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Momma's Monday: A Revolutionary Act of Love

A Revolutionary Act of Love Welcome and welcome back. Today is Monday, February 12, 2024 (2.12.24). Happy Monday. It's another amazing day in paradise. Thank you so much for being here.  Do you know we are only ONE day away from (what I feel is) the most underrated nationally recognized holiday there is? It is a day I wait for with epic anticipation and this year I'm finally doing something to officially celebrate it. I hope you'll join me. The holiday I'm talking about is Black Love Day! It's celebrated on February 13. Have you heard of it?  Congrats if you have.  That's OK if you haven't. I'm here to change that.  I'm going to give you a little history but you can also click on Black Love Day  to be taken to the website that tells you all about it by the person responsible for creating it, Mama Ayo Handy-Kendi , the Breath Sekou. Black Love Day   Black Love Day has been around for 31 years, officially commencing in 1993. From the African American H

Think Tank Thursday: Do You Know Momma Kai? The Addendum

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Do You Know Momma Kai? The Addendum (Becoming Black History) Welcome and welcome back. It's another amazing day in paradise. Thank you so much for being here. It's an honor to have you invest your time with me. Happy Black History Month to you! Happy Becoming Black History Month... Year to me! Whoot! WHOOT! I'm so excited.  Can I just tell you... January was something else? And you want to know what my biggest lesson was? God's got me!  I have to put that out there. If I just hold on and regulate my nervous system, things are going to work out!!!  I had to say it.  I talked about being neuroscience centered in my last post. I'm telling you, it works. It really works. I'm so proud of me for the times I did.  For the many times I failed, I'm grateful for repair. I took a lot of deep breaths during the month of January but I still lost it too. I'm not perfect.  I also did a lot of authentic, thoughtful expressing of remorse for my behavior, not just a flipp

Sagacious Saturday: Do You Know Momma Kai?

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Do You Know Momma Kai? Welcome and welcome back. It's another amazing day in paradise. Thank you so much for being here. If this is your first time, please know how much I appreciate you being here. If you've been here before, thank you again for trusting there is something here worth your time. Can I start out with being vulnerable? It's been a doozie of a year already. I don't throw the year away though. I'm inspired that with so many challenges to begin with, I'm being refined for greater things. I like the way Take 6 sings it when they say, "the race is not given to the swift or the strong but the one who endures to the end". It's based on Ecclesiastes 9:11. Some days have definitely felt like I was just enduring, trying to make it to the end of the day to sleep it off and try again the next. But, honestly, most days I've been more than enduring. Even though it's been a trying and tiring time, I wouldn't change it if I could. I woul

Momma's Monday: Moving To Peace From War in 2024

Moving To Peace From War in 2024 Welcome and welcome back. It's another amazing day in paradise. Happy New Year! Thank you for being here whether it's from a handout, text message or email. And Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! It's the perfect day and time to talk about the headline of this post.  As you might already know, the subject line is my theme for the year, Moving To Peace From War in 2024 . It is also the name of the course I am launching. It is the next step in the work I'm doing to eliminate homelessness, internally and externally. There was a thought that plagued my mind during the whole month of December that led me to this aspect of my journey. I didn't know the exact quote but I did know where to find it, in a book called The Peacegiver by James Farrell. This quote is the opening paragraph of the Preface. And it's the only thing I remembered about the contents of the book. Mr. Farrell  wrote:  "We live in a world at war. I am not only refe

Sacred Sunday: My Birthday Wish

My Birthday Wish Welcome and welcome back! Welcome to me and Wisdom's birthday month of miracles. And yes, it IS another amazing day in paradise.  BUT.... today is not just any amazing day in paradise. I get to celebrate ME on this amazing day in paradise. I entered this world 50 years ago on this day, 25 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed.  I just need to say 50 is not as old as it seems. I guess with life expectancy being in the 70s it seems like life is closer to ending than beginning. Not here! I feel like my life is just starting.  I'm declaring 50 as the new 30. Seriously though, it is. At least from the brain development and nervous system perspective. If the prefrontal cortex of the brain does not finish developing until 25 or so, then technically I've only been a mature adult for about 25 years.  I'm giving myself some Love and grace for having made it this far without knowing that until about 2 years ago.  Maybe 50 should be the n

Momma's Monday: Human Rights Day 2023

Human Rights Day 2023 Welcome and welcome back! It's another amazing day in paradise. I'm baaaaaack! But then will be gone for 2 weeks. I think that's a schedule I can work with. Today I want to take a moment to write about Human Rights Day 2023. It's 13 days from today. And it's also my 50th birthday. This year commemorates 75 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed. And the theme is "Dignity, Freedom and Justice For ALL!"  Lately, I've been really reflecting on this idea of "for all". As I consider this particular theme, there really is only one way I see this happening: through brain re-development, reconditioning the subconscious conditioning which will lead to the nervous system being able to regulate in a more healthy fashion. Which will lead to emancipation and liberation "for all"! It really is hard for me to believe this is me some days. All I want to talk about is my BIG 4 (brain development, nervo

Sagacious Saturday: The Pre-Script Continued (Sorta)

The Pre-Script Continued (Sorta) Welcome and welcome back! It's another amazing day in paradise. Thank you so much for being here.  Yesterday I started writing what I thought was going to be the Pre-Script to Dear White Men...;  the first book in the "I Apologize" Series. If this is your first time here please check out this blog post for more information. If you've been waiting for this to continue, please excuse the shift I'm about to tell you about. In the middle of the night I was led to go in an entirely different direction from where I stared, for several reasons.  Welcome to the writing process. Welcome to life living under the guidance of the Spirit. What I wrote yesterday will still be in the book somewhere. But I'm really pleased to introduce you to what I wrote this morning. Your feedback is invited and appreciated.  If you'd like to continue this journey beyond the pre-script and potentially comment throughout the entire writing process, pleas