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Our ancestors also gave us generational resilience. Not just trauma. The day I realized I had high self-esteem but low self-compassion, my world shifted. Fragmentation is a separation from our authenticity and sense of inherent worth. Radical self compassion is a way to return to yourself. It helps you hold the glory and the grief, the struggling and the surmounting while giving yourself grace.…

On Staying Creative Despite Noise: Interview with fashion innovator Dalia MacPhee #gemsxjoy

Staying Creative Despite Noise: Interview with Dalia MacPhee

Dalia MacPhee is a fashion designer, accomplished equestrian and inspiring public speaker who uses design to stylishly solve problems. She’s been featured in numerous global outlets including Vogue, Allure, Marie Claire, and Entertainment Tonight anointed her, “Couture with a Conscious”. Being exposed to the retail fashion industry from…

"Every healing space starts with an intention," Mitra Silva @simourdesign on Healing Design #gemsxjoy

For my #GemsxJoy interview series, we chat with Simour’s Mitra Silva about Healing Design.

“Every healing space starts with an intention,” designer Mitra Silva graciously asserts. This statement seems akin to a mantra, as it influences her how she found her passion for medical interior design as well as how she approaches a project. “Time after time, I found myself in medical and dental offices…

You're Creative Whether You Like It Or Not. So what are you creating with your inner speak? Excerpt from #beyondbrand 📕

Beyond Brand Book Excerpt: You’re Creative Whether You Like It Or Not

As we go into 2020 and start to list out aspirations, proclamations and affirmations for the new decade, I want to take a moment to behold our ability to create. You’re creative whether you like it or not. Dive deeper into what I mean by scrolling to this excerpt from my new book, Beyond Brand: Master Your Power, Joy, and Media…

Money Is An Energetic Construct: Dr. Rachel @heydrrachel On Abundance #GemsxJoy

Money As Energy: Dr. Rachel On Abundance and Financial Constructs

Dr. Rachel Greenberg(known online as @heydrrachel) is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist empowering womxn all of the world to awaken their authentic potential, radically actualize an aligned life, embody intimacy, and cultivate the art of deep relating. Through her professional, academic and clinical acumen, coupled with her own…

Self-Love Saved Me: Deborah J on Healing Your Inner Storyteller #gemsxjoy

Self-Love Saved Me: Deborah J Shares About Healing Your Inner Storyteller

Deborah J is a storyteller that I discovered on Instagram through my friend Annika Young. She believes self-love should be the foundation for all things, including our creative energy. She’s had posts published by Madame Noire and 21Ninety. This mother of one also enjoys art, running and music. Upon learning of Deborah’s…

You're human. You deserve to be more than a brand. My new book #BeyondBrand looks at building legacy thru your power, joy + media

Go Beyond Brand. Live Your Legacy. My new book is available on Amazon.

You’re human. You deserve to be more than a brand. For those seeking something different, my new book Beyond Brandexpands the ideas of your power, inner joy and media outreach to build legacy — a cultural legacy you can live in real-time as well as leave behind. Through stories, self examination, best practices and strategy, I…

For the Resilient Creative Entrepreneur: 3 Creativity Lessons from Sunflowers #heysuperjoy

For the resilient creative entrepreneur, here are a few creativity lessons from sunflowers.

I’m fascinated by things that are drawn to light. The creative process can take anyone through cycles of big bright thoughts and deep dark doubts.  This is the nature of crafting something physical and tangible from your imagination. One day, I read about the growth process of sunflowers. They can grow big…

Discreet Wealth Signals and Quiet Status Symbols

Discreet Wealth Signals and Quiet Status Symbols tell the truth about class tropes

Fashion is social currency. Perhaps this is why its conspicuous and frivolous consumption by the idle rich has always been a tricky endeavor. It incites criticism and anger, admiration and aspiration, global trend and pop music lyrics. While luxury fashion has perfected the loud signal and ways a simple logo…

Announcing My New Amazon Influencer Page

Announcing my new Amazon Influencer Page covering ideas for the creative mind, body and well being.

I have a new Amazon Influencer Pageup and I’m excited to share products I love, use and recommend to creative types. It took a long time for me to realize that I have to cultivate well-being in order to be a well being. After years of consulting, producing, writing and speaking, I have some ideas…

Upleveling Correspondence — Paperless Post Review

(Sponsored Story) Uplevel Your Correspondence Game. A Paperless Post Review.

I’m passionate about networking and staying in touch. But like many of us, I get overwhelmed by the accumulation of messages in my inbox,  social media DM’s, texts, and in-real-life mailbox, simultaneously.  It’s a lot to sift through and keep up. The deluge can easily make us forget that correspondence can be refreshing…

Clean Burn: Best Minimalist Incense Holders for luxurious ease in your rituals of meditation and mindfulness 🧘🏾‍♀️🔥 #heysuperjoy

These Minimalist Incense Holders will ensure a clean burn.

Smoke has always been linked to ancient rituals of cleansing, centering and transformation. While many spaces are overflowing with scented candles, I’m leaning toward slim, simple incense. Here are clean, minimalist incense holders that will add luxurious ease to your daily routine.

Oh Mon Dieu Incense Holder. $80

Surpoint Concrete…

How We Fund Gendered Values and The Great American Lie screening + panel

How We Fund Gendered Values and The Great American Lie

It was my absolute pleasure to moderate last week’s panel at The Paley Center with Jennifer Siebel Newsom @jennifersiebelnewsom , an award-winning filmmaker and our First Partner of California, and Dr. Caroline Heldman @carolineheldman , academic, researcher and the Executive Director of The Representation Project @therepproject. They…

Here's a TShirt of Animals Handmade from Flowers #superjoy

A tshirt of animals handmade from flowers helps endangered species.

Pangaia has commissioned a series of artwork from Raku Inoue. The pieces are now tshirts of endangered species recreated in hand-arranged real plants and flowers. On sale for Earth Day, all sales proceeds of these T-shirts will go to UNDP Lion’s Share Fund to aid global animal conservation.

Animals handmade from flowers by artist…

Certainty is fleeting and often an illusion. Find power in uncertainty.

Certainty is fleeting and often an illusion. Find power in uncertainty.

  Certainty is addictive. Tricking ourselves into believing we know something 100% is the ultimate chill pill. It helps us make concrete plans, as if we can predict our uncertain futures. Most people wait for the confidence that comes from being reassured before they actually act. Yet, confidence isn’t a requisite of action.…