In the age of Oprah, it’s easy to get caught up in the myth that your personal raison d’etre, your very own reason for being alive it supposed to be some magnificent cause that should come to you in the booming voice of Oz. And if you don’t hear it, and therefore don’t know what
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I sat across from a handsome, young black man—who was only a few years younger than I—conducting an intake. This was the first step to admitting him into the drug and alcohol clinic where I had been employed. I began trying to figure him out from the first, “Hello,” as I thought, “You’re like 12,
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by Michelle Jackson I love blogging because you get to connect with some of the most passionate, thoughtful people. I connected with Michelle of The Shop My Closet Project via her comments on Fabulous N’ Frugal. Her thoughts were so poignant and well written that I had to reach out. I now follow her blog.
Read Moreby Laurén Doamekpor I know none of us are strangers to stress. As a PhD student, I have had more than my share of stress, both chronic and acute ranging from crazy deadlines, fears about the job market, being broke (like, really broke, for the past 4 years), concerns about doing everything well yet still
Read MoreLiz, a fellow exchange student—whose face I cannot now recall—sorta kinda changed my life… She introduced me to a woman who would later serve as the resident mentor in my head. Liz and I walked alongside a larger crowd, on a dusty road, back to the international hostel where we had all dormed as foreign
Read MoreI was at the birthday dinner for one of my friends earlier this month. It was a beautiful image: laughter, children, and sisterhood—all that good stuff we need to make it in this world. I was having a good time. A new mother and social worker sat across the table rocking her baby in her
Read MoreEver been around someone and their exuberance is contagious? You want to talk to them, learn from them, or be like them. That is because their “abundance tank” is full. This is not to say their life is perfect but they have a way of making life look breezy, easy, and juicy. On the other
Read Moreby Norissa Williams A psychologist friend of mine—who I have increasingly come to admire for his tenacity—was sharing a bit of the first phase of his career development journey with me. One blind to the behind-the-scenes lives of pre-tenured professors—in tenure track positions—might not imagine how real the pressure is. While it isn’t quite the
Read MoreEver just been tired? Like you want to press “Reset” on your life? You want to do something different, something that you feel that you were born to do. But are afraid to do it???? Kanysha, my friend, aspiring novelist, and author of “5 Ways To Be Smart About Being Dumb” here on Fabulous
Read Moreby Norissa Williams “I’m going to save for the down payment of a house.” “I’m going to build a six-month emergency fund.” “I’m going to lose 20 pounds.” And so goes the goals we set for ourselves… If I asked you to look at these goals with a critical eye, could you see the self-
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