Anjali Sareen 
Today’s Question For Your Uncommon Evolution: What is one rule about adulthood you no longer believe? Turning 40 didn’t make me feel old. It made me feel suspicious. Suspicious of what I had been led to believe would be important by now. Suspicious of the timelines I complied with, suspicious of the goals I met, … Read more
Today’s Question for your Uncommon Evolution: What is one thing you miss making time for? Losing yourself in a relationship usually doesn’t happen because you wake up one morning and consciously decide that your partner’s needs, preferences, schedule, moods, friendships, hobbies, and opinions are all more important than your own. It happens much more gradually … Read more
Today’s Question For Your Uncommon Evolution: What is one area of your life where you want less input from other people? Too much social media can make it surprisingly difficult to know what you actually think. You wake up, pick up your phone, and within ten minutes someone has told you how to eat, how … Read more
Today’s Question For Your Uncommon Evolution: What is one responsibility you wish you could put down? For a long time, I did not recognize my people pleasing as people pleasing because I thought I was simply being kind. Being kind, at least in my mind, meant being flexible, understanding, generous, and willing to let things … Read more
Today’s Question For Your Uncommon Evolution: What part of your life feels ready for a change? Midlife reinvention for women of color looks nothing like the version most wellness content shows you, and the idea usually comes with a swift feeling of terror, because for most of us, the word that usually follows midlife is … Read more
For successful women of color, outgrowing the life you worked hard to build can bring guilt, confusion, and fear. This essay explores what it means to want something different, and why that does not make you ungrateful or unsuccessful.
Why high-achieving women of color burn out – and why the answer isn’t better discipline, stronger boundaries, or more effective self-care.
Today’s Question For Your Uncommon Evolution: When your values conflict, which one usually wins? I’ve been thinking a lot lately about authenticity for women of color, and about authenticity in general. Not because it’s a particularly new idea, but because it seems to be one of those words that everyone uses and very few people … Read more
Today’s Question for Your Uncommon Evolution: What deserves more of your attention than it’s currently receiving? There are a few big decisions I’ve made in my adult life that I can point to and say, without hesitation, they changed me. And I’m really proud of each of these decisions because they were all an intentional, … Read more
Many millennial women of color grow up balancing cultural expectations, achievement, and family responsibility. Learn how cultural conditioning influences identity, confidence, and the life you build.