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5 Reasons Why You Should Thank Your Ex

5 Reasons Why You Should Thank Your Ex Black love and relationships are such a slippery subject nowadays. If you choose to inject yourself in the conversation (I do it all the time) – you might as well expect some hurt soul to come for your edges. I try to always...

3 Keys to Moving Forward When You Feel Stuck

3 Keys to Moving Forward When You Feel Stuck I’m always listening. It’s how I keep up with what’s most important to the women and families we serve. On elf the most talked about struggles amongst women is the feeling of being “stuck”. Whether you feel stuck in...

My Spring Cleaning Schedule – Passover Edition

Spring is here and I’m soooo excited! I don’t know if it ever really wasn’t spring this year in New Orleans, but now the flowers are fragranced, new seedlings are popping up, and it's time to get my spring cleaning schedule together. The flies are back into action too...

10 Rules for Raising a Successful Black Family

10 Rules for Raising a Successful Black Family Every family is different. There’s no denying that we all have different methods, modalities, and madness when it comes to raising our ideas of a thriving black family. Even though we’re all different, there are still...

Good Girlfriends are Golden. Here’s why…

Whatever happened to calling on your girlfriend and having hour long girl talk sessions to celebrate your wins and rethink your losses? The advent of social media built an illusionary bridge between watching what we’re doing and knowing how we’re doing. There...

9 Spring Crops for my Garden, the Market …and my belly

Did winter ever even happen? Down here in the Mississippi delta it seems like we’ve been in some weird fall/spring twilight zone with a few cold fronts here and there. I’m not complaining at all. If there’s one thing I love it’s the hot weather so while I’m...

Meek Mill and men like him make it hard for good men

The past week has been a crazy time for The Nspiyahd Life. We've lost over 70 "followers", stirred some needed (but triggering) conversations, and gotten further clarity on the healing that's so desperately needed. "Beef", whether real or manufactured, tends to bring...

10 Self Care Secrets of spiritually centered women

If I've learned nothing else in my journey as a mother it's that self-care is non-negotiable. I's not up for debate, I'm not "putting it off til later", and I'm not feeling guilty about it. #HowBahDah As a mother of brown boys, wife of a revolutionary brown man, and a...

5 Types of Men Every Woke Woman Should Know

If you're reading this you probably #staywoke. That's important in this day and age because now is not the time to be caught sleeping, or slipping. Nation building is the order of the day, and many men and women are taking on the charge. With the "scarcity" of...

10 (other) weeds you can use to heal yourself

It's not looking good for the healthcare system y'all...but that's not none of my business! Oone thing I've always believed is that we are responsible for our own health. While I recognize how important doctors are, at the end of the day, your health is your...