Akilah S. Richards's Blog (8)

Not sure who she is, but she sounds like me, and her concepts are oddly familiar, and rather intriguing. Looks to me like she put on eyeshadow and earrings to channel her inner "Heeeyyyyy!", and dared to venture into the scary world of video blogging. I think I like her. Continue

Ahem...attention, please! I've updated www.execumama.com, and am blatantly bothering you to visit, look around, subscribe, and support the My, She's Fly of the month; Jamaica-based author, Carolien Aikman -- she's truly a force! Now, since that's out of the way, we can move along to my experiences with the Master Cleanse and how it has enhanced my life! Wednesday was the first day of my 3-day ease out period, and I'm… Continue

I am giddy right now -- nothing shy of ecstatic, to be specific. The Execu… Continue

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Confucius say, "Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in getting up every time we do." Execumama say, "Define, Design, & Insist on Living your fullest version of your absolute BEST life." I'm not a big fan of resolutions in their traditional sense. Instead, I like to conduct a comprehensive self-assessment, a final exam of sorts, by reviewing the "quizzes" and "quarterly exams" I took throughout the year, gauging just how much I've learned, and isolating the elements that need to… Continue

Monise L. Seward, M.S. is the CEO and Founder of Millenium Scholars Academy, and has graciously accepted my invitation to discuss the relevance of charter schools. Take a moment to educate (or refresh) your mind on the options that charter schools provide. I invite you to read Ms. Seward's perspective, and post your questions and comments fo her right here. She welcomes the opportunity to help us understand just how important a charter school experience can be to our quest as parents for the bes… Continue

My people! On this historic election day, when my generation to show that our usual rampant apathy CAN in fact be swayed into a sense of responsibility and serve as a catalyst for CHANGE, I thought it relevant to include a post that focuses very much on change, and the struggles, fears and hurdles that must be overcome in order to insight a true shift in one's life. Just as Michelle and Barack Obama have been boldly and beautifully showing us these past few months, CHANGE IS NECESSARY, and it is… Continue