The Women Who Build What Last
I used to think legacy belonged to important people. Women with buildings named after them. Women with family fortunes, framed degrees, polished business cards, and biographies…
Author Josette Ciceron
Josette Ciceron
Josette Ciceron is a journalist, author, and storyteller with over 20 years of professional experience. She has hosted and produced the interview-driven podcast Unapologetically Anxious Me since 2019–connecting with notable people such as celebrities, experts, doctors, and artists about mental health, race, resilience, culture and more. As a speaker and advocate for racial and mental health, Josette uses her platform to highlight her community’s stories of courage, dignity, and human perseverance—believing that vulnerability is our ultimate superpower.
The Exhaustion of Being Palatable
There’s a quiet performance many women carry out every day without realizing it. Not the kind that happens on a stage. The other kind—the one unfolding…
Unstoppable
The Church of Self-Worth
The Church of Self-Worth
Somewhere between the age of misplaced lip-gloss and that moment your body starts offering unsolicited feedback, women learn a quiet, cruel lesson: we are expected to…
Retire Me From Resilience
Surviving, living, and quietly refusing to glorify pain.
Surviving, living, and quietly refusing to glorify pain.
Clears throat… “Oh, hey God. It’s me again—Jo. I know you’re busy with the world being on fire and all, so I’ll make this quick. If…
Help Without Humiliation
Dignity in the Struggle
Dignity in the Struggle
We didn’t plan to stay in Minnesota. One night in 2015, we packed a few bags, grabbed our one-year-old son, and hopped on a plane from…