We Make Unrealistic Demands on Creatives

Originally posted on the Kinesis blog on April 26, 2016. Feeling the compulsion to reprise and complete a piece I started last week in response to the comments on girls’ school outfit choices, made by Erykah Badu. It has become even more clear to me in the...

Women’s March in DC… Not for Me

Originally posted on the Kinesis blog on January 21, 2017. Let me begin by stating very clearly that ​I love my individual sisters who’ve chosen to march in DC today and admire their convictions. I am here for what them and what they feel and what they support...
Sex vs. Gender: Empathy Goes a Long Way

Sex vs. Gender: Empathy Goes a Long Way

Originally posted on the Kinesis blog on March 7, 2017. You and only you are solely responsible for your ability to empathize with other human beings, especially when some of those human beings are part of your own nation or ethnic group. Granted, there are instances...
Morning Thoughts

Morning Thoughts

Originally posted to Kinesis Blog on June 23, 2015 There’s this strange yet warm and inviting peace that comes at daybreak after trying times. It’s a peace I revel but exist in. The simple joy of BEing. Of not worrying or even caring about what dreams came through the...
Grown Children

Grown Children

What is we gon do? An essential question that we all, internally or externally, ask ourselves when we run into a point at which some game changer has occurred, or, we simply need to make an important decision. Coping skills are defined as methods that a person uses to...