Hola Magnolia Identityworks

“Operating with the end in mind, we are proactive and strategic thinkers who know that planning prevents p!ss poor performance, so we aren’t left constantly reacting to things we could have foreseen.” —Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Hey, everyone. I’m back from… Well, arriving to Chicago on July 1 and promptly ghosting Facebook as I was going through the most difficult season in business of my life. I just got back to Barcelona last Thursday.

While the worst of it is over (I am not tempting fate here so much as claiming this reality as I continue to rebuild), I am still pretty shook. Also, quite sad. I haven’t been this low in awhile.

But I am feeling better thanks to 6 straight weeks of love, good food, and full nights of sleep thanks to the milder summer weather and a toddler that (mostly) sleeps hard as a rock these days.

If there’s any way to sum up this summer at Hola Magnolia Identityworks in sentence, though… This would be it.

This is an excerpt from Episode 3, Season 5 of the Professional Troublemaker podcast titled, “Experience the Valley: How I Almost Went Bankrupt.” It is the seventh of her eight company core values, and it struck me like lightning to the spine.

Whew.

::deep breath::

WHEWWWWWWW.

When I tell y’all (and certainly told the dear friend that nudged me to listen to this season as disaster was actively unfolding on multiple levels of my business, starting with the interpersonal)…

You don’t just magically wake up ready for difficult conversations with yourself, or others for that matter.

You might wake up and push through in order to be WILLING to have the conversation, yes. Important distinction here.

But without an intentional effort to make physical, emotional, mental, and maybe even spiritual capacity for the level of introspection and honesty needed face yourself, you will never be truly capable of growing through what you go through in life.

I remember seeing the publish date of these podcasts not long after they went live thinking, “Yeah… I have a feeling I’m not ready to hear this.”

I’m glad I listened to my gut. I can now certify that I was absolutely NOT ready to hear this, and I may not have survived the summer with a single neuron in tact had I tried.

Now, I am.

And I’ll tell you, it’s not just the circumstances themselves that I see myself reflected in, which she talks in detail about in the first two episodes of the season.

It’s the CERTAINTY that where there is a desire to learn in humility and grow in truth, this too—however impossible the rebuild may seem—shall pass.

I am grateful for the leaders and builders in my network—both those near and dear to me on a personal level, and those I get to access if but only through the ether of the immense bodies of creative professional heart work available for the world to learn from.

This season is for anyone that has ever had to rebuild the foundation they stand on from the inside-out, downside-up AND wrong side-right.

Take a listen.

You won’t regret it.

Links below.

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I hit a huge milestone today on LinkedIn and I just wanted to share it with all of you.

It’s been a wild two years over there. I am so proud of what Hola Magnolia Identityworks has become as a result.

Here’s to the next 10K!

“I hope that as you observe whatever family traditions bring you a sense of meaning in these weird times we’re living in, you keep with you the consciousness that many other people in the world are neither free nor safe to do the same.”

Happy Holidays, but under one condition:

Erin Corine Johnson on LinkedIn: “Am I really who I say I am if am not committed to showing up bigger… “Am I really who I say I am if am not committed to showing up bigger, better and unambiguously for the causes I claim?” As allies, changemakers and lifelong…

It’s the final countdown…

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On 12.12, we begin a very special experiment. to learn more. ✊🏾✨
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D U A L I T I E S. 🖤🤍 (Read on for a special pre-holiday invitation)

Working motherhood is the most intense, shape-shifting, patience-bending test of balance, integrity and mental fortitude I have ever experienced.

💘 Melting with exhaustion, but so full of resolve to move mountains inch by inch every day.

💘 Experiencing so many new thoughts, feelings and sensations as I continue to heal postpartum, yet in awe that this physical fortress of life-giving magic housed and nourished this small person for almost nine-months.

💘 Behind on everything, yet right on time in this phase of life.

I’m ready for none of it and all of it at the same time.

So many complexities… Yet she is the most pure, abundant source of love and inspiration I have ever known.

I’d like to bottle this feeling and keep it forever.

…And that is what is for me.

Going into 2023… I want to see YOU step into the same power that helped me generate these incredible gifts.

And so, my gift to all of you this Holiday Season a promise AND a call to action:

To be the coach and community leader you need as you journey towards YOUR .

Ready to learn more?

Join me this on for the last of 2022 with me, ! Saturday, November 19 at 9am CST/4pm CEST.

Whether you are:

🌸 In the market for a in 2023

🌸 Looking to be part of a diverse, nurturing network of creatives and professionals of intersecting disciplines

🌸 Ready to join the conversation for Black, Afro-Descendant and Indigenous African people experiencing systemic inequities due to the longstanding global legacy of colonialism and slavery

This conversation is for you!

Will you join me?

Tag a friend in the comments and get ready to be part of this exciting -powered endeavor combining giving AND receiving.

and Pre-holiday!

Let’s DO this!! ✨

!! I have a biiiiig announcement to make, everyone!

So, many of you have noticed that I’ve been on a slight … But it’s been for good reason.

I’ve been hesitant to come right out and say what I need for fear of all the things we tend to fear when putting ourselves out there, especially as young business owners and new mothers getting back into the work force.

But the time has come, and I’m finally feeling confident enough to say it. So, you know what? Here goes. ::deep breath::

I’M CELEBRATING 10 YEARS IN SPAIN THIS MONTH OF AUGUST BY PARTICIPATING IN THE RACHEL RODGERS 10K IN 10 DAYS CHALLENGE!!!

I am open to new connections, client leads and organizational collaboration in any of my coaching areas: life design, creative mentorship and decolonized leadership. Even more importantly, I already have an entire catalogue of offerings so you can see what I’m working on this season! to visit the website, download the catalog and share!

It’s taken a lot out of me to open up about this, and while I blame a host of social and cultural undertones that make it harder for women to talk money without going red in the face, and even harder for Black women build, fund and finance successful businesses… I’m DONE getting in my own way.

I’m ready for that next 10K!!

Stay tuned this week as I reach out to build my email list, follow some leads, and open some conversations about working together. I’m ready to find the clients of my dreams, and I can’t do it without you all!

Here’s to turning over a new leaf of openness, honesty, and generating ABUNDANCE in our business by speaking to what we need.

Let’s make this happen—and then trust I’ll be right behind you, cheering you on for YOUR next 10K.

Who’s with me?

Drop a LET’S GO in the comments if you’re making big moves and need a cheerleader this week! Let’s get each other there!

HAPPY MONDAY!! Make it your best yet!

Ready, (re)set… Just two weeks to go!!! I can’t wait to see you for the Workshops. Here’s what we got:

Friday, August 5: Join us for a chat about the Four Pillars of Preparation and how to balance your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.

Saturday, August 6: Let’s talk Executive Functioning and some of my favorite neurodiverse-friendly brain management tools!

Sunday, August 7: We’ll be using conversation and guide cards to build our core values, what we consider to be the foundation of life design.

to purchase your individual day or all-access pass. We can’t wait to see you!

To my muse, my firstborn, my sweet Coralí:

I am grateful for a world in which your ancestors are celebrated for enduring one of history’s greatest atrocities. I am grateful to be continuously guided by their light, their legacy, and their lead. I am grateful for Magnolia trees, which remind me that no matter what our people have endured, we, too, can take root and thrive wherever we may choose.

Happy First Juneteenth, my darling daughter. is dedicated to you, to us, and to our community. I vow to raise you with confidence, congruence, and surrounded by the love and abundance you deserve.

Love,
Mommy 💕