February 2013
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Sol-Skype Sessions with Thea Monyee Launches...
I am so excited to announce a new campaign inspired by Lori Grover’s 7th graders at Wayne K-12, in South Georgia! I will be conducting interactive Q&A’s with classrooms all over the world vis SKYPE, meeting students who have studied my work as a part of their curriculum, introduced to them by awesome teachers like Lori Grover! I am very excited about this! Anyone who knows me...
November 2012
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Victory (Life In Retrospect...And the importance...
I wrote the following in December 2011…No doubt a note to self for me in this moment. Please enjoy=)
In 2011, I survived many life changing events. In the midst of transformation I relied on faith and gratitude to keep me centered. Teetering to the right or the left merely highlighted my weak areas, and yoga, meditation, and love propelled me forward. This year was a success largely due to...
October 2012
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Bringing Light to Dark Places
Those of us who are plagued with an analytical mind suffer with the dichotomy of light versus dark in a way most of our less attuned counterparts could not imagine. When clear and focused our light is splendid, blinding, and contagious. When muddled with emotion our dark is heavy, debilitating, and sadly, contagious. We follow both with passion, vigor, and commitment which drives us to either...
August 2012
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Why Americans could lose in November.
In 2004, at the sweet and naive age of 24, I committed myself to registering voters and educating co-workers, family members, friends, and neighbors about the upcoming election. Not only did I believe it was my duty to inform my peers about Candidate John Kerry’s policies, but I found it equally as important to share information about the political decisions that are often the most...
December 2011
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Defying Gravity
There will always be a reason to believe that happiness inevitably leads to tragedy or heartbreak. Something to point to and say, “See that! I knew it was to good to be true.” Maybe it will be a promotion that you did not get, or a crush who doesn’t feel the same way, or a call from a doctor requesting additional tests, just to be safe. These moments do not come to disprove our...
November 2011
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Grateful and Humbled.
Last night I sat with friends and family (pets included) and watched my debut on TV One’s Verses and Flow. When I filmed for HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, in 2002 I did not know what to expect. I did not grasp the concept that I was going to viewed in potentially millions of homes nationwide. I did not know such a thing as YOUTUBE would memorialize the performance for years to come. I have...
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Check out web exclusive performances from Thea... →
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Thea Monyee Radio Interview for Verses and Flow →
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Thea Monyee on Verses and Flow →
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Press for Verses and Flow →
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WatchSEE ME PERFORM ON TV ONE’s VERSES AND FLOW, THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2012, 8:30pm PST. WWW.VERSESANDFLOW.COM
October 2011
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New TV One show Verses & Flow exclusive with poet... →
August 2011
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The Revolving Relationship
How many times have you or someone you loved said, “I always end up with guys/girls that do ———— to me,” or “Why do all my relationships end like this?” or the infamous, “Why am I a magnet for ———-?”
The good news is you are aware that there is something wrong.
The bad news is that you maybe failing to recognize the...
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Love Masquerade
Our family of origin provides us with our first lessons in love. As children we cannot articulate the lessons that we are learning, and as parents we are not always aware of the lessons that we are teaching.
Consciously, my parents taught me all of the right things. Love is sharing and caring, affection and consideration, laughter and shared joy. My parents went to great lengths to demonstrate...
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The Greatest of These is Love.
This month’s intention came to me last month, while I was more than halfway through “Calling in the One”, by Katherine Woodward Thomas, and distracted by last month’s intention of financial prosperity. I received the intention while meditating and my response was something like, “Love. Sure thing. Got it.” However, this morning I woke up and opened my computer...
July 2011
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A Special Thanks to My Deepest Fears
Fear is like a star in the windshield of my vision. The moment someone says or does just the right thing, it spreads through me leaving my vision fragmented and fragile.
Fear is always there, just below the surface of our lives. At times we attempt to forget it exists, until it seeps into our decisions and actions subconsciously.
I am afraid of abandonment, rejection, and being inadequate....
My How You Have Grown!
Originally Posted June 10, 2011
As children many of us experienced our parents standing us up against a wall or doorway and marking our height as evidence of our growth. If you are still using this method as an adult there is a good chance you are not giving yourself full credit for the growth you have experienced the past 2, 5, 10, 15, or even 20 years.
You have grown. Maybe not as much as...
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It's ALL GOOD.
I owe everyone an apology.
I should have warned you that when we began this month with such a profound, life-changing intention, that everything in your life and every experience you have in this month will be working in concert to manifest it…
Ooops!
By now you have experienced one if not several financial setbacks of varied amounts. You have had several “Why me Lawd!”...
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Energy Inventory.
We started this month by redefining money as the belief in our access and right to opportunities in our life. Along with this re-definition of money must come a more effective way of evaluating “income” in our lives. Most of us have monthly household budgets that assist us with keeping track of the amount of cash (physical money) we have coming in and going out of our homes. I am...
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Money and Me.
“Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.”
-Barack Obama
Now that we have cleaned out our emotional closets and let go of the “unpaid debts” we have been holding against others, it is time to reap the benefits. It is time to talk about money.
Somewhere along the way I adopted the idea that my choice to work with disenfranchised communities and to be an...
June 2011
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The Struggle of the Pioneer...
Marriage and family therapists use many theories and interventions to assess and treat an individual, couple, or a family. One of the most fascinating components of assessment and treatment is observing and analyzing the family dynamic. The family dynamic includes roles, expectations, norms, values, communication, language, and understanding what an individual family characterizes to be...
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Fight or Flight.....or Float.
When I was around seven years old, I attended a pool party with my parents and extended family members. I was cautioned to stay away from the deep end of the pool because I cannot swim. Being the docile child that I was, I heeded the warnings, but accidently slipped backwards into the pool while trying to climb out. The next few moments felt like an hour of struggling as my small body fought for...
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The Crisis-Driven Life
Last night I meditated before falling asleep between my two little girls. Yesterday’s message was: I am connected to everything and everyone. As I repeated this message to myself over and over, I began to reverse the words and include: Everyone and everything is connected to me. This inversion changed the trajectory of the meditation, as well as the purpose of the message.
This is not a...
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Forgive and BE. Forgiven
The idea of forgiveness is often associated with religious and spiritual practice. Although it is true that this concept can be found in several major religions, its benefits are not limited to the spiritual realm. The spiritual benefits of forgiveness are in addition to the physical and psychological pluses gained when we begin to practice the art of letting go, or forgiveness. This means to...
April 2011
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Sunny days are good days for crying...
Most of us are familiar with the lyrics, “Nights like this I wish that raindrops would fall.” The idea being that the rain would mask his tears, the underlying concept: Crying is not masculine. There is some truth to this statement, crying is not masculine, nor is it feminine. It is accessible to all who need it, and most of us do.
Don’t wait for the rain, or the funeral, or...
Choose Your Own Adventure
When I was in second grade my class fell in love with these books called the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series. Our teacher would read the story aloud, and when she came to the part where there was an opportunity to choose a purple door or a green door, for example, she would ask the class to choose. We would start shouting out “Green! Purple! Green! Purple!” Something...
March 2011
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The 90 Day Recovery
“Teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.”
~Psalms 90: 12
Approaching my 90th day of this journey, I could not anticipate how i would feel. Without realizing I was doing so, somewhere along the way I began counting the days. Due to financial constraints, days gained more significance for me. As my future became unclear, my present began to come into focus, and I...
February 2011
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And the award for best dressed goes to......
JENNIFER HUDSON!!!
You are killin’ it in this dress boo!
Don’t choke on your Haterade, Haters!
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Promises, Promises.
This morning I am awake before most of my fellow Los Angelinos, because I am heading to the Self-Realization Fellowship, in Pacific Palisades. Part of the reason is a given, I have some reflecting to do. However, the other part, the part that made me set my alarm clock for this God-awful hour and wash my face with cold water, is that I am determined to keep my promises. Not my promises to...
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Flickering Flames....
“Women need real moments of Solitude and Self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.” -Barbara DeAngelis
I enjoy lighting candles and watching the flames flicker. Often, I fall into a trancelike state and my mind begins to wander. Eventually, I realize that the flame is standing perfectly still, for the briefest of moments, like a bubble landing in the palm of...
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Don't Rain On My Valentine's Day!
“What poison is to food, self-pity is to life.” -Oliver C. Wilson
For those of you who have committed yourselves to ruining Valentine’s day for everyone around you with your mumblings about propaganda, commercialism, and Hollywood’s adverse affect on what defines an “ideal” relationship:
PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!
Don’t walk around with your nose in the...
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Set An Intention...
This morning,
Before you begin to run down your mental list of things to do today,
mostly comprised of things to do for others,
Before you fix your mouth in complaint or ain’ts,
Before you regret decisions you have yet to make,
Take a moment to set an intention for your day.
Recognize the sensation of life that runs from your eyelashes to your baby toe.
Own your course and set sail...
New Feature: Funny A$$ YouTube Comments
This week’s funny ass youtube comment comes from the new Jazmin Sullivan video, “10 Seconds”, which is the bizness! This comment had me rollin’!!
This is how I feel about my husband right now. I wish I could just shoot his ass right now and collect the insurance money. 13 yrs of his bullshit he needs to love me or leave me the hell alone. If he staying because he helped...
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January 2011
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Comedic Orgasm in the Making!!!!
I can’t even take this right now! I am going to pass the fuck out!
Will Ferrell joins ‘The Office’
By Jen Chaney Will Ferrell, reporting for Dunder Mifflin duty.(AP)
As reported by Entertainment Weekly and other outlets, Will Ferrell will join the cast of “The Office” for four episodes later this season, at least one of which will air after the show’s...
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Today's Edition of Important Stories Yahoo Buries...
This unfortunate story was ranked below Jody Sweetin’s engagement announcement on Yahoo today. Jody who? Exactly.
Bomb found along Martin Luther King Jr parade route.
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The FBI is treating the investigation of an unexploded backpack bomb left along the parade route of a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday celebration as a possible case of domestic terrorism,...
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Be and be not ashamed...
The difference between guilt and shame is very clear—in theory. We feel guilty for what we do. We feel shame for what we are.” LEWIS B. SMEDES, Shame and Grace
A professor once asked my class what is the strongest emotion. Some of us replied fear, others anger, and no one said joy. Our professor answered, “Shame. Shame will keep a person bound for a lifetime.”
Often we are...
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Reason #55 To Pay Your CHSUP...You will get stuck...
Jermaine Jackson — Stuck in Africa
1/8/2011 1:00 AM PST by TMZ Staff
Jermaine Jackson cannot come back to the United States of America … because he owes a fortune in back child support … TMZ has learned.
Jermaine is currently in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Africa. We’ve learned his passport has expired and he can’t get a new one, so he’s waylaid there....
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The Impeccable Aim of the Right Wing...
“Oppressive language does more that just represent violence; It is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.”- Toni Morrison, The Bird in Our Hands
It has finally happened. After just over two years of simmering the political ploy of divide and conquer, the timeless technique of manipulating ignorance has finally boiled over resulting in 6 dead...
I don't know what the problem is...my President...
President Obama wears rubber sandals in public, world loses mind
Reuters
John F. Kennedy had his boat shoes. Reagan wore cowboy boots and Richard Nixon chose formal wingtips to frolic on the beach. But, last week, while on holiday in Hawaii, President Barack Obama may have boldly gone where no president before him had gone while on vacation: he wore flip-flops. In public. Since the photographs of...
How did we miss this?! Oh yeah, because Kim...
Calif. woman who killed pimp granted clemency
– Sun Jan 2, 7:32 pm ET
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A woman who was 16 when she ambushed and killed her former pimp in a Southern California motel room has been granted clemency by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Sara Kruzan, now 32, was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for the 1994 shooting death of George Gilbert Howard....
December 2010
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Define BE...
So I have decided to get another tattoo. Yes, number three. I have decided to get this BE. on the inside of my left wrist. WHY? Because anxiety driven perfectionist control freaks tend to have some difficulty staying in the present. So to remind myself not to stress over hurting the feelings of people I have not even met yet, or taking responsibility for people who don’t know my middle...
