Now my website is a consistent evolution of my vision. It will only get better from here. Thankful. Grateful. Blessed Good things are here. Good things are coming.

I knew then that what I was launching was not my full vision. But I also had to trust that I would need to grow into my full vision. I’m so glad I trusted the process. I’m so thankful I trusted myself. I’m so thankful I leaned into the growth.

I will never forget my nervousness and the way my impostor syndrome, and my perfectionism almost stopped me from launching my website.

It’s been a little over two years since I launched my website again and I’m so proud of my growth. From services to events to the protocol in which I handle my clients. Everything has improved since the moment I hit publish on December 2023.

My love is better for all of the lessons that I have learned. Connection over collection. Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Good things are here. Good things are coming.

Even though I’m grateful that I’ve purged these people from my life I also don’t regret any of the love I gave to them. All they did was prepare me to love the people who can offer me real connection even stronger.

After all, collections are supposed to sit pretty in their curio case and be on display. They’re not supposed to talk back when mistreated.

When it was time to be held accountable for the things that they did to me, they ghosted me. This was often the indication that I had been collected. When they didn’t want to repair the relationship when they did harm.

There’s some people who collected me that I caught on quickly. There are a few people that it took me a while to catch onto that really broke my heart. When times got tough they were nowhere to be seen.

So many people are part of collections and not a part of community And they don’t even know it. Over the years, I formed a good community and a good village, but I was not immune from being collected.

These are people who were not there for me in the ways that I was there for them or the ways that I needed. It feels good to clear the space for the people who have always loved me and for the good people coming in my life who will love me.

To know that you were nothing more than a human doll to them. A novelty. A toy. Something to bring out to impress other friends. I’m glad that I have purged these people from my life.

Being collected by someone is so insidious. Especially when you have poured your whole heart into loving them and being a part of their village and bringing them into your intimate community.

I spent the past couple of years purging people from my life who were in the business of collecting people. It was a painful thing to admit that some of these folks were not my friends. I was just a part of their elite collection of humans.

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If you ever hear somebody beefing with me, please know that they are in it by themselves. I’m over here working on art, praying with God, plotting & planning kink shit and enjoying my life with my folks. I’m not thinking about them. Thankful. Grateful. Blessed & Highly favored.

I’m too busy healing, moving on and building towards my goals, dreams, special interests, and the community & village that does fuck with me.

This is one of these moments that I’m so grateful for having a spicy brain. I literally do not have the brain space, the time or the interest to build a hate train around you.

While these peope end up living in turmoil and never truly process what happened with us. I gain peace and wisdom. They gain unrest and wasted time.

I find that this stance has led me to be able to move on successfully from these relationships while I live rent free in these other people’s heads for years. I end up being able to process our relationship, heal & move on.

The people who go for their bullshit are the exact people I don’t want in my life. If you believe negative things about me when my reputation proceeds me and you refuse to have a conversation with me, have at it and believe what you want. I don’t want you anywhere around me.

It’s always interesting observing the people who try to build a hate train against me when we don’t fuck with each other. They always end up exposing their insecurities and projecting their wrongs onto me.

It’s taking years for some folks to figure out that I don’t really mess with certain people. By the time people figure it out I have moved on thoroughly enjoying, loving & living my life.

Or #3 We just don’t vibe & thats ok. In any case, I’m not wasting my time trying to rally people to not like this person anymore.

I’m not big on building a hate train because I believe #1. People will eventually see this person for who they are or #2 The people around this person are the same type of people.

I do not go around, trying to ruin their friendships. I do not go around talking shit about folks to ruin their reputation. I am direct and I handle things in private. I’m NEVER one to run from a hard conversation or confrontation.

One thing I don’t do is build a hate train against someone I no longer fuck with or like. I do not go around trying to get my people to stop liking them.

Make sure you stay tuned & sign up for my email list to keep your finger on what I’m doing. I’ve got a lot of love, art, and medicine to give. Let’s do this. #Atlanta #LadySpeech #Workshops #CommunityCeremony #poetry

Because I’m ready for you. Starting February I’ve got some juicy & intimate events happening at least once a month for you.

Are you ready for grown & sexy nights? Are you ready for magical family nights? Are you ready for healing liberation space, spirituality based safe kink spaces, workshops, and art events?

Dear Atlanta, Are you ready to catch me outside and in person? Are you ready for ritual & ceremony? Are you ready for poetry & performance art?

Grateful for real community and village. It’s only up from here. Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Good things are here. Good things are coming.

Grateful to the people who supported me when things got tough. Grateful for the people who have my back through thick and thin. Grateful for the people who are there for me not only when it’s good but when things get hairy.

I stayed the course and I minded the light and now it’s about to pay off. In my Nina Simone voice: It truly is a new dawn, a new day, a new life for me and I’m feeling good.

January 2026 has shown me that the seeds that I planted these last 10 months are growing. The loss that I experienced in the last three months of 2025 will more than be made up for in the months to come.

I’ve BUSTED MY ASS these last 10 months to develop new systems of working, create foundational connections in my new community,  cultivate amazing community collaborations, and officially transition my business to this new state.

I’m so hype about this work I’m about to put out. From in person & online events. To my church, to new ebooks. From burlesque, to poetry & performances art.

Hard launch: 1/01/26 Soft launch: 12/20/25 It feels good to get back to my educator, writer & preachin roots. substack.com/@ladyspeech?r

And just like that I’m ready to launch my Substack. Spells. Magical education & History. Divinations Sermons. Magical instructions. Step-by-step rituals. Think pieces. Essays. And more.

Being a child of a narcissist/sociopath is the reason why I dedicated my entire life to healing. The long-term effects of this are complex.

Just know that I’m doing three things… 1. I’m grabbing a bag. 💰 💵 💴 2. I’m having some fun. 3. And I’m doing the Lord’s work in the name of reparations. The Master is back to work.

I just came here to say don’t say nothing to me if & when you see me walking around “former” Maga folks on leashes, while publicly humiliating & beating while quoting James Baldwin & Audrey Lord them while I’m in full dominatrix gear.

And as much as I know I should not have been watching that at my young age. I’m grateful that I watched it at my young age. That prepared me for life in more ways that I didn’t know then but I absolutely know now. 

I’m grateful as fuck I was alive during the times of Def Comedy Jam. That shit was inappropriate and funny as fuck.

After years of teasing you, it's finally time. 
11/26/25 it goes down. 
Welcome to Adult Story Time Theater With LadySpeech. 
For the Grown (over 18) and Sexy.

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Psssstttt…. Did you know I have a YouTube channel? If you didn’t, you do now. I took a little break , but I’m back on my bullshit. youtu.be/e2j5p3js5F8?si

Over the years, Desiree has used her platform to help so many people. I’m reaching out for help to see if there’s anyway we can help her back. Please follow her substack to support her work and her family. Thank you so much. desireebstephens.substack.com Thank you.