The Corporate Crash Out: #1

Hey Besties,

I know you're probably thinking, DAMN this is her third newsletter. Well, it's my life, and my wifi, I get to rebrand as many times as I want and this version is crashing out, duh.

2025 was the year of the crash out. Let me walk you through the timeline.

Now 2025 wasn't all bad, i did publish a book and fell in love with someone who doesn't hate me, got into the best shape of my life, and ate so many good snacks so like, that is pretty rad.

But gestures vaguely at the world around us

This ain't it.

The Anti Sunday Scaries Club was born when work anxiety felt manageable. When the fix felt like better boundaries, clearer expectations, and maybe logging off on time. And that mattered. It still does. But the anxiety we’re carrying now isn’t just about meetings or Mondays.

I'm actually feeling Sunday Scaries on everyday.

We're watching layoffs happen next to record profits. It’s about watching 600k Black women be quietly exited from corporate spaces, yet none of us can find our way back in. It’s about our healthcare, safety, and bodies being politicized while leadership asks us to “stay neutral.”

Anti Sunday Scaries Club helped us survive work stress. What we’re living in now is systemic exhaustion, and frankly, I'm tired of pretending that this is a normal way to live.

I couldn’t keep calling this “Sunday Scaries” when what people are actually experiencing is grief, rage, disillusionment, and deep nervous system fatigue.

I can't promise that I can solve any of these problems, but I can offer a place to crash out as a little treat.

This is not a “quit your job tomorrow” newsletter. Not everyone can. And not everyone should. However, what we all need is a place to breathe, take our power back, scream into the void, and collectively admit that this is all sucks right now.

You won't find hustle culture here either. No glorifying burnout. No romanticizing overwork. No telling you to monetize your favorite hobby. No “just wake up at 5am" BS.

It’s not toxic positivity. We’re not pretending everything happens for a reason or that gratitude will fix a system that’s actively harming people. I am not going to tell you that every rejection is a redirection, because as someone with ADHD, rejection hits me right in the gut and each rejection is actually just a minor crash out.

And I definitely won't be telling you to "just be grateful you have a job." That line has been used to silence people for far too long.

This is a space for telling the truth about work and power, how decisions actually get made, who they benefit, and who they quietly cost. It’s a place to talk about burnout as information, not a personal flaw.

When people are exhausted, anxious, or disengaged, that’s not a mindset issue, it's a collective issue, and bestie, i'm burnt tf out.

You don’t leave your body at the door when you log on. And pretending otherwise hasn’t served anyone. We're going to talk about how all of this shows up in our bodies, and how we can care for our bodies through fear, stress, anxiety and the mess that we are calling earth right now.

And yes, we talk about money here. Stability. Security. Building a life that doesn’t require self-erasure. Because wanting rest doesn’t mean you don’t want a bag.

Wanting softness doesn’t mean you’re unserious. You’re allowed to want both.

We don’t crash out recklessly. We crash out intentionally.

This is about burning down what no longer serves you, and rebuilding in ways that let you stay whole, and when we can't rebuild it, how do we find moments of joy in the chaos, in the BS, and in the hurt?

We do it together.

Clear eyes. Full Heart. Crash Out...or whatever they said in that movie.

Good leaders care about humans, and good leaders recognize how. politics impact their people. Too many people on this app and else where love to pretend that we can separate our business from politics, but our business will always be people.

& quite frankly, good leaders give a damn about their people and how they navigate the world.

Good Leaders don’t opt out of what’s happening in the world just because it’s uncomfortable. When everything feels heavy and leadership says nothing, that silence becomes the message. Neutrality sits on the side of the oppressor.

People aren’t distracted because they “can’t focus,” they’re distracted because their lives, safety, and futures are being actively shaped outside of work, and then ignored inside of it.

Pretending it’s business as usual doesn’t create stability, it creates distrust.

People are dying, and we're watching it unfold on our silly little handheld devices.

This is not normal.

Addressing what’s going on doesn’t mean having all the answers. It means acknowledging reality. It means naming uncertainty, naming impact, and making space for people to be human without fear of punishment. We don’t expect perfection, but we do expect honesty. When leaders refuse to address the moment, people fill in the gaps themselves, and those gaps remind us of all of the same feelings we felt in 2020.

Leadership isn’ just about your silly little KPIs and silly little slacks, it's about humans. When leaders hold space, clarify expectations, and name what’s hard, nervous systems settle and trust builds. When they don’t, burnout accelerates and people quietly check out.

You can’t wellness-perk your way out of that. You have to lead. You have to speak. You have to stand up for the people who you claim to care about. Ignoring this moment doesn’t make it go away. It just shifts the cost onto your people, and eventually, onto your business.

In 2025, hundreds of thousands of Black women were exited from corporate America, not quietly, not accidentally, but through waves of layoffs, restructures, and “strategic realignments.” Roles eliminated. Teams dissolved. Titles erased overnight.

And when the dust settled, many of the women who carried companies through years of instability were suddenly on the outside, watching the door close behind them. Black women tried to re-enter corporate spaces and were met with endless interview loops, shifting job requirements, and feedback that felt deliberately vague. “Overqualified.” “Not quite the right fit.” “We went another direction.” The message was subtle but consistent: we’ll call you when we need you again. Until then, figure it out.

Most of us were pushed out of the door and no granted re-entry, and for many if they re-entered it was at a level much lower than when they left.

So Black women pivoted. Black women solved through community, as usual. Because even when the world won't show up for us, we always show up for us.

Not because entrepreneurship was a dream. Not because everyone wanted to build a brand. But because the system made it clear it would not make space for us. We did what we had to do.

Consulting, coaching, freelancing, community building, these became survival strategies. We all have bills to pay, mouths to feed, dreams to chase. For me, I had to teach myself to stop waiting to be chosen by organizations that had already shown us how conditional our value was to them.

I wish I had answers on how to fix it, or how to get better, but I don't. What I do know is this shift brought me clarity.

I am very clear about who the f*ck I am.

Clear about my worth. Clear about my boundaries. Clear about what kind of work, leadership, and environments I will no longer sacrifice myself for.

If you’re a Black woman reading this and thinking, this explains so much, it’s not just you bestie, it's all of us. If you’re rebuilding after a layoff or restructure and questioning your next move, you’re not behind. You’re responding appropriately to a system that failed you.

And if you’re in this in-between space , still employed, newly independent, or mid-crash-out, please know I see you

If this newsletter feels like it’s reading your mind, hi, that’s not an accident, I'm glad you're here.

I’m a career + authenticity coach, a fractional people leader, and a strength coach, which basically means I help people stop abandoning themselves for work — mentally, emotionally, and physically.

Either your company works with me so they can learn how to actually protect and care for you. Or you work with me so I can teach you how to protect and care for yourself.

I work with humans who are burned out, rebuilding, or quietly asking, “Is this really it?” Together, we untangle identity, boundaries, confidence, and career decisions so you can move through work with clarity instead of constant self-doubt. No “fixing,", just finding out who you really are, your power and how to use it.

I also partner with companies through fractional consulting, helping leaders build systems and cultures that don’t chew people up, spit them out and leave them to deal with it on their own.

I'm cool HR, i suppose.

And since I'm in my crash out era, I found ways to crash out that fueled my body, mind and allowed me to actually stop thinking about work for like a second.

I found that power in the gym, and I want to help other' find it too, so I became an (ISSA) International Sports Sciences Association Certified Personal Trainer, too.

Burnout lives in the body, not just your inbox, I coach movement and strength training. not punishment workouts, not hustle fitness. Consitentcy is born through sustainability, not resentment, bestie.

We are building strength, regulation, and trust in your body so your nervous system isn’t doing all the heavy lifting alone.

If you’re reading this and thinking, okay this feels personal, I'm so sorry, I meant to hold your hands before we crashed out. But if you want support through your own crash out or rebuild, you don’t have to do it solo. I got you, boo.

You can work with me in a few ways, coaching, consulting, or movement, all designed to help you feel more like yourself again.

I am opening up 5 spots in my coaching practice, and 2 corporate client spots. My DMs are open.

If my work resonates and you want to support it:

Being here counts. Thank you for supporting work that tells the truth. 🖤