Understanding Loneliness Shifting Your State of Mind to the State of Being By Stephanie S. Franklin, Esq., “Mecca” Loneliness, that inarticulable emptiness that pains our soul, is what most of us try to avoid. It knaws at us, testing the strength and courage we hold, asking us to dig deep to explore the feeling and […]
How Do I Begin To Love Me? Unpeeling the Layers to Face My Truth By: Stephanie S. Franklin, Esq., “Mecca” Loving yourself is the key to finding the healthy relationship you deserve. What we often forget is that a catalyst to finding a loving, healthy relationship is loving ourselves. We often believe that we fully […]
Am I Worthy of Love? Digging Deep Within Myself To Find The Answer By: Stephanie S. Franklin, Esq., “Mecca” Are you worthy of love? This is a question we rarely ask ourselves, and neglect to do so because in our minds we automatically believe that we are. But our consistent failed relationships and the repetitious […]
Loving Myself Enough To Say “No” When It Really Counts My Journey to Valuing Me By: Stephanie S. Franklin, Esq., “Mecca” Loving me takes time. It takes the time to get to know who I am, what I feel and how I will move in this world to experience experiences that nurture and support me. […]
Does S/He Love Me? Journeying Into the Abyss of Vulnerability Understanding love is understanding yourself. Finding the right love prompts you to call upon the deepest part of you, that part of you that is either unknown to yourself or who you dare to disclose. Exploring the deepest parts of ourselves forces us to face […]
Beauty: Understanding Who We Are As Black Womens She Don’t Even Know Who She Is By: Stephanie S. Franklin, Esq., “Mecca” She don’t even know who she is. She’s always been told what she’s not. Girl, you are too black. Your hair is too nappy. Your lips…they big! Why you got that attitude? That’s what […]
Attracting The Love I Want How Do I Find Him/Her? By: Stephanie S. Franklin, Esq., “Mecca” Attracting the love you want is simple. Be the love you want to receive. Oftentimes, we complain about our challenges in finding love. Our chief complaint is that the people we are attracting are not at all what we […]
Valentine’s day is more than just giving flowers, jewelry and candy to someone.
The following article is for any single, dating adult reading this today, who one day plans to be married. It is my hope that this will challenge you to re-evaluate the manner in which you approach relationships.
From Elev8 Elev8.com’s Tarvenia Jones writes “I’m so happy that Pastor loves his wife and wants all of us to know it. Especially some of the folks who secretly admire the pastor from afar. Oh, was I not supposed to say that, too? Chile Please. But I wish my pastor would not get up in front of […]
