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Thirteen Costumes, One Big Truth On Gratitude

Thirteen Costumes, One Big Truth On Gratitude

For the last 13 days of October, I dressed up in 12 costumes with things I already owned and not only was it fun, but it was a lesson about ...

It’s Cuffing Season: October is More Than Pumpkin Spice Everywhere

It’s Cuffing Season: October is More Than Pumpkin Spice Everywhere

The days are getting shorter. The temperatures are dropping. People are staying indoors more. People are starting to feel the pressures of c...

Support From Friends Looks Different

Support From Friends Looks Different

Have we really become so transactional with something as beautiful and dynamic as friendship? Do the standard gifts of friendship not count ...

Access Denied: The Conflict Between Boundaries and An Online Presence

Access Denied: The Conflict Between Boundaries and An Online Presence

Let’s talk about hyper personal communication in social media and how constant access to one another can conflict with necessary boundaries.

Don't Ask Me For Relationship Advice

Don't Ask Me For Relationship Advice

I am not the friend you go to for relationship advice and I don't think solely relying on other people for relationship advice is healthy. V...

The Key to Freedom: Is Your Mind Free?

The Key to Freedom: Is Your Mind Free?

Globe, the host of Verbal Tea, shares how her journaling podcast will be covering the key to Freedom and provides journal prompts for listen...

DNA On Display

DNA On Display

For June, we explored fatherhood with two black fathers I personally know well. (You can watch the replay on YouTube or Facebook or listen o...

Do Fathers Deserve More For Father's Day?

Do Fathers Deserve More For Father's Day?

It has always amazed me how mothers get the works for Mother’s Day and fathers get ties and tools for Father’s Day. But, if fath...

Social Media is Not Why Relationships Are “Failing”

Social Media is Not Why Relationships Are “Failing”

In this post, I share how seeing the common relationship debates on social media played a part in inspiring me to start a journaling podcast...