When pain is a standard part of growing up, it makes sense why so many of us adapted by being need less and want less. Our care givers may say they loved us, yet failed time and time again to consider our needs. Under the system of racism, there’s no room for emotional nourishment. […]
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Birthday Truth.
Birthdays can be bitter sweet as you get older because the celebration of another year is also a reminder of the relationship losses and regret around the things that have not manifested or worked out. Last Friday was my 52 birthday and I work up with so much sadness from being in lockdown and isolated from those […]
What does, ‘doing the healing work’ actually mean?
In this weeks live I want to talk to you about what doing the healing work actually means. We often hear the phrase thrown around on the wellness circuit, but does it actually mean in practical terms? It means telling the truth, firstly to ourselves. Asking for help in spaces that understand racism as a […]
Know Thyself.
To know thyself is to honor our inner world. It’s falling in love with ourselves at the deepest, richest level. In homes where pain is the head of the household, knowledge is forbidden. In a system which demands our silence, intimacy is fused with abuse. With knowledge comes the wisdom of emotional sobriety and saying no brings the […]
How to deal with lockdown and election anxiety.
With the UK going into lockdown again today and the results of the election about to be revealed, I’m hearing a lot of you talking about anxiety. Yesterday, I caught myself in compulsive overworking mode and when I eventually crawled into bed I paused to check in with myself to get present to what was […]
The Tests of Sistahood.
This session was another fire experience where the goddesses of the round table explore the challenging of sister relationships. We talk about boundaries, jealousy, how to get more support from your community and so much more. Enjoy!
100 Great Black Britons with Dr Angelina Osborne.
It’s Black History Month here in the UK in October and I’m thrilled to be chatting with the amazing Dr. Angelina Osborne about the badass, black British women in her new best selling book 100 Great Black Britons. Enjoy!
My Judi Love BBC London Chat : How to deal with regret.
One Friday, I’m minding my business and someone popped into my Instagram DM’s to ask if I was available to do an interview with Judi Love!!!! Yaaaassss Judi Love! I was already a huge fan of her work and her lockdown Quarentine date night had me in stiches on many a corona evening! Anyway, so […]
The 5 Principles of Rest.
When we think of the topic of rest we automatically go to our sleep habits but rest is so much bigger than that. With rest at the focus in the Sacred Sista Sanctuary this month, today I share the 5 principles to get you started and keep you grounded in a solid rest practice. One […]
How to start healing the black mother wound.
Last week, hearing about Lauren Hill’s daughter Selah talk about her mothers horrific abuse triggered feelings of anger and sadness. What made this situation more painful was Lauren’s response with justification, deflection and self centering. As a survivor, I was also feeling a lot of gratitude for all the pain I’d worked through to break […]