Today’s #sundayserenity, Many of us are dry vessels desperately waiting, hoping and pleading with unavailable loved ones to fill us up. We share our pain, our emptiness and struggle hoping their response will make us feel worthy, whole and nourished. This painful yearning cycle means our happiness always remains in the hands of others. Unchecked, our unmet […]
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What does self love feel like?
How many times do you hear how important it is to love yourself? Do you know how to love yourself and what it feels like? In today’s Sunday serenity, I share simple ways to love yourself along with my experience of what it feels like. In honoring Marcus Garvey’s Birthday this week, I also talk […]
Happy Birthday Marcus Garvey!
Marcus Garvey, the grandfather of pan Africanism celebrates his birthday on the 17th August and I’m out here flying my virtual RGB flag! Whoop! Whoop! Marcus Mosiah Garvey Sr. and Sarah Anne Richards gave birth to him in St Ann’s Bay, Jamaica in 1887, the youngest of 11 children. The principles of Garveyism were […]
Do Your Children Trigger You?
Do you light up when your child/ren come into the room or do you often feel irritated? Every time the summer break arrives, I hear alot of parents struggling with spending so much extra time with their child/ren. Is this you? #Nojudgement For years I secretly dreaded the summer because I knew I’d be confronted with parenting […]
Are You Emancipated and Independent?
The 1st of August was Emancipation Day and today is the day Jamaica became Independent. Both days mark the so called ‘freedom’ of our ancestors from colonial bondage. As these dates declare our freedom on paper, many of us remain in psychological bondage because we still carry the wounds that were not healed during slavery. […]
Racism is a Spiritual Disease.
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 […]
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 ( […]