Season 4 of the Plant Your Seeds of Transformation podcast is now on YouTube. Link: https://YouTube.com/@plantyourseedsoftransformation What Trauma and Crisis Has Taught Me About Myself in 2023 How can black women leaders understand themselves better and make better choices so that they will live more happily…www.youtube.com It’s been a minute! I took an extended break from my Medium blog due to family crises and traumas… yes that’s plural. I am now making a come back, so I just published my first episode of season 4 of the Plant Your Seeds of Transformation podcast on…

If you’re a “small” business leader, have you considered that you can make a big impact on the world, or is this a foreign concept for you? I believe that just as a tiny drip of water creates a ripple across the pool/pond, any size business can make an impact…

How can I combat perfectionism with all this talk about resolutions? 2023 is another year for me to live free from perfectionism… but all of the talk of resolutions in the new year triggers my old perfectionistic tendencies. So, how can I combat this? That is a great question! I…

When I was about 15 and on the speech team at Downers Grove North High School in Dupage County Illinois, I froze up during speech competition, and that is tragically how my glossophobia started to manifest. — “Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the fear of public speaking. The word glossophobia derives from the Greek γλῶσσα glōssa, meaning tongue, and φόβος phobos, fear or dread. Some people have this specific phobia, while others may also have broader social phobia or social…

Thank You To My Awesome Medium Community I am so excited to discover I got two new followers recently that pushed me to over 100 followers! Thank you to Stephanie and Elona (you know who you are)! Attending today’s Medium Day was so fruitful for me as a creative and…

As a creative (podcaster and writer), I have key tools that help me keep up with my ideas, even when they pop into my head at an unusual time or in an inconvenient place. I carry my iPhone and Apple watch (using them in tandem) with me everywhere, even to…

Deya, what a wonderful talk... thanks so much. Let's connect about getting you on a Live with me very soon for the Plant Your Seeds of Transformation podcast.

Leaders are not monolithic, even though Western media often has a stereotypical white male pictured as what a leader is. Leaders all look different and show up in all types of places. Also, leaders all have different experiences and come from very diverse backgrounds. If you’re reading this, you are…

Toby, I love that you defined community as “a group of people who share a story that is so important to them that it defines an aspect of who they are”. I love this because this is exactly what I talked about in my article where I shared the identity…