I started writing fiction during the pandemic, a period of personal challenges, including caregiving for my mother, who passed in 2022....

Normalize people having permission to say a space that might be good for others isn’t okay for them. I wrote this quote to emphasize the...

Spring is a season of renewal and rejuvenation, but for professionals, it can also be a season of urgencies related to work and personal...

Whitney. Michael. Prince. Kobe. They are legends in their own right who many would say died before they fulfilled their full legacies on...

Last week's webinar about moving forward in a workplace that has harmed you was epic! Fifty-seven attendees joined me for an hour of...

Let me cut to the chase. I receive multiple emails and direct messages from people who tell me how awful their workplaces are. I engage...

Can you believe 2021 is almost over? As this pandemic continues, life still isn't "normal." In many ways, life may never be as we knew it...

You cannot be whole in a place that negates the progress you have made. - Monica Cox I started going to therapy consistently after a...

Y'all, I finally did it! After dabbling in aspects of the Dr. Monica Cox brand almost a year, I decided to translate some of the words...

What an amazing week it has been! For the first time since March 2020, I went on a vacation. Before I left, I posted this tweet on my...

Twitter is my favorite social media platform. Hands down. When I lived in rural Indiana, I used Twitter to connect to like-minded...

This week, I am somewhat shaken given the interview that Oprah Winfrey had with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Although I did not watch...

My Black Friday offerings are here! I have added Bonus "how to use" videos for the guides as well as a Zoom chat session for people who...

Last week, I felt imposter syndrome creeping up on me. Imposter syndrome is a common issue academics face. The feelings of angst and...

It's the day after the election. I am trying not to be stressed. I woke up before 5 A.M. to pray. I needed words to get me through this...

I asked folks a couple of weeks ago to send me questions on Twitter, and I would answer them as a former department chair. Here's one for...

A couple of weekends ago I talked to a Black woman who left the academy. As a tenured professor, she and I are the same age. We discussed...

When I earned tenure, I decided I wanted to learn more about media and the power of media. I drafted and mailed a letter to Tyler Perry...

It is hard to start something new when you have prepared for something else your entire professional life. When things don't go as you...

Many people are in jobs they don't like. They dread going to work, even if it is sitting in front of a zoom screen. They know that sense...