Self-care has been all the buzz over the last few years, maybe even a decade! When we see people engaging in self-care activities it is often focused on relaxation activities such as massages, grooming with facials, and retail therapy for our next hot ticket purchase. As nurses and health care Read more…
From the moment a woman realizes she is pregnant with a new life until the baby is in her arms, a mother is a protector and the lifeline for her child. Unfortunately, in the U.S. health disparities exist and hundreds of women are affected on a daily basis. A health Read more…
During the month of February, we talk a lot about the heart, in terms of valentines, love and relationships, but we don’t really ever equate that to the actual heart that beats in our chests, keeping us alive. What’s interesting is that these two seemingly vastly different things – the Read more…
Genuine, authentic, and healthy black love is something that many of us strive to have. Black love can be a sacred, beautiful thing to experience…cultural in context, grounded in our struggle and growth. Within the larger frame of our society, others have tended to define and establish concrete and colonized Read more…
I can’t get through to them! I can’t get them to listen! Why don’t they talk to me? Do you ever find yourself thinking this when you are trying to talk to your children? During different stages of life, it can be quite challenging to communicate with your children. When Read more…