I was at the birthday dinner for one of my friends earlier this month. It was a beautiful image: laughter, children, and sisterhood—all that good stuff we need to make it in this world. I was having a good time. A new mother and social worker sat across the table rocking her baby in her
Read MoreThe search for love is a real one. And the destination for many of us is down the aisle to that altar. When my husband and I were dating and he hinted about long term commitment and all that good stuff without the mention of marriage, I was like, “You gotta put five on
Read More1. We met at the most recent Blogging While Brown Conference in NYC. Before meeting you, I had no idea about the work that you do as an intellectual property litigator and to be quite honest, I still feel I need a tutorial. 🙂 Please share with us, what does it mean to be an
Read MoreEver been around someone and their exuberance is contagious? You want to talk to them, learn from them, or be like them. That is because their “abundance tank” is full. This is not to say their life is perfect but they have a way of making life look breezy, easy, and juicy. On the other
Read MoreWhen it comes to career advice, more and more people are talking about “building your personal brand.” Essentially, your personal brand is your reputation. The term can mean anything from the smaller scale of making a name for yourself on the job by engaging in idea sharing and doing a little self-promoting, to a
Read Moreby Norissa Williams A psychologist friend of mine—who I have increasingly come to admire for his tenacity—was sharing a bit of the first phase of his career development journey with me. One blind to the behind-the-scenes lives of pre-tenured professors—in tenure track positions—might not imagine how real the pressure is. While it isn’t quite the
Read MoreEver just been tired? Like you want to press “Reset” on your life? You want to do something different, something that you feel that you were born to do. But are afraid to do it???? Kanysha, my friend, aspiring novelist, and author of “5 Ways To Be Smart About Being Dumb” here on Fabulous
Read MoreI dated a guy that asked me to co-sign on a loan for a motorcycle for him. Back in my twenties, I had no idea what “cosigning” was, but I darn well knew that his request did not sit well with my spirit and so I told him, “no.” It did not sit well with
Read Moreby Norissa Williams “I’m going to save for the down payment of a house.” “I’m going to build a six-month emergency fund.” “I’m going to lose 20 pounds.” And so goes the goals we set for ourselves… If I asked you to look at these goals with a critical eye, could you see the self-
Read Moreby Kanysha Burton Are you a smart person? Do you find yourself watching TV or reading a book and saying things like, I could have written that? This is the kind of thing smart people say all the time. Ten years from now they’ll be watching a different show, reading a different book and saying the
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