Welcome to Sincerely Lele

I’m Maileah McMullen, a social media and brand strategist by trade, but this newsletter isn’t remotely related to my day job. It is a place to vocalize my unabbreviated thoughts and feelings rawly and authentically, acting as my living diary of my life moments that encourage self-love, self-awareness, and self-exploration for the messy human I am.

I have always found writing to be cathartic and healing. I began writing in middle school. It was the only way I could make myself feel heard as the only Black-Mexican girl in a private Christian school who was bullied for never being enough. It was the only way I knew how to choose myself, taking time every day to journal and express my confusing feelings. It was the only way I knew how to process and feel my emotions, making myself feel seen and heard, unabandoned. And that is my hope for this newsletter - creating a brave space where others can be inspired to feel and process, be heard and understood.

This newsletter will be free for the most part. I’m not sure when I will decided to add a paid version, although I have crazy faith that I’ll be able to create a community that feels compelled by my thoughts and reflections to pay one day.

Thank you being here and believing in a human who has always loved reflecting, writing, and sharing.