Wisdom

Some of today’s loudest movements say they’re about justice, liberation, and community. But too often, when someone disagrees—or simply asks a question—the response is silence. Or exile. Or a quiet, …

   All Around the World Girls Matter

As incredibly talented as she is, Jenifer Lewis is also a teacher!  She is a teacher to all who struggle with mental illness, racism, sexism, and abuse. She is open …

Let’s talk about something that happens all too often—especially to women, especially to Survivors. Someone insults us.Mocks us.Lies about us.Disrespects our identity, our womanhood, our power, our pain. And then—days, …

There’s something sacred about a warning call in the wild. A rustle.A cry.A shift in the wind.The herd doesn’t debate.The birds don’t fact-check.The others don’t roll their eyes and say, …

Fellow women and please share this message with girls: You are not “difficult.”You are not “too sensitive.”You are aware.You are awake.You are wired for survival, and that’s not a flaw. …

And Why That Doesn’t Mean You’re Broken There’s something few people talk about after abuse ends:The way self-doubt clings to you like a second skin. Even long after the harm …

We weren’t handed safe spaces.We’ve had to build them from scratch— with whatever was in our hands,whatever was in our hearts,and sometimes, just with breath and hope alone. For generations, …

There are languages that carry the rhythm of a people’s soul.Languages that rise and fall like the breath of generations. Xhosa is one of those languages. A language born from …

It may be noticed when specific groups build their own healing spaces but nearly everyone builds their own healing spaces where people who live, speak, cry, die, and sing like …