I originally wrote this post back in 2010. Reposting it for 2026 because it is as relevant today as it was when I first wrote it. Enjoy. Leisa Monique  Everyone does it- resolve to do something different, change something about themselves or their career at the beginning of every year, and by the end... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and joy for the holidays. May peace be yours today and always. In Luv and Dessert, ~Leisa Monique
Allowing Others to Grow and Evolve
Every one of us is experiencing personal growth and evolution in some form right now. Just take a look at social media. You will see posts from people expressing how they are loving and taking care of themselves, what they will and will no longer accept in their lives, how they are healing from childhood... Continue Reading →
Monday Mantra-Unbothered
Being unbothered doesn't mean that we ignore what is going on around us. It means that we see and acknowledge the things that are happening around us but we don't allow them to disturb our peace and interrupt our happiness.
Monday Mantra-I Release The Story
Who would you be without the story that you have told yourself about yourself? Something that we all need in life is to feel significant and valuable. The world doesn't always give us that. Often, we use the circumstances of our lives to create stories about ourselves. So often, these are stories of overcoming. We... Continue Reading →
Monday Mantra
Grace: "The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred." It costs us nothing to extend grace to ourselves and others except our ego. May you live in a state of grace today and always. In luv and Dessert, Leisa Monique
4 Questions to ask yourself before making your New Year’s Resolutions
I'm sure you've already seen them. Friends' social media posts about New Year's resolutions and how 2021 is going to be their best year ever. You probably are thinking about your own resolutions and what you want the new year to look like for you. If you're like many of us, you have made resolutions... Continue Reading →
When the Teacher is Ready…
We have all heard it said that when the student is ready the teacher shows up. I was in a conversation recently with my BFF Sandra Dee and I was sharing with her all of the opportunities that I have been getting to be a panelist and speaker for various events. There have even been... Continue Reading →
2020, The Best Year of Your Life!
020 is a year of completion. The foundation that this nation and other nations of the world were built on are crumbling. They are falling right before our eyes. Social systems, political systems, governments, economic systems and the like are falling apart. People are rising up all around the world and saying they they are no long willing to live under racist systems of inequality. People are coming together all over the world and uniting to demand change and bring down these systems.
Eat My Dessert First 
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