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I'm a writer daylighting as a banker! I started this blog as a single woman in my 30s, and while it has blossomed to include conversations on spirituality and travel, the basic premise is still relationships. I like exploring love relationships (they're fascinating) and the idea that we take ourselves wherever we go (from relationship to relationship, city to city, country to country, etc.) So self assessment is always necessary for growth. And you know if I'm writing about relationships (romantic and otherwise), topics also include dating, lust, the single life, getting ready to be ready (for whatever kind of relationship you envision), etc.

Thanks for joining me on this journey. If we're doing it right, expansion is ongoing. We never stop. This blog evolves, as I do. But -- I can only write from a woman's perspective, for us, and for those who love us.

• CLOSURE

  By myfemalepersuasion on March 6, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  How often do we seek closure on situations? Relationships ended. Arguments? Friends who fall off the face of the earth? Opportunities applied for but not received? All the time. Or at least occasionally, right? I can’t imagine what it would… Read More ›

• Writing About My Children – I Never Have

  By myfemalepersuasion on March 2, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  Of course my kids’ stories aren’t mine to tell. That will never be my mission because I am a fierce protector of those I love. But lately, I’m writing a bit more from a “Mommy perspective,” which I haven’t done… Read More ›

• Leap Year! Oh, Baby!

  By myfemalepersuasion on February 29, 2016 • ( 8 )

  Twenty years ago today, I gave birth to a baby boy. I named him Malik. In leap years, he’s really five. I’ve always kept his birthday on February 28th based on the logic that he was born on the last… Read More ›

• “Piece by Piece”

  By myfemalepersuasion on February 26, 2016 • ( 3 )

  I kinda teared up watching this video today! http://youtu.be/9FHYBQxURQo Kelly Clarkson, of American Idol fame singing about being abandoned by her dad at 6 years old. Her husband restored her faith that a man could stay. There’s a beautiful love… Read More ›

• Are You Qualified to Marry a Great Leader?

  By myfemalepersuasion on February 18, 2016 • ( 23 )

  

  Have you seen the movie Selma? Or read about Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr? Have you heard of Bob Marley and the Wailers? I bet you have. Last weekend, I was watching a documentary on Netflix (Marley) about Bob Marley’s… Read More ›

• 30 Days! | Vegan Dreams Come True?

  By myfemalepersuasion on January 18, 2016 • ( 14 )

  

  Only my sister could hype me up to let go of my chicken! Well, I lie. I had this trainer some years back – actually he was 13 years my junior and fine as hell. We dated loosely for about… Read More ›

• Birthday Cards from My Ex

  By myfemalepersuasion on January 17, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  I spent eleven years with my ex “M.” And every time I’m on a cleaning spree, (Today I’m going through old magazines – I have a collection. Smh.) I find cards from him (birthday, mother’s day, etc.). At the time,… Read More ›

• Emotions Running High

  By myfemalepersuasion on January 15, 2016 • ( 6 )

  

  It’s gratitude. LB came bearing gifts. The gift of expansion. The gift of time and space. The gift of patience. Insight. Encouragement. I can only appreciate all of that by looking at my “self,” and how I’ve shifted certain perspectives…. Read More ›