Reflection Friday: Tools for Effective Self-Reflection – Intro

Introspection and self-reflection are the keys to knowing where you are in the seasonal cycles of your life. Sometimes, we are so deep into what is consuming us, we can’t identify our location or our next move.

Interview: Bold Journey – Meet LaShawnda Jones

I thought when I sat down to write my first book, the story would be some type of romance. Something with a happy ending. But what kept coming out was all my angst. All my frustration. All my hurt and pain. Everything the body remembered and I tried to forget. At some point, I realized most of what I wrote about was my trauma or things produced from trauma.

Decline of Intimate Communication

Trying to navigate spaces as your fully authentic self with people who are reserved and calculated with their interactions leads to some form of malfunction. For me, my malfunction revolved around processing the deep emotional hurts that didn’t seem to derive from real interactions or full conversations.