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Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Today, August 31st, is “National Eat Outside Day”. Whether you decide to have a picnic, cookout, or grab a snack, outside is calling and what better time than now to pick up the phone? But most of all, you’ll be soaking up natural sunlight which increases serotonin, may aid in healing certain cancers (in moderation),…
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For Colored Girls Who Chose Themselves Cuz Boundary Setting Made Them Realize They Were Enough
Lack of boundaries invites lack of respect -Anonymous There’s been a recent trend that we’ve been seeing amongst our young black queens; a sudden uptake in choosing to honor mental health above any public pressure to just ‘shut up and dribble’. Recently, the GOAT Simone Biles gracefully bowed out of the team Olympic finals and…
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You Are Your Best Thing
In the name of our Elder, Mother Toni Morrison. Do you look at yourself in the mirror and exclaim, “Girl, you are a boss ass bitch!!”? Do you ever find yourself attempting to use your knees like they are still under factory warranty? Maybe you enjoy doing hood rat things with your friends, or by…
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In the name of Bebe Moore Campbell
“Once my loved ones accepted the diagnosis, healing began for the entire family, but it took too long. It took years. Can’t we, as a nation, begin to speed up that process? We need a national campaign to de-stigmatize mental illness, especially one targeted toward African Americans…It’s not shameful to have a mental illness. Get…
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Put Some Respeck on My Name
We’re continuing our “B%*@H I’m Tired” series this week. And this goes out to all the ladies in the place with style and grace that never found their names on a souvenir in the gift shop or a Coke Bottle. Yeah that shit was disappointing, but what’s worse is having your beautiful name butchered time…
Cookin' n Heels
Mindful, Intuitive Living
Cookin' n Heels 