New Beginnings with Nicole’s Network
Happy New Year! The beginning of the New Year usually has folks motivated to change. There's usually at least one person on your timeline or in your life, sharing a…
Epic Endurance: Using the Power Your Childhood Taught You
On Mondays with Ms. Reid I had a conversation with the viewers about not having a monopoly on Daddy Issues. No matter how complex my story may be it doesn't…
Advice
[ctt template="8" link="4KFm0" via="no" ]“Never take advice from people who don’t have the life you want.” -Demetria Lucas[/ctt] Sunday was Mother’s Day and I fought back tears as I…
Pack Light
Soo I just filed my taxes this morning and I cried. I filled out all the paperwork in January, saw how much I owed and said “Nah”. Now it’s 2…
Building Healthy Habits
First off, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Last month I participated in a Forgiveness Challenge. Turns out I didn't have as long a list of people to forgive as I thought. The…
Happy Birthday to Me
Today is my 26th birthday. Over the past few weeks I attempted to write today's post in advance but the words just would not come. I signed up for a…
What Makes You Who You Are?
In my last post I talked about teaching people how to treat you. I shared that post among a group of peers which triggered a conversation about my lack of…
Teach You How to Treat Me
Last week the Daddy I had been dating told me he had been thinking about working things out with the mother of his child. Oddly enough I was happy to…
Telling the Truth in Television: How Survivor’s Remorse is Getting it Right
Season Three of Survivor’s Remorse touched on so many pertinent issues. Colorism. Abortion. Rape. Not having a living Will. A carry over issue had been something near and dear to…
3 lessons I learned from Queen Sugar
If you’re anything like me, you spent at least two days of this past week watching the two-night premier or OWN’s newest series Queen Sugar.