Welcome to my Creator Page! As a psychologist, organizational and leadership development consultant, and executive coach with over 25 years of experience, my aim is to help individuals and organizations build high-performing teams, master effective communication, and transform relationships. The main vehicles to facilitate this transformation include 1-on-1 executive coaching, strategy consultations and the BYOND group coaching experience, a sanctuary and community for Black women to inspire, uplift, and empower one another while focusing on well-being and collective transformation.
You Don't Need "New Year's Energy"
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Dr. Venessa Marie Perry
Welcome to my Creator Page! As a psychologist, organizational and leadership development consultant, and executive coach with over 25 years of experience, my aim is to help individuals and organizations build high-performing teams, master effective communication, and transform relationships. The main vehicles to facilitate this transformation include 1-on-1 executive coaching, strategy consultations and the BYOND group coaching experience, a sanctuary and community for Black women to inspire, uplift, and empower one another while focusing on well-being and collective transformation.
The Quiet Collapse of Black Studies in Higher Education It began with DEI. Across the country, universities restructured diversity offices. Vice presidents reassigned. Chief Diversity Officers stepped down. Entire teams let go or absorbed into other units. At first, many described it as budget tightening. Political pressure. Administrative reshuffling. But what we are witnessing now suggests something more structural. The target has shifted. Now it is African American Studies. Gender Studies....
Hey Reader, do any of these sound familiar? You are on the phone with your mom, who's confused about her next doctor's appointment. You are trying to stay calm while mentally preparing for your next meeting or deadline. You grab a Snickers at your desk because there is no time for a real lunch. Your stomach is growling. Your energy is crashing. Your migraine is hammering But you keep working. You are cooking dinner while helping with homework, your phone buzzing with work texts, the stove...
Hi Reader, Can I be honest with you? You're tired. Not the kind of tired that sleep fixes. The kind that sits in your bones after years of being the one who holds it all together. The one who figures it out. The one who never gets to say "I don't know what to do" out loud because everyone is looking to you for answers. You've built something impressive. You've pushed through seasons that would have broken other people. And you've done most of it alone. But lately, something feels different....