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We had a time tonight!!!
Y'all when I tell y'all I had a blast, I mean it was the absolute best time I have had in a while outside of a concert or music event. My bestie, DeBlair Tate put her all into her "Ladies Night Out" event and she DID NOT MISS! If you are ready to make some real changes in your life through structured coaching then you should reach out to my girl. This event was the result of a tremendous amount of thought and planning. I am so proud of what she accomplished tonight! I am exha

MichelleRena
4 hours ago1 min read


TGIF!! I ain't mad, I'm good!
How can I be mad, when I am so good!

MichelleRena
1 day ago4 min read


So...apparently I just needed a nap!
Sleep deprivation will have you looking real crazy and acting real foolish! Yesterday, I was irritated because I have been running off adrenaline all week and the walls came tumbling down hard and fast. From working (like really working) the whole entire at work. Add in limited bathroom breaks and skipping lunch every day trying to complete all of the tasks, completing a therapy session, running errands, dropping off kids, picking up kids, and boom...down goes Frazier! Baybeh

MichelleRena
2 days ago2 min read


So what's the plan?
Towards the end of 2025, I had a flood of ideas for how I want to move forward in my life. Some ideas were organically my own, while others sprouted from seeds planted by my soul family. As you know I'm a military spouse and with that comes a set of challenges not typical for most households. The constant moving requires you to reinvent yourself every 3 years or so. The job ends, the physical village disappears, and you are left standing in the aftermath looking like somebody
Monica Odom
2 days ago1 min read


What now?
Every day brings about its own challenges. Today, I was fighting a combo of decision fatigue with a side of intrusive thoughts wondering if simple things would be taken care of…whole time God and my mama were working in tandem to make sure their daughter was okay. Everyday I smile even when most days I really want to cry…not because I’m sad but because I’m overwhelmed with having to make decisions ALL the time. Decision fatigue is real and it can be crippling! But instead of

MichelleRena
3 days ago1 min read


We Did It Joe... (Joy Over Everything!)
Instead of being sad that it’s over be grateful that you experienced it. That’s my outlook these days. I used to find myself getting upset over the smallest nuances throughout the days but now I refocus that energy into productivity and/or rest. No need in worrying yourself with things you can’t change or control. What I can control is what I spend my energy doing. Fast forward to yesterday when made this whole “get ready with me” video ( see here ) yesterday and it ended up

MichelleRena
4 days ago1 min read


Book Review: In His Corner by Alexandra Warren
A review of In His Corner by Alexandra Warren
Monica Odom
5 days ago2 min read


Monday almost took me through there…But I made it tho!
Y’all…when I tell you I woke up focused and ready for the world… Just know that I am lying through my teeth because baby I barely made it. I was dragging and not at all ready to return to the hustle and bustle of work. That bed had me in a crazy chokehold and I did not want to let go. When I did finally pull myself out of the bed, I was so unfocused I started a GRWM TikTok (I gotta get my baby to help me edit it…lol!), did a full face beat, packed my lunch, made coffee, folde

MichelleRena
5 days ago2 min read


Happy First Sunday of 2026!
I don't know If I shared that I joined a church back in 2024. I probably started writing about it and forgot or felt like it wasn't worth sharing but me joining a church is really a big deal for a couple of reasons. 1) I have only been a member of three churches in my life: My home church, Paige Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Utica, MS. The church that I helped to plant with my forever brother and friend the late, great "Big John" Perkins, Common Ground Covenant Church in

MichelleRena
6 days ago4 min read


So about that ghosting situation
Your joy is worthy of sharing too.
Monica Odom
6 days ago2 min read


I, MichelleRena, Unsubscribe...
So initially I was prepping to write a post about unsubscribing from all of the many unneeded shopping apps and text reminders that I receive daily encouraging poor financial stewardship. But as I typed the word “unsubscribe” something triggered me and I had to pause for a few moments… (hours) actually. Everybody who says “new year, new me” ain’t wrong. For some of us, the newness of the year is exactly the reset that we need to refocus our goals or even to unsubscribe from s

MichelleRena
Jan 33 min read


Another Day, Another Bedrotting Session
So I am writing everyday because it feels good to longer feel silenced. But as an educator who has seen this winter break zoom by without the slightest consideration to me not being ready to go back to work I just don't have the energy to get up and move. I have literally only wanted to lay in my bed as still and quiet as possible for the remainder of my break. The do-er in me wants to do more, but the do-er in me has truthfully already done enough. I need to rejuvenate so th

MichelleRena
Jan 21 min read


2025 Reads
A conversation about returning to a love of reading
Monica Odom
Jan 13 min read


Cheers to the New Year! 2026 behave!
Hey y’all! I won’t keep you long! Mon and I have been chatting and we are committing to operating at a higher level this year. Sharing our journeys through joy and pain and truly more consistently. I say it often but 2025 chipped away some of the hardest parts of me. Parts that I thought I needed but now I know they weren’t what was needed at all. My goal for 2026, under the influence of my Pastor is to operate in excellence like Daniel. I know I can’t be excellent at everyt

MichelleRena
Jan 11 min read


Through the Chaos
So I just finished a devotion called “Through the Chaos” it was only 10 days long but I started it on July 30th and literally just...

MichelleRena
Oct 9, 20253 min read


Renewing Body and Mind
As I endured a 22 minute roast session in the sauna. I had time to really think and the thought that resonated most was “you can’t heal...

MichelleRena
Sep 4, 20252 min read


You’re Not Alone
It’s been a while since I felt inclined to share…not true, I often feel inclined to share but rarely have enough time too. One of my...

MichelleRena
Sep 2, 20254 min read
You Can Get back up again!
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and...

MichelleRena
Apr 17, 20252 min read


2024...where did you go, Mon?
I went a lot of places. If you follow me on IG or FB, you know I went to Greece, Turkey, London, and Paris. But for most of 2024, I went...
Monica Odom
Jan 6, 20253 min read


Drums Please....
Summer, summer, summer time! We are almost one month into summer break over here. As a child, I hated summer break. Mostly because I...
Monica Odom
Jul 1, 20242 min read


We had a time tonight!!!
Y'all when I tell y'all I had a blast, I mean it was the absolute best time I have had in a while outside of a concert or music event. My bestie, DeBlair Tate put her all into her "Ladies Night Out" event and she DID NOT MISS! If you are ready to make some real changes in your life through structured coaching then you should reach out to my girl. This event was the result of a tremendous amount of thought and planning. I am so proud of what she accomplished tonight! I am exha

MichelleRena
4 hours ago1 min read


TGIF!! I ain't mad, I'm good!
How can I be mad, when I am so good!

MichelleRena
1 day ago4 min read
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