The Art of Relinquishing Control
Relinquishing control seems counterintuitive to practicing self-love, right?
Radical Act of Self-Love: Divorce
My self-love journey led me somewhere unexpected…divorce.
Naked Memoir: Radical Act of Self-Love
So anyway…I’ve been engaging in some radical acts of self-love.
Naked Memoir: Motherhood
This isn’t another “my child is my everything” post. This is my “naked memoir”.
Are you choosing yourself?
Story time: The other day while at First Watch waiting for my to-go order, I was talking to a young woman there picking up an order for Door Dash. She told me how she was struggling…
FAIRYtales, HEAUXtales, & TALLtales: Why Pursuing “The One” is Hurting You
Young Woman in her 20’s: Do you believe there is a such thing as “The One”?
Me: The one what? LOL!
This idea of there being ONE perfect person for you, while on it’s face appears encouraging, it actually isn’t.
Why You Aren’t Reaching Your Goals: Lies You Are Telling Yourself
Despite growing up poor, Black, and female in a single parent household in the deep South, I have achieved every personal AND professional goal I have set for myself….
Sexy Substance
Did you catch Sunday’s episode of “The Real Housewives of Potomac”?! In the episode, Wendy Osefo, one of the housewives, was confronted by a few of her castmates as having drastically changed and appearing to no longer have substance.
Still Beauty : The Policing of Black Women
“There are messages everywhere that tell Black women we aren’t soft, feminine, or beautiful. I rebuke those messages. I am womanhood personified-soft, feminine, strong, and beautiful!”
-Naked: a memoir, page 45
Pivots and Patience…
I had an epiphany while venting my frustrations to my husband about various hurdles I’m encountering launching this project…
Beauty in Vulnerability: Self-care tips for the woman who takes care of everyone but herself
“The most important relationship I can cultivate is the one with myself. Superwoman does not exist. I give myself the grace to be human…in all of it’s beautiful fragility.” -excerpt from Naked: a memoir
Money Moves
After posing nude, I felt liberated! I was a “new” Chic-a; a fearless Chic-a. Approaching the world from my new liberated lens, I decided to quit my “good” stable(but stressful) job and start my own law practice. What?! Yes, I was now in the mindset of taking calculated risks. I figured if it failed I would still be a lawyer and could always go back to working for someone else if that was to be my fate. So I “hung my shingle” and you know what..it didn’t fail…
Why naked?
How do you prepare for shooting naked for the first time with a stranger? You can’t. But strangely, I wasn’t nervous. I actually felt charged and was looking forward to the shoot. I had a feeling the collaboration was going to result in something special….