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Author Spotlight: Meet Ashley Paul, Dope Black Wife, Mom, and Author
Ashley Paul, creator of Ask The Ashley LLC the brand was born and raised in Macon, GA. Ashley is a Wife, a Mom, a member of the most...

MichelleRena
Jan 11, 20212 min read


Self Care Sunday: The Power to Speak Life and Manifest Greatness
If you’re a believer, then you know that the word says: “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat...

MichelleRena
Jan 10, 20212 min read


Meet Soila Konchellah, Designer and CEO Konchellah
The encounters that I have with DOPE BLACK WOMEN are cosmic! Every single one is a testament of how we are meant to give light and love...

MichelleRena
Jan 9, 20213 min read


Friday Finds
Family, whew. My chest could burst from all the love and support over the last 48 hours. The anxiety that I felt from the initial request...
Monica Odom
Jan 8, 20211 min read


Meet Monica Odom: Black Girl Magic Personified
Have you ever met someone and wondered why it took so long for you all to become friends. Well, Monica Odom is that one! Like most of my...

MichelleRena
Jan 6, 20212 min read


Meet Amanda Bankston, Co-Founder of MVP Vibe
So when your friends are doing big things you have to shine a light on them and the Dope Black Woman that is Amanda (Dillon) Bankston and...

MichelleRena
Jan 4, 20212 min read


First Self Care Sunday of 2021
Sooooo, I totally imagined spending my first Self Care Sunday of 2021 either relaxing in the bed or sneaking out for a much needed...

MichelleRena
Jan 3, 20213 min read


Meet Tammie Cooper, CEO of RHOyal Heart Marketing & Consulting
Tammie and I go back...way back! She is one of the first people that I met when I landed on the campus of Mississippi State University in...

MichelleRena
Jan 2, 20212 min read


Happy Kwanzaa Day 7 Imani (Faith)
IMANI — FAITH: To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of...

MichelleRena
Jan 1, 20212 min read


Reflecting On What 2020 Taught Me!
Happy New year!! Whew! We made it y'all! There were times when you might not have been sure that you would but guess what? YOU MADE IT!...

MichelleRena
Jan 1, 20211 min read


Happy Kwanzaa Day 6 Kuumba (Creativity)
Kuumba: the commitment to being creative within the context of the national community vocation of restoring the people to their...

MichelleRena
Dec 31, 20201 min read


Happy Kwanzaa Day 4 Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
Today is the fourth day of the Kwanzaa celebration, and it is focused on cooperative economics. In our kinaras, we light the middle,...

MichelleRena
Dec 29, 20202 min read


Happy Kwanzaa Day 3
Ujima (oo-gee-mah) collective work and responsibility. let this serve as a reminder that we are each other’s greatest allies. Let us...

MichelleRena
Dec 28, 20201 min read


Happy Kwanzaa Day 2!
Self-Determination/Kujichagulia To define the world in our own image and interest, placing African people and our history and culture at...

MichelleRena
Dec 27, 20201 min read


Happy Kwanzaa!!!
On this fabulous African American festivity, celebrate all seven days a bit differently. 1st Day of Kwanzaa December 26 (Umoja means...

MichelleRena
Dec 26, 20201 min read


Meet Dr. Erica Davis, Dope Black Pediatrician
So when I was a little girl, I was obsessed with everything about the young woman who was then known as, Erica Thomas! She was smart,...

MichelleRena
Dec 23, 20202 min read


Meet Dr. Lisa Flowers, Gynecologist and Cervical Cancer Researcher
When you meet Dr. Lisa Flowers you have met a true force of nature. She is a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, Soror, and DOPE...

MichelleRena
Dec 9, 20202 min read


Self Care Sunday: Accepting Non-Closure
A few years ago I attended a courageous conversations training and there were a few jewels that really stuck with me. (If you aren't...

MichelleRena
Dec 6, 20203 min read


Meet the HamiltonDavis Mental Healthcare Visionaries
When I met with Charcy "CC" Rogers to discuss all of the amazing things going on with HamiltonDavis Mental Health, I was truly blown away...

MichelleRena
Dec 3, 20202 min read


Hello December! I am so happy to see you!
When I woke up this morning, my first mind went straight to Bone Thugs and Harmony's "First of da month!" (Sometimes you have to channel...

MichelleRena
Dec 1, 20201 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 93 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 42 min read
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