Reclaiming Value: From Liability to Asset
Journal Entry | Reclaiming Value: From Liability to Asset
Last night, I went to see Fawn Weaver, the powerhouse behind Love & Whiskey and the force stewarding the legacy of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey—the first known African American master distiller.
But what she’s building isn’t just a brand. It’s a living, breathing testimony to what happens when you believe deeply in people, in history, and in purpose.
She calls herself the People’s CEO, and I believe that. Because what I witnessed wasn’t just a talk.
It was a manifestation of vision.
Fawn has activated an entire community—economically, culturally, spiritually—through a fierce commitment to truth and legacy. And not just legacy in theory, but legacy in action. She reminded me that collective conviction can move mountains when it’s rooted in love and clarity.
And that stirred something in me.
I came home and sat with a deeper question—
Why am I doing this?
Why am I building The Nourished Leader?
Why this work, in this way?
And this morning, the truth rose up inside me like a wave:
Because I see value where others see deficiency.
That’s been the throughline my whole life.
I see people the way some people see spreadsheets—
as assets waiting to be leveraged.
Gifts waiting to be activated.
Truths waiting to be lived out loud.
For so long, I thought the very things that made me different were liabilities—
My health.
My heritage.
My hunger for something more.
But then I realized:
What if these weren’t setbacks? What if they were my greatest strength?
What if the world had it backwards?
What if the visionary in me wasn’t “too much” but the key?
What if sickle cell wasn’t my sentence, but my passport?
Because that’s what it’s been. My passport.
A portal to a deeper truth, a different rhythm, a radical clarity.
And now, I want to give others that same passport.
Not to escape themselves, but to return—to their voice, their value, their vision.
That’s why I created The Nourished Leader.
Not to teach people how to “lead” in the traditional sense.
But to help them see their whole self as worthy, strategic, and sacred.
I want to live in a world where:
Blackness is an asset.
Chronic illness is an asset.
Lived experience is an asset.
Your voice, your rhythm, your body—all assets.
And I believe we can build that world.
One person at a time.
One unapologetic reclaiming at a time.
Just like Fawn is doing.
Just like I’m doing.
Just like you can do.
Because we are not liabilities.
We are legacy in motion.