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Dr. Tracey Marks: People Who Drain You vs. People Who Energize You
Why do some people calm your brain while others drain it? One of our favorite psychiatrists, Dr. Tracey Marks, explains how your nervous system regulates with safe peopleâplus a simple body check.
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What âFind 100 Waysâ 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 and remind you that love was never supposed to feel careless.
James Ingram [...]
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 leaves through the shoulders. Through the jaw. Through the hands. Through the b [...]

The Empty Nest is a Healing Space
The empty nest is not the end of motherhood.
It may be the beginning of a womanâs re-encounter with herself.
Not just a quiet house.
Not just âthe children are gone now.â
Not just a season people joke about with sadness, lon [...]
When Dismissal Tries to Turn You Against Your Own Body
âThe function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being.â Toni Morrison
Mistreatment often tries to make th [...]

Elizabeth Packard: The Woman They Called Insane Until She Changed the Law
Elizabeth Packard was not simply a âwronged wife.â
She was a mother. A thinker. A religious dissenter. A wife under the rule of a husband who believed disagreement was disobedience. She was a woman living under laws that trea [...]
Affirmations for Patients Who Are Afraid They Will Not Be Heard at the Doctorâs Office
There is a particular kind of tired that comes from knowing something is happening in your body, then having to gather your strength to explain it to someone who may or may not listen.
Some patients walk into the doctorâs offic [...]

Different Go-Go, Same Refusal to Disappear into Misery
I just discovered something beautiful.
There are two kinds of âGoGo.â
One was born in Washington, DC.
One comes from Tanzania.
And somehow, both are rooted in survival.
Many of us Black Americans kno [...]
Mama I Love You: Women Are Amazing, Unique, and Special!
Tyron Woodleyâs mother congratulates Kamaru Usman at UFC 235
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"It's all good, baby. It's all good. It's your turn. It ain't his turn."Â
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Please, do not ever let anyone convince you of false th [...]

Ketty Lester: Honor the Firsts, Remember the Closed Doors
Ketty Lester deserves more than a passing mention. She deserves the kind of appreciation that slows the room down.
Born Revoyda Frierson in Hope, Arkansas, she came from a farming family and grew into a singer and actress whose [...]

The 12 Somatic Knots of Trauma â The Complete Map from Sacrum to Jaw (and How to Untie Them)
updated from March 24, 2024
Somatic healing is not just âtake a deep breath and calm down.â
Sometimes your body is holding a story your mouth got tired of telling.
Your shoulders may remember what you had to carry.
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Their Words Do Not Name Me. Survival Does.
⨠Affirmation â¨
Their words tried to cling to me like chains,
but I shook them off.
Their judgments do not define me.
Their names do not name me.
I carry the name given by my survivalâStrength. Courage. Unbreakable.
I wa [...]

The Lie of âNot Enough Trained Peopleâ: What Martin, Motown, and Black Representation Already Proved
There is an old lie that keeps getting dressed up as wisdom.
It says Black communities do not get full representation because there are not enough âtrainedâ people.
Not enough trained actors.
Not enough trained writers.
Not [...]
The Black Performance Genius Behind Americaâs âIconicâ Jazz Style
I like Bob Fosse too. He was a brilliant dancer and choreographer. But his style is heavily influenced by Black dancers. You can't even put too much "heavy" on the "heavily influenced."
American stage entertainment keeps [...]
AFFIRMATIONS AND SELF LOVE
Are You Still Protecting People Who Never Protected You? 5 Powerful Questions to Break the Cycle
These affirmations are written with tenderness, truth, and a deep honoring of those who carry the ache of being raised by parents [...]
HEALING JOURNEY
Survivor Affirmations: You Can Heal Through the Chaos
1ď¸âŁ "I am resilient, and even in the midst of chaos, I find my inner peace."
2ď¸âŁ "Every challenge I face is shaping me into a stronger, w [...]
Elizabeth Packard: The Woman They Called Insane Until She Changed the Law
Elizabeth Packard was not simply a âwronged wife.â
She was a mother. A thinker. A religious dissenter. A wife under the rule of a husband who belie [...]
From History to Present: Self-Care Through Yoga in the Black Community
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âĄThey Misjudged YouâBut You Didnât Disappear
You know whatâs wild?
They thought that breaking you would end the story.They thought silence meant defeat.They mistook your stillness for surrender. [...]
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 youâre still playing smallâwhen you know youâre [...]
CONFIDENCE/POWER/RESILIENCE

Before MTV: The Hidden Story of the First Black Music Video and the Legacy It Built
Thereâs something powerful about this moment in history.Not just the musicâbut the intention behind it.Movement. Precision. Style. Storytelling before [...]
The Five Forgotten Benefits of Conflict (audio)
 If we use it right, conflict is a great tool for building stronger and healthier communities.  Tonya GJ Prince offers five ways we tend to for [...]

đ¤ Deep Affirmations That Speak to Fear
đĽ I will not lie to myself about fear
I am afraid sometimes â and still, I move.
Fear is not weakness. Fear means Iâm standing at the ed [...]
HEALTHING JOURNEY
The Black Woman Who Invented AI Before It Existed (w/affirmations)
⨠Affirmations for Women Who See Differently
My vision is a gift; I honor the way I see the world.
I trust my insights, even when they [...]
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?Â
Now all those years watching Soul Train and I did not make this connection when MC Hammer, who I a [...]
đş You Are the Proof â Not the Problem
They said you were the problem.Too loud. Too soft. Too different. Too much.But the truth is, you were only ever too real for a world addicted to pre [...]
Vivica A. Fox: A master class in showing up and showing out from her days on Soul Train
Soul Train dancers were not âjust dancers.â
They were artists.
People sometimes talk about Soul Train like it was simply a place to party.
But look [...]
Empowering Quotes from Women Who Defined Strength
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From Dreams to Reality: How to Create a Vision Board (book) (survivoraffirmations.com)
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30 Days of Self-Compassion for Stress Relief (ebook) ( [...]
Why Insomnia Is a Silent Epidemic in the Black Diaspora
Sleep is supposed to be a place of peace. Yet for many across the Black diaspora, rest feels distant, interrupted, or impossible. Insomnia isnât just [...]
She Is AMAZING
Survivor Affirmations: I Carry Forward the Creativity and Brilliance of Women Who Came Before Me.
Sarah Boone (1832â1904) was one of the first Black women in the United States to receive a patent, but not the very first.
In 1892, Boone w [...]
18 Things You Didn’t Know were Invented By Black Women
Just because some people try to keep you unsung doesnât mean your melody is lost. âInnovation is my inheritance, and I multiply it daily. [...]
Why Harriet Tubman Gave the Gift the Freedom on Christmas Eve
Harriet Tubman helped her brothers escape at Christmas. Their master intended to sell them after Christmas but was delayed by the holi [...]
Survivor Affirmations Inspired by The Joy Luck Club (with audio book)
Thereâs something sacred about The Joy Luck Club.Not just the storyâbut the witnessing. The layering. The quiet truths that refuse to stay buried.
Le [...]
The Forgotten Scientist Who Cured Leprosy â The Story of Alice Ball (w/affirmations)
The Forgotten Scientist Who Cured Leprosy â The Story of Alice Ball: A pioneering woman's life cut short before she reached her full potential and los [...]
Keep on Movin: Quotes on Perseverance from Black Women
⼠Someone was hurt before you, wronged before you, hungry before you, frightened before you, beaten before you, humiliated before you, raped b [...]
ART HEALS
Great Re-Inventors: Eartha Kitt #courage #changeyourlife #comeback
After being blacklisted in the United States in 1968, Eartha Kitt had several choices. She chose to find new doors and soar.
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Sometimes Integrity Gets You Removed: And That Doesnât Mean You Were Wrong
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 1964: During a tour of South Africa, sh [...]
Survivor Affirmation: Moving My Feet In Rhythm is a Sacred Metaphor
 Double Dutch is such a sacred metaphor â playful on the surface, but underneath itâs about rhythm, timing, breath, courage, community, and ancestral [...]
9 Quotes from Maya Angelou to Nourish the Survivor’s Soul (Part 1)
Updated for 2025
đż For the Survivorâs Journey
1. âThere is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.â
2. âYou alone are eno [...]
JOURNALING/WRITING IN A HEALTHIER WORLD
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