โThey keep calling me namesโฆ does that make it true?โ (No, and hereโs why it doesnโt.)
Let them talk.
Let them build stories out of shadows.
Let them sculpt their own fears into your silhouette
and call it truth. [...]
BLACK GIRLS WE GREW UP WITH ๐บ๐ค
Before many of us knew the word โrepresentation,โ we knew the feeling.
We knew what it meant to turn on the television and see a Black girl there.
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Your Fall Pain Reducing Anti-Inflammatory Recipes Most Everyone Can Prepare
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๐ฟ Josephine Baker: She Found a Place Where She Could Breathe
Josรฉphine Bakerย did not just โmove to France.โ
She left a place that constrained herโฆand stepped into a place that, for a time, allowed her to expand [...]
The Missing Link in Healing Trauma: Somatic Awareness
Many Survivors carry trauma not just in memories, but in their muscles, breath, posture, and stillness. This snippet reveals how real healing be [...]
Survivor Affirmations: History Remembers What is Rooted in Truth, Love, and Dignity.
American fashion icon Dapper Dan shares the history of the Adinkra symbol 'Sankofa' in Harlem, New York (& other places around the United St [...]
Survivor Affirmations Inspired by The Joy Luck Club (with audio book)
Thereโs something sacred aboutย The Joy Luck Club.Not just the storyโbut the witnessing. The layering. The quiet truths that refuse to stay buried.
Le [...]
Black Culture is SO Beautiful
Black culture is truly a wonderful vibe. Being Black is a beautiful blessing I wouldnโt trade for anything in the world!
Dear God, thank You for th [...]
My Story Doesnโt Need Their Permission to Matter
SurvivorAffirmations.com | Inspired by WeSurviveAbuse.com
Some people will never believe youโnot because your story isnโt true,but because acceptin [...]
โ๐พ Affirmations to Rebuild Trust in Yourself After Abuse
Because you were never brokenโjust interrupted. Now, you rise.
I am learning to trust my inner voice again. It never left meโit was o [...]
๐ธ Groovy Affirmations: Becoming Beautiful to Myself, for Myself
The more I become myself, the more I become art.
ย I create my own rhythm of beautyโno mirrors required.
My reflection is a remix of every less [...]
Survivor Affirmations: I Love Myself Because I am Worthy of Love! (video and audio)
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I love myself because I am worthy of love.
I respect myself and the healing journey that I have taken to bring me to thi [...]
The Bold Choice to Live AND Thrive
Tyka said I could, so I did. -Prince (Tyka Nelson was Prince's sister who recently passed away)
Notice how people speak about sacrifices made for art [...]
A Juneteenth Reflection for SurvivorAffirmations: Not a Bill. A Bridge.
Some of us grew up hearing about sacrifice in ways that hurt.
โI did everything for you.โ
โAfter all I gave up.โ
โYou owe me.โ
Tho [...]
Congolese Women, Sacred Knowledge, and Spiritual Leadership: A Gentle Introduction
There is a quiet truth that has always existed, even when it wasnโt written down.
Across the lands now known as the Democratic Republic of the Cong [...]
Lessons from Pam Grier’s Memoir for Survivors
updated from December 2024
I love it when women tell our own stories in our own words!
When Pam Grier's memoir came out...I [...]
Bridget Mason From Slave To Richest Landowning Los Angeles Resident
โLike Biddy Mason, I rise from chains to choices.โ
โI build wealth not just for myself, but as a legacy for generations.โ
โMy past [...]
Different Go-Go, Same Refusal to Disappear into Misery
I just discovered something beautiful.
There are two kinds of โGoGo.โ
One was born in Washington, DC.
One comes from Tanzania.
And somehow [...]
The Forgotten Scientist Who Cured Leprosy โ The Story of Alice Ball (w/affirmations)
The Forgotten Scientist Who Cured Leprosy โ The Story of Alice Ball: A pioneering woman's life cut short before she reached her full potential and los [...]
Artist Jossie Harris Thacker: Building On Where You Come From โ Without Going To War With It
Some of us were taught that โhealingโ means disowning everything that shaped us.
The accent.The neighborhood.The elders.The songs.The faith.The grit. [...]
Hidden Black Film Herstory: Stompin at the Savoy | Directed by Debbie Allen
Sometimes Black womenโs films are praised for being โnice,โ โnostalgic,โ or โbeloved,โ while the craft gets undercounted. Stompinโ at the Savoy was no [...]
9 Quotes from Maya Angelou to Nourish the Survivor’s Soul (Part 2)
Updated for 2025
๐ Resilience & Strength
โYou may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced [...]
๐ต Tennessee: A Prayer for the Weary Soul
I miss the days when there was prayer in hip hop. Vulnerability in hip hop. And baring of the weary sick and tired soul in hip-hop.
โ [...]
When Reality Is Contested: How Survivors Protect Their Truth in Controlled Narratives
Itโs about trust in what is real.Itโs about who gets to define truth.Itโs about whether change is organic or imposed.And itโs about whether people are [...]
