By the end of this week, my divorce will be finalized As I prepare emotionally and energetically, I realized I had unwitting reminders in my physical space that needed to be released. The final divorce decree is the symbolic end of an era of my very existence. Not simply the marriage, but an entire life of being driven by survival. Specifically, in my previous business model. I kept all the Black Woman Millionaire marketing materials. Literally paid to have them shipped to my new life because I couldn’t let them go. But now I can. My new life is arising and it is GLORIOUS! So today, I purge th ..read more

  Solo Performance Virtual Launch Party! Live Stream Monday, Oct 14th,2019 6pmPST/7pmMST/8pmCST/9pmEST December 8, 2017, I prayed a prayer that imploded my life.  I discovered I had benign fibroid tumors that were pissing off my kidneys and needed to have an emergency hysterectomy.  I had a happy marriage, my health, and a thriving million-dollar business that has grossed over $5,000,000 in less than six years.   But all that changed with a single authentic prayer. “God please take whatever’s in the way, out of the way, to fulfill my destiny.”  I never thought it would be my marriage. I neve ..read more

I cleaned my closet. I’m taking one moment at a time. Being open to God’s will for my life. Making room for prosperity in the form of experiencing being taken care of holistically: financially, mentally, spiritually, emotionally and sexually. My new business buddy, Kisma Donna Orbovich, asked me what I wanted last week and shared my desire to experience love in the form of tangible care. Since then I’ve been being with this truth: in my ENTIRE life, I have always provided. Even in Momma’s house. I would work—underage— scrubbing floors and selling shoes at Kenny Shoe Store in Mondomin Mall in B ..read more

My former spouse and I settled our divorce yesterday.      There are details and final paperwork—but it’s done. I am no longer married.      I also had to let go of amazing people. I am retiring Defy Impossible. When I said it was the end of an era, I meant it.      I am starting over.     Not from the ground up.     No.     On the shoulders of over 35 years of defying impossible and breathing fire. I mourn the loss—but I do not suffer. ALL of this death, this pain, this loss is an answered prayer.     And I don’t doubt God.     I refuse to do business the way I did ever again.  I refuse to li ..read more

This is going to sound crazy, but it’s true:  When I was on the streets, my best friends were not people. They were books.  Reading allowed me the chance to transport myself into different worlds. And they were safe. Reliable. My constant companions.  It might sound weird, but I am still very closely emotionally bonded to my books … even more so than people, sometimes.  And so I carried my books with me everywhere, for decades now: from Adelphi University to Ohio State University to Stanford University … throughout all the online courses, business development and leadership trainings …  and du ..read more

I’m about to move!!  Sunny San Diego is about to be my new home, and I confess … as excited as I am for my new beginning, I have been in denial.  I’ve been busy—busy doing all the things required for a big, life-changing move. I’ve been so caught up in getting everything in order, that I haven’t been able to just BE with the fact that this is a TOTAL life change. So all of the sudden, today during my yoga class, the instructor (who I LOVE) announced to the class that I’m moving. And they clapped! That’s when it hit me …  Oh my God … I’m actually moving! I’m about to walk into a brand-new CREAT ..read more

We’re breathing fire in my new Facebook community, y’all. O-M-God. I’m in love!!  I love my dragons. I love my dragons. I love my dragons!  We have a whole community of them now (over 300 people joined with ZERO marketing), and they are HUNGRY. There’s a fierceness about the people who are attracted to Breathe Fire (that’s the name of this group). These are successful, conscious entrepreneurs committed to manifesting their destiny, not just scratching the surface. And let me tell you, they are doing their thing!!! These are my people.  I thank God for them. I thank God for my friends, and for ..read more

  When a woman speaks her truth, she breathes fire. A fire that burns down the lies Scorches through façades and Lights up the dark nights living in her soul. When a woman speaks her truth She b$tch slaps shame, regret, and self-sacrifice. Her tongue becomes a flame. Her voice, gasoline. She spits truth like red-hot embers burning down Generations of “making it work,” “Making do,” and “overcoming.” When a woman speaks her truth, It serves as alchemy revealing the charlatans In her life. Her truth burns them to a crisp. Truth. Is. Fire. It purifies. It refines. It shapes. It destroys. It illumi ..read more

I’m excited.  And a bit nervous.  Everyone knows me as Doctor Venus, the Millionaire Mentor. And if you’ve been following my blog, you know I’ve been struggling with what to call myself, ever since the emergency hysterectomy turned my world upside down.  I’m starting fresh. I’m starting new. I’m starting from a whole different place. I’m starting over.  I have a new brand—a new direction. An evolved direction. Dr. Venus Opal Reese. I had thought I was going to go with just VenusOpal, but I want my new brand to encompass ALL of me.  The “Dr.” represents Stanford—Nanna chided me for wanting to l ..read more