When it comes to my growth, I’ve always maintained a healthy amount of delusion. You quite literally have to.
So, I’m sure you can imagine my excitement when I received an email in the middle of the night inquiring about my services to ghostwrite the memoir of one of the world’s most beloved first ladies. Reading the words back to myself over and over again, I realized in that moment that I was sitting in answered prayers.
With two babies on very different sleep schedules, I was awake and available to immediately connect to see how we could bring the project to life. What began as polite messages exchanged over WhatsApp, quickly grew into an early morning call that brought everything together. Within less than a few hours, I’d closed the deal of a lifetime.
As a teenager, I carved out worlds in my journal pages that I knew would one day come to life. That faith eventually blossomed into a blog started on my family’s home computer which helped me grow an organic community online through stories that resonated with women and young girls who looked like me. A few short years later, in the onset of my professional writing career, the skills I’d honed since childhood guided me as I became a leading pen delivering breaking news in publications across Canada.
And even as I saw my world evolve in ways I could’ve only dreamed of years earlier, I still knew I wanted more.
When I first laid the foundation for my company back in 2017, I envisioned myself as the person world leaders trusted with their reputations, and the one they called when they were ready to speak up, shake the room, and move minds to action. Since then, I’ve become a thought-partner for industry leaders, a brand architect and structural thinker for celebrities and executives ready for their next chapter, and an expert creative collaborator for those ready to put words to their legacy.
I became someone with a proven track record of successfully navigating the rooms and topics that shape culture, communities, and generations all because I held firm to an unbreakable faith in my becoming. I made sure that my delusions existed side by side with my work ethic, so as one grew, so did the other.
Today, as the founder of one of the only Black women led premium ghostwriting agencies in the world, I can bask fully in the fruits of my labor because I know the hard work it took to get here. There wasn’t a path perfectly laid out for me. I built it. And along the way, I made sure my faith was always louder than my fears.
And this is exactly what I want for all of you. There will be moments along the way that challenge you, but those will be the tests that teach you the strength of your faith. In those inevitable moments, how far you’re able to make it in this game will depend on how anchored you are to your vision and your faith.
So if there’s something you want for yourself, no matter how big or unattainable it may seem to others, be delusional. And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.