Influence is greater than Force

**Well, that was a fail. ** 🤷🏾‍♀️ Its a rainy day in Atlanta and I just got back from storytime with my three year old son, and the sentence above pretty much sums up my initial feelings about it. When we first got into the room, things were cool. We were early, so story time […]

The more you WANT…the less you GET

The more you WANT, the less you GET. Why the hell is that? Doesn’t it suck? Why yes, friend. It does suck. But it’s true. Haven’t you noticed? Whenever you want something super bad, it’s like every sort of disaster that could stand in the way of it… does. It’s not until we stop wanting, […]

What cooking without a meat thermometer taught me about CONFIDENCE

We recently moved from Colorado to Atlanta, and the meat thermometer decided it wanted to stay in the west I guess. As such, lately I’ve been cooking meat without one. *cue ominous music* I’ve been making a lot of chicken on the stovetop and I quickly realized how much I’d given my confidence to that […]

Feeling Undeserving is a CHOICE

Now, I know what you’re thinking. Why would we choose to feel undeserving or unworthy? The answer is likely very simple… It’s the same reason we do a lot of things we do. Because we are comfortable with it. Think about it. If you’re used to complaining to folks about how much life sucks and […]

A Few Reasons We May be Craving Money

Many of us crave more money, more resources, more happiness. But craving is different than wanting. Craving is intense. When you crave something, you want it so bad it hurts. Meaning…you’re hyper aware of what it’s like to NEED IT. Craving money could mean a lot of things but it probably falls under one of […]

How to stop feeling broke ❌ 🥲

Many of us want more cash; more tangible wealth. Today we’re talking about where it starts…with how you FEEL. FEELING BROKE means your emotional strength is crushed. It means you feel incomplete, lacking, or useless. How can we stop feeling this way? Step 1 PUT YOURSELF TOGETHER. SERIOUSLY, it’s that easy. Well maybe it’s not […]

Needs vs. Wants: Can we have it all?

Online shopping OR Work on my business? Brownie OR broccoli? Netflix Binge OR Workout? Why does it always seem like we’re at war between what we know we need, and what we want? Why are these two things always battling each other and what can we do to fix it? I’ll be blunt. I have […]

Mental Clutter and a few ways to Clear it 🙃🧠

It’s almost over but…HAPPY MERCURY RETROGRADE! (If you believe in that sort of thing…) 😬 In honor of this time of revision and reflection, this post is about mental clutter and some ways to clear it out so you can breathe a bit easier in your daily life. Sometimes we overload our minds with junk, […]

Who is your real adversary?

There’s enough stuff in this world to be angry at to keep yourself mad for…hmm I would say an eternity. But what’s the cost of anger without turning your attention to what you actually prefer? My family has experienced some less than ideal circumstances recently, and I’ve spent a great deal of time being angry […]

Don’t Rush the Process: The Value of Satisfaction 👍🏾☺️

This morning I took a cold shower. It was awful…and exhilarating. It wasn’t by choice…it’s just that no matter how far I turned the dial to heat…it was still cold! So I cringed and forced myself into the cold water. Then as it swam down my body I started to think… I feel like I’m […]