About Me

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Hi You! 

Welcome and thanks for dropping by!

I'm on a weight loss journey and I wanted to have some company along for the ride. Plus, shhh! It's a secret, but I've always wanted to be a writer and I'm a marketer by trade - so TADA! Here ya go! Toni Morrison was first published at 39 and had a publishing career as a editor and find fresh new literary talent before that. Someone said, "writer's write."  So, I'm writing!  Plus, I've been in the business of watching influencers my whole career and have played a part in partnering top-tier brands with influencer talent who are at the pulse of culture and are on top of trends --when they are on the bubble, before they pop. That is my job and I do it well enough to maintain a 20 year advertising career at it.  Plus, I need to make sure that I "keep my teeth white" and know all the new fangled social and marketing technology.  Always a student, always a learner. 

Along the way, while doing my “research” - hours logged on IG count right? -  I've found a gap in the marketplace, a niche and I intend to fill it. The executive influencer who who balances (all be it) imperfectly the theemotherlode of it all. I'm a woman, She/Her/Her's the whole bit, I'm a mother of one and auntie to legions, I'm a sister, a friend, a bestie, a homie, lover and friend to a husband of almost 20 years, I'm a professional, I'm a homeowner and entrepreneur. And, did I mention I'm Black mixed with Black/ African American / Child of the Diaspora / Woke / a Child of the Most High. However, I'm not every woman and it is not all in me. But this is my life, these are the sum total of my choices and decisions and I love it. 

As a means to self-care, I've found that I might need a little larger of an audience that what my large extended family, friends and co-workers could provide so I'm branching out and talking to you!

Always goal oriented, I figure that people love a success story, rooting for the underdog and whatnot. So, here I am! I've watched other people do this and have sat in the arena stands cheering and critiquing them all along and this is my step out into the arena floor to do it myself to see what all the hoopla, glory, crying and complaining is about. Thanks Winston and Brene' for the quote. I'll write more about that in a blog. 

Back on Topic: What is TheeMotherlode about it's about realizing that we are all the big jokers in our lives - y'all do play Spades right? That's my Chicago way of saying, you are the protagonist in the movie that is your life. So, if you don't like the content, realize you are also the screenwriter, the directer, the producer, crew and the worst critic so you, yes you, can change it. It's simple, no sweat! 

I'm a GenX'er and I love the movie "Better Off Dead" (this is the video up at the top of this post)  and Monique is one of my spirit guides, if you are trying to accomplish something scary, "go that way really fast and if something gets in your way, turn."  And then she showed him how to do it. and then did it with him, and cheered him on as he did it for the world. 

Telling is one thing, but showing and doing it with some is a whole nother one. So, that is what I intend to do, show you how to have TheeMotherlode in your life, by doing it first and showing that its (essentially) simple, no sweat. LOL, sometimes you are Lane (I'm gonna have a lot of movies references, so try to keep up, Lane is the main dude in Better Off Dead) and your turn, turns into a tumble and a lesson/message! And, I will share all the cool and not so cool stuff along the way so you can see how you can do it too. There is a light, there is a light and it shines in you. I know it, because it shines in me too. So, let me be the lodestar to the motherlode! (Yes, I'm corny too - indulge me).

Follow me on social and here as I shine the light of TheeMotherlode of all good things (James 1:17). This is part of my retirement plan, New Year's resolution, pandemic project, self-care vessel, new book preview, testimony, purpose --all of dat and then some. Plus, you can have the bragging rights and say that you knew me when. Know that, I'm an pragmatic optimist, a positive storyteller, a lover of love and a doer of the work. As, my mother says, "I can show you, better than I can tell you." (She said it as a threat, but you get the drift). And I truly know that more is more.

As a visitor here, you are part of a fantastic community. Ask me questions, challenge me, leave comments and words of encouragement. It is, in all seriousness, hard being all vulnerable and on the in the floodlights of the arena floor. I'm sure I will fall flat on my face, but I've been there and done that too, to many times not to learn that you still have to get up and go yet again. And yes the whole world is watching, so stop trying to convince yourself that it is not. I have learned and know to be true that they aren't (all) enemies that there are helpers, guides, referees, spectators and friends you just having met yet. So, give them a show that comes from all of that untapped potential. Tap back in already.

I've gotten alot out of Al Gore's internets and this is my attempt to pour some libations back, ashe.

Thank you so much for being part of this community. There are plenty of ways that you can become more involved. Let me know what you are doing and if the tips and blogs - authenticity is on trend - are helpful. And as any Youtuber worth her salt would end with, let me know what content you would like to see and please, like, comment, share and subscribe!