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Day 15 of Gratitude— Wisdom
Happy Monday y’all! It’s day 15 of my 30 day gratitude challenge. We are literally halfway through the month of November! Already!! As I...
MichelleRena
Nov 15, 20211 min read
Day 13 of Gratitude— My Strength
Happy Saturday! I bet y’all thought I was gonna forget…nope I was up and at it at 5:30 thinking! 🥴🤣 It’s day 13 of my 30 days of...
MichelleRena
Nov 13, 20212 min read
Day 10 of Gratitude -- Choice
We are a third of the way through this month already and each day provides more gratitude than the previous. It is day 10 of my 30 days...
MichelleRena
Nov 10, 20212 min read
Day 8 of Gratitude -- My Confidence
Happy Monday y'all! It is November 8th and day 8 of my 30 days of gratitude challenge! It is becoming easier to think about what I am...
MichelleRena
Nov 8, 20213 min read
The Month of Gratitude
November is here which means it's practically Christmas. Yeah, I know, I know, Thanksgiving is between Halloween and Christmas. But like...
Monica Odom
Nov 4, 20212 min read
Teen Appreciation Post
Happy Tuesday Y’all! This is a teenage daughter appreciation post. Zahra: “Ma, I need you to post my grades so I know you’re proud of...
MichelleRena
Oct 26, 20211 min read
Self Care is doing what me makes feel good…daily!
Sunday is for self-care (at least for me it is)! Sometimes self-care looks like being alone with your thoughts or in the bed! Other times...
MichelleRena
Oct 24, 20212 min read
Self Care Sunday: The Power of Self Healing
Here lately I’ve been focusing a lot on freedom, self love, self care, and self worth but I haven’t told you how I arrived to this place....
MichelleRena
Oct 17, 20213 min read
How much do you love me?
A question I've asked many in an attempt to solidify my position in their life, not realizing that no matter how much they loved me, love...
Monica Odom
Oct 14, 20212 min read
Reassessing Your "Why"
So many times we find ourselves in spaces that no longer move us, but how often to we ask whether we are still motivated to do the things...
Monica Odom
Oct 7, 20211 min read
Monday Mantra: Nothing will shake my peace!
I subscribe to Black Females Therapists text alerts and they are always spot on. Today’s message captured my exact sentiment for this...
MichelleRena
Oct 4, 20210 min read
People - Pleasing...that ain't it.
So I was planning to go into another Unraveling post, but I saw this on IG and had to pause. I'm a recovering people pleaser. As a...
Monica Odom
Sep 23, 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
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
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
I Didn't Make It...
So I said I was gonna write in May, but I didn't make It. The entire month of May, I navigated the challenges of my own mental health and the mental health of those around me and I didn't have the capacity to write about It. I fought the fight alone most days, but those who check on me constantly, like Mon, and the K-Squad, saw the spiral happening in real time and finally my homegirl said when are you going to call your therapist because this isn't you friend! I meet with my
MichelleRena
2 days ago3 min read
2026 - Revelation
Once you know, you can't unknow. So be careful when you ask for things to be revealed, if you aren't prepared to deal with the revelation.
Monica Odom
May 81 min read
Book Review: The Bridge Back to You by Riss M. Neilson
Favorite quote: "I never really did fall out of love. I just learned to live without her."
Monica Odom
Apr 302 min read
Book Review: The Perfection of A Moment by Kimberly Brown
Favorite Quote: "I'm not perfect, but she'll always get the best parts of me." - Hiram asking Mr. and Mrs. Solomon for their blessing to propose to Ximena.
Monica Odom
Apr 232 min read
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