Self Love

updated from February 6, 2025 Survivor Affirmation Your boundaries are sacred. Nobody’s crisis, real or threatened, gets to override your right to protect your own life.         …

For a short season, my home state had a WNBA team, and I got to go and see a few games up close with my siblings. I was in my …

The Gate That Didn’t Trust Anyone At first glance, it’s just an old wooden gate.It squeaks when it opens. It always swings shut. It stands quietly between a flourishing garden …

updated from March 27, 2025 It is an age-old, exhausting pattern: expecting Black women to absorb the impact, soothe, cushion, and hold space for men and male biology, even at …

updated from February 15 2026   One of the hardest lessons many women learn is this: Love does not require you to ignore what your eyes, your body, and your …

updated from July 27 2023 One of the biggest myths about manipulation is that it always looks aggressive. Sometimes manipulation looks like confusion. Instead of yelling, threatening, or making demands, …

  The most dangerous thing adults can do to a child is not always hurting them directly. Sometimes it is failing to see them clearly. Sometimes it is hearing their …

I deeply despise stories that depict women finding their way through to the other side of sex work or a season of promiscuity as being synonymous with change for the …

Some of us were never told that we deserved to feel safe.We were told to keep going.To be strong.To not make a scene.To forgive.To forget.To move on. So we did.We …

A woman asks for safety. Everyone else asks for evidence.   🌿 Sometimes a woman is not asking for much. She is asking for rest. She is asking for privacy. …