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.
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
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.
Today’s Question for Your Uncommon Evolution: When did practicality quietly become more important than possibility? “What do you actually want?” This is one of the simplest questions to ask, yet one of the hardest to answer, figuring out what you want is rarely as straightforward as it sounds. When I ask women this question, I … Read more