Category: Healing
The More You Heal, the More You Offend Those Who Don’t Want To
Healing is sacred work. And yet, it can come with surprising backlash— [...]
💔 They’ve Been Ignoring Our Pain for Generations. But We Still Feel It.
On yesterday there was a non-subtle outcry on at least one social me [...]
📌 Allyship Is Not a Dating Obligation
Let’s make something abundantly clear:
Being an ally to a group, a [...]
What Stays When You Start Healing
We talk a lot about what you lose when you heal:The people who walk [...]
Who Leaves When You Start Healing
They don’t always leave when you’re breaking.Sometimes they leave wh [...]
Healing Changed Me—And Some People Only Loved the Version of Me Who Didn’t Know Her Worth
A post for the Survivor who’s outgrowing relationships built on thei [...]
You’re Not Failing—You’re Feeling
A post for Survivors who mistake emotional struggle for regression[...]
Healing Hurts—and It Hurts for a Long Time
Everyone wants to talk about healing like it’s a tidy process.A quic [...]
You Can Love People and Still Set Firm, Protective Boundaries
They’ll tell you that love means saying "yes".That love means flexibil [...]
E. Lynn Harris: The Visionary Black Author Who Gave Us Stories We’d Never Seen—But Always Needed
Long before mainstream platforms embraced diverse stories, he was doin [...]
Power Doesn’t Always Mean Protection—And That’s the Problem
I’ve worked with women in power.Judges. Prosecutors. City council me [...]
Naming is Healing. Naming is Legacy
There is power in a name.
When you name an experience, you call it ou [...]
Your Defense of Them Is a Betrayal of Me
Let’s say this out loud—for the ones still doubting themselves.For the [...]
Zainab Jama Is the Voice So Many Girls Have Been Waiting For
Zainab Jama, Miss World Somalia 2025, is not just a beauty queen—She [...]
What Is Spiritual Violence? And Why We Must Talk About It
“If your faith doesn’t let you cry, rage, rest, or leave the places [...]
Why the Silence Runs Deeper: The Hidden Barriers Black Women Face in Seeking Help
"They ask why she stayed. They never ask why the world made it so ha [...]
Dance Is a Weapon, a Womb, a Way Back to Ourselves
They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds. And we da [...]
Victim-Blaming Is Enabling Abuse
Let’s name it plain:Victim-blaming doesn’t protect anyone. It protects [...]
We Didn’t Come Here to Be Palatable
We did not come here to be pleasant.We did not come here to repeat w [...]
I Don’t Owe You an Explanation for Why I Saved My Own Life
They wanted a monologue.A meeting.A “mature conversation.”
They wan [...]