In many environments, Black women are expected to perform excellence without pause.

We lead teams, build businesses, mentor others, raise families, and hold communities together. We are often the steady one, the reliable one, the one who makes it happen. We are praised for our strength, while rarely being given space to be fully human.

This is not simply personal. It is structural. Due to racism and systemic oppression, Black women are often required to carry more, prove more, and protect ourselves more. Over functioning becomes strategy. Perfectionism becomes protection. Being “never fully off” becomes survival, even when it costs our health, relationships, joy, and sense of self.

Mind Your Higher Ground™ exists to change that.
We support high-achieving Black women leaders in protecting their capacity and leading from a life that holds. This space was created for Black women, by a Black woman, because we deserve spaces that see us, honor us, and hold us.

What “Higher Ground” means
Higher Ground is the sacred, God-given space where mind, body, soul, and spirit reconnect.

Where the name comes from
“Higher Ground” began as the name Ashley Norman gave to her most grounded, liberated self, the version that leads from wisdom, wholeness, and truth. The name is also inspired by Shameka Dwight’s “Higher Ground,” a celebration of Black women and a tribute connected to the life of Breonna Taylor.