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No Back to Normal For Me!
Hey Y’all! It’s been a minute. I’ve missed sharing my thoughts each day with you all. The last 26 days have been quite a whirlwind. From...

MichelleRena
Jul 5, 20213 min read


Meet Natasha D. Wade, Your Black Women's Soul Coach
I live in the place where transparency resides, so I have to tell the interesting backstory behind how I met the Black woman's soul coach...

MichelleRena
May 26, 20212 min read


Meet Janice Daphne, Author of Divorce: The New Little Black Book
Last week I highlighted a Dope Black Woman working to preserve Black families, but this week I am highlighting another Dope Black Woman...

MichelleRena
May 19, 20213 min read


Meet Alyssa Noel of The Wright Family Values
Alyssa Noel is the millennial warrior for single women, couples and families. Alyssa holds a MA in Marriage and Family Therapy and is a...

MichelleRena
May 12, 20212 min read


Follow Friday Feature: Faith Broussard Cade @fleurdelisspeaks
Happy Friday Y’all! I am so happy we made it to the weekend. I have a quick Friday feature I want to share. I don’t know if you’re...

MichelleRena
Apr 23, 20211 min read


Meet Schelli Jones of NinabayandCo
NinabayandCo is a mother and daughter operated brand. Schelli Jones and her mom hand-craft bags and accessories. Schelli sews and her mom...

MichelleRena
Apr 14, 20212 min read


Meet Podcaster Jazzmyn Shirley of Let's Talk About It with Jazzmyn Shirley
Nearly six years ago I had the pleasure of working at an elementary school in the rural community of Belle Glade, Florida. There I...

MichelleRena
Feb 8, 20212 min read


Meet Kimberly Calmes-Crowder, Dope Black Pastry Chef and CEO of Magnolia Belle's Pastries & Sweets
Some people just make you feel at home when you talk to them. Their warmth, their love, and their light is so inviting that you literally...

MichelleRena
Jan 13, 20213 min read


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


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 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


Meet Nzinga Wallace of Empower Me Chic
Watching your friends glow and grow is such an amazing feeling. I have known this Dope Black Woman for over 20 years and every encounter...

MichelleRena
Dec 7, 20202 min read


Meet Charcy Robinson Rogers, Wife, Mom, and Boss
I met Charcy "CC" Rogers over 20 years ago at Callaway High School. We both graduated early and started out on this journey called life...

MichelleRena
Nov 11, 20202 min read


Meet Advocate, Survivor, Author, Executive Director, and Motivational Speaker: Mavis A. Creagh
I always enjoy catching up with old friends and classmates. Each time I learn something I didn't know and find a new found love for the...

MichelleRena
Oct 10, 20202 min read


Meet My "PictureBae"...Lomiekia Messam CEO and Founder of Dynamic Duo Photography
Have you ever met a soul so dope that you instantly knew you had a lifetime sister and friend? I know that rarely happens among women,...

MichelleRena
Sep 21, 20202 min read


exhausterwhelmulated
The funny thing is I was supposed to post this last night, but literally only got the title typed before my eyes shut completely. I woke up this morning tickled that my streak had ended but excited to start another. I moved last weekend and have been going nonstop for the past 7 days. In that time I have combed out my babygirl's locs that she had for three years, moved a whole house, judged a virtual reading competition, written papers, and mommed my butt off. It has been a

MichelleRena
1 hour ago1 min read
Ain't no way...
Seriously, there's no way these are the same 24 hours that we used to have growing up!!! How is it that every time I wake up, go to work, and blink it's midnight again. So much to do and so little time. Finding joy in the things I get to do! I hope you are too! love you...for real I do! Love, MichelleRena

MichelleRena
2 days ago1 min read


She's back!!
Y'all, I ain't never been this excited to get my period. According to the Cleveland Clinic, " Stress can cause light, late or nonexistent periods — which may eventually create a hormonal imbalance" and baby the way my five o'clock shadow has been increasing over the past few months is a clear indicator that my hormones are imbalanced. I haven't experienced a period in nearly four months. I could feel my body tensing up from chronic stress. The last time I was this stressed ou

MichelleRena
3 days ago3 min read


Book Review: Rome by Grey Huffington
Available via KindleUnlimited, Physical book, and Audible Before we get started, I just want to say that this is the 5th book in the Grey List. Grey Huffington is an author that I found last year, and she has an extensive catalog. There are at least 10 people in this book that have their own books. The Grey List is about the Childers clan: Chemistry, Rather, Rugger, Roulette, Roaman, Range, Royce and Rome. Children of Richie and Rhea Childers. Chemistry has four brothers
Monica Odom
3 days ago3 min read
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