Read article in it’s entirety at BlackEnterprise.com… By Lydia Blanco | February 17, 2019 When it comes to mental health issues, black women are more likely to experience mental health-related issues due to lower income, ...
By Niema Jordan | November 1, 2018 Read article in it’s entirety at Essence.com… Recovery can take many forms and unfolds differently for everyone. Here advocates around the country offer wisdom to help Black women ...
Advocating for yourself in the doctor’s office can sometimes be the difference between life or death. I know, that may sound dramatic, but it’s the truth. Picture this: You’re sitting in the doctor’s office, your ...
Like many other brown girls growing up in a beige world, code-switching was my second “foreign language” – the skill of communicating in a less than natural way to win approval and get what I ...
I will never forget going into the doctor’s office for a checkup and walking out with life-changing news. In the midst of living my best single life – great job, beautiful home, and more I.N.D.E.P.E.N.D.E.N.T. ...
New year, new you; to-do lists can be daunting, stressful, and altogether counterproductive. With so many people making New Year’s resolutions to hit the gym or finally take that exotic vacation (not that those are ...
The holidays are a time of gifts and parties and commitments to everyone else but ourselves. It’s crazy! And I used to be the type of person that plugged into the crazy until I ran ...
To all the 90s kids out there, you probably remember Tia Mowry from Sister, Sister. But did you also know that she’s 1 of the 5 million women in the U.S. who struggles with endometriosis? ...
We’re loving Christine Michel Carter’s article on why she’s teaching her young daughter to feel like the queen that she is. Even though your mom or grandma likely said some version of, ‘stay out of ...
This Breast Cancer Awareness month has us thinking a lot about what it means for Black women to take care of our health. Black women were recently added to the high-risk group for breast cancer ...
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