05/27/2026
Guess what?!?!?!?
I just graduated from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program and I am not the same woman who walked in 13 weeks ago.
Not even close.
I went in as a physician, an acupuncturist, a CEO, an entrepreneur. I came out as something I had been quietly afraid to fully claim:
A LEADER who knows her worth. One who is DONE building around anything less than that.
Here is what happened. One of our facilitators, Mori Taheripour, led an exercise that I was not prepared for. It wasn't about spreadsheets or strategy. It asked me something far more uncomfortable: Do you actually know what you are worth? Not your degrees. Not your credentials. Not your years of service. YOU. Your gifts. Your calling. The thing God placed specifically in your hands to give to this world.
I sat in that room and something broke open in me.
Because the truth is, so many of us who give everything to others have quietly learned to discount ourselves in the process. We pour out. We show up. We serve. And somewhere along the way, we start settling for less than what we're actually worth. We stop asking for what we actually need. We stop believing that our vision is big enough to demand the resources it requires.
I am done with that story.
The Eudaimonia Center is stepping into a new season and it is going to be a wonder to behold. A real growth strategy. A bolder vision. A firm that is no longer playing small because its LEADER finally stopped playing small.
Asahi Pompey your leadership set the standard for what excellence in this space looks like — thank you. Richard Bliss, LB Hudson, Maria Kapanakis, and Elisa Davis, you didn't just run a program. You built a container for transformation and then showed up inside it with us, every single week. Tiffany Espinosa, you didn't just teach me. You saw me. You challenged me. You held the standard high and then stood beside me while I rose to meet it. I will carry your weekly challenge, to "dream bigger" and be better than I was the week before, with me for the rest of my life.
And to the 🔥🐎, Kahlilah, Jaxie, Javier, Jonah, Jennifer, and Bara, we became family. Full stop. Some things cannot be explained. You just had to be there. I am so grateful we were there... together.
I am a Goldman Sachs 10K Small Businesses alum. 🎓
.. and more than that, I am a woman who went through fire, came out refined, and is ready to show up for her community in ways she never has before.
Stay close, because what is coming next is worth watching. 🥂