My strength is sacred, but I do not have to carry everything alone. I release the belief that asking for help makes me weak. Support is not failure; it is…
Discouragement is part of the battle. It always has been. But defeatist language can become dangerous when it stops people from seeking help, making plans, or naming what they truly…
While coaching and counseling can both support Survivors, they are not the same service. Counseling is usually clinical mental health support. It is medical care. Your insurance plan may pay…
“Being asked to ignore degradation is not an invitation to be strong. It is an invitation to disappear. And you were never meant to disappear.” For Survivors, language is never…
When people express pain, shock, and grief; your confusion is not an emergency. And it is not more urgent than a woman’s grief. What we are witnessing, again, is how…
There was a time when America believed a slogan could solve a crisis. The Just Say No campaign told people: Just say no to drugs. Simple. Clear. Repeatable. And it failed, failed,…
Across social media and public conversations, there is a pattern many Black women recognize immediately. When a crisis emerges somewhere in the world, voices appear demanding that Black women: organize…
updated from July 11, 2025 — Especially When We’re Still Doing Most of the Work for Less Pay This piece honors the fact that women perform approximately 76.2% of total…
Apologies are part of recognizing that you are a human being and that others are too. We live in a world with other human beings that doesn’t recognize that fact.…
“Don’t let folks play in your face.”-Black Proverb Public humiliation is often dismissed as personality conflict, humor, or spectacle. But humiliation, especially when repeated or strategic, is rarely just a…