Have you ever finished teaching a unit or a lesson and thought, Well, that was awful? Yeah, me too. After having this thought one too many times I knew I needed to figure out why. I realized when I felt this way it was because I wasn't giving my students the full story. I wasn't giving them the full story because the theme or content had to do with what many deem as a controversial topic. Race. It didn't matter what grade I was teaching. I was filtering my lessons so much tha

After writing my book, For the Quiet Black Girl: Trying to Find Her Voice in a Predominately White Space, I shifted my mindset and felt I needed to do “all of the things.” I launched Spit Honey, and as I worked to grow my business and promote my book I was being pulled in many different directions. I was promoting my book in one breath and then in the next, I was creating products for my brand. When I first started out, I wanted Spit Honey to be for everyone, but I soon reali