Grown Woman Shit:
Soft Life hard truths
Because romanticizing peace isn’t the same as actually having it.
You’ve mastered the art of pretending everything’s fine—while running on fumes and venti iced caramel lattes. We’re getting real about the cost of fake peace, and what it actually takes to live soft when life keeps demanding you be hard.
Join Coach Alex of The Dotson Effect™ for an unfiltered, soul-nourishing experience for grown, brilliant, burnt-out Black millennial women who are tired of surviving and ready to feel again.If you’ve been looking for a real conversation, real community, and a real shift—pull up.
Because peace is your birthright. But first—you gotta stop lying to yourself.
This is for the strong friends.
The overachievers.
The women who are tired of clapping for everyone else while quietly falling apart inside.
💥 Craft YOUR Definition of the Soft Life
We're talking about a regulating your nervous system and cultivating a life that actually feels good to be inside of.
💥 Pinpoint Why You’re Addicted to Struggle
And why you confuse chaos with love, exhaustion with worth, and burnout with success.
💥 Lay Down the Foundations of Boundary Work Without the Burnout
Because boundaries don’t have to be brutal—but baby, they do have to be firm.
💥 Let Go of Performing “Peace”
We’ll discover what areas of your life your peace has been leaking out and break down how to stop faking calm while quietly resenting everyone around you. No more bottled rage in a cute outfit.
💥 Reclaim Your Softness Without Apologizing
You don’t have to be less Black, less bold, or less brilliant to rest. You get to be powerful and gentle. Complex and cared for. Healed and still you.
In this live, 90-minute experience, we will:
Real talk. Real breakthroughs. Real community.
🛑 Language and permission to say “no” without guilt
We’re teaching you how to stop negotiating your boundaries. You’ll leave with the words, the mindset, and the boldness to protect your peace without over-explaining.
🔥 Defining what “soft” actually means to you
Spoiler alert: It’s not just slow mornings and candles. It’s nervous system regulation. It’s radical self-trust. It’s refusing to hustle for love or prove your worth. And we’re gonna show you how to start living it.
💡 A mirror, not a mask:
You’ll finally see you—clearly. Not the version you perform at work. Not the version who’s always okay. But the version who’s been whispering “I can’t keep doing this” behind the scenes.
👏🏾 Receipts on why the “strong Black woman” trope is killing us
And how to lay that cape down—for good. You’ll leave knowing how strength and softness can coexist—and how to choose you without shame.
🧠 Real tools, not just vibes
Get practical coaching tools, reflection prompts, and mindset shifts that you can apply immediately to create more peace, ease, and alignment in your life.
🤎 A room full of women who get it
You don’t have to explain yourself here. You don’t have to shrink, filter, or fake it. You’ll leave feeling seen, held, and not so damn alone.
🎁 BONUS: Your Soft Life Starter Kit!
Your own personal guide you can use after the event with journaling prompts, affirmations, and soft-life rituals for the week ahead!
What You’ll Walk Away with:
When is it?
🗓️ Date: Saturday, August 23, 2025
🕘 Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm PST
📍 Location: Arcadia, CA (Address will be sent after registration)
Seats are limited.
Save your spot and get ready to do some GROWN. WOMAN. SHIT.
This space is for you if…
✅ You feel like you’re always “on,” even in your sleep.
✅ You’re tired of being the emotional support human for your momma, sister, auntie, friend, neighbor, partner & boss!
✅ You’ve built a life that looks good but doesn’t always feel good.
✅ You want more softness, more joy, and more honesty—but struggles to let go.
✅ You’re ready to stop surviving and start living, but don’t know where to start.
✅ You need a space where you can be all of who you are—no mask, no cape, no code-switching.
Sound like you? Sis… don’t play. Slide through.
Softness is not weakness— It’s wisdom.
And it’s time you started living like you believe that.
Meet Your Hostess
Coach Alex of The Dotson Effect™ — Certified Master Transformational Life & Health Coach, speaker, and the truth-teller behind “Grown Woman Shit.” Known for holding space where strong Black women can finally exhale.
Count me in!
As a Black woman in corporate or any other high-stress space, you know damn well you are overdue for a reset, a breakthrough, and some damn joy in your life. You’ve been holding it down for everyone—It’s your turn sis.