Though I may be the size of a grubby little song-show and dance Oompa Loompa, I’m no byproduct of Willy Wonka and therefore under zero obligation to sugarcoat shit for you, or me, or anyone else. There is only one golden ticket to my chocolate factory, and it is in the sole hands of John […]
Read moreWhat’s your toxic trait? This is something I’ve been trying self reflect a lot on lately. We are always so focused on the ways in which we have been wronged and the people who have treated us poorly that we can tend to gloss over the internal conflicts causing chaos within ourselves. “Until people take […]
Read moreDon’t be the person out here wearing Milk Bone shorts in a dog eat dog world where you were lied to about someone’s bark being worse than their bite. People are encircling you and licking their lips at the chance to eat you alive and you’re galavanting about in Lady Gaga’s meat suit looking like […]
Read moreI don’t know who needs to hear this, but we can disagree about something and have opposing viewpoints and still remain friends, acquaintances, or at least cordial to one another. We live in a day and age where civility seems to go out the window when two people fall on opposite sides of the fences […]
Read more2020 has been a hell of a year so far, and one that has left me with an abundance of questions with very little answers, and if I may add, a sour taste in my mouth. If it is so easy to hate someone we do not even know based on appearance, why isn’t it […]
Read moreDon’t make the mistake of getting burned by the people you allow into your life only to be used, abused, and taken advantage of over and over again. A lot of times, they don’t even make an SPF strong enough for the ensuing raging inferno and damaging rays the people in your life can exude. […]
Read moreUnsolicited advice is the junk mail of life; it is going straight into the trash with my publisher’s clearance house scam checks. Yet when you are in a profession that can lead to being in the spotlight, everyone and their 3rd cousin once removed thinks they are in a position to offer their 2 cents […]
Read moreAs I approach my fight this coming week, I am doing some reflecting. Primarily, reflecting on all the good in my life because no matter the outcome for the title this weekend, I have so much going on that I can appreciate and be grateful for. There are people out there that love to throw […]
Read moreWomen. The bearers of the children, the maternal figure, the estrogen fueled gentle warrior. A vast multitude of adjectives can be used to describe her role, but what I never want the word ‘woman’ to be synonymous with is ‘victim’ or ‘weak’. This past weekend, I hosted a 2 hour free women’s self defense seminar […]
Read moreYou never know who is watching you; how your thoughts and actions are impacting others until you see it come to fruition. The more I put myself out there, the more vulnerable I become but the more raw and relatable I seem. With as often as I compete and my presence on social media, I […]
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