Category: Self-Realization
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8 Things Mentally Tough Black Women Don’t Do
“Step into the fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn you; it will only burn what you are not” Mooju As a self-proclaimed mentally tough and resilient Black woman, I strive daily to live a principled and spiritually authentic existence that honors my Melanin Rich DNA. Living as such, the things I DON’T do…
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Bish Don’t Kill My Vibe: How Carrying the Dumped Baggage of Others Holds You Back
“And then I suddenly realized that I was not obligated to carry the suitcases that I didn’t pack and didn’t have my name on them” A. Nichole For years I allowed people to dump their low-self-esteem, feelings of unworthiness, unhealed childhood traumas, failed relationship wounds and anything else they didn’t want to carry or deal…
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Breathe Again: A 7-Step Guide to Heal From Heartbreak and Open Your Heart to Love
On Tuesday, 8/9, I’m releasing my 10th e-book on Amazon! I am so excited to share the Preface and Introduction with you! Preface Ann Voskamp said, “Shame dies when stories are told in safe places.” The safest place I know is in the pages of the books I read and the ones I write. Before…
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Black Does Crack: The Accelerated Aging of the Black Woman
“The only thing, no matter how long you live; that is truly yours, is your body” J. California Cooper The current state of Black women can be defined as looking good on the outside, while feeling bad on the inside. We have the hair, nails, lashes, makeup, clothes, shoes, and bags, and we are killing…
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Why Your Loved One Died WITH COVID-19
“All disease is curable, but the cure can only be found in the body.” Unknown I saw a post on FB that inspired this article. It said, “y’all, please go get vaccinated. I don’t want to lose any more friends.” In a world ruled by propagandized and weaponized fear, I would like to bring the…
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My Intermittent Fasting Journey
This is Chapter 1 from my upcoming book, “The Black Girl’s Guide to Intermittent Fasting and Nutrition“ “My gran told me that people are supposed to struggle. If you don’t, how would you know that you won” K. Zauditu Selassie I’m no stranger to fasting. Growing up in the COGIC church, I learned all about…
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Black America: Pick A Side & Stand On It
“A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways” James 1:8 2021 revealed the double-mindedness of Black America. The definition of double-minded is: wavering in mind : undecided, vacillating. Black America is wavering in mind when it comes to its stance toward White America. When the police kill a black man, woman or child, Black…
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Birth Control & Black Womanhood
“They are afraid a woman can be this strong. This color. This soft. This powerful” Ijeoma Umebinyuo In 2016, I decided that I was done with birth control. I did not want to put anything that was man made or altered by man in my body any longer. I had stopped putting a perm in…
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Get Yo Life: 4 Ways to Eliminate Every Day Stressors
“It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it” Lena Horne Stress is the normal and natural response of our bodies to survive an impending physical danger. The sympathetic nervous system is stimulated. Adrenaline and cortisol floods the body. Our blood pressure spikes, the heart beats faster, our senses become…
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Unfit To Be A Slave
“You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man” Fredrick Douglass When Fredrick Douglass was taught to read by his Master’s wife, she was scolded by her husband and forbidden from teaching him any further. Master Auld explained: “If you give a nigger an…