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Some rooms just feel different. ✨This week I had the honor of leading alongside .espeaks_   and  for VP Dannie Moore and...
05/19/2026

Some rooms just feel different. ✨

This week I had the honor of leading alongside .espeaks_ and for VP Dannie Moore and the Division of Student Affairs leadership team — and I'm still sitting with how good it was.

We covered real ground together:
📊 Live WCI™ data — their own burnout, well-being, and culture scores, revealed in real time
📉 The Change Curve — and where each of them actually are right now
🔧 ADKAR — why change stalls and what to do about it
💡 W.E.L.L.S.™ — leading through it, not just surviving it

And in the breakout rooms? They got to work building something real — a holistic, integrative ecosystem grounded in their own well-being and capacity. Not designed for yesterday's student. Designed for today's.

In my famous Burger King spirit 🍔 — if you can have it your way, how do we think outside the box and create space for the students who haven't walked through our doors yet?

Because today's student is not yesterday's student. And the leaders in that room know it.

Shoutout to the incredible team we worked with:
Dr. Dannie Moore · Dr. Jeanine Bias · Dr. Erica Bumpurs · Dr. Chelsea Smith · Jamie McMurray

Every. Single. Person. was ALL the way in. 🙏🏾

LeadershipFromEverySeat

05/05/2026

Rest is not a luxury. It is a practice, a return, a necessity, and a form of resistance.

I’m honored to be featured as one of the practitioners for the Rest as Resistance event during Mental Health Awareness Month, hosted by Beloved Community.

My session, “Rest, Release, and Restore: Healing in the Body,” will introduce participants to EFT Tapping, a body-based practice that supports stress relief, grounding, emotional processing, and reconnection with the body.

In a world that often asks us to keep going, this space offers an intentional pause — a chance to listen inward, tend to what has been held in the body, and practice tools that support healing beyond the moment.

Saturday, May 9
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
More info: belovedcommunity.org
Use code SHERRA for free registration.

They didn’t wait for permission...Yesterday, I stopped by our Student Health Center to check in on my team. Three staff ...
04/12/2026

They didn’t wait for permission...

Yesterday, I stopped by our Student Health Center to check in on my team. Three staff members were outside, on their knees, pulling weeds and planting flowers near the entrance. No one told them to do it. It was not in their job descriptions. Facilities had consistently bypassed that side of the building yet, and they decided not to wait. They hadn't informed me about this issue.

Under the overgrowth was a buried drainage grate, something essential hidden beneath neglect. The flowers they chose were intentional too, selected to help keep insects away from a doorway where students arrive.

That moment reminded me that leadership is not always loud. Sometimes it looks like tending. Sometimes it looks like noticing what is buried, clearing what is in the way, and choosing to care for a space because you understand who will walk through it next.

That moment stayed with me. So much of leadership, care, and stewardship looks like this: noticing what is buried, clearing what is in the way, and tending a space so others can enter it with a little more ease.

There is something deeply powerful about people who do not just occupy space, but steward it.

In a time when many of us are waiting for systems to catch up, this was a reminder: we are not always powerless while we wait. Sometimes the most meaningful thing we can do is tend what is right in front of us.

I wrote about that reflection in my latest piece:
They Didn’t Wait for Permission: A lesson in tending what you’ve been given!

What in your life or leadership are you being called to tend, even if no one assigned it to you?

https://open.substack.com/pub/drsherra/p/they-didnt-wait-for-permission?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4g6mea

Stewardship HealingCenteredLeadership

Dear God, quiet the voice that tells me I’m behind.Not good enough. Not doing enough. Just can't get it right. Replace i...
02/28/2026

Dear God, quiet the voice that tells me I’m behind.

Not good enough.
Not doing enough.
Just can't get it right.

Replace it with the truth:
I’m becoming.
I’m learning.
I am good enough.
I’m worthy and deserving—even here.

If you needed permission to soften toward yourself today—this is it.

Today was HARD. And I became angry in having to hear and see what my mentee is having to navigate. I strive to support m...
02/21/2026

Today was HARD. And I became angry in having to hear and see what my mentee is having to navigate. I strive to support my mentees that reflect safety, support, accountability and skill-building. So let me say this:

Making harmful assumptions without doing basic, pre-emptive clarity conversations is a leadership failure. Full Stop.

Too often, the person with less positional power—especially someone from a historically marginalized identity—is told to “communicate better,” while leaders skip the very behaviors they’d demand from that person: asking questions, seeking context, and confirming understanding before drawing conclusions.

Accountability is shared. And in equity work, power holders carry more responsibility—not less.

Here’s a simple leadership standard I believe in:

If you have a concern, initiate a clarity conversation before you solidify a narrative.

Ask:
- “What happened from your perspective?”
- “What information am I missing?”
- “What outcome were you aiming for?”
- “What support would help you meet the expectation?”

Because when clarity conversations don’t happen, assumptions don’t land evenly. They can land differently across identity and power lines—and the impact can be real: reputational harm, increased scrutiny, bias, and eroded trust.

Leadership is not mind-reading. It’s meaning-making—together.

If you lead people, let’s normalize this: Clarify first. Assume less. Repair faster.

WorkplaceCulture

Some seasons of faith aren’t poetic.They’re raw. They’re quiet. They’re about survival.Lately, I’ve been sitting with fr...
02/05/2026

Some seasons of faith aren’t poetic.

They’re raw. They’re quiet. They’re about survival.
Lately, I’ve been sitting with friends who love God deeply and still feel like heaven has gone silent. No clear answers. No immediate relief. Just the ache of waiting while still showing up for life.

These two truths live together for me right now:
Some prayers aren’t whispered in faith—they’re written in survival.

And faith can exist without answers.
If you’re holding both, you’re not weak. You’re human.
If God feels quiet, it doesn’t mean you’ve been forgotten.
Sometimes faith isn’t believing harder—it’s choosing to stay, breathe, and keep each other company in the unanswered space.

This post is for the ones still praying…
and the ones just trying to make it through the day.





This line stopped me in my tracks:“God meets women in places the world refuses to look.”Not when everything is together....
01/24/2026

This line stopped me in my tracks:

“God meets women in places the world refuses to look.”

Not when everything is together.
Not when the answers are clear.
But right there—in the quiet, the doubt, the waiting, the becoming.

If you’ve been doing unseen work, carrying heavy things, or wondering if any of it matters…
It does. And you do.

Drop a 💙 if this resonates, or tag a woman who needs this reminder today.

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01/04/2026

The last year and a half has been challenging. I lost my hair and I'm now wearing wigs. I lost 50 pounds due to living with Lupus and contracting Mono from a student. Work has also been extremely tough at times, leaving me feeling lost in moments. In response to these experiences, I took a significant step.

I am excited to introduce The Dear God Collection, Sacred Conversations, a reflective body of work that explores the intersection of spirituality, faith, and relationships. This journey begins with two upcoming books:

• Dear God, It’s Me Again — a 90-day prayer and Scripture journal
• Dear God, I See Myself in Her Too — a Scripture-based workbook reclaiming women’s stories

This collection is not about perfection or performance; it marks the beginning of something liberating. Coming Soon!





Somebody reminded me that I needed to go back and listen to my Commencement Speech at ECU from last year. Thank you, Mic...
07/15/2025

Somebody reminded me that I needed to go back and listen to my Commencement Speech at ECU from last year. Thank you, Michelle, for reminding me, "It's just a season, and I was already prepared for it!" 🙌🏾

Today, we provided some career coaching and didn't realize the message was for ourselves too!! 🥰
06/10/2025

Today, we provided some career coaching and didn't realize the message was for ourselves too!! 🥰

🌟 BACK BY DEMAND! 🌟Permission Granted is making a powerful return!After incredible feedback from the original session ho...
05/31/2025

🌟 BACK BY DEMAND! 🌟
Permission Granted is making a powerful return!

After incredible feedback from the original session hosted by the Delta Alpha Rho Zeta Chapter, we’re excited to announce a collaborative encore presented by the Midwestern and Southeastern Regions of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. 💙

🗓️ June 5, 2025
🕕 6:00PM – 7:45PM CST
📍 Virtual Workshop

This is more than a workshop—it's a movement.
💬 Let’s break the silence, shatter the stigma, and prioritize YOU.

✨ Embrace real self-care
✨ Redefine your worth
✨ Learn tools to thrive—without guilt

🧠 For the strong women told to “push through”... this is your permission to pause, heal, and rise.

🔗 Register Now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cN3UMKtfQm2UY2HM73aWmQ

📩 More Info: info@zetasofutah.org





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