πΈ Groovy Affirmations: Becoming Beautiful to Myself, for Myself
The more I become myself, the more I become art.
Β I create my own rhythm of beautyβno mirrors required.
My reflection is a [...]
Survivor Must-Read Reading List: Black Widow by Leslie Gray Streeter
I've been familiar with the power of Leslie's pen for years. But when a storm of loss and change came around just when her beautiful memoir was [...]
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 [...]
ποΈ Affirmation Post: βThey Didnβt See, But I Survived Anywayβ
A voice for the ones who were never rescued, but rescued themselves.
They didnβt see me.
Not when the harm was loud.Not when the silence w [...]
Iβm Allowed to Move On Without Making It Make Sense to Anyone Else
SurvivorAffirmations.com | Inspired by WeSurviveAbuse.com
Some people wonβt understand why you left.Why you stopped calling.Why you unfollowed.Why [...]
Finding Freedom Through Movement: How Dance Becomes a Healing Journey from Abuse πβ¨
So, the fabulous Eartha Kitt was a triple threat. Dancer, singer, and actor. She was also a Survivor.
By every reasonable understanding of the word,Β [...]
β¨ You Do Not Exist to Be the Bridge That Others Walk On. β¨
You are not required to shrink your truth just because it makes other people uncomfortable.
You are not here to rescue those who ignored your drownin [...]
Life Calls Us to Evolve Culturally Too: Sinners Dancers Revealed !! Juke Joint Scene Explained β Dance Styles, Symbolism & Forgotten History
Life does not call us to evolve through advancements in technology only. Life calls us to evolve culturally as well.Β
Without cultural evolution:
[...]
β¨ βYouβre Not Brokenβ: Affirmations for Survivors Living with PTSD
My mind is not brokenβit is doing what it had to do to survive the unspeakable.
I honor the parts of me that feel chaotic, confused, or [...]
Holistically Rah | The Truth About Playing Small (That No One Wants to Admit)
The Truth About Playing Small (That No One Wants to Admit) This video reveals the hard truth about why youβre still playing smallβwhen you know youβre [...]
I Choose Boundaries, Not Codependency: An Affirmation for Healing
Sometimes, the language of βcodependencyβ gets weaponized against peopleβespecially womenβwho were raised to care, to
nurture, to serve. Humans [...]
Survivor Affirmations: Deep Lessons in Resilience
"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it." β Maya Angelou
Resilience is not the absence of hardship. It is the cap [...]
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 [...]
Your Authentic Voice Belongs In This Season
There is something Iβve noticed across history β and I feel it stirring again.
Whenever those in power get too big, too loud, too controllingβ¦wheneve [...]
πΊ Marielle Franco: She Spoke. Even When It Was Dangerous to Speak.
Marielle Franco was a Black woman from the favelas ofΒ Rio de Janeiro.
She knew violence.Not from headlines.From proximity.
From lived experience.
F [...]
The Architecture of Change: Lessons from the Japanese “Renewal Years”
The Japanese word for menopause is kΕnenki (ζ΄εΉ΄ζ), and the linguistic and cultural nuances behind it are quite beautiful and distinct from many Western [...]
πΏ Halimah Yacob: She Was Not Handed Ease. She Built Something Anyway.
Halimah YacobΒ did not begin life surrounded by comfort.
She lost her father young.Her family struggled.There were real limitations. Not imagined ones [...]
πΏ Josephine Baker: She Found a Place Where She Could Breathe
JosΓ©phine BakerΒ did not just βmove to France.β
She left a place that constrained herβ¦and stepped into a place that, for a time, allowed her to expand [...]
Survivor Affirmation: For Patti LaBelle, the Beautiful Assertion
Before the world knew her as Patti LaBelle, she was Patricia Louise Holte, a girl from Philadelphia with a voice that could rise from the church floor [...]
Playing by Heart: Alberta Hunter and the Power of Soul Wisdom
Alberta Hunterβs life was a testament to the power of the "unpolished" authentic soul. She was a woman who conquered the world's stages, walked away t [...]
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 [...]
Meryl Streep: I AM Built from Endurance Not Approval
I am built from endurance, not approval. What lasts in me cannot be taken by time or opinion. [...]
The Playlist: Funk, Soul, and Body Release
Some anxiety does not need another explanation. It needs a doorway out of the body.
Sometimes anxiety does not leave through thinking. Sometimes it l [...]
