Healing

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 …