by GG of AllTheManyLayers.com When you are afraid of something and you think about this fear a lot, you based your actions around it and you give it energy. Read On!>>> You actually have a subconscious desire or expectation for it to happen. What if you used the energy of your thoughts and intentions to create brave feelings and authentic…
by GG of AllTheManyLayers.com I was an intense kid and I learned early on that it wasn’t a ‘cool’ thing to be so I did my best to conceal it. But everything stayed with me. I felt that I carried not only my own problems around with me but those of everyone else. The homeless man on the street. The…
by GG of AllTheManyLayers.com I used to tell myself to be patient. I’d say, “Your turn is coming. Blessings are on the way.” This mindset kept me envying other people’s ‘turns’ and overlooking today, in favor of some tomorrow. Read On!>>> Patience is important but it’s more than simply waiting for results, resolutions, blessings or anything else. It’s about…
CN says- that’s my Boogie rockin’ two-strands! by Keora Bernard About a year ago, I experienced naturalism in a profound way. I was confronted with the recycled mentalities that still exist among households of color about having coarser textured natural strands. Instead of doing my own hair, I decided that I would let my next door neighbor do my hair….
by GG of All The Many Layers It’s always been important to me to be thought of as pretty and polished and nice to look at. Sounds vain, but as a woman, perhaps you can relate. I talked about the roots of this a bit here. With that said, I work diligently to position myself as a champion for shameless self-possession. I celebrate…
by GG of AllTheManyLayers “People like me more when they think I’m pretty.” I can’t tell you when, but at some point in my childhood I began to believe this was true. This is what the media, my environment and even my mother taught me. The media taught me to compare myself to touched up, perfect images and the…
by GG of AllTheManyLayers I thought I was lazy. I had many interests and ideas but I rarely saw anything through to completion. I saw fellow students and coworkers who were passionate, totally turned on by their work, as I looked on, wondering how that felt. I just wasn’t inspired. I played the student/employee role well, but inside I always…
by GG of AllTheManyLayers When you pray and ask for growth and then everything falls apart. Smile up at the heavens. Make peace with the process. Have faith. Sometimes I look at myself in the mirror and I don’t feel beautiful. I look around at my life and it seems messy and ineffective. And yet I feel so brave….
by Christian Byshe’ of www.chicandcoily.com My little girl is growing up in a household where mommy walks around the house with a lopsided kinky twa while simultaneously doing laundry, feeding the unwanted guinea pig, and furiously tapping away at her computer. Her view point of natural hair will be totally different because it is pretty much all she knows. She…
by GG of AllTheManyLayers I enjoy watching other people. I’m fascinated by how they move and interact with one another. Maybe that’s one reason why I enjoy reading and watching biographies. The statement “Every life has a story” is one of my favorite sayings. My social media page includes this statement, but it ends with “I’m living mine.” I guess…
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