Self Worth

I’m a plant Mom again. I didn’t realize I was sensitive about it until I sent one of my relatives pictures of my plants. She didn’t say anything. 😕 I …

“But That’s Your Family…” There’s a sacred pain that often goes unnamed.The kind of pain that comes from realizing that someone you are related to has broken your heart—not through …

Before the world taught you to doubt yourself,before people gaslit you into second-guessing your own heartbeat,you knew. You knew what you felt.You knew what was wrong.You knew when something was …

Letting go is not weakness.Letting go is not failure.Letting go is not giving up. Letting go is sacred.Letting go is survival.Letting go is Womanist work. Because when you’ve been taught …

Boundaries aren’t walls.They’re doors you open for love — and shut to harm. For too long, women, especially Black women, have been praised for how much we can endure.How much …

They don’t talk about how painful starting over can be.They don’t talk about how holy it is either. Sometimes it doesn’t look like courage.It looks like sitting on the floor …

We should make time to talk more about how messy rebirth can be. It’s not all light and inspiration.It’s grieving what you thought would last.It’s standing in the ashes of …

When you’ve survived abuse — especially the kind that twists your reality, shames your feelings, or calls your truth a lie —self-trust doesn’t just come back overnight.It returns in fragments. …

After abuse, courage doesn’t roar back all at once.It flickers.It shakes.It comes in broken whispers and trembling steps.And that’s okay. Courage after abuse is not sudden.It is built.Brick by brick.Breath …

Healing after emotional abuse isn’t about “getting back to normal.”It’s about building a new normal — one where you trust yourself again, where your needs matter, and where your peace …