My first book is officially available for presale and I need you to go grab a copy right now.
The Problem with Pretty (Hachette Book Group) is everything Iāve been building toward ā psychology, culture, beauty, and the real conversation about why your relationship with how you look is not shallow, not vain, and not a distraction. Itās data. Itās history. Itās personal. And itās going to change how you think.
Presales are everything for a debut author. Every order you place before release day tells the industry this book has an audience. So if youāve ever supported me, believed in my work, or just want to give a genuinely great gift ā this is your moment. #problemwithpretty #beauty #psychologyofbeauty #hachette
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If you know my mom @drcynthiarpowell you know youāve met one of the most formidable women in the world. Sheās classy, smart, gorgeous, and was the best example of balance. Iām glad god gave her to me. Happy Motherās Day! š
Today, as we honor our mothers on Motherās Day, letās not forget our fore mothers, our ancestors. As Iām preparing for the launch of my book The Problem With Pretty Iām having conversations about how we internalize societyās judgments of our beauty. We get these faces, these bodies, these shades, from our ancestors. When you talk about me youāre talking about them. Show some respect. #mothersday #beauty #theproblemwithpretty #problemwithpretty
RESURGENCE is more than an eventā¦ itās a day for the community to come together through music, art, wellness, culture & family fun. āļøš¶š§”
Bring your friends, bring the kids, bring your energy ā and help us create something special for Los Angeles.
āØ Live performances
š Vendors & local businesses
šØ Art & wellness experiences
š Good vibes for everybody
05.16.26 ā¢ Los Angeles
#Resurgence2026 #CommunityCultureEnergy
The loneliness epidemic isnāt just about being alone, itās about being disconnected from yourself. Audre Lorde taught us that the erotic isnāt about s*x, itās about feeling fully alive. When we reconnect with that deep inner knowing, we stop outsourcing our wholeness to other people. What if the cure to loneliness starts within? #lonelinessepidemic #philosophytok #innerwisdom #MentalHealth
In the wake of Megan Thee Stallionās breaking up with this Klay person letās dispel one myth. Beauty is powerful, but it doesnāt necessarily keep you from getting cheated on. #Beauty #theproblemwithpretty #megantheestallion #klaythompson
Which Beauty Schema are you? I built a psychology-based quiz that maps your hidden beauty beliefs across 6 orientations. Most people are shocked by their results. Link in bio to take it free. #beautyschema #theproblemwithpretty #beautystandards #psychology #beauty
If you canāt read a book by it, itās cover. You also canāt judge a person based on their appearance. We have to slow down so we can look a little deeper so we can stay safe. Read the Problem with Pretty to understand more about the science and psychology of beauty ļæ¼#ProblemWithPretty #Beauty #Psychology #Dating #Relationships
On this Arbor Day, Iām thinking about what Hermann Hesse intuited long ago and what Suzanne Simard proved through science:
connection is the architecture of life.
Maybe thriving isnāt about standing aloneā¦
maybe itās about what weāre willing to share, support, and sustain together.
#ArborDay #TreeWisdom #NatureHeals #Interconnected #EcoPsychology
Pause to read. So many of you commented about this Emma Grede post so I wanted to make the article more available. Because as I read through your comments, and I read them all, I was intrigued. Emma and women like her create emotional experiences for us because they can challenge our schemas. Whatās a woman? Whatās a leader? Whatās a mother? How do we use these challenges to our scripts to make us more curious about our inner selves? To make us dive deeper into where we learned these scripts? #emmagrede #psychology #schema #women
I finally understand why people respond the way they do to Emma Grede. She makes people uncomfortable. Not because sheās saying things that are outwardly wrong, but because she challenges our concept of what it means to be a woman, a mother, and a business leader. Head over to my Substack. I wrote an entire article about the psychology behind why people respond the way they do to Emma and women like her. #emmaGrede #selfawareness #mindset #womanhood #psychologyofwomen
