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Compassion Vs Conflict
It’s that time of year again. You know where we like to pretend everything is ok until New Year's Day when we go back to our true nature....
Monica Odom
Dec 10, 20222 min read


Unpacking
Yeah, it's still happening. If you have never moved, consider yourself lucky. If you have moved, and it was to somewhere with a...
Monica Odom
Aug 30, 20223 min read


Protecting Your Peace
...at all costs. At the end of our IG lives, Michelle always reminds us to protect our peace. But what does that look like? When your...
Monica Odom
Jun 30, 20222 min read


Inner Compass
Like many of you, when I arrived into this existence, I was given a preprogrammed compass. It didn't point to my true north. It pointed...
Monica Odom
May 18, 20222 min read


You don't have to live here anymore
I think I'm a good friend, and I'd like to think that my friends and associates feel the same way, unless yall lying... For the past few...
Monica Odom
Apr 14, 20222 min read


Gut check on this good Wednesday
I've been chatty as of late. LOL Yall know how Michelle and I chop it up on our IG lives, right? So I'm sure you can imagine how the...
Monica Odom
Apr 5, 20222 min read


Prayer of Protection
We often pray for protection from the dangers seen and unseen. But what if the danger is us? Sometimes we unknowingly, and knowingly,...
Monica Odom
Apr 4, 20221 min read


Rationing Love
As we wrap up love month, I'm still in 'What does it all mean?', or 'it's this all there is?', or a 'make it make sense.' kinda space....
Monica Odom
Feb 24, 20222 min read


It's the Sweet One!
I don't like Dr. Pepper, but it fits. *Oprah shrug* The world can be cruel, so why do we feel the need to add to it? From comments we...
Monica Odom
Feb 7, 20221 min read


It's ok if you don't know
One of the things I've noticed on social media is that you shouldn't focus on what you don't want. You need to focus on what you do want....
Monica Odom
Jan 27, 20222 min read


Under Pressure
Earlier this week I had a dream that a pressure cooker exploded in my kitchen. The shit was loud as fuck, and I was startled out of my...
Monica Odom
Jan 21, 20222 min read


Just Be, Girl!
I feel like a toddler. Like I should be doing something but my mama want me to be still. Why is it so hard to fall into rest? The art of...
Monica Odom
Jan 13, 20222 min read


2021 Reflections
The past two years have been so unkind to a lot of people. So much so that it almost feels wrong to recap all the positive things that...
Monica Odom
Dec 31, 20214 min read


When Did I Stop Playing?
If you've tuned in to #coffeeandcocktails, you've heard Michelle and I talk about the importance of meditation in our lives. And if you...
Monica Odom
Dec 19, 20212 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


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


Y'all Ain't Gone Worry (or is it Wear?) Me...
So the Olympics have started (yeah, I'm in Japan and can't go #sadness), and this week we see Simone Biles in all her magnificence say......
Monica Odom
Jul 28, 20212 min read


It's the Forgiveness for ME!!!
Forgiveness has been on my mind this week. Yeah, I know we talk about forgiving others, but I ain't worried about them. I'm talking...
Monica Odom
Jul 1, 20212 min read


Don't forget to change the water
If you love fresh flowers, you know you have to change the water from time to time if you want them to last. Otherwise mold will start...
Monica Odom
Jun 10, 20212 min read


Time for a change
Have you ever noticed that when your emotions are in disarray that every negative habit is amplified? For some people it's rage. Others...
Monica Odom
Jun 3, 20213 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 172 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 63 min read
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