“Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice…” -2Pac, “Keep Ya Head Up” Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a hip hop head. I’m mostly a fan of the kind where lyricists wrote poems and made declarations that meant something, set to music. If you want to debate me on your Top 5 of all time, let’s go! I’d be willing to bet that Tupac Shakur/2Pac would make it onto most lists. In one of his many hits, he acknowledged that he wasn’t the first to rhyme this line. It’s an

I remember several years ago having a conversation with a friend and saying to her: “change is really hard.” We were talking about the patterns we saw in relationships and with people we were in relationship with and I had to give credit where it’s due. It’s a lot of work and generally takes everything we have to change our lives. It’s why we don’t see more people living on their true purpose. I know it doesn’t look like it on social media, but, the truth be told, most people

Have you ever seen one of those movies (there’s a ton of different ones) where a family goes on vacation and they’re driving across the country and the entire ride the kids are asking, “Are we there yet?” Real life can be like that; except not only for children. Sometimes that’s how we--grown folks--feel in our lives, too. We’re waiting for the moment when we’ve “arrived.” The day when we’ve reached our financial goals in our business. The year we plan our wedding and get mar

I remember very vividly how I chose a career in public relations. There was a thick career outlook book in my senior high school’s library (go Roosevelt Raiders!) that I thumbed through. Turning seemingly hundreds of pages about this and that of no interest to me, I finally got to a section on communications that said I could take all the talking, writing, and strategizing that I loved to do and was naturally good at and turn it into a career working for all kinds of companie

I don’t think anyone can fully delve into the idea of destiny in a blog post. It’s more like a conversation. One I’d like to invite you to have with me as a person of purpose--whether we work together on your brand’s PR, I’m your coach, or you enjoy my creative writing--we all end up in search of one thing in life: meaning. I’ve had conversations with people who believe strongly that we “make our own luck” and that there is no divine plan at work. If there was, how can we exp

I have a confession: I detest running. I try not to use the word “hate,” but I’ll be honest, this is one of the things that I do. Now, all my fellow health and life coaches, don’t come for me. Nor my family and friends who are athletes, gym lovers, trainers and nutrition coaches. I’m all for holistic wellness and fitness, I’ve just never been a runner. Hear me out. In elementary school, our gym teacher used to make us run around the gym. He played the same country music song

It was the perfect job for me. Or so I thought. It combined my expertise in public relations with the passion I have for advocating for women and girls. But, instead of feeling like my professional heaven on earth, it felt more like a box I needed to escape. It wasn’t only because of the job itself, it also had a lot to do with the stage of healing I was in after a traumatic set of life experiences. I was different, yet trying to remain the same as I’d always been. And it was

It’s that time of year again. The time some of us love and some of us love to hate. The month of “love” for some. The month of “man-made” holidays and avoidance of all things red and heart shaped for others (lol). But, seriously, here’s something I hope resonates with you no matter your relationship status: The first and most important ingredient in the recipe to your destiny is: you. I know, you already know this. This isn’t some brilliant new insight from The Word Chef. Why

We don’t always think of the words “dream” and “vision” as being interchangeable. But, according to Merriam Webster, they are synonyms. And

2020 truly was the year of “seeing clearly”. It’s not lost on me that through the darkness of the past year we have never seen our health, our finances, our families, our nation, our world, or ourselves more clearly. If you’re like me, as a purpose-filled entrepreneur, 2020 crystallized something within you about what you absolutely MUST do. No holding back. You saw more of why you’re here and that it’s absolutely time to make the shift to being who you were always meant to

The Word Chef Recipes is the place where I offer words of inspiration and special “ingredients” to enlighten, encourage and engage you—no ma