Not just a summer focused on looking good, but feeling good. A season of protecting my peace, nourishing my body, moving with intention, laughing more, traveling lighter, and choosing experiences that make me feel alive.
This summer is about wellness, joy, boundaries, confidence, softness, financially disciplined, and becoming even more rooted in who God created me to be.
A third space (or “third place”) is a social environment outside of home and work/school where people gather, connect, build relationships, and experience community.
I’m right back to sharing my recipes, testing ingredients, and bugging my Mom and best friend with “what I cooked for dinner tonight” hahaha!
Last winter I hosted a cookie swap at my church! It was so much fun tasting everyone’s cookies.
I made cookies with whole wheat flour and coconut sugar! It’s my favorite way to bake cookies. Although my cookie won nothing (there were some super delicious other ones brought) 😂, it held its own against the white sugar/flour competition 💪🏾.
Fast food companies spend disproportionately on ads targeting Black and Hispanic audiences.
It was convenient to pick up dinner on the way home from work
It was convenient to eat whatever lunch was ordered at the meeting
It was convenient to eat at airports
It was convenient to choose what was available to the highway exit
🥽 I’ve Been in the Kitchen Lab Friends! In April I decided to choose me. Letting my creativity flow. I chose April to hop back on with discipline. Discipline is really about choosing yourself. It’s deciding how you will show up for you: Making choices that align with your goals…
Friends, I know…. talking about cooking oil is like wading out among alligators. Folks are SERIOUS about the type of oil they use. I get it……
Fiber in the morning helps stabilize your blood sugar, so you avoid energy crashes and stay full longer. It also supports healthy digestion and gut function, helping your body feel more balanced and steady as you start your day.
Starve your distractions, feed your focus! A room, of powerful, beautiful women lifting each other up, pouring into one another, and talking about their spirit and health colliding.
If I do return cheese to my diet it will be in moderation, I realize how easy it is to overdo it quickly. Now for those that know me hold tight. If you see me steal a cheese fry from your plate don’t judge me
It was a powerful reminder that we, too, can live with that same level of intention being mindful of what we plant in our lives, how we nurture it, and the experience it creates.
When we move with that kind of awareness, everything comes full circle, rooted in tender care and expressed in all that we do.