About The Weekly Wench
Welcome to The Weekly Wench—this isn’t just a blog, it’s a ministry, a lifestyle, a love letter to every woman who’s done shrinking.
This space exists for the ones who were told to stay quiet, play small, or settle—and yet still chose to rise. I created it for the women who may not be ready to buy a ticket to the tour, afford a session, or even grab the book—but who still deserve access to the kind of wisdom that heals, liberates, and builds legacy.
Every post is written like a sermon: truth-telling, soul-stirring, strategy-laced. This is the real work—the kind that feeds, not teases. Here you’ll find stories, reflections, and hard-won strategems on reclaiming your voice, breaking generational patterns, preparing for your next level, and building a life that feels like freedom.
This is for my mother, my grandmother, and every woman who came before me with fire in her bones but nowhere to put it. It’s for the ones who exist alongside me, navigating and negotiating what it means to leverage the lives we have to get the lives we want. And it’s for the ones coming after me, so they can have the language, tools, and evidence that it’s possible.
This is more than a blog—it’s culture, it’s strategems, it’s a place to feel seen, and it’s where we shift our mindsets. And we’re not shrinking anymore.
Come get this word.
Infamous Mothers: Expanding the Face of Heroism
I no longer have the mental fortitude to bridge the gap between the faces and stories I see on screen and my own life. As I face my own dragons and overcome the supervillains in my life, I long for the inspiration that comes with seeing a fantasy or sci-fi version of me doing the same.
A Badass Mom's Uncharted Path to Success: Navigating Life's Twists, Turns and Traumas
But here's the unspoken truth: even when we've planned for the everyday drama, there's an element we rarely anticipate - the potential trauma that can accompany our pursuit of success.
The Green-Eyed Monster: Harnessing the Power of Envy on the Path to Success
The journey to accomplishing 'impossible' dreams is fraught with challenges, and one formidable obstacle women often face is envy. Envy has the power to disrupt businesses, hinder collaboration, impede personal growth, and strain day-to-day functioning.
Sex, Power and Mental Health: The “Dirty-Girl Effect” (Part 3)
Welcome to the third and final installment of the “dirty-girl effect” series. Two weeks ago, I introduced the idea of the dirty-girl effect. In short, I defined it as a process of “dirtying” that women experience in their private and public lives…
Sex, Power and Mental Health: Uncovering the "Dirty-Girl Effect" (Part 2)
“A black woman with a PhD is worse than a woman with HIV.” I didn’t respond. Instead, I looked over at his wife. I wondered about how she felt hearing him say that. She put her head down. I wondered what it meant for her to be married to a man who held that belief. How far could she rise and grow with a partner who felt that way? And then I wondered what it meant for me, a black woman who was, at the time, earning a PhD.
Sex, Power and Mental Health: Uncovering the “Dirty-Girl Effect” (Part 1)
Through conducting dozens of interviews (formal and casual) with high-powered women, reading countless articles and books and reflecting on my own experiences, I learned a lot. And those lessons can be summed up as what I call the “dirty-girl effect.”
The Ambitious Mom’s Cheat Sheet: Twenty-One Hacks for Badass Mamas Looking to Fulfill Their Dreams
“Never accept ‘no’ from someone not authorized to tell you ‘no.’”
Expanding the Face of Wealth: Get As Comfortable With Our Success As You Are With Our Poverty
“As far as I am concerned, becoming a black woman millionaire is a revolutionary act.” And since I am always “with the shenanigans,” I just upped the ante and asked: Can the women we call Infamous Mothers become millionaires?
Seven Lessons on Building a Business That Does Good AND Well: Because This, Right Here, Is a Whole Entire Relationship…Not a Transaction
Second, I’m learning to own my sh*t. I do this by…
Eight Low-Key Lessons on Accomplishing the Impossible: “Their Limitations Ain’t Got Nothin’ to Do with You”
Had he been brave or bold enough to verbalize his thoughts, I would have simply asked this: Impossible for who?
“Walk It Like I Talk It”: Seven Candid and Down-to-Earth Lessons about How The Word “Self-Value” Has Transformed My Life
As someone who coaches and teaches women principles around becoming the heroes in their own stories, I can tell you from experience and practice that many of us can’t leave that connection to chance. The follow through from mindset to behavior has to be intentional.
Writing on My Terms: Eight Lessons I’ve Learned from Self Publishing
One of the most valuable lessons I share with any writer is the importance of understanding where your future book will fit into the market.
Seven BIG Lessons from Seven Years of “CEOing”
…When I coach or mentor new CEOs, I often explain to them that they are chief problem solvers…
AN INTERVIEW WITH ARLETTA ALLEN
Motivational speaker and all-around powerhouse, Arletta Allen. We interviewed at almost midnight because she was so busy going viral from a message she delivered earlier that evening, that our meeting had to be pushed back.
A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS CHARLES
A conversation with Photographer and experienced multi-disciplinary creative Chris Charles always had the desire to make things. From childhood comic book illustrations, to using his parent's 35mm camera to discover and explore his passion for photography as a child, to having his paintings displayed at the Brooklyn Museum of Art as a 2nd grader (true story), Chris always had a knack for making the most out of very little.
JUST BECAUSE YOU CALL ME SLUT... (PART 2)
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