The LuvvLetter

Hey Reader, So… we need to talk about this RAGGEDY narrative that women need to be humble, because I’m tired of it. Actually, it’s not just a narrative, but an obsession that people have to ensure that girls and women are “humble” as if the day we were born, that was the assignment. When it never was. When Vice President MY PRESIDENT, Kamala Harris, went on the Call Her Daddy podcast and said “there are a whole lot of women not aspiring to be humble” I felt that in my SOUL. Because YES,...

Hey Reader,Y’all… It’s launch day! My FIFTH book is officially out in the world. 🙌🏾🥹 Little Troublemaker Defends Her Name is here! And I’m feeling ALL the feelings. Joy. Pride. Nerves. Gratitude. Because this one? This one is very special to me. 🥰 This is the story of a little girl who has to defend her name on the first day of school. It’s a love letter to every kid who’s ever felt “othered.” A celebration of culture, courage, and the power of our names. And would you believe… it’s launching...

Hey Reader,The thing about my books is that they have really been significant in healing my “ASK WOUND.” ❤️🩹 What’s that? It’s what I call that thing we all have, where we hate to ask for help because we don’t wanna bother people or be a burden. But when my first book I’M JUDGING YOU was dropping, I knew that one of its purposes was not just to do well for me, but to use its success to open doors for more authors who were not white men. And that mission felt bigger than me. So I ASKED FOR...

Hey Reader,Sundays are my sabbath. I started honoring that a few months ago at the behest of my friend and big sis Fawn Weaver, who don’t play about her days of rest. On Sundays, I do NOTHING but what I want to do. I am not useful to anyone but myself on those days. Husband, niece, family, anyone. Sundays are my days of respite from being a responsible human being. I might spend the entire day in my pajamas, playing the Sims, ignoring the phone, guilt free. ♥️ And that has been a...

Hey Reader, Sooooo my PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER podcast season 5 WON TWO WEBBY AWARDS!!! 🏆🏆 Not just one, but TWO! The judges chose it as "Best Limited Edition Series in BUSINESS" and then Y'ALL showed up and voted for it too! I'm filled with gratitude about it and I’ll tell you especially why below. Last weekend, I got to spend time with some absolutely brilliant Black women at ExcelerateHer Conference and it filled my cup!!! The way Black women pour into me, is unlike any other and I insist...

Hey Reader,I’m learning to do things differently. To unlearn, to pause, to shift. And I’m in that space right now. We’re six days away from the release of my next book, Little Troublemaker Defends Her Name. My fifth book. Usually by now, I’d be deep in press tours, planning my outfits for TV appearances, hoping and praying I hit the New York Times bestsellers list. Because that list? For years, that was my measure of success. Not just for the flex, but because I knew that every time someone...

Hey Reader, After getting to spend time in community with dope women last week, this week I’m missing my besties. 😭❤️ We live in different states and we're all trying to do our best and make things work. But LAWD, I miss them. This the raggedy part of adulthood. We all live too far apart. It's one of those things about growing up and building your own life. Distance happens. Speaking of besties, my girl Bozoma Saint John just announced a TV show about marketing with Jimmy Fallon producing and...

Hey Reader,In a week full of tariff whiplash and the usual political dumbassery, I was grateful to spend several days in community with powerful Black women at one of my favorite conferences Leading Women Defined where we started the conference with Vice President Kamala Harris and ended with Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson! 🤌🏾❤️ Talk about being surrounded by excellence while the world outside is falling apart. And these pants. Grateful for these too. Let's jump into what's been...

Hey Reader,I'm in the middle of one of my favorite events of the year. Leading Women Defined is an invite-only Black women in business conference and requires at least 2 outfits a day (one of the days requires 3) and I lowkey love it because YES LET US BE VERY EXTRA. My husband calls it "Auntie-Con" and he's not wrong. 😅 And yesterday, we got THE BEST SURPRISE when MY PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS stopped by to share joy and hope with us! 😭😭😭 She said “courage is contagious” and I’m holding on to...

Hey Reader,Last Friday, I went for a 2 hour Thai massage. At first, I told her I wanted medium pressure (you know, cutesy, demure). And then when she touched my shoulders and felt that my knots had knots, she was like “I need to go deeper.” I said “aight.” When the lady started using her elbows on my shoulders, I knew this was gon be a good ass whooping time. And it wassss! And I needed it. 💆🏾♀️Afterwards, she was like "drink lots of water." I BETTER. All them toxins you just released.It was...