I am Dominique Wilder—a four-time author, essayist, poet, communications strategist, and mother of two boys.
I was born and raised in the Bronx and now call Mount Vernon, New York, home. I have been writing since I was a preteen, but I never truly considered myself a writer until I published my first book. After that moment, I realized writing was not just something I enjoyed—it was something I was called to do.
I write to make sense of what I have experienced, to place my lessons on paper, and to help others find language for the things they have felt but may not have known how to express.
Writing is how I return to the meaning of my experiences—even when I am still living through them.
A relationship that changed me.
A prayer that was not answered the way I expected.
A season of motherhood that demanded more than I knew I could give.
A loss, a lesson, a question, or a truth waiting to be understood.
I find my way through these moments by writing.
My work explores faith, love, grief, motherhood, purpose, identity, and hope. I am drawn to the stories people carry silently—the experiences they struggle to explain, the emotions they have felt in their bodies before they ever found the words to name them.
I believe some of life’s most transformative moments appear ordinary from the outside. A conversation. A decision. A season of waiting. A difficult goodbye. A new beginning.
These are the moments that shape who we become.
I have self-published four books: The Words I Didn’t Listen To, IKIGAI: Love Is Not Enough, Hope After Heartbreak, and Hope in Your Kid’s Hospital Room. Each book came from a different season of my life and from a deeper desire to understand what God was teaching me through those experiences.
I am also the founder of Dominique Brienne, LLC, where I help authors, entrepreneurs, churches, and organizations transform ideas into clear brands, meaningful books, and impactful work they can share with the world.
Additionally, I founded OMI: Hope Is Home, a hope-centered lifestyle brand creating apparel and home goods designed to remind people that hope is not something far away—it is present, even in the middle of life’s challenges.
Everything I do connects back to one belief:
Words have the power to help us see our lives more clearly.
The right words do not erase what happened. They do not remove grief, repair every relationship, or make every difficult season easy. But they do give us language for what changed. They remind us that we are not alone in trying to understand where we have been and where we are going.
I am inspired by people who are still becoming.
By Black women rebuilding their lives without pretending the breaking never happened.
By mothers learning how to care for themselves while caring for others.
By people whose faith has survived disappointment, rejection, uncertainty, and seasons when life looked nothing like they imagined.
I joined Mood Magazine NYC because I believe Black people deserve space to be represented in our fullness.
Our stories are not limited to struggle, and they are not only valuable after we have reached the other side of hardship. Black life is creative, spiritual, complex, humorous, ambitious, beautiful, challenging, and constantly evolving.
It exists in our homes, our faith communities, our music, our businesses, our relationships, our neighborhoods, and the art we create from the experiences that shape us.
Mood Magazine NYC’s commitment to Black culture, storytelling, and access to the arts reflects the heart of my own work.
As a contributor, readers can expect honesty from me.
I will keep it real—even when that means sitting in the middle of uncertainty and figuring things out together. Whether we are discussing faith, entrepreneurship, personal growth, or purpose, my goal will always be to encourage readers, challenge perspectives, and remind people that they are not alone.
There is still something worth reaching for on the other side.
Whether I am shaping a book, building a brand, or writing my own story, I have always been trying to do the same thing:
Turn what people feel into words that finally say it.
I am honored to join Mood Magazine NYC as a Founding Editorial Contributor, and I look forward to sharing stories that help us become deeper thinkers, stronger believers, and more compassionate human beings.
Welcome to the journey.
