My journey toward self-acceptance has been mired in hate. When I was younger, I despised the fact that I was Black American. I couldn’t stand how I grew up. My parents were super religious. It felt like the whole world was judging me. When I discovered that I was gay…

I’ve struggled with self-acceptance since being a teenager. While growing up, many times I’d stare at myself in the mirror, absolutely hating what I saw looking back at me. You see, I grew up Black American in a mostly white society. I hated that my skin was darker, and the…

I hated the fact that I was black growing up. You see, I grew up in an all-white area. And I wanted to be just like my peers. The way I looked and sounded was different from them. It drove me crazy. Fast forward to present day. Now that I’m…

Perhaps becoming a digital nomad is a dream of yours. It was one of mine for years. I’d read enticing blog posts and watch vlogs from my favorite YouTubers. Daily I’d do visualization exercises in order to help my dream manifest into reality. …

For years I tried to make habits stick. But there was always a brick wall that made me go back to square one. Finally, after lots of trial and error, I found a way to build positive habits that stuck — for good. Simple and easy is the way to go Back in the day, I made my…

Back in 2019, I didn’t think much about freedom. At the time, I lived in NYC. My days were filled with chasing money or resting from chasing money. I was on a never-ending hamster wheel We are born free Along with millions of others, suddenly I found myself sitting alone in my bedroom with…

Night after night, I sat in my room furiously reading articles about fasting. I just wasn’t sure if it would work for me. There were so many ways to approach it. And I had many reservations about whether it would work or not. Finally, one night I had enough. A…

For years I held on to my trauma. The result? My life was filled with toxicity. Toxic friends. A toxic job. And worst of all, the toxic thoughts I let run in my head rampant. Life was one brick wall. I was going nowhere fast. Until I started to let…

The other day I got caught in the self-comparison trap. As I was scrolling on LinkedIn, every post was about a person doing great — winning at life. I started to feel like crap. My humdrum life paled in comparison to what my feed thrust into my face. Quickly I…