This week I want to continue last week’s discussion on mental consumption, but I want to talk about it as it relates to kids. Since children are only consumed by things they are exposed to, I am going to reframe consumption and call it “exposure” when referring to children. We must be careful what we expose our children to. Tv, video games, music, and social media can have negative influences

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When people think of consumption, they often think of what our body consumes; food, alcohol, or drugs. People generally don’t think of consumption of things related to your mind. Well this is just as important I believe. People need to really pay attention to things that consume their mind and their spirit. Your psyche is a very real part of who you are and if you ignore or neglect what

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Recently, I have taken up journaling. I find it to be therapeutic and cathartic. I started about two weeks ago and it’s my way of getting all the yucky stuff out of my brain and putting it on paper.  I’m grateful that I have rediscovered my passion for writing not only in writing books but in writing about myself, which is where the healing begins. I had an epiphany the

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So, I know if you are a tv fanatic, you have either heard of or watched this series. I watched it this week and although I am not a big fan of tv series, I was hooked to this one. I binged watched it over the course of 3 days. I lost sleep because of the late nights I stayed up watching this series; it’s that good. But in addition

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As a black business owner, I understand how difficult it is to start out and build your business from scratch. As a person of color, in the “traditional” business world, it is hard to get loans, capital, investors, etc. Thankfully as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement, there is more exposure to black owned businesses and a concerted effort to offer more capital to black owned business owners.

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I’m not even going to lie but I am not quite that excited about the holidays this year. Co-vid has dampened the whole holiday spirit for me. Fear for your health and safety will do that. The CDC is not even recommending travel occur and any gatherings of over 10 people are strongly discouraged. Usually around this time, my husband and I would be preparing to go to my mom

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