A Wide Open Space

Text Me! If it has been a week , this episode is for you. In addition to the collective weight of living through this socio-political era, many of us are navigating interpersonal and personal hardship. Maybe it was work. Maybe it was a relationship. Maybe it was the weight of simply being a Black woman in spaces that were not built to hold you. But here's what we're moving away from toda...

Text Me! … and more Lessons from Walk Through Fire by Sheila Johnson  Book: Walk Through Fire by Sheila Johnson Happy Women’s History Month! This month is an extension of Black History Month for me - we continue celebrating the lives, legacies, contributions, and stories of Black women. In this special episode, I’m sharing lessons I took from Sheila Johnson’s memoir Walk Through Fire - the story o...

Text Me! Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:11 - "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart." Summary: Are you sensing something shifting inside you even though nothing has changed on the outside? This episode is for you. I'm talking about the invisible shift - that inner transformation that happens before anything changes in your circumstances...

Text Me! Scripture: Song of Solomon 8:4 - "Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires." Summary: This Black History Month, we're celebrating Black love in all its forms - self-love, romantic love, sisterhood love. But not love as something that just happens to us. Love as something we choose, something we rise in, something that becomes a vehicle for our transformation. Drawin...

Text Me! Scripture: Matthew 26:39, 42: Jesus's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane Summary: What if prayer isn't just something we add to our personal development journey, but the foundation of it? In this episode, I'm exploring prayer as the primary site where we partner with God - the place where we self-empty only to become filled, where we take our questions and fears and find th...

Text Me! Scripture: Isaiah 40:31 - "But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles" Summary: It's my birthday episode, and I'm celebrating with a bold declaration: Old is the goal! In a culture that worships youth and fears aging, I'm claiming the privilege of growing older with my whole chest. This episode is about what my 40...

Text Me! In this New Year episode, I'm sharing something I'm living in real time - a different way of approaching 2026. I'm off to a slow start this year, and I'm completely okay with it. Actually, I'm more than okay - I'm intentional about it. Going slow is allowing me to ground for the year in ways that rushing never could. Drawing from Deborah's story in Judge...

Text Me! Scripture: Psalm 77:11-13 As we close out 2025 and prepare to step into 2026, this episode is about something essential: reflection, release, and learning to flow instead of force. This is my end-of-year offering - stories, wisdom, highlights, and what I'm choosing to let go. Drawing from Psalm 77:11-13, where the psalmist reflects on God's deeds and wonders, we explore what it...

Text Me! Scripture: Luke 1:46-55 (Mary's Magnificat) Summary: Mary's song teaches us that joy isn't dependent on perfect circumstances. I share how to practice intentional delight during the holidays, moving you towards enjoying this season, instead of just surviving it. Exercise: The Delight Practice - Create your delight list and schedule some sacred time to fulfill it.  Advent De...

Text Me! Scripture: Habakkuk 2:2 Summary: God's instruction to write the vision reveals that sacred self-management requires clarity and structure. I share how writing vision during motherhood created my roadmap for returning to this new chapter in my ministry. Exercise: The Vision-Writing Practice - Create your 90-day vision, make three promises, build structures, and find accountability. Co...

Text Me! Scripture: Luke 8:47 Summary:  The only way to begin writing a new chapter is to own the one you're in. In this episode, we explore the powerful moment in Luke 8:47 when a bleeding woman does something radical: she declares her story publicly, even though she could have slipped away quietly after being healed. When we don't own our stories, we replay them endlessly, placing blam...

Text Me! Scripture: Psalm 18:19 Summary: Welcome to A Wide Open Space ! In this inaugural episode, I invite you into a new season of my life and ministry - and into a sacred space I'm creating for Black women who are committed to their faith and their flourishing. I share my journey over the past five years, from the loss of my grandmother and the exhaustion of pandemic pivoting, to the profo...

Text Me! Scripture: John 5:6 Summary: Before you can partner with God to create the life you desire, you have to get radically honest about what you actually want. In this episode, we explore Jesus's surprising question to the man at the pool of Bethesda in John 5:6: "Do you want to be healed?" After years of waiting, why would Jesus ask such an obvious question? Because naming our...