Personal Development

Marala Scott came to terms with her abusive childhood by writing about it—a journey of honesty and reflection that saw her named one of Oprah Winfrey’s “Ambassadors of Hope” and earned her national and state recognition for her efforts to raise awareness about domestic violence. But she didn’t stop with...

"I got beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, lamb, rams, hogs, dogs, chicken, turkey. You name it!” These lyrics sung by the incomparable gospel artist and legend Shirley Caesar will undoubtedly be on repeat leading up to the holiday known for its bountiful feast…Thanksgiving. This holiday tradition for decades has been an...

We've all got our own stories about how the coronavirus pandemic impacted our lives, but we have all shared one common experience over the past 18 months—the need to reinvent ourselves. Parents had to brush off their math and English skills and become tutors to help their homebound children with...

Jeff Henderson doesn’t recommend getting locked up as a career move, but for him, going to prison was "the best life experience." It was while serving time for drug crimes that he first read about successful Black men who came from a similar background to him but who had...

For all those people who have found themselves in uncharted waters over the past year or so as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Kim Copeland has some gentle advice: go with the flow. That's not just bumper sticker spirituality, but a deeply held conviction from an unconventional minister who...