Fitness
After receiving a full scholarship to study medicine at the Latin America School of Medicine in Havana, Cuba, Dr. Arabia Mollette relocated to Cuba, where she studied and lived for seven and a half years. After she matriculated from medical school, Dr. Mollette completed her residency as an Emergency Medical Resident Physician at Newark Beth […]
The word ‘anxiety’ is so loosely tossed around. But what does it mean? While there is a fine line between feeling anxious and having anxiety, it is a very real feeling that we oftentimes mislabel as nerves, fear or shyness. Whether you’re about to do a big presentation at work or you’re walking into a […]
Often labeled as highly sensitive people, dare I speak for all of my fellow empaths when I say, it’s complicated. MUST READ: Relax, Relate, Release! 10 Ways To Improve Your Mental Health In 2020 Mercury is in retrograde and life has been hitting hard from all angles. When you’re an empath, your campsite begins to feel […]
The United States is in the midst of a maternal and infant health crisis. Every 12 hours a woman dies due to complications resulting from pregnancy and every two hours, we lose a baby. Women of color reading this post won’t be surprised to learn this problem doesn’t affect all American women equally. For black […]
For National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Masonia Traylor has an important message for Black women about testing, stigma and putting their health first.
Two years ago, life as I knew it came to a standstill, and I experienced a fear that today I still can’t verbalize. Although this wasn’t the first time I had encountered fear, it had never halted my living until that moment. December 11, 2017, was the day I met my crisis. This was the […]
It’s impossible to scroll social media without coming across the many heartfelt tributes to Kobe Bryant. Sunday, the world received the crushing news that the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight other passengers, including is 13-year-old daughter, had crashed into a Calabasas hillside. His sudden and tragic death inspired an outpour of motivating stories about […]
As we commemorate the 47th anniversary of the legalization of abortion, we must recognize that the right to choose doesn’t just impact white women.
We all remember when Love & Hip Hop Atlanta star Tokyo Vanity pushed her friend Sierra out her door for dumping her plate of fried chicken breast in the sink. Sierra’s intentions were good, but her delivery — not so much. Tokyo wasn’t quite ready to embark on the lifestyle change her friend was on […]
Malaika Jones Bebede decided to start Brown Girl Jane after suffering nerve damage following the birth of her youngest daughter. Brown Girl Jane is a CBD-based line that promotes alternatives to traditional medicine through plant-based, natural products. She began experimenting with different forms of CBD and discovered tinctures made a huge difference in her stress […]