Merry Christmas Brave and Courageous Survivors!
My feelings matter, even during the holidays. Iβm allowed to honor them.
I choose to notice kindness in [...]
π€ Affirmations for Black Girls Who Had to Be Strong Too Soon
Let this be your softness. Your sanctuary. Your yes.
I was never supposed to carry all that weightβbut I did. And I honor the girl who survived [...]
πΏ Dear Woman Who is Learning to Say No Without Explaining
I see the weight you carry when you even think about saying no.The hesitation.The catch in your breath.The flood of reasons rising in your chest, read [...]
WE Gotta Learn to Give People Care, Respect, and Love Before They are Gone (w/video)
We can be so cruel to one another.
We are the reason that we hide from one another and turn away from each other.Β
When the mother of his firs [...]
π Dear Woman with PTSD
You are not broken.
I know that sometimes it feels like you are.When your heart races for no reason.When you're exhausted from hypervigilance.When yo [...]
Youβre Not Healing to Be LikedβYouβre Healing to Be Free
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Dear Survivor,
This healing path you're on?Itβs not about gaining approval.Itβs not about being nice or easy to und [...]
Survivor Affirmations: I Will Find a Way or Create a Way
Sometimes the way seems impossible until you figure out that you came here to show the world new ways.
Affirmations: I Will Find a Way or C [...]
Soul Train Dancer Tamechi Toney Briggs Influenced A Generation & Created Infamous MC Hammer Pants
I've been screaming! No one was going to tell me?Β
Now all those years watching Soul Train and I did not make this connection when MC Hammer, who I a [...]
Seven Things Highly Sensitive People Must Guard Against
People who are highly sensitive (sometimes called HSPsβHighly Sensitive Persons) carry giftsβempathy, intuition, creativity, deep listeningβbut those [...]
They Call It Kindness. But Sometimes Itβs Erosion.
You think you're being nice.Kind.Accommodating.Taking the high road.Being the bigger person.
But hereβs the truth nobody warned you about:
When youβ [...]
πΏ Dear Woman Who is Learning to Trust Herself Again
I see you.
Standing there at the edge of every decision,weighing it with a careful hand,a heart that still flinches sometimes,a mind that remembers t [...]
Black Classics Reading List Created by Chelsea Yvonne
In the spirit of Juneteenth, free your mind!Β
These Black literary classics are worth a read or re-read.Β
Gratitude to Chelsea Yv [...]
I Choose Me Over Their Opinions. Every Time.
SurvivorAffirmations.com | Inspired by WeSurviveAbuse.com
They have opinions about your story.Your tone.Your timing.Your truth.
But they didnβ [...]
10 Inspiring Quotes from Survivor Queen Latifah
The extraordinary and deeply gifted Queen Latifah has always been intentional about protecting her private life. That boundary deserves respec [...]
Denise Oliver-Velez: May the Ancestors Welcome a Warrior Home
She was connection. Connection to history. Connection to power. ConnectionΒ to love. Connection to belonging. Connection to power.
Some lives become [...]
Vivica A. Fox: A master class in showing up and showing out from her days on Soul Train
Soul Train dancers were not βjust dancers.β
They were artists.
People sometimes talk about Soul Train like it was simply a place to party.
But look [...]
VΓ΅ Thα» SΓ‘u: πΏShe Was Young. And Stillβ¦ She Stood.
βI was never too young to see clearlyβand I honor the strength that rose in me anyway.β
VΓ΅ Thα» SΓ‘uΒ was a girl.
Not grown.Not protected.Not given tim [...]
Keep the Faith for Better Dayz: Healing Affirmations for the Weary Heart (video by Kirby)
Affirmations for Better Dayz inspired by the insanely beautiful and talented Kirby!
I am walking past the haze of yesterday and stepping into t [...]
Great Re-Inventors: Eartha Kitt #courage #changeyourlife #comeback
After being blacklisted in the United States in 1968, Eartha Kitt had several choices.Β She chose to find new doors and soar.
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19 James Baldwin Truths and Affirmations That Still Strengthen the Human Spirit
Few voices have spoken to the human condition with the clarity, courage, and compassion of James Baldwin. He did not write to decorate reality. He wro [...]
