How a Leadership Conference Ignited the Framework I’ve Been Carrying for Years

For the last two or three years, something has been growing quietly inside me — a set of ideas, insights, and revelations about alignment, clarity, and the way we move through life. I didn’t have a name for it. I didn’t have a structure for it. I just knew it was there, waiting.

The catalyst that finally brought it forward was a leadership conference called Lead On Fire, created and led by my friend Temika Younger, the powerhouse behind Virginia Adult Care Education (VACE). She invited me to present, and I chose a topic that had been tugging at me for a long time: LEAD Like David.

The presentation went well — but what surprised me was how much I learned.

During the conference, I was reminded of who I am at my core.From Charity Medina, I learned more about my Human Design and finally understood why certain things come naturally to me and others drain me. Instead of fighting it, I felt permission to lean into my strengths.

Alisha Childress led an exercise that stopped me in my tracks. We divided a circle into slices representing how we spend our time. In that moment, I realized something I hadn’t fully named:I have been in a life reset since leaving my last corporate role in 2023 — and without even noticing it, I’ve built a life that is actually in alignment.

My values and my time finally match.My soul, mind, and body are in conversation again.And the way I live reflects the way I want to lead.

But the biggest thing I noticed wasn’t about me.It was about the room.

Every speaker, every participant, every conversation revealed the same truth:People are hungry for something real.Not lip service.Not corporate jargon.Not surface‑level leadership talk.But authenticity.Wholeness.Spiritual grounding.Humanity.

That realization lit something in me.

It pushed me to finally bring together everything I’ve been carrying — my professional expertise, my spiritual revelations, my lived experience, my passions, and my desire to help people navigate life with clarity.

And that’s how The Way of Alignment Framework was born.

It’s the integration of everything I’ve learned, lived, and been shown.It’s the work I’m meant to do next.And it started — truly started — in a conference room at the Hilton Garden Inn in Lynchburg, VA.

So to Temika, Charity, Alisha, and every person who showed up with honesty and openness: thank you. You helped me ignite something that had been waiting for years.

And to everyone reading this — especially those in leadership roles — I hope you’ll follow along as I share more about The Way of Alignment. It’s not just a framework. It’s a way of living.

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