Imposter Syndrome: Overcoming Self-Doubt and Owning Your Success

  Have you ever felt like a fraud despite your achievements, accomplishments, and qualifications? Have you ever felt that you don’t deserve your success and that someone else could do your job better than you? If yes, then you might be experiencing imposter syndrome. I know that feeling. Every time I’ve taken the stage to […]

Launch A Successful Second Act!

Milestone events or life changes often prompt a reroute of our journey. The phrase “Second Act” is used to describe the transition from retired, semi-retired, or laid off to a new career like entrepreneurship. Retired educator and Chief Blogger for the award-winning blog”This Is Your Best Year” shares her experience and explains why she believes […]

Fort Worth Black News Features Dr. mOe Anderson

“Never Close Your Heart” the Joy and Pain of Life Dr. Monica Anderson won our hearts as a witty columnist for the Star-Telegram 25 years ago. She often shared humorous moments form everyday life that made readers smile, shake their heads or actually laugh out loud… Click the link and scroll over to page 5 […]

Buss It Challenge Accepted Ms. Banks (Humor)

Chloe X Halle recently broke the internet doing the Buss It Challenge so I thought, “Why not?” Stop laughing. Sure, my knees are older than Chloe and Halle combined but I started my challenge with stretches, random trips to the fridge, and self-talk. Sometimes my inner voice is rather critical though. So what happened was…

How Do Fiction Writers Make This Stuff Up? (Writers Life and Laughs)

A snooty, wealthy suburban housewife in an electronic ankle monitor and a 10-year old who gets into his grandmother’s edible brownies? Really? During a virtual meeting with A Good Read Book Club recently, I was asked how I came up with the plot for my novel. I tried to explain but really, the characters in […]

Don’t Compromise Who You Are

Don’t let anyone force you to compromise who you are for money. Not a company, not a companion, not a movement. Stick to your ideals. Value your values. At the end of the day, you will sleep better having done the right thing for the right reason.

Finish Strong!

This has been an unexpected year for all of us but we are now in our last month of 2020. What is stopping you from finishing out this year strong?? You can do it! Push through and don’t give up hope!

Fighting Trees

Every answer is not on YouTube or Google. There will be problems your friends can’t help you solve. The question is “When you don’t know what might happen, do you want it badly enough to try anyway?” Fighting trees means using your experience and instinct in innovative ways no one can teach you. You know […]

(Audio Excerpt) Dr. mOe’s New Novel “Never Close Your Heart”

Read by the author, Dr. mOe Anderson, from her seventh book Never Close Your Heart. This new novel is the stand-alone sequel to the Essence Bestseller When A Sistah’s Fed Up. Listen and order your copy today at https://amzn.to/38oqp5t Synopsis: Unless it’s under reconstruction…never close your heart. Never Close Your Heart is a humorous and […]