“Skin Don’t Stop No Show” Burn Survivor Julie Saint-Fleur Shares Her Story, 6 Months into Recovery As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Open letter: When I got burned all my doctors would say is “a year from now you’ll get to do this or that again.” So, now that I’m halfway there I feel it’s only fair to share…
Photo by Jakayla Toney on Unsplash My Therapist Taught Me: Overextending Was My Trauma Response As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Tanya Jefferies put attending therapy on her vision board for the past eight years. But she never followed through. Eventually, circumstances caused her to finally prioritize her mental health. For the last story of #MyTherapistTaughtMe series, Tanya speaks…
My Therapist Taught Me: Make Peace With Uncertainty As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Caron, a child prodigy and classically trained vocalist, began therapy as a teenager. As a woman who lives with anxiety and major depressive disorder, she’s been in therapy consistently for more than 20 years. During our conversation, she shared why everyone needs access to…
You Glow Differently When You See Yourself The Way Love Sees You – Go(o)d Mornings with CurlyNikki Go(o)d Morning, beautiful! Take a while to listen to today’s 9-minute-long check-in and reset from “Go(o)d Mornings with CurlyNikki”! Join our free community of Go(o)d Friends to deep dive into today’s practice with us! One step to REAL Self-confidence. Let’s go! Today’s Quotes: “You…
PHOTO VIA @MOMCRUSHMONDAY by Karen Shaw When I look in the mirror, I see a woman with a large head of hair. Sometimes it behaves and curls right, but other times it protests and does its own thing. Either way, I smile at my reflection and make nice with it, because it’s mine and here to stay. My 3-year-old daughter…
By Kerika Fields Nalty When I turned forty-eight in March, someone asked me how old I was and I found myself faced with a conundrum: To lie, or not to lie? Continue On a good day, I can get away with saying forty-two. On a great day (in the right lighting with a pink lipstick and if I don’t talk…
Photo courtesy of Sabrina Nelson By Sabrina Nelson I was 21 when I got breast implants in 2002. My boyfriend at the time suggested I get them and even offered to pay for them if I lost 10 pounds and I was only 110 pounds at the time. He was 10 years older than me and had implanted an ideal…
Amber Wagner aka Jstlbby By Kira Sparkles Y’all, I am in love with Amber Wagner. When I say that name, it might not ring a bell, but I guarantee you’ve seen her videos before on her Instagram as she’s more famously known as Just Living Baby (@jstlbby). This 26 year old, Los-Angeles based homegirl stands out and is impossible to…
By Valarie Stephens What does it mean to be a black woman? Is it the way we walk? Is it the way we talk? Or is it something that comes from within? Or just maybe it’s none of those things at all. Maybe it’s simply our melanated skin. Continue I often wondered if I were ever enough. I, the quiet…
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