Hi Reader, In the Everyday Artist Community we have themes that guide each month and for November, the theme was Betting On Yourself. And on November 1st, I took a gamble and bet on myself by launching an all black women’s beach volleyball community. A little backstory, back in July I attended the yearly 6 Man Beach Volleyball tournament in Manhattan Beach. For those who don’t know, I played indoor volleyball for many years - middle school, high school and a year in club in college. Ya girl...
15 days ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, It’s been awhile since I’ve jumped into your inbox. One of the reasons is because I’ve been working behind the scenes on bringing new visions of my business to life and the other is that life has been life-ing rather intensely. And I know I am not alone in that second experience. I’ve been navigating personal health challenges amidst my family dealing with their own health challenges, navigating “Wow-I-can’t-unsee-this” unbalanced relationship dynamics while also witnessing the...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, For the last year I've talked about auditioning for short films and yet week after week, I found myself doing literally anything besides finding films and submitting myself. It wasn't until I recently started co-creating my own short film - which is requiring entirely new levels of creativity and vulnerability - that I realized how scared I actually felt around putting myself out there in this new creative way. I realized that I wasn't "too busy" to audition for short films (after...
6 months ago • 5 min read
Hi Reader, I'm sure you've noticed. It's like......extremely crazy outside. What a time to be alive. To watch livestream footage of a government truly give no f**ks about its people - or rather only certain people - while all the isms and archys rear every demonic head imaginable. But we are here. We're seeing things for what they are. We're figuring out our role in the revolution. We're sorting out how we can best show up ourselves and for our communities. And we are still actively seeking...
6 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, One of my biggest lessons on this journey of life, entrepreneurship, creativity and self-expression has been understanding the difference between what I'm meant to teach and what I'm meant to learn. And the reason I say that is because I often reflect on how our zone of genius is at the intersection of the two. I know, for me, my journey has shown me that I have often conflated what I myself am meant to be learning for my own healing with what I'm meant to be teaching others. And...
7 months ago • 5 min read
Hi Reader, I was working with a client last week doing EFT tapping around creativity and money beliefs, specifically the beliefs: "I need a man (or some other person) in order to be financially safe" "I can't make money without a 'normal' job." I asked what I always ask: "How long have you felt this way?" or "What's the earliest memory you have around this?" They paused, thought about it, and said, "I don't know. I've always felt this way." Ahh........ a bell went off in my head. There it is....
7 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, This week marks my 7 year anniversary of creative entrepreneurship. Which is......wow. Ironically, without knowing this, someone this week actually asked me about my entrepreneurial journey. She asked specifically if leaving my corporate job felt like a spiritual awakening or some type of a rebirth experience. And my answer was immediately yes………and that's putting it lightly. Because what they don't talk about with entrepreneurship is the death experience that can happen with it -...
9 months ago • 5 min read
Hi Reader, The Everyday Artist Community launches today and from what people have told me so far, it couldn't be coming at a more perfect time. I probably don't need to state the obvious but I will anyways: Regulation and joy are not necessarily the norm right now. They are things that we must intentionally seek out. Yes - fascism, oligarchy, dictatorship, patriarchy, white supremacy, imperialism (the list goes on) have all their as*es out right now and I know it can feel scary and...
9 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, For a long time in my life I feel confident in saying the fear of failure is what drove me. Competitive in gymnastics until I was 12 Highly competitive in volleyball until I was 19 Went to one of the most competitive high schools in the country Followed by working at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), one of the most competitive talent agencies in the world Straight to Media Arts Lab (MAL) - one of the most competitive advertising agencies. The pattern is……palpable. Looking back, I...
9 months ago • 2 min read