by SB Rawz | Feb 7, 2022 | Our Web of Interconnection
Many years ago – another lifetime it sometimes seems – a friendship of more than a decade ended. Truthfully, it had been fading for some time by then. Still, it wasn’t me who pulled the plug when my friend took up with a married man. It was she who, underwhelmed with... by SB Rawz | Aug 24, 2020 | The Deep Dive
Since making my first entry in September of 2016, my five-year journal has paid dividends, both each evening as it cues me to ask myself, “What do I most want to remember about today? An event? A feeling? A question? A thought?” and as I look back through the... by SB Rawz | Feb 17, 2020 | Bigger Badder Life
Two words keep repeating in my mind since I heard them in a podcast a number of weeks ago: Ordinary no. The podcast is The Secret Live of Black Women. The interview was with writer/journalist, Bim Adewunmi. Bim was describing an application she both wanted to... by SB Rawz | Jan 26, 2020 | The Deep Dive
I don’t know if it’s apocryphal or literal, but there’s a story I once heard about the founder of the life coaching profession, Thomas Leonard. According to the story, he loved a standing ovation after he gave a talk, and he got one every time. Was it because he was... by SB Rawz | Dec 9, 2019 | Satisfying Days
I cancelled dinner with friends on Saturday. I spent the morning feeling gross in a way that I’m pretty sure had to do with a combo of sinus pressure and nasal drip and then finally decided to send the text early afternoon with my apologies. I asked Theresa to join me...