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5 Tips for Women Dealing With Anxiety: You Can Do Them RIGHT NOW
Please try these if you are a woman who is dealing with anxiety
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You Never Have to Accept an Apology Just Because They Say Sorry: 4 Reasons Why
Many people think that they are obligated to accept an apology just because someone takes the time to say sorry. The truth is you do not! Here are for reason why.
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3 Reasons to Stop Being Afraid to Teach Young Children About Body Autonomy and Consent
As someone who actively speaks up about sexual assault and misconduct, what really hurts my heart is that body autonomy and consent is not taught sooner. There are so many parents who are making it more difficult for their young children to understand these things, and are therefore leaving them unprotected.
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Ready to Tie The Knot? Prepare Your Brain for these 6 Stressful Situations RIGHT NOW
For those of you who may not be familiar with the saying, “to tie the knot” means to get married! There’s a lot to love about weddings! They are beautiful, entertaining, and a great excuse to get together with friends, family and loved ones. Plus, nothing beats being in the presence of two people that are happily celebrating their love. However, planning a wedding is no easy task. Wedding planning requires, months and months of researching, budgeting, making excel spreadsheets, and going to an endless stream of appointments. As one can imagine, wedding planning stress can push anyone over the edge! I’ve been in wedding planning mode for a few…
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How to Drop Your New Year Resolution and Completely Redefine Yourself in 7 Easy Steps
Don't make a New Year Resolution this year. Instead, follow my 7 Step Guide to Redefining Yourself. Sign up for my mailing list and get a free interactive guide
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7 Principles of Kwanzaa and How to Celebrate the Holiday
So tell me if this sounds like you. You havem gotten closer to you African heritage and started to embrace and admire your blackness. You learned about and want to celebrate Kwanzaa, but you do not know exactly what to do. First, What is Kwanzaa? If you already know this, feel free to scroll down to “Celebration Ideas” to get straight to the good stuff! Kwanzaa is a celebration that is tied to blackness and all those is the African Diaspora. It’s about learning about and celebrating black culture, black business, and black community/unity. It is not a religious holiday and can be celbrated alongside other holidays CLICK HERE…
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5 Myths About Kwanzaa: No it is Not the African Christmas or African Hanukkah
Habari Gani? For those of you who do not know know, it means “What’s the news?’ It’s kind of like What’s up? But it is supposed to be answered with the 7 principles of Kwanzaa according to what day we are on! We will get into what those 7 principles are, but for now, let’s give a basic introduction to Kwanzaa and dispel some myths about kwanzaa Myth 1: Kwanzaa is an African Holiday It is a holiday that celebrates all people who are apart of the African Diaspoa. That means that their ancestry is in Africa, but they may have left, or got kidnapped and sold elsewhere It does not…
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Surviving Thanksgiving: 6 Things You Must Do to Help Maintain Your Sanity This Year
Surviving Thanksgiving is not easy. Here are 6 tips to help you keep y our sanity this year!
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4 Ways Sex Trafficking Victims, Like Cyntoia Brown, are Failed by USA Prostitution Laws
The basis for making prostitution illegal is that it is supposed to protect those who are forced into prostitution. It is supposed to deter pimps and save sex trafficking victims. However, I argue not only is outlawing prostitution dumb in general, it also does not protect people who are actually being trafficked. Here are my reasons For the purpose of this article Pimps and Sex Traffickers will be used interchangeably Sex workers and prostitutes will be used interchangeably Prostitution Laws Fail Sex Trafficked Women Because…. 1. Sex Traffickers Do Not Care About the Law I would like to know when have you ever seen a criminal who cared about the…
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6 Different Types of Seizures You Absolutely Need to Know About If You or Someone You Love Has Epilepsy
Different types of seizures exist, but when most people think of seizures they think of someone falling on the ground, shaking, possibly foaming at the mouth, etc. But some seizures do not look like that. In fact, some seizures you will not physically see at all. Read more to understand what I mean.
