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Navigating the Messy Middle of Personal Growth
When choosing to become a different version of yourself you experience highs and lows. There are moments of unwavering confidence that this was the right decision. Moments you feel free. Moments you can’t imagine any other way to be. There… Continue reading
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From Captivity to Freedom: The Path of Self-Discovery
In my third post, “Embrace Change: Finding the You You Haven’t Met Yet,” I mentioned advice a career coach gave me that I’ve been turning in my mind ever since. She said, “The old you has to die for the… Continue reading
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Redefining Identity: Life Beyond Work
If I have learned anything during my break from work, it is this: life is more than work. And while life is more than work, it is so easy to be defined by what you do. One of the first… Continue reading
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Harnessing Your Mind: Lessons from a Fitness Journey
On Friday nights in the 90s my brother and I were watching Moesha on UPN. I’ll never forget the episode when Moesha and her best friends Kim, Niecy, and Hakeem are talking about their upcoming visit to a prospective college… Continue reading
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Finding Strength: My Journey to Personal Transformation
During the first week of August I was snapping at my husband and kids, a lot. Little things set me off. A stray sock in the living room. Finding my daughter’s pink unicorn bike in my bedroom. My husband leaving… Continue reading
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Facing Uncertainty After Quitting Your Job
At the end of June, I panicked. The trigger? Checking my bank account balance. My final direct deposit hit. Half a month’s pay for half a month’s work. Seeing that number made everything real. I remember thinking, “Girl, you really… Continue reading
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Embrace Change: Finding the You You Haven’t Met
“Maybe you were a memoirist.” Ezra shrugged. “But identity changes all the time, I’ve found. There’s a few more ‘yous’ you haven’t met yet.” – A Love Song for Ricki Wilde, by Tia Williams Summer 2024 When I first quit… Continue reading
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Designing a Career You Love: Beginning My Journey
In 1996 Blackstreet dropped a song that made me think I knew a lil’ somethin’ somethin’ about love and heartbreak. It opens with a man in a raspy voice saying, “What we gone do right here is go back… way… Continue reading
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Faith and Manifestation: How Believing Can Transform Your Life
The year is 1992. The show is The Real World. The station is MTV, and the episode begins with that iconic tagline that goes a little something like this: “This is the true story…of seven strangers…picked to live in a… Continue reading
Jeanine Thomas 