SkinCeuticals Vitamin C Dupes: How AI Saved My Budget
After a year of skin wahala, I used AI to compare SkinCeuticals Vitamin C dupes, break down ingredients and cost, and build my 2026 glow-up routine.
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The Art of Romanticizing Motherhood: My Version
Romanticizing motherhood as an anxious first-gen mom—creating calm at home, embracing self-care rituals, and choosing joy in everyday moments.
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A Gentle Reset for First-Gen Moms (Free Reflection)
I’m officially an author! Stop, Start, Continue: A Gentle-ish Parenting Guide for First-Generation Moms is available NOW on Amazon—and before I say anything else, I want to pause and acknowledge what this moment actually represents. This book isn’t the result of having it all figured out.It’s the result of paying attention. This Guide Was Written…
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Stop, Start, Continue: A First-Gen Mom’s Healing Journey
Happy New Year Wi Nor Die Oh! Tell God Tenki for Wi Life Oh! 🤎My loves, welcome back. After an intentional end-of-year 2025 break, I’m stepping back into this space slowly and with so much gratitude. Rest, grief, reflection, family time — all of it was needed. And in that quiet, something that had been…
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Best OSEA Dupes: How I Used AI to Compare Every Ingredient
This week, I used AI as my personal skincare scientist to find the best OSEA dupes, and the results were so good I had to bring the full breakdown to the blog. Between the kids, my full-time job, designing a home, and trying to savor my 5 minutes of morning peace, your girl does not…
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Finding Joy in the Mundane: Reclaim Your Spark This Fall
Finding Joy in the Mundane When the Fall Slump Creeps In Finding joy in the mundane feels especially important this time of year. As the air turns crisp and Indiana gets that first whisper of snow, I can always feel my mental state shifting. The days get shorter, life slows down, and those subtle seasonal…
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First-Gen Anxiety Is Real — and Inherited
First-gen anxiety is real — and inherited. I see you, my love. You’re juggling your own life, career, and relationships while also carrying a heavy backpack full of unspoken rules, massive expectations, and a quiet, persistent hum of worry. That worry? It’s not entirely yours. If you’re a child of African immigrants, you know this…
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Why We Need Boundaries as Africans
Growing up, I was the youngest of five and the age gap between me and everyone else is fairly wide. I have always been a brutally honest person that has over the years, learned to keep *most* of my initial thoughts and opinions to myself. But young Amie…she was a savage. I am at my…
