The plan: rent bikes at Belmont Shore, ride down the trail, breathe in the salt of the ocean, put our coats on when we can no longer stand the wind, pretend we’re children again, forget the responsibility of being grad … Continue reading Body Goals: A Meditation on Trauma

Though we had been talking about the surface level things for a bit (how our days were going, what the weather was like today, etc.), I was surprised when the student in my office suddenly admitted that she doesn’t view … Continue reading

Last semester, I got the opportunity to interview a few students with invisible disabilities for a class project. In the interviews, I was astounded to hear that these students often feel erased in their daily experiences on campus. One student … Continue reading

I’ve spent many years hustling- promoting myself and my dreams, running around in circles to create and grind and pitch and jump over and dream bigger and move faster and create the illusion that I have it all together. 2017 … Continue reading “Health Over Hustle”: Setting Intentions for 2018

In Student Affairs, we talk a lot about how to teach students resiliency. Though we are here to support students in various capacities, we ultimately want each student leaving with a greater sense of who they are, and how they … Continue reading 6 Unconventional Ways to Honor Yourself

As a woman- as a black woman- I have been taught to choose others. I’m used to being the Helper, and often I even delight in the role, laboring emotionally to support, to educate, to placate, to rejuvenate everyone…. everyone … Continue reading I Journal, I Resist

I’ve had some pretty good ones over the years. There have been moments of complete face-first failure in the classroom, in the workplace, in the relationship, in the interview, in the mud even (I’ve always been clumsy). There have been … Continue reading ‘As I go on, I’ll remember’…A Graduation Post on Failure