Survivor Affirmations: I Choose To Walk Away from What Tries to Shrink Me
There is strength in walking alone when the crowd demands your silence.It takes courage to leave the circle when the cost is your [...]
My Scars Are Not Shame; They are Maps Showing How I survived What Was Meant to Break ME
đ Affirmations for Strength and Becoming đ
I am not defined by statistics or stereotypes. I am defined by my own choices, vision, and growth. [...]
9 Quotes from Maya Angelou to Nourish the Survivor’s Soul (Part 2)
Updated for 2025
đ Resilience & Strength
âYou may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced [...]
Surviving Is Still SacredâEven If They Clap for the Wrong Person
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You saw them cheer.You heard the applause for the one who harmed someone.You watched them [...]
đż Dear Woman Who is Learning to Say No Without Explaining
I see the weight you carry when you even think about saying no.The hesitation.The catch in your breath.The flood of reasons rising in your chest, read [...]
Your Voice Is a Lighthouse: Keep Shining Through the Noise (Featuring Amazing Animated Story by BigBoi)
I woke up and encountered this story by BigBoi. Made my morning.
Your story has the power to do that too. Keep living. Keep crafting your storytel [...]
When They Twist the Truth, Stay Rooted: Survivor Affirmations for Discernment and Power
These days, some of us feel dizzy from all the ways people try to twist the truth.
They sell us distortion as progress.They call confusion âcompassio [...]
Youâre Not Healing to Be LikedâYouâre Healing to Be Free
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Dear Survivor,
This healing path you're on?Itâs not about gaining approval.Itâs not about being nice or easy to und [...]
đď¸ Affirmation Post: âThey Didnât See, But I Survived Anywayâ
A voice for the ones who were never rescued, but rescued themselves.
They didnât see me.
Not when the harm was loud.Not when the silence w [...]
Lessons from Pam Grier’s Memoir for Survivors
I love it when women tell our own stories in our own words!
When Pam Grier's memoir came out...I had to read it!
When I was [...]
151+ Positive Affirmations for Black Women from TheBrandBoy
There is a lot of positivity being latent in this world and we have to do everything to get it out in the open. Positive affirmations are one such thi [...]
Why Insomnia Is a Silent Epidemic in the Black Diaspora
Sleep is supposed to be a place of peace. Yet for many across the Black diaspora, rest feels distant, interrupted, or impossible. Insomnia isnât just [...]
Why Cold Water Calms the Storm
Guess what y'all?! Cold water has some type of super power. Maybe this is why folks love swimming?
There are days when your body feels like a h [...]
đż 12 Affirmations for the Woman Who is Beginning to Dream Again
It is safe for me to want beautiful things again.
My dreams are seeds planted in sacred ground.
I trust the visions rising from within [...]
9 Quotes from Maya Angelou to Nourish the Survivor’s Soul (Part 1)
Updated for 2025
đż For the Survivorâs Journey
1. âThere is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.â
2. âYou alone are eno [...]
Soul Train Dancer Tamechi Toney Briggs Influenced A Generation & Created Infamous MC Hammer Pants
I've been screaming! No one was going to tell me?Â
Now all those years watching Soul Train and I did not make this connection when MC Hammer, who I a [...]
đľ Tennessee: A Prayer for the Weary Soul
âLord, Iâve really been real stressed, down and out, losinâ groundâŚâ
Those first words from Arrested Developmentâs âTennesseeâ still feel like pr [...]
A Tribute to Mama Mosie Burks
Mama Mosie Burks has transitioned at the age of 92. Gospel music has fueled so many Survivors along on their journey and I am so glad that she got to [...]
The Power of Music: Candi Staton’s Anthem
This is one of my favorite songs from girlhood. I LOVE the tone in her voice and listen to her song catalog regularly. She is soulful.&nbs [...]
