Your guide and coach to an “EPIC Life!”
“Tena, How can I put into words how thankful I am for you? Thank you for the great times on the balcony…
I enjoyed watching you do your daily thang – truly inspirational. The way you show your love to your girls and your grandson is simply beautiful.
You know how to communicate on many levels. Sometimes with words, sometimes emotions, sometimes gifts, sometimes silence. You know what others need and you know how to give just that. You are my purple person!”
I think my story is important to share because of the commonalities in experiences we all share, particularly women of color; glimpses into the life of a black leader in the federal government that reveal the challenges minorities face even today; exposure to the very tough, unfriendly culture of NSA; talks about real diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and Belonging, which every employee wants and deserves. And I hope to encourage other woman to write their stories too.
In this easy-to-read, Self-Love guide, educator and life coach Tena Lawyer, “delivers practical advice interlaced with quotes and research from leading “Thinkers” to help us all deepen our journeys toward a fuller life, says a recent review.
There are powerful messages about the “Brain Bully” and negative self-judgment that won’t be missed. This journal format allows readers to dig deep via retrospection and introspection. Tena shares foundational tools, techniques and practices to transform Readers’ lives, careers, and love!
On paper, sweetbreads (organ meat) and sweet bread (cake loaf) could not be more different.
In culinary language, sweetbreads (plural) are not bread at all. They are organs — most traditionally the organs of certain young and appropriately aged animals. But in the broader Southern experience, when we talk about organ meat
When they arrived in my home state of Virginia, thousands gathered. My sister was there. Said she stood in awe. No words. No photos. Just her salty tears on a cold cheek.
Get the book! Part three of my memoir is all about my experiences at the most secretive agency in the federal government — the national security agency (NSA). At times I felt like a fly in a bowl of milk and other times I felt like the leader of the fucking pack!
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