where you are pretending everything is OK, … Read more...
Comedians joke about it.
Sitcoms tell stories about it.
What is it? It is how people of color typically deal with mental illness.
One of my favorite TV shows from the 90s is Living Single. Kadijah—one of the main characters—was suffering from depression and was urged to see a psychiatrist. She was reluctant at first but in a really … Read more...
Have you ever been challenged in your faith? Have you ever had to just let go and surrender, knowing that everything would turn out? Sometimes we have to get uncomfortable so that we can grow and allow new things to enter.
Little did I realize that I’d soon be learning a new lesson in surrender myself. Even though I grew … Read more...
I first heard the term in my psychology class at California State University Dominguez Hills lots of years ago.
The term caught my ear and I paid close attention as my professor detailed how a self-fulfilling prophecy worked.
Here’s the short of it:
“A self-fulfilling prophecy is when a person unknowingly causes a prediction to come true, due to the … Read more...
