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Skin Don't Stop No Show Burn Survivor Julie Saint Fleur Shares Her Story

“Skin Don’t Stop No Show” Burn Survivor Julie Saint-Fleur Shares Her Story 6 Months into Recovery

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“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…

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therapist, trauma

My Therapist Taught Me: Overextending Was My Trauma Response

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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…

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My Therapist Taught Me: Make Peace With Uncertainty

My Therapist Taught Me: Make Peace With Uncertainty

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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…

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Lupita Nyong’o Celebrates Her Skin With Children’s Book ‘Sulwe’

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Photo via filmsor.net By Mwabi Kaira In the ongoing conversation about skin hues and how uncomfortable the world seems to be with dark skin, Academy award winner Lupita Nyong’o has fared well and seems to have come through pretty unscathed since emerging in the public eye back in 2013. Other than former NBA player Gilbert Arenas dumb remarks about Lupita…

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How Your Hair Ties to Your Self-esteem

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 By Mary Wolff Women have had their bodies policed since the beginning of time. As with many things in life, women of color, in particular, have felt the overwhelming pressures of this policing on everything from skin tone and hair texture to body shape. More and more researchers, professors, and thinkers are coming together in a quest to understand the…

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