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Brande Victorian

Jul 28
3 min

A Conversation With Brandy On Protecting Your Peace And What Being Strong Really Means

"I think getting up every day is being strong and deciding to make it to the next moment is being strong."

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Brande Victorian

Jul 20
5 min

A Conversation With Tracee Ellis Ross On Having The Courage To Be Yourself

Have you ever wanted to do something for a long time and then when the opportunity comes you're so scared you're going to mess it up that...

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Brande Victorian

Jul 6
4 min

Artist Melissa Mitchell On Owning Your Path In Life:"You Can't Get Invested In Someone Else's Story"

I interviewed Melissa Mitchell on a rainy Tuesday in February. As I made the hour-long drive to her home in a thunderstorm a part of me w...

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Brande Victorian

Jun 23
2 min

Meagan Good: 'I Feel More Than Enough, I Just Don't Always Feel Enough For Other People'

Despite receiving multiple messages throughout her life that she's not enough for other people, Good knows that she's enough for herself.

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Brande Victorian

Apr 19, 2017
1 min

I'm Enough: Paris Tyler

After growing tired of tapping her curls against the glass ceiling of public relations agency life so many Black women find themselves up ag

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Brande Victorian

Apr 3, 2017
13 min

Why I Had Gastric Sleeve Surgery At 23

At some point, you have to do what's best for you.

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Brande Victorian

Mar 22, 2017
2 min

"As A Full-Figured Woman I Was So Brutal To Myself:" What Lisa Nichols And I Have In Commo

We have a lot in common.

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Brande Victorian

Mar 15, 2017
2 min

How Patrice C. Washington Went From Not Being Able To Look At Herself In The Mirror To Putting Her F

The Money Maven Patrice C. Washington once couldn't look at herself in the mirror, now her face is on the cover of her bestselling books

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Brande Victorian

Mar 6, 2017
1 min

I'm Enough: Africa Miranda

Africa Miranda wasn't lying when she told me, "I love trying to give people a good word."

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Brande Victorian

Feb 20, 2017
3 min

"That Don't Make Sense:" A Lesson From Jeezy On Letting Opportunities Pass You By

He reminded me of the time I almost let my biggest professional opportunity to date pass me by.

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Brande Victorian

Feb 13, 2017
2 min

I'm Enough: Veronica Wells

Veronica Wells, author of "Bettah Days" and Culture Editor of MadameNoire.com, shares her journey of knowing she's enough.

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