Welcome to The Art of Living Joyfully: Insights from Dr. Kem Smith's Empowering Blog
The mission of my blog is simple. I want you to have a joyful life regardless of your current circumstances. Here's the mission...
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Jan 2, 20181 min read
Education And Post Traumatic Slavery Disorder
BLACK&GIFTED All of America is suffering from what I call, Post Traumatic Slavery Disorder. The sins of this, now illegal, institution,...
Dec 17, 20172 min read
To My Daughter On Graduation Day
A few years back, I learned to stop apologizing for bringing you into this world surrounded by less than ideal circumstances. I would...
Aug 7, 20175 min read
The best way to prepare your son for junior high
Kevin Hart and Charlamagne tha God both wrote about their junior high years in their recently released memoirs. These men spoke about the...
Jul 26, 20171 min read
A Letter To Mom
BLACK&GIFTED Since it was December, and soul food is always on the menu, I imagine that chitterlings and greens were cooking on the stove...
May 6, 20161 min read
A Mother’s Legacy
8125 Scudder, the place where my mother grew up, in the house my grandfather built. It may look like a shack to you. I don’t see a shack....
May 5, 20162 min read
Who Is She?
I live in St. Louis, the Gateway to the West. We are known for the 11 World Championship St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Team. The Busch...
May 5, 20161 min read
Sexy By the Weekend
Are you ready to live an Extra-ordinary life? It is time to get your sexy back with these 7 practical keys to living an extraordinary...
May 5, 20163 min read
K.I.S.S.’ing After Dark
The lyrics to the latest Beyonce song, Drunk in Love, bounce off the walls of the fourteen hundred square studio causing the sound...
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