Category: Ascending/Rising UP
Survivor Affirmations: Deep Lessons in Resilience
"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it." — Maya Angelou
Resilience is not the absence of hardship. It is the cap [...]
Survivor Affirmations: Deep Lessons in Self-Assurance
"You alone are enough." — Maya Angelou
Self-assurance is a quiet confidence rooted in knowing who you are. It doesn't require applause, constant ag [...]
Before the Dress Code Debate: 8 Gentle Questions to Ask Yourself If You Never Feel Like Getting Ready
Some conversations become so loud that we forget to ask the quieter questions.
Recently, there has been discussion surrounding Tuskegee U [...]
Affirmations for the Messy Middle of Healing (Not Linear, Not Perfect)
Somebody sold you a lie about healing. They told you it was a staircase — one clean step after another, moving you up and away from the pain until one [...]
Reverend MLK Jr. Reminds Us That Comparisons Are Not the Survivor’s Friend: 10 Affirmations
Comparisons Are Not the Survivor's Friend
There's a quiet voice that shows up sometimes, usually when you're already tired. It says: why haven't I he [...]
SurvivorAffirmations: Peace and Safety Are Sacred Gardens
To grow up with people who gardened and made preserves was to know that things of nature require protection and care. GenX played outside a lot, but w [...]
Sometimes Your Haters Are Your Unpaid Strength Coaches
Angel went straight to the source at the end of the game 😭
I smiled when I saw Angel Reese acknowledge people who had been heckling her from th [...]
Finding Freedom Through Movement: How Dance Becomes a Healing Journey from Abuse 💃✨
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, [...]
Affirmations for Women Beyond Respectability
I am worthy because I am human, not because I fit someone else's definition of a "good woman."
I do not have to earn my dignity. It belongs to me.
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Dr. George Tann: Your Value Does Not Disappear Because Others Refuse to See It
So Netflix has a new adaptation of Little House on the Prairie and some people are calling it "woke."
A reminder that "woke" means aware, enlightened [...]