She’s a freelance writer who leans into her past as a psychotherapist while pursuing the truth about being human.
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The biography of a winning coach who transformed the lives of African American children in Aurora, Illinois, a Midwest city that wanted to remain innocent of racism. It is an American story of success against the odds, where a realized potential is stronger than the tidal wave of a community’s beliefs.
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Publication date February 9, 2026, by Koehler Books, Inc.
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When is it Stereotyping?
If I call Black people survivors am I stereotyping, othering them? Here is how to catch nuance in the tricky world of discussing race.
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Parent with Heart and Backbone
A parent’s job must draw on both heart and backbone. Heart is gentle. Backbone holds us erect. We parent in pairs to balance both. When one partner veers too far to heart, the other is on site to engage backbone, and vice versa. A single parent can pick a partner…
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Keep On Keepin’ On
No one today believes in people owning people, but our forefathers did. We ended that bondage through a civil war between our better principles and our dark side. America is a country that learns from its errors. In Our 250-year history came repeated moral failures, and repeated rebounds. We keep…
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Bigger Than Me
A nine-year-old caught my ear. Sheree, a competitor in the AAU National Junior Olympics, was quoted in the local paper, saying she runs for “something bigger than me.” Her motivation? To represent her “family, coaches, and community.” It makes a person think, Who do I run for? Today mental health…
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