Stacie J. & her girls/ Sheryl Roberts and her son By Erickka Sy Savané Written a few years back, this article about two moms who were forced to pay more attention to their mental health is just what the doctor ordered for Mental Health Month! Please read and take a moment to reflect on whether you’re taking care of yourself…
Photo of Cardi B via GQ By Kerika Fields Nalty We all want to be better versions of ourselves. We want to grow, change, evolve and we definitely should. Listen, a serious juice cleanse never hurt anybody. And a diet does indeed do a body good. But at what point does this pass into obsession? Things like constantly dieting/fasting, spending…
-Nikki Walton The moment you notice you’re worrying or overthinking: STOP Continue Take your attention out of your head (and thoughts) and down into your stomach, and notice how it rises and falls with each breath. Notice that there are no thoughts down there, in your stomach. Can you see that? The space in your head may be full of thoughts,…
By Devon Mac There’s this word that I’ve become newly acquainted with called repression. To say that I’ve become newly acquainted with repression is sort of misleading because most of my conscious and breathing moments on this earth, apart from early childhood, have been lived repressed. What I mean is that at 40 now, I’ve become a lot more conscious…
By Veronica Wells I think I got my first perm at about five years old. For most children, it’s not exactly the age of rebellion. Instead, it was the age of conditioning and obedience. I was conditioned to sit still and quiet for as long as possible so I could get the best results. And I was a Black…
By Tiffy Kink As a black woman, I think that black people are some of the strongest human beings to ever exist on planet earth. However, we can sometimes be too prideful in ourselves, to the point where we are willing to suffer in silence. We have a tendency to let fear and shame invade our minds and silence us….
Vladimire Calixte By Michelby Coco Whitehead When I was in high school, I didn’t see the hype about the Lifetime channel. Every Saturday afternoon the women in my family would be glued to the television watching what I thought was a bunch of cliché’ drama between a female protagonist and her insane male love interest. At 16-years-old, I thought it…
Lauren Ash and Zakkiyyah Najeebah host Black Girl in Om By Niesha Davis For years, mental health issues have long been stigmatized in the Black community. And for Black women specifically, we have been taught to keep quiet about the pain, anxiety, and anguish that often eats at us on the daily. It’s only been in recent years that Black…
By Erickka Sy Savané Not long ago, I was having a moment about an article I wrote that was pissing a lot of women off. Not everyone, but enough that I started to let it get to me. Being a writer today is interesting because you do your best to convey a message that you believe in, and the truth…
James Bland & Vanessa Baden Kelly via giantstheseries IG By Sharee Silerio Have you ever watched a show that depicted your life story so accurately that you thought it was about you? No? Me either. But there is a web series on YouTube that comes very close, and it’s called “Giants.” The hit series is executive produced by Jussie Smollett (“Empire”),…
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