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NEW REPORTS SHOW WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES THRIVED IN PANDEMIC, NO PLANS TO SLOW DOWN

A recent report showed that despite the pandemic, women-owned businesses thrived

June 5, 2021

Lifestyle / Motivation

Guidance for Anxious Parents Of Graduating Seniors

In this article, Nicole Commissiong gives advice as a seasoned mother to other parents who are anxious about…

May 28, 2021

Lifestyle / Motivation

Unmask the Filters: How to Live a More Balanced Life By Embracing the Sad Moments

This article encourages us all to embrace the sad, unpleasant, unsettling and down moments in our lives and…

May 17, 2021

Self-Care Tips For Overworked Mothers

Mothers feel guilty for taking times for themselves but some just don't know how so this article offers…

April 17, 2021

Blog / Lifestyle

Celebrating Partners In Business and Life: A Profile

I was honored to be featured in MULA Life and Style magazine's features of married couples who are…

April 14, 2021

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Cheers to fatherhood 🥂 A special toast to the m

Cheers to fatherhood 🥂
A special toast to the most brilliant, gentle, loving father in my world....my lion...Darnell.
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I love witnessing the way you continue to grow in your role as dad, counselor, mentor & spiritual guide to our 4.
Your love is intoxicating ❤
Cheers 🥂

#fathersday
#blackfathers
#strongfamily
#celebrate
#loveis
#afatherslove
#strongfamily
#blacklove

My husband & daughter walked their ancestral land

My husband & daughter walked their ancestral land after we laid his great aunt to rest.
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It was such a powerful experience . You could feel the ancestors dancing in celebration to receive Aunt Naomi. They were also joyful to welcome the family home to their land.
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Today was so moving & poetic 🙏🏾
Rooted & connected on #Juneteenth

"If it is important to you, you will find a way, i

"If it is important to you, you will find a way, if not, you'll find an excuse"

Even though I have seen this quote and probably shared it in social media in the past, the other day, I was contemplating carving time for a passion advocacy project and I caught myself saying I needed to "find time" in my schedule.

It caused me to pause and reflect.

Why?

Honesty, I will never find the time.

There simply is not enough hours in long 24-hour day to do all we want to accomplish before we lay our heads down to sleep.

The only way to get it done is to MAKE Time.

Schedule it in and make a commitment to focus and work on it and not let anyone or any other distraction disrupt the progress.

What do you have to "make time" for that you have been neglecting?

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#SaturdayVibes #maketimeforwhatmatters #DMVBoss #womensupportingwomen #womenbusiness #iammyancestors #iammysisterskeeper #nicolecommisiong #prioritize #findaway

I read a quote that stated "the earth laughs in fl

I read a quote that stated "the earth laughs in flowers"....well this weekend my garden blessed me with abundant joy to sustain us this week as we celebrate the lives of the elders who recently transitioned 🙏🏾
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May you recognize the beauty that surrounds you & may this week blossom & bring you much love & joy 🌸

#gardenlife #flowers #flowersmakemehappy #flowersofinstagram
#mondaymood #joy #gratitude #outdoorliving #lifeisbeautiful #livefully

I no longer make apologies nor feel badly about my

I no longer make apologies nor feel badly about my success. Whew chile 😓 thank God for therapy.
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We've made sacrifices. We've won, lost, learned & won again. We've lived in a house with no heat, driven a car loaned to us by my sister (cause we didn't have a car), begged the water company to not cut our water, live in threat of foreclosure while raising a family & running a business.
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We've put in the work, learned lessons, sacrificed much, made chgs & deserve every bit of success we have to date. So no apologies will be made. We are grateful to God for bringing us thru to this season.
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Overnight success took many years. There's no magic to this; just prayer, hardwork, determination & accepting others who are willing to support & guide you on your journey.
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If you're currently experiencing hardship in your business....stay the course, stay encouraged and ask for help. If you're successful, don't make apologies nor feel badly about it...you've earned it. However, reach out & support someone who may be going through a tough time ⭐
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#shareyourstory
#missiondriven
#lifestyleofamomboss
#muminmotion
#gratitude
#serveothers
#humbledgratefulblessed
#womeninbusiness #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment #womenentrepreneurs #womenownedbusiness #dmvboss #marylandbusinesses

While doing research for my blog, I discovered som

While doing research for my blog, I discovered some amazing and awesome stats about women which confirmed and solidified my belief in us, especially during this past challenging year.

Women continue to make strives in the business world despite the hardships of the last year and a half due to the pandemic.

There is data to back this up.

A Guidant Financial 2021 Small Business Trends report found that 32 percent of small business owners are women, a 13% increase from last year’s 27%.

And there is no stopping us either!

And of the 2,400 women-owned small business and franchise owners surveyed, nearly half of women business owners plan to grow their current location, while a third will sustain it. 9% plan to sell and 8% will open a second location.

And when it came to my peoples, women again were pulling up and showing up powerfully:

Women make up 46 percent of Black entrepreneurs, one of the highest percentages of female small business owners of any segment and the plurality of those (42 percent) of Black entrepreneurs are very happy as small business owners.

These stats make me more encouraged that our demo is a force to be reckoned with and that we wholeheartedly deserve all the support, resources and programs out there to help women-owned businesses scale.

We can't be stopped.

Read more in my recent blog...link in bio
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#womeninbusiness #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment #womenentrepreneurs #womenownedbusiness #dmvboss #marylandbusinesses #womeninbusinesssupport

PAPAYO!!! Some days life is just simply easy and I

PAPAYO!!!
Some days life is just simply easy and I feel at peace & beautiful even in retrograde 🌸
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"PAPAYO!" Trini lingo for WOW &
@papaiyoworld is my new favorite boutique where I nabbed this simply chic @meilinginc (Trinbago Designer) jumper.
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Black woman owned boutique supporting Caribbean designers is the type of style I can get into 🤍

#muminmotion
#retrograde
#WeDontDoOrdinary #supportsmallbusiness
#islandgirl
#trinidaddesigner
#TriniWoman
#TrinidadandTobago
#caribbeangirl
#caribbeandesigners
#womanowned
#SummerStyle

For #Graduation season, I took some time to pen so

For #Graduation season, I took some time to pen some guidance for parents who are celebrating their children's commencement and transition into their next chapter of life

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It took me some time to realize that my husband and I had actually done a pretty decent job at preparing our children for each chapter of their lives.

We managed to raise confident, civic-minded, community-focused, Faith-filled, conscientious and culturally-aware world citizens.

In these most fragile stages and season of transition for child, you may not feel it because you are going through it.

It was not long ago you were battling with them to get in paperwork in time, to properly reply and send thank you emails to instructors and coaches who wrote them letters or recommentations on their behalf.

Your ears may still be ringing from all the raised voices and slammed doors that are common in the heat of parenting battles.

The fact remains that they did in fact hear the lectures and the lessons.

In the wake of all the push back and the times you swore you were talking to a brick wall, you need to know that your guidance actually worked...

You should be proud of yourself for parenting hard.

Parenting is hard....

READ THE REST ON MY BLOG
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#graduationpictures #congratsgrad #congratulations🎉 #congratsgrads #parentingtips #parentingteens #parentingadultchildren #parentingadvice

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