Before attending one of my recovery meetings, I found racist abuse all over it’s poster because it was a closed space for folks who identify as people of color. Keeping this boundary is an important part of keeping the space safe for members to share their truth and minimise racial codependency (code switching) if white […]
Author: June Allen
Courage
Courage builds character. It’s a revolutionary love that drives our actions through fear. Courage comes from the Latin word cor which means heart, and doing the heartwork is what seeds miracles. With a legacy where pain is fused with identity, healing is damn, hard work. We need the courage to face ourselves, to ask for […]
The Power of Solitude
In a world that rewards the hustle, many feel that solitude is wasted time. As superwomen, we werk our capes and ram each ‘should’ and ‘have to,’ in what little, precious time our days will bare. Solitude honours the truth. It lifts the veil on how we feel about ourselves when no one’s watching. She […]
Sunday Serenity: Superpower Sobriety
Racial Sobriety is the superpower that rebuilds our lives from the inside out. Our experience is filtered through the lens of self compassionate, instead of endless bleeding from the wounds of chronic black shame. Addiction is not just about the drink and drugs, it’s any compulsive behavior that allows us to escape the pain of […]
Black Women’s Well-Being Event with Naomi Davidson.
Greetings and thanks for taking the time to hang out with me. Today, I’m chatting to Naomi Davidson who is a well-being consultant and she’s all about empowering Sista’s. She got in touch as a result of the series I did on wounded daughters to ask if I would be on the panel for her event ( […]
Sobriety Birthday Gratitude.
Greetings Family! I’m so excited to share with you that this week is my sobriety birthday! I’m 8 years sober! Yaaasss! It’s not been an easy road, but I am soooo grateful for the growth and to no longer be drowning in unmanageable insanity! #justfortoday ‘The goal of racial sobriety is to love yourself so […]
The Drift
The drift happens when we don’t have a vision for our lives. We go from one day to the next reacting to what’s required of us in each moment. Under white supremacy, we feel powerless over the oppression and lose site of who we are. Our core sacredness gets buried under the rubble of relantless […]
Empowerment Seeds
Most of us want to heal from the impact of racism. We want the confidence, relationships and racial sobriety that blooms on the road to wholeness. Trouble is, many of us may not get this. Not because we don’t deserve it, but because we don’t want to respect the process. We’re trying to walk the path on […]
Unconditional Self Love.
Peace and blessings Family, Many of us were raised in homes where love is a bartering system. We only experience an emotional connection when our behavior serves the needs of our parents. This is mirrored under the system of racism where we’re only ‘accepted’ when we embrace the assimilation of whiteness, staying silent about our oppression […]
Happy Birthday Dr Francis Cress Welsing!
Today is the wonderful Dr Welsing’s Birthday so I had to give her an ancestral high 5. What better way to honor her than to replay the wonderful interview I did last year to honor her with Gus T Renegade from Cows Radio Show. Listen up and Be empowered!