Category: Womb Wellness
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The Black Woman’s Womb, The White Man’s Playground: The Truth About Hysterectomies
“History, despite its wrenching pain cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage need not be lived again” Maya Angelou Hysterectomies run in my maternal line. My grandmother, mother and aunt have all had partial or full hysterectomies. And no one seems to think it’s a big deal. They appear to be just as insignificant […]
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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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The Power of a 24-Hour Fast
“Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit” Ezra Taft Benson “Instead of medicine, fast for a day” Plutarch Life can become quite overwhelming and easily overburden us. It can easily feel as if we are drowning in a sea of obligations and duties. We fail to prioritize […]
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Black Woman Heal: The Racism in Gynecology
“History, despite its wrenching pain cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage need not be lived again” Maya Angelou This is a special blog post because it includes excerpts from my latest book, “The Black Girl’s Guide to Healing: 10 Ways to Achieve a Healthy, Pain Free Period”. The Black woman must take her […]