Sista's In Spirit

The Power to Release What No Longer Owns You

The research is clear.

The Stanford Forgiveness Project in the United States found that releasing resentment lowers stress hormones and restores mental clarity. In the United Kingdom, Professor Paul Gilbert’s work shows that women who stop attacking themselves make wiser choices under pressure.

At the University of the West Indies, Professor Claudette Crawford-Brown has demonstrated that emotional release strengthens resilience in Caribbean communities navigating long-term adversity.

Forgiveness is not about erasing the past. It is about reclaiming the woman you are becoming.

What They Never Told Me About Ordinary Moments That Change Everything

When it comes to starting a business, going after the next promotion or taking a new direction in your personal life, many of us are taught to wait for the lightning strike, a dramatic phone call, a headline offer, a perfect plan. We stall, believing that a breakthrough needs a grand announcement. But life rarely delivers opportunity with a brass band. It is quieter than that.

The truth is, the moments that reroute a life usually arrive dressed in everyday clothes. They slip in while we are checking email, sharing a casual hello or saying yes to something that feels too small to matter. Waiting for perfection or outside validation only creates pressure and keeps us from noticing what’s already in reach.

Looking back, I can see that the turning points in my own journey never announced themselves. They…