Month: November 2021
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Black Friday hit different for me this year.
I will let you in on a secret: I usually love Black Friday. But this year is different. That magical, buzzy feeling that used to come with finding deals is nowhere to be found.
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Friendship as Self-Care
As I work to deepen my self-care practice, I’m thinking beyond scented candles, warm tea, and getaways – all of which I love. I’m also thinking about my friends.
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When it comes to advancing racial justice, how deep are your roots?
It’s been 18 months since George Floyd was murdered. Are you still committed to racial justice? If not, it may be time to deepen your roots.
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The importance of getting away.
One of the best gifts my mother gave me was going on a getaway. I was a junior or senior in high school when she cut off her nearly waist-length locs, fluffed her fro, and packed her bags. She waved goodbye to me and my father and took off in a plane to South Africa. It was the first time I had seen her go on a trip by herself that wasn’t to visit family or travel for work. I decided to take note.
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What a DNA test can’t tell me.
Every holiday season, I get the urge to gift myself an ancestry test for Christmas. But every year, I talk myself out of it. I’m afraid of what the test won’t tell me.
well. 