Self-leadership is not a headline.It’s a habit.A mindset.A quiet rebellion.The kind you choose when something in you refuses to settle.When your inner voice grows louder than your fears. This weekend’s fire was a living demonstration of what self-leadership can do.Women didn’t wait to be led.They showed up for themselves. Fully.…

𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻. I’ve experienced it before and I’ve seen it play out. I had to call it out for myself. And I help other women call it out too.Because left unnamed,…

𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. During #HerAfricanUbuntuLeadershipFellowship immersion last week, we kept returning to one thing: 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. The parts we hide. The stories we edit. The emotions we label as too much. Echoing 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝗺 𝗯𝘆 𝗥𝘂𝗺𝗶, all made sense: “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨…

𝘈 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦. There’s something about this weekend. Maybe it’s the stillness. The sorting. Maybe it’s how Saturdays pull us into reflection without asking. While decluttering, I found one of my son’s old schoolbooks. Not the same story, but it pulled me back.…

This really hits home. The line, “𝙬𝙚’𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚”, though often well intended, can quietly kill growth; both personal and organizational. I’ve seen how it: ➛ Creates comfort zones where people stop pushing themselves to grow because family will understand ➛ Normalizes longevity over learning; people stay for years,…