Brenda's Child

Great time celebrating theeee Dr. Sherard W L Johnson. He got the doctorate!!! My colleague in mental health, my homie, and a model Got H.E.R.S Get More client. I love watching him do everything he set out to do, professionally and personally. He is truly impacting lives and doing it with a smile on his face and joy in his heart. Congratulations!! I had a ball on the dance floor!

Besides being your favorite life coach, I am an educator, consultant, author, speaker, facilitator, cultural strategist, and unapologetic believer in the transformative power of joy, self-worth, story, and knowing exactly who the hell you are.

I'm here to ask uncomfortable questions, disrupt foolishness, champion Black stories, hype up women, challenge institutions, and
remind people that joy is not a reward you receive after suffering sufficiently.

Through my books, workshops, coaching, consulting, speaking, and community-centered programming, I help people connect more deeply with themselves so they may connect more deeply with others through their work, relationships and community.
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Excited to be back on the stage Bushnell Stage 11 years later. When I received my 100 women of color award back in 2015, it was 19 days after my prophylactic double mastectomy and reconstruction that required being cut almost in half horizontally. I was pale, hunched over, weak and needed assistance from my friends.
This year, I'm strong, healthy and still have my summer glow. Can't wait to speak life and affirming love into to my fellow 100 women of color honorees.

If I offered an in-person, one hour group coaching session for women, what would you as an attendee want to take away from the experience?
Ex. "I would want to learn..."
"I would want to feel.."
"I would leave ready or prepared to..."
Thank you for your input!

Affirmations for Joy:
Joy is my unique experience.
I find joy in the journey.
I can actively choose joy at any moment.
I give myself permission to explore diverse
ways of being.
I get to decide what brings me joy.
I find joy in playing.
I experience joyful and loving relationships.
I open myself to new joyful experiences.
I find joy in nature.
When I am grounded and grateful, I am
joyful.

©2024

I often work with my clients on setting & maintaining boundaries: "Though the resistance you will meet can create emotional discomfort for you and the individuals you set those boundaries with, you can only be concerned with your feelings. Honey, they will pass. Instead of allowing them to make you feel guilty, prepare yourself by practicing the type of clap backs that will respectfully put the onus back on them." There are steps to this. Let me show you how. book your consultation now!

When I was thirteen, I suffered from strep throat and lost ten pounds in a week. Then came the compliments. I had lost weight and people told me, “It looks good.” My family noticed, my friends at school, and more importantly, I noticed. So, in my mind, I had discovered a new diet plan…only drink liquids and eat soft foods, like instant mashed potatoes with water, and I could maintain my weight loss and perhaps even drop a few more pounds.
No one in my family had any idea that I dieted. I ate regularly at dinner time, so my secret wouldn’t be discovered. It was easy to cover up the fact that I wasn’t eating because all of the adults in the house were preoccupied by my grandmother’s losing fight with cancer.
When she finally succumbed to her illness, I lost my desire to exercise and searched for solace in Little Debbie snack cakes. Within five months of her passing, I had gained back those fifteen pounds. That, my newly formed body courtesy of puberty, and the fact that I would be entering high school prompted me to find another, more extreme method for weight loss. In the summer of 1992, I began the ice and water diet. Keep Reading when you download my 2010 release.

Happy . Where would I be without my Café Bustelo ??? No decisions made, no goals attained without the first cup.