It’s three weeks into the New Year and in those three weeks I’ve said no to various projects. One because I’ve learnt if I don’t agree with or understand why something is being done, it undermines my belief in the work and that never ends well. A second because I began to see signs of…
I have written many a blog post in my time and as I looked through the notes section on my phone, I discovered a series of blog posts drafted including this one written on 08/08/2018. What is so interesting to me about it as how it ministered to me four years on, how much I…
I wrote this piece eleven months ago for the TGRG website and it was shared extensively across social media. Though the story has moved on, the point about repesentation will forever remain valid. It’s Sunday afternoon and I’m watching a news story spread like wildfire amongst Black women in every corner of social media. This…
As I hit my mid 30s I started to notice a worrying trend: I was disappearing. I’ve always been someone who is quite proactive when it comes to searching for opportunities and then I started to notice that the older I get the more I’m seemingly excluded from them? So for context I’ll be 38…
So I haven’t watched in The Apprentice for a long time as the format had begun to feel a bit samey and over done. But when I heard my brother in law (in my head)* Tim Campbell MBE – the first ever winner – was returning I actually had a reason to watch. So for…
I think the adult version of me has always wanted to be an agent. Childhood Juanita wanted to be a journalist, a clothing designer and a paediatrician but in later years managing talent became a thing. I’ve positioned myself in ways that really was an agent’s role but I didn’t necessarily use that term to…
Even before 2021 ended I was already quoting the year 2022. I don’t know why but I was ready and I feel like me and she have some sort of understanding that this year is just filled with greatness. To be fair the last two years – whilst extremely painful due to the pandemic –…
