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I came to Atlanta for college in the very late nineties with no particular plan beyond showing up. And as soon as we hit the city limits on I-85 on move-in day, I felt right at home. What I felt back then was a kind of permission that I hadn't felt anywhere else. Permission to be exactly who I was, to want things, and to build something that hadn't been built before. Far from home at eighteen years old, it was the first time in my life I didn't feel like an outlier. I felt like I'd finally...

I knew independent careers were viable long before any report confirmed it. Even before there was much written about it. I was performing across the country and abroad, choreographing regional theater productions, teaching dance at colleges, and building a career hub for dancers on the side. Sure it was risky, and it was definitely unconventional. Heck, most folks didn't even understand my career. They kept asking me if I owned a dance studio because that's the only frame of reference they...

purpose + possibilities. Yesterday was Memorial Day in the U.S., a day set aside to honor the people who gave everything in service to others. 🫡 Since the idea of "servant leadership" has been engrained in me since I was a teen, service is something I'm always mindful of. Heck...that's the whole point of purpose, right? It's all the things you love plus what comes naturally to you, used to make someone else's life better. That's it. 💯 I think we sometimes overcomplicate purpose because it...

purpose + possibilities. Lately, my calendar has been full of some really interesting projects. I'm over halfway through facilitating a business accelerator for creative founders in Sacramento. I'm also consulting with organizations in other parts of the world who are trying to build programming that moves the careers and businesses of the people inside their communities. 🙌🏾 It's a beautiful combination of story, structure, and strategy...all of which I love. (Facilitating 'Everyday Creative'...

purpose + possibilities. There's a story running in the background of everything you do. 💯 It shapes how you show up in rooms, whether you pitch the idea or sit on it, whether you bet on yourself or wait for someone else to go first. Most of the time, you don't even notice it's there. And where did it even come from to begin with? 🤔 If you've been in this community for a while, you know the past couple of years have been a season of significant personal transition for me. And you've heard...

purpose + possibilities. Here's something I'm sure is true for most of us here... I have a lot of ideas. 💡 A documentary series about what it means to move in purpose. Another book, this one profiling 100+ professionals who built purpose-driven careers on their own terms. More events, stories, and rooms I want to be in and build. And if you're anything like me — a founder, creative, and builder — your brain probably works the same way. The ideas don't stop. They multiply. 💯 What I've noticed...

purpose + possibilities. Audacity... Seems like I've been on a journey to find some. 🫶🏾 But not the kind that's rooted in ego. More like the kind that lets you trust your own knowing after a tough season has shaken your confidence down to the studs. I've spent the last couple of years pivoting. Out of one identity, into another. Out of certainty, into a lot of I don't know yet. And I realized that my confidence had been shaky for longer than I knew. 😔 But lately, something has been rising —...

purpose + possibilities. I just had a lovely coffee date with a former client who's become one of my ATL gal pals. 🫶🏾 When we first worked together a couple years ago, she was stuck in the way most folks are when they come to me. She was SO ready for a professional change, but she couldn't see what, or how, or whether she even had the right to want something different. And this week, she sat across from me glowing. ✨ Not because everything is figured out. But because she's heading to graduate...

purpose + possibilities. Last week, I was in Sacramento for a few days facilitating a business accelerator for a room full of creative founders. And it was EVERYTHING. 🙌🏾 The program, produced in partnership with CLTRE and Creative Startups, was designed to help local creatives build sustainable businesses rooted in their craft. And watching those founders show up, not just for their businesses, but for themselves, inspired me beyond measure. 🫶🏾 They even asked me to choreograph an opening...