Before you embark on this “New year, Better me” journey; here are 20 questions to ask yourself in order to review with humility your success and failures, and clarify your dreams, desires and future projects!
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Every child dreams about having a doll or a superhero but it should be every child’s dream to have a doll or superhero that resembles them.
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If you thought getting started was the hardest part of pursuing a dream – you’re sadly mistaken. The real challenge comes right when you’re in the midst of the action.
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A new season is beginning, it is a good time for change. Here are 20 things you need to stop doing if you want to live a happier, healthier and better life!
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"But what do you do for a whole year?" That’s the question everyone asked me. I will share with you 6 reasons why taking a sabbatical is a step towards your dreams and can change your life.
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As we begin to navigate the residual winds lingering behind after Black History Month’s end, there’s no better to time resurrect all that is the magic that moves melanated people around the planet. Blackness. What exactly does that word mean to you?
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We are taught — by our well-meaning parents, our environment and the media — misguided recipes for success. Worse, we are told those who do not meet the standards are inferior to those who do. We put money, fame and beauty on a pedestal while we tuck integrity, loyalty and honesty in a dusty cupboard.
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Think of the last time you felt like you weren’t enough. Let your mind travel back to the most recent moment in time when you were convinced that you lacked something vital. When you made the realization, how did you feel?
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Here is an up-to-date chatting with some individuals about their backgrounds and insights on mental illness in the black community and what they have to tell
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Having anxiety is having to deal with your friends not understanding your space. It’s
having to fake the mood to make it, it’s to be judged for being over-confident, It's
dealing with Dissociation...
Last month I turned 30 + 1 years old in New York. What did turning 30 do to me? I have never felt this good in my own skin, in my own head and in my own shoes. 30 years, in reality, is just a number and not a barometer of my life. Here are the 5 things I learned at 30:
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Prior to that incident, I never felt any type of way about my backside but, thanks to homegirl, that was one more complex added to the pile.
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I can still vividly remember the night of November 4, 2008. I was sporting my Yes We Can’ t-shirt. I remember the goose bumps. I remember the overwhelming emotion. And the tears. The Obamas were the new first family.
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I’ve always liked Solange. There is something very admirable, and quite frankly, enviable, about people who are at ease with themselves. People who wear their individuality unabashedly. People who aren’t too afraid to call you out on your bullsh*t.
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Every now and then, we need a reminder of how great we are and a self pep-talk to start the day. Here is a list of affirmations you can recite daily. Enjoy!
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The image of a six-year old Ruby Bridges bring escorted by burly U.S. Marshals as she descends the steps of Frantz Elementary school in Louisiana, the first black child to do so, is one that always makes me well up with emotion.
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All my life, this six letter word has carried so much weight and up until this very minute, it's an ideal that completely eludes me and my self-perception. But I'll start at the beginning.
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"You're a lucky person". I hear it a lot. There aren't many ways to go about it; I hate hearing that phrase.
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