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5 Lessons from Appearing on CNN HLN
After publishing my first book, I was shocked when I checked my Facebook inbox and had a message from CNN's HLN.
It was 11:00am, and they wanted me to do an interview at 4:00pm...via Skype.
I called the contact in my inbox and excitedly agreed…

Stephanie Jackson S.O. What! Success Story
It’s amazing when you look back over your life and think about the people you’ve met on your journey. And how they inspire you today. A freshman like me, Stephanie Jackson became my line sister and soror in 1998.
She became a young mom…

What Happened When I Told It
When I started writing my first book, Life After Birth: A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother, I just wanted to tell my story.
Mainly, I wanted to encourage every teen mother not to give up herself, not to quit high school, and…

My Crazy Journey to Entrepreneurship
I call myself the Accidental Entrepreneur.

You Can’t Unthrow the Pebble
Too often, we don't truly assess the situation, ask people closer to the situation their perspective or insight, and we toss our pebble not considering the waves that will be created. Too often we toss a pebble of insult or lack of support and don't realize or perhaps don't even care that ten ripples out, we've created a disaster.

2 Ways to Make the Most of these LAST TWO WEEKS
YOU STILL HAVE TIME TOO

2 Key Ways to Make the Most of these Last 2 Months
Take this opportunity to think about what you really wanted to get done in 2016.

Alicia Keys, Make-up, and Me
"Be yourself. Do what makes you feel good. Stop trying to please every damn body."

Trust. A Prerequisite for Vulnerability?
vulnerable- susceptible to physical or emotional attack or ha

