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Facing the reality of death
I talk a lot about overcoming. But today I need to take a moment and sit with my feelings. I am fighting hard each day not to be...

MichelleRena
Sep 21, 20211 min read


The cycle of heartbreak…
So I didn’t know I could experience a heartbreak 💔 like the one I felt when my dad died when I was 9 years old but I was wrong. Losing...

MichelleRena
Sep 17, 20210 min read


The Unraveling: Relationships
Told you. LOL This topic can go down so many roads, so let's take a walk, shall we? What if the unraveling is happening in your...
Monica Odom
Sep 16, 20210 min read


Slow and Steady
Mondays…whew chile! I don’t like to preset my blog posts because I want them to be organic. Sometimes they are based on what I’m reading...

MichelleRena
Sep 13, 20211 min read


The Unraveling
I'm an overthinker, and that carries over into my dreams. Sometimes I will hear a word or a phrase, and then pray and meditate on it for...
Monica Odom
Sep 9, 20213 min read


Transformation/Transparency Tuesday: We can’t become what we want by remaining what we are!
The thing I love most about growing up in my era (being born in the 80’s, raised in the 90’s, teen/young adult in 2000’s) is being able...

MichelleRena
Sep 7, 20212 min read
If you’re off today, be off!
Take advantage of rest and use this time to recalibrate! That’s it…that’s the post! XOXO, MichelleRena

MichelleRena
Sep 6, 20211 min read


Self-Care Sunday: Call a thing a thing so you can move on
If something gets you rattled address it, call it out, handle it accordingly and move around. do not, I repeat, DO NOT let it linger or...

MichelleRena
Sep 5, 20212 min read


ICYMI: I was cheated on in my marriage! (Spoiler Alert: I stayed!)
So it’s kinda funny how this post came about. I received an interesting email yesterday from someone whom I’ve never met but they felt it...

MichelleRena
Sep 3, 20215 min read


Projection...wrote a post about it.
Like to hear it? Here it go! Stop coming into other people's corner of the world telling them what they should and shouldn't post. The...
Monica Odom
Sep 2, 20211 min read


...but do you see me?
There are so many things that come to mind when I hear 'but do you see me?' Romantic, platonic, familial. They are require us to step...
Monica Odom
Sep 2, 20213 min read


Hello September
I don’t know about you but every month I say a little prayer for the new month to be as uneventful as possible. So far it’s been very hit...

MichelleRena
Sep 1, 20211 min read


The Power of Peace and going at your own pace
This is a reminder to go at your own pace!!! Do not get caught up thinking you have to compete with anyone or anything. I used to think...

MichelleRena
Aug 31, 20212 min read


Breathe and try again
A message for the overwhelmed…between Covid, quarantining, deaths, and now devastating hurricanes I know you’re tired. It feels like it’s...

MichelleRena
Aug 30, 20211 min read


Reflections of 38
For the past few years, I've really looked forward to my birthday. During my quiet time across the past week, I've been thinking about...
Monica Odom
Aug 26, 20213 min read


Babygirl…better known as Aaliyah
This is an Aaliyah appreciation post… I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I got the news that Aaliyah Dana...

MichelleRena
Aug 25, 20212 min read


It’s Mon-day!!!
Soooo, it is not actually 8/24 in America yet but if my timing is right it is in Japan! That means it is our very own contributing...

MichelleRena
Aug 23, 20211 min read


Do it in love or just don’t do it at all!
There’s a scripture that says let everything you do be done in love (1 Corinthians 16:14.) I have gone much of my life trying to live by...

MichelleRena
Aug 22, 20212 min read


Let’s be honest…sometimes you have to be your own hype woman!
So I’m sitting here reading my sisterfriend, Atoya Follins book “Girl, You Have Purpose“ and getting the much needed reminder and gentle...

MichelleRena
Aug 20, 20211 min read


You're Built For This
So last week, we talked about the anxiety that comes up as things begin to pile up. I've been staying on top of the things that bring me...
Monica Odom
Aug 19, 20212 min read


Let Them Talk…
Pray for those who seek to harm you…I have to smirk at the thought of that because why would I pray for someone who clearly wants to be my enemy. Everybody that wants to hurt you won’t try to do it physically. There are those who intend to hurt you by attempting to tarnish your character or speak ill on your name. They are just as dangerous as those who attempt to physically harm you. But this morning’s devotion reminded me that you have to keep your eyes set and centered on

MichelleRena
36 minutes ago2 min read


Book Review: Informed Consent by KC Mills
"Our commitments to those we love sometimes cloud our ability to truly exist. It's so easy to fade into the shadows trying to be what others need us to be."
Monica Odom
1 day ago3 min read


Sneaky little bum foot...
Remember, when I was working out every single day! Listen, the way I have had to cut back on regular life things simply because I couldn't walk...like for real walk...has been the absolute worst. I pushed through for most of 2025 and it wasn't until I dropped a dumbbell on my foot in late September and there was no more pushing it until later. So I had a keratoma removed from my foot today after nearly a year of hobbling around and walking like Viola Davis in Fences… I tried

MichelleRena
Feb 182 min read
Life Comes At You Fast...
Honestly, I am in a mind space where all I can express is gratitude for how far God has brought me. So much has happened in such a short time span. I am struggling to find a way to write this current chapter which is weird. But whenever it begins to flow freely, I will let it. I won't hold back. Until then, I will just keep posting. I met with my therapist last Friday and she expressed how proud she is of me. I told her that she is phenomenal and I am grateful that she helped

MichelleRena
Feb 161 min read
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