Category Archives: Awakening

Storytelling Is Your Superpower

Do You Know How Powerful You Are? Do You Know How Powerful You Are? Did you know that you have a superpower that gives you the ability to create and destroy worlds? Yes. You! You are superhero (or a supervillain) waiting to emerge. But you may not know it yet. And that’s why I’m here—toContinueContinue reading “Storytelling Is Your Superpower”

Who Wants to Work For a World That’s Not Working With Us?

“I hate school,” says my 7-year-old almost every single day. “Oh really?” I ask with curiosity. “What do you hate about it? Tell me more,” I encourage even as I am continuing to make her food for lunch and pack her things to send her to the very place that she has just told meContinueContinue reading “Who Wants to Work For a World That’s Not Working With Us?”

Bias By Us: How Our Unconscious Programs Us to Harm the Other

Black, White, or Other? “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” Being Black and growing up in the South—between Virginia and Mississippi—with a name like Pedro Senhorinha Ramos Montero Silva brought in many unwelcomed experiences in my life. One of which was the otheringContinueContinue reading “Bias By Us: How Our Unconscious Programs Us to Harm the Other”

Finding Strength In Your Weaknesses

“What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.” (WDKYOMYS) Imagine being told at just under 4 years old that you were the “man of the house” when you had no idea what those words even meant. Well that is a part of my story. Not even four years old and according to the rules ofContinueContinue reading “Finding Strength In Your Weaknesses”

Know Who Your Audience Is and Who It Isn’t

One night I woke up from a dream that I was supposed to give a speech to thousands of people. But, we kept having technical difficulties and having to start the session over. This happened 7 times and with each restart, we would lose people until there was only about 40 people left. These 40ContinueContinue reading “Know Who Your Audience Is and Who It Isn’t”