What Happens To Emotions Deferred?

What Happens To Emotions Deferred?

What’s it been like emotionally to be an African American woman in America? That’s a question asked of me frequently these days. It has been a constant deferment of emotions. An almost daily setting off of fires in my heart, building to an explosion that my mouth...
It’s All Falling Apart. It’s Time.

It’s All Falling Apart. It’s Time.

There seems to be two mindsets that I am encountering. One is that the world is falling apart and we are coming to an end. It’s all the bad that we have done and we are getting our comeuppance. This will not end well. The other is a belief that everything is falling...
Listening Is The New Black

Listening Is The New Black

Last week’s blog ended with telling you to listen when POC choose to engage in conversation about what is true for their lives. Listening is the new black ya’ll, it goes with everything. We all need to listen so much more. Anyone who has worked with me or caught me on...
The New Normal That’s Not So New

The New Normal That’s Not So New

By the time you read this, New York City will have finally emerged from three months of sheltering in. Many people have expressed the desire to return to normal,  but the reality is that will not happen. What they will be waking up to is the “new normal.”   I say...