For much of my life, I saw people as broken and believed it was my job to save them. Even after learning to love myself, a quiet “but” remained—seeing others as needing help to reach wholeness. This year, that “but” disappeared. I now trust each person’s sovereignty, holding space for them to remember their own wholeness, knowing love flows cleanest when it isn’t trying to fix, only to be.

I studied philosophy for years—Plato, Aristotle, Socrates—taught they were the origins. Africa was absent. Yesterday, I learned Plato studied in Egypt, that Herodotus documented this lineage. I felt grief, rage, betrayal. How could this not be taught? But with the fire came humility. My education is decades old. What’s changed? Who’s restoring truth? This is my return to grace, to inquiry, to remembering the roots. Philosophy didn’t begin in Greece. It flowed through it.

When we collapse biological sex, gender, and energy into one rigid identity, we limit what it means to be human. This blog invites us into a deeper conversation — one that moves beyond being right into being in relationship. When we choose dialogue over certainty, we create space for nuance, compassion, and truth to emerge. Not fixed, not binary, but flowing, complex, and real — like each of us.

When we are related, the walls fall down. We stop seeing strangers and start seeing kin. Just one moment of real presence — a question, a glance, a hand held — and the illusion of separation begins to dissolve. Being related reminds us that we were never meant to do life apart. It softens judgment, awakens compassion, and reweaves the sacred thread of our shared humanity. It changes everything — because we remember we were never truly separate to begin with.

Social media is MSG for connection — it mimics the flavor of belonging but leaves us starved for what’s real. Designed to hijack our minds, it feeds addiction, deepens division, and distracts us from true presence. While tech giants grow richer, we grow poorer — emotionally, spiritually, and relationally. This isn’t connection. It’s consumption. And it’s costing us our humanity. It’s time to remember what we came here for.

You are a miracle, reject any limiting belief that would separate you from the greatest expression of your magnificence . - Amber Howard, CEO/Founder One wouldn't expect to become an Olympic athlete without decades of practice and mastery. So then why do we expect to create the life of our dreams without practice, resilience, and at least a few setbacks? The term "the art of living" encompasses the idea of intentionally crafting and experiencing a meaningful and fulfilling li