Greetings Fam, We’re continuing our conversation to find the 7 Keys To Black Empowerment. The 5th key is all about setting boundaries. If you don’t know what does and doesn’t work for you, you make yourself vulnerable to abuse. In this session I explores the difference between social, external and internal boundaries. I also share […]
Category: PARENTING
Letting Go
One of the hardest things about the healing process is letting go of control. Many of us have experienced so much pain, that our lives have become a compulsive mission to control everything around us so that we feel safe. We’re desperate to feel secure because our wiring has been all chaos, unpredictability and mistrust. Staying […]
YOG31: The 7 Keys to Black Empowerment: #4 Understand Your Wound.
Hey Fam, The conversation continues about the 7 Keys To Black Empowerment. The 4th key is to understand your wound. How do you manage your pain? Are you avoiding the responsibility of your own healing by blaming others or obsessing about the white man. This session is all about the importance of staying in your […]
YOG29: The 7 Keys to Black Empowerment: #2 Use Your Tools.
Many of us are not taught emotional literacy in our families because survival is the default way of being. Feelings are not allowed so you deny, suppress, numb out and react whenever you feel unsafe. Emotional sobriety is our ability to feel and cope with our emotions. This helps us to respond instead of reacting to […]
Are You Scared of Becoming Your Mother?
‘A wounded daughters acceptance of her mother’s inability to love requires willingness and courage. Willingness to accept the truth about her mothers limitations and courage to change the way she responds without self blame.’ This quote is an exert from a series of empowerment training’s I’m writing to honor the wounded daughters of abusive black mothers. We cannot […]
London Grenfell Fire and Counter Racist Parenting with C.O.W.S. Radio & Gus T Renagade
Greetings Family, I have x2 radio shows to share with you today from my appearances on the C.O.W.S. radios show with Gus T Renegade. In this first show, we support a women who’s child is experiencing racism from his classmate. The panel share constructive tools and support with some powerful suggestions for counter racist parenting. Click the […]
My First Guest Blog Post
Greeting family, This is a Yard of Greatness milestone! I am so humbled to have my first guest blog post published on Dr Stacey Patton’s website. A feisty US journalist, who is an unapologetic advocate for black children who have experienced abuse from their parents. There is also a podcast to accompany the post which […]
TBS16: Compassionate Parenting And The 3 Truths Behind Why We Still Whup Our Children.
In today’s show, I share 3 reasons why we still justify beating our children. I also reveal how compassionate parenting can help us stop. Details of the show includes: Why I was scared to become a parent. How and why we disconnect from our bodies. Why we can’t admit that our parents were abusive. […]
TBS13: Codependency and Detaching With Love.
In this episode, I share on the subject of codependency, which is the destructive form of self abandonment we adopt in response to living under the system of racism (white supremacy). Details of the show are as follows: What is racial codependency within the system of white supremacy? What is codependency in relationships? The […]
TBS06:Understanding Racial Pain Pt 2: Attachment And The Family
This show is quite a deep one so make yourself a herb tea, take a deep breath and have a seat. This episode is the second part of a series on 4 layers of racial pain, our internalised white supremacist, the family of origin, our community, and the external collective oppressor. Last week, the focus […]