Sometimes when we wake up, it seems as if we’re starting the same day all over again. We brush our teeth, get ourselves ready, eat...

Check out today's Daily Deposit! It’s May which means it’s graduation season but not just for students! It’s also graduation season for...

Sometimes when you get what you prayed for, it doesn’t look or feel like what you thought it would and you no longer want it. That’s ok!...

Check out today's Daily Deposit! May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Each year we begin to have conversations about mental health and...

Ladies, In the spirit of this beautiful day my hope is that every woman reading this post finds peace and rest. We all do so much...

This is a pic of my knee brace...here's why it matters to me. So to give a little background to the pic this year will make year three...

The new me was birthed earlier this year, I'm just waiting on the new year to catch up. As I reflect on 2022 and prepare to enter the new...

So last month I kicked off August with so much excitement. Mon and I were ready to celebrate our birthdays, moves were happening, and...

It’s officially “Mon”day over here at iammichellerena.com because it’s our DOPE AF contributing writer, Monica Odom’s, birthday!!! Happy...

First things first, I had a birthday a week ago today but wasn’t able to celebrate because my entire house was sick with Covid. I...

I have read so many quick thoughts on this album from my friends on social media. I don’t always chime in but as an artist this is one...

There was this morning meeting song that Laila’s PreK class sang every morning welcoming each child by calling their name and ending with...

Fourteen years ago today, I was preparing to become a mommy. I’d read the books and taken the classes and by all accounts I was ready,...

April was a whirlwind. I am in awe of the blessings and depression that came as a result of the past 30 days. April 1 I attended the...

I rarely get into pop culture on the blog, yet here we are. There is so much to think about and all of it is not about the slap. But, yes...

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When I conduct professional development this is one of my favorite welcoming rituals. I like to know how people are showing up because it...

I took some time off to enjoy spring break. During what felt like the shortest week ever, I really enjoyed not going to work, waking up...

Someone said "sometimes you just have to do it scared" and honestly for me that couldn’t be truer. A lot of times we are so hyper focused...

So I have been working on overcoming my fears for a while. Honestly it’s a daily goal to not let fear keep me from doing the things I so...