Astrid Ferguson's Blog

by Astrid Ferguson

The day has arrived, our little baby has reached another major milestone. Children make us scream for joy the first time they said, “Dada” and “Mama.” They hold our breathes in a chokehold when they take their first s...

by Astrid Ferguson

This hit me one day as I was speaking to a friend of mine and she said, “You are like a private investigator with all these questions. Why can’t you ever just take the given information and run with it?” I paused for a second as I started to feel my blood...

by Astrid Ferguson

Welp, can we really say post-pandemic or should we say premature stages of a new future? Either way, it involves having a little imagination and redesigning our current workplace culture. Let us not forget, a year ago—and even today—we were extremely anxi...

by Astrid Ferguson

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year already. It seems like it was only yesterday I was biting my nails and praying with deep conviction for a way out of unemployment. There were a few scary months where I didn’t know if we could pay our mortgage, b...

by Astrid Ferguson

Full disclosure, I still struggle with setting boundaries. My culture is part of the reason I struggle with setting boundaries. As an Afro-Latina woman, I was raised to serve, serve, serve and ask for very little in return. The key component in my childho...

by Astrid Ferguson

Let’s begin by celebrating the fact that you took an idea that morphed into a passion project. It’s a milestone worth celebrating before moving on to the next task. So many people don’t get past the idea phase. Many of us have ideas tucked away in noteboo...

by Astrid Ferguson

This topic came to me as I was connecting with my inner child. I was sitting down to review the ASQ of my son’s 48-month checkup, and it read, ‘Fine motor skills fell below the cutoff, and speaking to a professional was recommended.’ I know!!! Very unsett...

by Astrid Ferguson

I was having this conversation with a friend of mine—unfortunately, not in a coffee shop drinking coffee and eating a bagel. The way this pandemic has us set up, it was more like via Zoom while whisking together scrambled eggs with cheese. She began by te...

by Astrid Ferguson

I was having this conversation with a friend of mine—unfortunately, not in a coffee shop drinking coffee and eating a bagel. The way this pandemic has us set up, it was more like via Zoom while whisking together scrambled eggs with cheese. She began by te...

by Astrid Ferguson

I know what I am about to tell you sounds counterintuitive. You probably constantly hear, “vibrate higher, high vibes, or high vibrational energy.” What we miss is that most people are attracted to low vibes. Including you reading this right now my friend...