Taylor Elyse Morrison
@taylorelyse.com
Learning by doing the most. Facilitator, author, PhD student, and ICF coach. taylorelyse.com
New Tame Impala dropped just in time for me to dance as I deep clean our place.
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
New Tame Impala dropped just in time for me to dance as I deep clean our place.
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Finally felt like fall today in Chicago.
October 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Finally felt like fall today in Chicago.
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For #smallpoemsunday, a favorite by Danez Smith
August 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
For #smallpoemsunday, a favorite by Danez Smith
If you could see one Broadway or off Broadway show playing right now, what would it be?
June 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you could see one Broadway or off Broadway show playing right now, what would it be?
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Happy birthday to the prophetess Octavia Butler. We live in the times she foretold. From her notebooks.
June 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Happy birthday to the prophetess Octavia Butler. We live in the times she foretold. From her notebooks.
Asking powerful questions will get you so far in life. I promise you don't need to know all the answers.
May 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Asking powerful questions will get you so far in life. I promise you don't need to know all the answers.
Andre 3000 with a whole piano strapped to his back. I live!
(And I also wanna know what's in the trash bag.)
(And I also wanna know what's in the trash bag.)
May 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Andre 3000 with a whole piano strapped to his back. I live!
(And I also wanna know what's in the trash bag.)
(And I also wanna know what's in the trash bag.)
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lol me watching folks watch #Sinners for the first time this weekend:
a man laying on a bed looking at his phone with a shirt that says brooklyn great
Alt: a man laying on a bed looking at his phone with a shirt that says brooklyn great
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May 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
lol me watching folks watch #Sinners for the first time this weekend:
You probably don't need another masterclass or book or podcast episode promising a revolutionary new method unless you've applied the tools you already have*
*Said with love to myself as much as to you 🤗
*Said with love to myself as much as to you 🤗
April 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
You probably don't need another masterclass or book or podcast episode promising a revolutionary new method unless you've applied the tools you already have*
*Said with love to myself as much as to you 🤗
*Said with love to myself as much as to you 🤗
One of my favorite ways to introduce myself: Hi, I'm Taylor. I'm a person who decides she wants to do something and figures out how to make it happen. 👋🏾
February 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
One of my favorite ways to introduce myself: Hi, I'm Taylor. I'm a person who decides she wants to do something and figures out how to make it happen. 👋🏾
Be weirder. It's magnetic. (Magnetism attracts AND repels).
February 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Be weirder. It's magnetic. (Magnetism attracts AND repels).
Mr. Rogers told us to look for the helpers, and I found a couple!
Two coaches who worked for USAID are organizing a collective of coaches to offer pro bono coaching to federal employees, contractors, and implementing partners affected by the recent executive actions. (1/2) ⬇️
Two coaches who worked for USAID are organizing a collective of coaches to offer pro bono coaching to federal employees, contractors, and implementing partners affected by the recent executive actions. (1/2) ⬇️
February 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Mr. Rogers told us to look for the helpers, and I found a couple!
Two coaches who worked for USAID are organizing a collective of coaches to offer pro bono coaching to federal employees, contractors, and implementing partners affected by the recent executive actions. (1/2) ⬇️
Two coaches who worked for USAID are organizing a collective of coaches to offer pro bono coaching to federal employees, contractors, and implementing partners affected by the recent executive actions. (1/2) ⬇️
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For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...
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February 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Between Beyoncé and the NBA, it’s been a big news night in the Morrison household.
February 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Between Beyoncé and the NBA, it’s been a big news night in the Morrison household.
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Happy:
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤
February 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happy:
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤
Experimentation is the antidote to perfectionism. You can’t fail an experiment. You can only learn.
January 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Experimentation is the antidote to perfectionism. You can’t fail an experiment. You can only learn.
I'm currently living my next book.
January 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm currently living my next book.
Two must read Langston Hughes essays for Black artists:
1. These Bad New Negros: A Critique on Critics
2. The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain
1. These Bad New Negros: A Critique on Critics
2. The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain
January 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Two must read Langston Hughes essays for Black artists:
1. These Bad New Negros: A Critique on Critics
2. The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain
1. These Bad New Negros: A Critique on Critics
2. The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain
I stopped tithing when I stopped being a Christian, but I still set aside money each month into a “generosity fund” so I have something to share when the moment calls for it.
January 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I stopped tithing when I stopped being a Christian, but I still set aside money each month into a “generosity fund” so I have something to share when the moment calls for it.
Unpopular (?) opinion: I would still work if capitalism went away.
If we define work as something you have to do, the “have to” might be that you need 💵 and sometimes the “have to” is bc an idea won’t leave you alone until you make it real. (1/2)
If we define work as something you have to do, the “have to” might be that you need 💵 and sometimes the “have to” is bc an idea won’t leave you alone until you make it real. (1/2)
January 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Unpopular (?) opinion: I would still work if capitalism went away.
If we define work as something you have to do, the “have to” might be that you need 💵 and sometimes the “have to” is bc an idea won’t leave you alone until you make it real. (1/2)
If we define work as something you have to do, the “have to” might be that you need 💵 and sometimes the “have to” is bc an idea won’t leave you alone until you make it real. (1/2)
At the end of my last piece of 2024, I named the gazes I'm centering in my work in 2025:
✺The Black gaze
✺The creative gaze
✺The “feel too much” gaze
✺The collectivist gaze
✺The lifelong learner gaze
✺The appreciator of beauty gaze
✺The “I’ll do it my way” gaze
✺The connection craver gaze
✺The Black gaze
✺The creative gaze
✺The “feel too much” gaze
✺The collectivist gaze
✺The lifelong learner gaze
✺The appreciator of beauty gaze
✺The “I’ll do it my way” gaze
✺The connection craver gaze
January 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
At the end of my last piece of 2024, I named the gazes I'm centering in my work in 2025:
✺The Black gaze
✺The creative gaze
✺The “feel too much” gaze
✺The collectivist gaze
✺The lifelong learner gaze
✺The appreciator of beauty gaze
✺The “I’ll do it my way” gaze
✺The connection craver gaze
✺The Black gaze
✺The creative gaze
✺The “feel too much” gaze
✺The collectivist gaze
✺The lifelong learner gaze
✺The appreciator of beauty gaze
✺The “I’ll do it my way” gaze
✺The connection craver gaze
This *gestures broadly* is not working. We need to practice different ways of building and being if we want a better future.
Don’t be afraid to throw out the rules. A lot of them got us here.
Don’t be afraid to throw out the rules. A lot of them got us here.
January 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This *gestures broadly* is not working. We need to practice different ways of building and being if we want a better future.
Don’t be afraid to throw out the rules. A lot of them got us here.
Don’t be afraid to throw out the rules. A lot of them got us here.