Unboxing

A Real Conversation About Money, Purpose, and Partnership

It started with an unexpected, intimate conversation — the kind you don’t see coming — over a jaba cocktail. If you know jaba (khat), you know it sharpens your mind and keeps you alert, which opened the door for some brutally honest reflection.

I now know that the real thing standing between me and running a profitable business wasn’t skill, passion, or opportunity. It was the lack of that sharp-edged killer instinct when it comes to making money. How do you build that? Where does it even come from?

I remembered talks I’d heard as a young girl about being a woman with standards. Thirty years later, I’m still learning what it actually means to set and stand by those standards.

It’s taken broken relationships, questionable choices, career pivots, and stepping into motherhood — most importantly, choosing single motherhood — for me to come to a tough truth: Money matters.

Out of all the things I was taught, including saving myself for marriage, tithing faithfully, reciting my ‘Hail Marys’ every Saturday, no one taught me how to make money or make it work for me.

I’ve grown up to become passionate about a life beyond money, trying to live for purpose, community, and something deeper. Somewhere along the way, I redirected that “killer instinct” into everything but the money-making part.

Today, I consciously measure my worth by how my work, choices, and life contribute to uplifting others and building the community I believe in.

But I also see where I fall short, and this is where you come in.

I believe we can close this gap — not by me pretending to be what I’m not, but by opening space for someone who does have that killer money-making instinct to step in and help us build this dream.

If you’re that person… or you know someone who is…
Let’s connect!