Hello Reader, I hope your day is going well. In this changing world, we do not have to change who we are. We may have to shift how we communicate what we are doing in the world. I have been thinking about this a lot because so much around us is changing. AI has shifted the landscape, and honestly, it can be challenging to know what is real anymore. We are surrounded by content, images, information, and voices that can be created almost instantly. That is why I believe the responsibility is on…
Hello Reader, I hope you had an incredible weekend and are staying hydrated. I know this is all so overwhelming. Some nights I honestly can’t sleep because I’m thinking about what is happening to Black women and what the next few years are going to require of us. I’ve been doing Black Women Amplified for more than three years now, and this has always been a place where we talk about our lives, our businesses, our stories, and the things that affect us. So I’m not watching all of this from a…
Hello Reader, I’ve been thinking a lot about the stories we tell ourselves and how easily a story can become something we simply accept as truth, especially when we have carried it for years without ever stopping to ask where it came from or whether it still belongs to us. In the latest episode of Life, Unedited, The Stories I Tell Myself, I’m talking about the stories we create around our experiences, the memories we carry, the things that trigger us, and the ways the past can continue to…
Hello Reader, I have something to share, and I wanted to tell the tribe on this list first. I have decided to take a little break from interviewing for the podcast. Season 8 was a beast in the best and most complicated ways. There were some incredible conversations, but there were also interviews that never happened for all kinds of reasons: schedules changed, timing was off, life happened, and somewhere in the middle of trying to keep all the plates spinning, I realized I was ready for…
Hello Reader, I hope your day is going well and you are staying hydrated. You deserve to be nourished. Almost 30 years ago, a dear friend taught me how to create a vision board, long before the movie The Secret. Back then, manifesting was something we whispered about, because it was considered woo-woo. As I began to use vision boards, the teacher in me wondered how I could expand this idea and share it with others. The result was the MVP Process that evolved into the Envision Guided Journal….
Hello Reader, I get it. Monica, you have shared so many incredible things over the years; I don’t even know where to start. Here is the thing: Envision is my life’s work. I have been teaching the MVP Method for over 20 years, and it is a process I developed after my own self-discovery journey when I turned 33. So no, this is not a workbook filled with ChatGPT prompts, unless I was a time traveler. LOL Seriously though, I am bringing this process back to life simply because it works. For more…
Hello Reader, They say summer is almost over, and if that means these heat waves are almost over, I’m here for it. But it also means the close of the year is getting closer, and right about now the conversation starts shifting to finishing strong, hitting the goals, and squeezing as much as we can out of the months we have left. But I think that is only part of the story. Building a vision for our lives is not seasonal work. Some goals require a little grind, yes, but there are also moments…
Hello Reader, They say summer is almost over, and if that means these heat waves are almost over, I’m here for it. But it also means the close of the year is getting closer, and right about now the conversation starts shifting to finishing strong, hitting the goals, and squeezing as much as we can out of the months we have left. But I think that is only part of the story. Building a vision for our lives is not seasonal work. Some goals require a little grind, yes, but there are also moments…
Hello Reader, I hope your summer is going well. Yes, this is a long email, but I have something to share with you that I am excited about. If you are here, chances are you landed in this community from one of many different places. Maybe through Black Women Amplified, one of my classes, a conversation, an event, a podcast episode, or simply because something I shared connected with where you were in your own life. For years, a large part of my work has happened behind the scenes. I have…
The Life You Built Is Beautiful. But Is It Still Yours? Hello Reader, Happy Friday, I hope you had a great week and stayed hydrated. I will tell you now, this is a long one, you will most likely have to read twice. But it is time to shake the table. How have you bet on yourself? I am asking because many of us have spent years betting on everybody and everything else with a kind of loyalty that rarely gets named. We bet on the job because it gave us stability. We bet on the family because love…