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 Owe Us. We Built You” Why The Church Should Apologize To Black Women As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com I was scrolling through Facebook recently and I saw a post from Caron about the single’s ministry in a Black church being comprised entirely of women. The post spoke specifically about the single’s ministry. But I saw it as…
In Two Years, I Got Married, Lost My Father & My Job, Watched My Husband Have A Stroke & Gave Birth As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com What let you guys know it was the right time to get married? High school sweethearts. And it’s also interesting because there was the path that we were on of waiting until…
Muscles Pop On Darker Skin: One Black Woman’s Bodybuilding Journey As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com How were you introduced to the concept of bodybuilding? I went to the Arnold Classics two years ago and experienced a bodybuilding competition for the first time. I saw women doing different fitness categories: bikini, figure, and physique. Bikini is sassy, lean, and…
Photo by Claudia Wolff on Unsplash Black Women and Mental Health: The Pressure to Say We’re OK When We’re Not As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com When would you say you noticed that you were having feelings of anxiety that were a little more intense than they should be? College was when it started getting noticeable for me. I’ve…
Photo by Charles Eugene on Unsplash Single Motherhood: I Feel Like There’s A Child Who Wants To Come Into This World Through Me As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Last week, we detailed Alexis Garrett Stodghill’s journey to freeze her eggs and conceive a child in more technical, scientific terms. This week, she’s speaking about the spiritual aspect of…
Photo by Baptista Ime James on Unsplash Pain, Plans & Picking A Donor: A Black Woman’s IVF Journey As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Alexis Garrett Stodghill shares her very intimate, emotionally, and physically draining journey to freeze her eggs and have a child. NSNC: Were marriage and children something you always saw for yourself or was it something…
Photo by Juli Kosolapova on Unsplash Being Pro-Black When You’re Perceived As White As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Originally published on MadameNoire.com When I started to interview therapists and parents about raising pro-Black children, I didn’t consider all realities. Being that the story idea was based on Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, I was thinking about parents who…
Photo by Chad Madden on Unsplash #LogOffSis A Critique of Our Attachment to Social Media By Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Before I get into this, I want you to know I do recognize the irony of you reading this message of #LogOffSis from your cell phone or computer screen. But truth be told, the digital space is the most effective,…
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