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Identity Passion. Purpose. Conference Day 1 Recap

Identity Passion. Purpose. Conference Day 1 Recap

Entrepreneurs and young professionals flocked to Greenville, South Carolina to attend the inaugural Identity. Passion. Purpose Conference (IPP Greenville) created by Erica Johnson, C.E.O. of Leap Branding & P.R., L.L.C. The two-day conference is designed to assist attendees with the development of their professional identities and help them get unstuck in business. As an entrepreneur, I can definitely relate to being stuck and not knowing where to turn. Greenville is the fourth fastest-growing city in the United States, making it a desirable hub for various job markets. Young professionals must understand what makes them unique in their own right and…

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My Taught You Retreat: Leaving It All Behind and Taking Leaps of Faith

My Taught You Retreat: Leaving It All Behind and Taking Leaps of Faith

Operating as often the only women of color in the room for the past ten years has been an exhausting trip. One where I’ve had to tone down who I was so that I could exist in a space that was not created for me to succeed in. Where diversity and inclusion meant I was the one called for the photo op. Where expressing my feelings of inequality deemed as being too angry not being a team player.  This experience has ultimately led to a trickle-down effect, where other areas in my life were being impacted by my pulling back,…

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The Best Adventures Are Found in Books- What I’m Reading Through June

The Best Adventures Are Found in Books- What I’m Reading Through June

  I read a lot, a whole lot. Reading is for me is a cheap getaway. One week I can be in a faraway land working with narcissistic dragons and the next I can be in the UK helping a detective solve a murder mystery. Reading gives me a chance to escape reality. Last year I made it a point to start incorporating more self-help and business books into my reading list. I decided that for every two fiction books I would read one self-help/business book.  Thank goodness for my Amazon Prime Reading subscription and Kindle Unlimited which allow me to…

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The One Area I Can’t Seem to Declutter

The One Area I Can’t Seem to Declutter

Let me start off by saying I have not watched the Marie Kondo show that is taking the world by storm on Netflix yet, however, for the past two months my husband and I have been doing some serious decluttering to our home. We’ve lived in this house for almost six years, and we make honest attempts at trying to do the occasional spring cleaning. Being that we want a change of scenery, we thought it’d be a good idea to get a jump start on whittling down our clutter.  I also felt the mess in our home was keeping…

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New Year, Better Me

New Year, Better Me

This post is sponsored by LOFT.  It’s cliche to scream out New Year, New Me. Here’s what’s wrong with the whole “new year, new me” thing. You’re telling yourself that the old you wasn’t good enough. You’re saying to yourself that you’re ready to throw away all your hard work, unlearn the life lessons that you’ve learned and shed memories of times when love was enough. I don’t want a new me. I’m going into 2019 knowing that I’m not perfect, admitting that I have flaws, but you see the beauty in growing older is that every day you get a…

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