Underneath the Sunbeams returns for its second Season!!
 Slow down and feel the cleansing breeze on your skin. Better does not always mean more. Moving too quickly may hurt you more than the silence that you despise; quicker than the familiar you have seemingly grown out of. There is no way to win, truly, when you cannot recognize the simplicities of the minuscule things surrounding you as miracles.

Since the beginning of quarantine, Darrell's been writing, enveloping, and sending letters to himself in the mail. It did feel weird, and perhaps the mail man was confused, but it’s done a great deal for him and his inner artist child screaming to be heard. 

Sit in with him as the two of you reread letters sent and examine what this cathartic process is like, and what senses of freedom, safety, and protection it grants.

In 2003, a cultural phenomenon had been introduced to the Disney world, inspiring kids everywhere to let our their inner performer (or rather inner Cheetah), and Darrell happened to be one of them. Join Darrell, Shadiyah, and Morgan on this cheetahlicious journey as they recall ways in which this Disney Channel original movie impacted each of their lives, reuniting with Galleria, Chanel, Aqua, and Dorinda, almost twenty years later. If you are a cheetah girls fan, who finds themself still impacted by this important piece of pop culture today, this one's for you. May the free creative child in you live on forever! 

Open up the box with Darrell, as he reads to you a decade's worth of an evolution of his deepest writing, beginning with an essay written at eleven years old, and ending with a poem from just three nights ago about the sound of music traveling through an apartment full of relatives. 

What’s the mental & spiritual cost of giving too much of ourselves to work environments? This week, Darrell, Shadiyah Jai, and Morgan Moxie are discussing their experiences as young black creative people going into work environments before knowing what they know now about self-honoring, as they share their stories with each other, and ways to honor themselves now to favor their creative powers & mental healths over the benefits of others.

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The pace is picking up again, but please don't forget about you. Let's take a reflective moment to release.

Who could I be if I stepped out of my own way? What lives on the other side of the door that I've avoided my entire life, assuming that I couldn't possibly be good enough, just waiting for me to say yes? This week is all about Identity and self-perception, and ways that perfectionism and negative self-beliefs blind us from our own senses of potency and possibility that lives beyond our closed doors. Join Darrell for a tea party in a field of flowers as you both journey a bit more to your creative hearts, acknowledging ways in which you can both move forward to those creative dreams that are rightfully yours.

Each of us has a 'jar of hope,' a list of personal items, and/or creative pieces of work that grant us senses of safety. Transitioning into adulthood can often be a confusing, frightening, and weird experience for many of us, and in some of the darkest points in our lives, we are lucky enough to have found some fabulous gems that impact us and will be with us forever. What are some of yours? Sit in, or walk with Darrell as he expresses his connections to three things from his 'jar of hope': Moonlight, a film by Tarell Alvin McCraney, The Little Prince(ss), a film by Moxie Peng, and his all time favorite, British girl group Little Mix.

Hey, take a breather. Your dreams are going to come true. Are there any fears behind your constant need to produce, work, be super productive, or neglect proper rest? What even is rest for each of us as individuals, and why does it save us from becoming self-destructive? Are we self-destructively equating our self-worth to our to-do lists, and how do we find a healthy balance between pushing ourselves to accomplish what we dream of, and still being delicate with our creative inner children who are easily impressed, yet easily bored and tired out?