Beautiful in Every Shade: And it All Belongs to YOU!
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From Shame to Strategy: How to Train Your Brain to Fail Smarter
Β Learning about shame is so important. I've personally seen shame drive people to their very end.
Learning about shame is a life saver.
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You Are Enough. Always Were.
Dear Survivor,
Your superpower isnβt in what youβve achieved,how well you hide the pain,or how perfectly you hold it all together.
Your superpower i [...]
π When Healing Hurts (And It Will, More Than Once)
For the Survivor who wonders why healing feels heavy, not light.
Nobody tells you this part:
Healing doesnβt always feel like relief.Somet [...]
Navigating Flashbacks with Grace and Power (podcast/audio)
Navigating Flashbacks with Grace and Power
Flashbacks can feel overwhelming, pulling us into memories of the past that may still hurt. In this [...]
When Reality Is Contested: How Survivors Protect Their Truth in Controlled Narratives
Itβs about trust in what is real.Itβs about who gets to define truth.Itβs about whether change is organic or imposed.And itβs about whether people are [...]
Survivor Affirmations: I Choose To Walk Away from What Tries to Shrink Me
There is strength in walking alone when the crowd demands your silence.It takes courage to leave the circle when the cost is your voice.But silence bo [...]
β¨ Protecting Your Aura: Setting Boundaries with Toxic People
Some people drain the life out of every room. They thrive on chaos, belittling, and control. And when you are a Survivor, you already know the cost [...]
Merry Christmas Brave and Courageous Survivors!
My feelings matter, even during the holidays. Iβm allowed to honor them.
I choose to notice kindness instead of chasing app [...]
An Affirmation for Growing Beyond the Outer Markers
I am growing beyond symbols.
Beyond badges, titles, memberships, and borrowed names.
What once helped me find my footing no longer defines my [...]
Why Now is a Good Time to Be a Good Person…For Yourself
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Unfortunately, on this planet, many of us female human beings have been programmed since childhood to "be nice".Β Β I implore you to consider un [...]
For Folami: Why You Should Never Ignore Red Flags and Hurtful Language in the Early Stages of Relationship (Carousel)
Folami: Respect and Honor Me. (Yoruba)Folami is a Nigerian name, specifically a Yoruba name. Women must be mindful to require and demand re [...]
Bridget Mason From Slave To Richest Landowning Los Angeles Resident
βLike Biddy Mason, I rise from chains to choices.β
βI build wealth not just for myself, but as a legacy for generations.β
βMy past [...]
π€οΈ Clarity After Chaos, Grief, and Rain
There comes a moment β after the thunder, after the tears β when the air feels different.
Itβs quieter.
Cleaner.
You can finally see what was [...]
Hajia Gambo Sawaba: She Did Not Wait to Be Allowed
(You should see how elated I am! This series is going to give me those laugh lines we are supposed to hate.)
There are women who were toldto stay sma [...]
Helen Baylor’s Testimony| I Had a Praying Grandmother
Helen Baylorβs gospel classic βA Praying Grandmotherβ is more than a personal testimonyβitβs a spiritual archive for many Black families. It speaks to [...]
Survivor Affirmation: My Scars Tell a Story of Strength
If youβve ever worried that sharing your story makes you look weakβLet me remind you what your story really says:
Something struck me.Something t [...]
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 [...]
THEY LET BLACK GIRLS BE LITTLE GIRLS π
There was something precious about watching Rudy Huxtable.
Olivia Kendall.
Judy Winslow.
And the little Black girls who appeared across the s [...]
BLACK GIRLHOOD CAME IN MORE THAN ONE SHADE π€
Look back at the Black girls many of us watched growing up.
Kim Fields.
Regina King.
Keshia Knight Pulliam.
Tempestt Bledsoe.
Kellie Sh [...]
What βFind 100 Waysβ Teaches Us About Uplifting the People We Love
There are some songs that do not simply play.
They enter the room.
They adjust the light.
They sit beside you with a kind of grown tenderness [...]
