Speaking The Unspoken

People holding, holding their tongue, but we've got this kind of confused idea that somehow swallowing means we're safe. Our reluctance as a community to not acknowledge the harmful impact of trauma has on our bodies and our minds. The evidence is in how we prioritize health and wellness, also the way we used addition to cope with swallowing our trauma.

We normalized the over-sexualization of our community. We've normalized, drinki...

There is the belief that trauma is a single event or a combination of many events, In the black community, we discuss why it's on a continuum of historical, generational and daily trauma experiences in our community.   

Learning to swallow our trauma in order to survive or create safety.

Maybe the motivation to not disrupt/ make noise about the unjust is influenced by many factors which include the need to protect and secure our ne...

A raw open discussion about what drives us to hustle for our worthiness and the journey of self-love and what it actually means.  Why It takes us years to be protective of ourselves and then the learning that I no longer have to give of myself, to the point of depletion to feel worthy of love and belonging. 

What has informed our sense of worthiness? We dive into our value, our worth and our rollercoaster journey to self-love.

We b...

Therapy is for mad people, Cheryl says before she began her personal journey with therapy, when her therapist tells her to “leave her bullshit at the door”. 

 When we talk about therapy we ask ourselves, why do black people struggle to seek it out for themselves?

Is it a lack of under...

Healing and mental health; a frank, raw and honest discussion about being raised by parents who struggle with very little community support and lack accessible resources to help them deal with depression, anxiety, stress and past generational trauma.

What they did was used the resources they had at the time. They went to Church, the hairdressers, and other place...

Are we performing our worthiness? " I recognize the shame and judgements."

This is a raw and open conversation between 5 black women. They have journeyed together for over 25 years in learning, parenting, self-discovery and development. 

After listening to a chapter by Tracey Michael Lewis -Giggetts: from the book 'You Are ...

My capacity to love was purely due to my mother's love and kindness; Crazy, my mother taught me what not to be! And the same time led me to dig deep and live my dream.

A Discussion through reflections about the role models in our lives. The who and the why and the impact on how those that have influenced shape our lives so far;

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