“When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.” ― Iyanla Vanzant Work in progress
12/05/2025
Building spaces where neurodivergent teens and their families feel like the main characters, not the afterthought.
As a neurodivergent mom of neurodivergent teens, I spent years feeling like we were the side quest in every system we touched. Now I’m obsessed with building rooms, programs, and communities where our kids and their caregivers are the story, not the footnote, through LEGO-based STEAM and play programs.
12/04/2025
“I manifest with grace and ease.”🧘🏾♀️🌻✨✨✨
As a recovering burnout queen, I haven’t been manifesting with grace or ease at all. I’ve been grinding, hustling, and overriding my nervous system in the name of making it happen. That’s exactly how I burn out/crash out. Today this card is an invitation to let ease be a strategy, not a reward I earn after I’ve exhausted myself. How are you manifesting ease and grace?
Deck by Abiola Abrams art by Destiney Powell check both these amazing women out!🤩✨✨✨
12/03/2025
Caregiver burnout is real. Something I’m aligning to this week so I don’t disappear into everyone else’s needs is stepping outside, even for ten minutes, to remember I exist beyond the to‑do list. Three deep breaths and a little sky creates a ritual that centers me. I hope you find what helps you align back to yourself.
12/02/2025
Through every transition of my life, moving my body has helped keep me sane. After three years in survival mode, I’m grateful for this purple‑lit basement and my Peloton, helping me dance my way back into alignment. I hope you find your own rituals that help you feel more like you, too.
06/12/2023
Day 12 of 28 📸
Solo walks are one of my love languages, to myself.
I always find reminders that I am loved and enough right now. Like a pink sugar skull with a heart.
❤️ You and your shadow are enough right now, love you!
What’s your self-love language?
How do you love you?
Pic Id: Zephrine takes a picture of her shadow on black cement next to it is a bubble gum pink sugar skull with a heart on its forehead. You can also see her camo patterned leggings and bright red 3 stripe sneakers.
05/31/2023
There's nothing more depressing than having everything
And still feeling sad
You must learn to water your spiritual garden
Sad/ The Velvet Rope (Album) - By Janet Jackson
Thank you for checking in and reaching out, I genuinely appreciate it. Life has been Life-ing and burn-out is real! I have been utilizing every tool in my mental health toolbox to include stillness.
I am currently exploring the hypothesis that my struggles with mental health and SI (unalive ideation) no matter how successful I am are related to hustle and grind culture. The impossible and toxic standards of coupling/parenthood/caregiving; perfectionism and any other ideals and systems that cause mental health trauma.
For the next 28 days, I will be sharing a photo that is inspired by my tools I have acquired. If it feels good to you I encourage you to share a photo from your toolbox.
Photo prompt: What have you learned that is helping you water your mental, physical and spiritual garden?
Therapeutic farming/gardening helps me water ALL my gardens. 🌦️👩🏾🌾✨🌱
Thank you Ms. Jackson ❤️🩹🫶🏾✨ Be well, Dear Hearts ✨✨✨
Photo Id: Zephrine faces the camera with a giant hat and blue shirt, with her garden in the background. The garden is a work in progress, with weeds and last year's dead plants needing to be removed.
09/05/2022
💔 The world feels heavy and it can be hard to find joy.
⭐️ I encourage you to embrace 3 things that you can appreciate.
🥗Today I enjoyed visiting my favorite tree, making a meal and eating veggies from my backyard farm and CSA (community supported agriculture) share.
🤩 Enjoy your harvest and successes.
🧘🏾♀️Take 3 deep breaths
🫶🏾 Be well Dear Hearts
Pic 1 Id: Zephrine wearing sunglasses and purple hoodie in front of one of her favorite trees.
Pic 2 Id: FrontLine Farming CSA flower’s (dahlias - bright yellows purple and pink), amazing hyper local tomatoes, chives, and basil. Food grown by Frontline Farms and Hampden Farms
08/24/2022
🥳 Happy fantastic fourteen Birthday Lex! I have so many feels. I am excited to watch you come into your own.Cheers to all the treats, , and
Pic of teenage siblings looking at the camera standing in front of birthday gifts.
07/21/2022
Out here finding my light after several months of navigating depression and anxiety❤️🩹. If you feel like your dropping all the balls. Put some down. If you start to feel like the world is better without. Pour into yourself. I am course correcting and aligning to what makes me thrive. I’m still figuring it out. We don’t always have to have the answers. Stay hydrated and kind to yourselves. Be well Dear Hearts 😌🫶🏾✨
06/14/2022
🚀 The best part of the Creator Accelerator and LinkedIn for Creators programs has been the connections I've made.
👸🏾I am excited to catch-up with Desiree S. Coleman-Fry (She/Her) and share how I have been living a more tranquil and abundant life as a mother, caregiver and career-getter, by focusing on alignment in all areas of my life.
🤩 Join us on FRIDAY, JUNE 17th at 8am CT for some laughs, practical tips, and a little inspiration.
🔔 Tag a friend🔔
See you then 👉🏾 https://lnkd.in/gAZ_r4MY
06/03/2022
🤥 Work- life balance is a lie
🙄 The expectation isn’t even reasonable
⏳ Take the time off
🍟 Eat the french fries
💐 Smell the flowers
🥰 Today I stopped doom scrolling and took my crew to one of our happy places Denver Botanic Gardens York to smell flowers and eat french fries.
❤️🩹 Sometimes you drop the ball on the important things. Say you’re sorry and try better. Do what really really matters.
🧘🏾♀️ Three deep breathe
✨ Be well Dear Hearts
Pic: African-American mom stands with her three children. Twin African and European American daughters and African and European American son. In front of the greenhouse at Denver Botanic Gardens. Mood is happyish. Kids agreeded to this photo in order to get said french fries.
05/31/2022
🦋 Rebirth…
😵💫 I’ve been overwhelmed by the long list of recent tragedies. In addition to navigating grief, depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts inspite of all the sucess I have personally and professionally. Followed by with the intense shame of seeming ungrateful for what I have, because of my feelings.
🙌🏾 The last couple of years have been a lesson in forgiving myself, releasing ideas, belief systems and behaviors that no longer serve me.
⭐️ I encourage us all to figure out what actions we are going to implement, so we are the change we want to see in the world.
🕊 I release the idea that I am broken, instead I embrace that fact that I am seeking a peace that surpasses all understanding.
🧘🏾♀️ Take 3 deep breaths and be well Dear Hearts
👩🏾🌾 Pic : Zephrine a African - American woman is wearing purple overalls and striped black and white tank top. Facing the camera while smiling and standing in front of her backyard farm beds.
