The mind will only go where you give it permission to travel. Negative thoughts create a negative mindset and positive thoughts create a positive one. Optimistic thoughts can generate a sense of hope, purpose, faith, leading you to a...

Acknowledging that cities, communities, and localities throughout the United States and abroad are drastically changing, by any means necessary, what are some ways we can embrace and institute changing for the better? How can we introduce, manage and enforce changes...

SOAR (Stretch Out and Rise) is based on the challenges and obstacles I faced while living in the deep South (Marion, South Carolina) encountering prejudice and racism, being an adolescent and teen having to discover survival skills in public housing, and as an...

The most valuable resource readily available and active throughout a person’s life is TIME. Time is one of the most underutilized and underappreciated resources in existence. We cannot slow it down. We cannot stop it. We can't change the direction, arrangement, or...

Giving up is always available to you. It never goes away. Giving up on your dreams, hopes, and even yourself is one of the easiest things to do. Make the decision to intentionally eliminate giving up as an option. Don’t give up on yourself and don’t give up on...

During these challenging times, the difference between taking life-threatening risks and doing what is safe and healthy begins with you. It is the individual choices and decisions an individual makes that not only will impact their life, but also the lives of...