On the Couch - CurlyNikki

Sep 21

Try This When You Feel Stuck and Unmotivated

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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…

Sep 21

Relationships and Natural Hair

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by @youfrogirl via GlobalCoutureblog.net Although I am single, and I think women should feel free to do whatever they want to their hair, regardless of what their partner thinks, I do understand taking his opinion into consideration. In my experience, men don’t really know what they like until AFTER they see it when it comes to hairstyles. If you…

Sep 21

I’m Not 26 and Neither Is My Hair…

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by Sabrina Perkins of http://www.seriouslynatural.org/ Well, it's true. I'm not 26...I'm not 30...not even 35 and I passed up 40 a couple of years ago. Yup, that's right....I'm 42 and will hit 43 around Labor Day. What does that all mean? That just means my hair is 42 too and it ain't like it was when I was 26 just…

Sep 21

Sometimes Things Have to Fall Apart to Come Together

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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.…

Sep 21

Rosalba- “Being natural is so easy…”

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Tell me about yourself! Hey, my name is Rosalba. I'm 27 years old and I've lived in New York for the past 10 years. Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper? What was your journey like? I tried to transition but the process was discouraging, so I decided to chop it all. Had you always embraced your texture? To…