An Affirmation for Choosing Active Goodness
Today, I look for quiet, healthy ways to do good.
 because my presence in the world carries weight.
I understand that good [...]
Yoga for Emotional Release | 20 Minute Practice with Black Yogi Nico Marie
From the Black Women's Health Imperative website: "Health Equality for All Black Women & Girls: We target the most pressing heal [...]
Their Words Do Not Name Me. Survival Does.
✨ Affirmation ✨
Their words tried to cling to me like chains,
but I shook them off.
Their judgments do not define me.
Their names do not name me [...]
I’m Allowed to Keep My Distance From What Doesn’t Feel Safe
SurvivorAffirmations.com | Inspired by WeSurviveAbuse.com
You don’t need to wait for proof.You don’t need to gather evidence.You don’t need a dramati [...]
The Bold Choice to Live AND Thrive
Tyka said I could, so I did. -Prince (Tyka Nelson was Prince's sister who recently passed away)
Notice how people speak about sacrifices made for art [...]
✨ Survivor Affirmation ✨ You Are Not a Waiting Room
You are not a waiting room for people to come and go as they please.You are not a rest stop for those who disappear when it’s time to show up.You ar [...]
Inner Pondering| Signs You’re Outgrowing People on Your Spiritual Path | Letting Go with Grace
You feel it in your spirit — something’s shifted. You’re awakening, and the people who once felt like home no longer fit your path. This video dives i [...]
Steadfast Souls Win Slow Races
I encourage you to be steadfast in your pursuit of your education. I have a bachelor's degree but getting it did not look like it does on tele [...]
🌿 Halimah Yacob: She Was Not Handed Ease. She Built Something Anyway.
Halimah Yacob did not begin life surrounded by comfort.
She lost her father young.Her family struggled.There were real limitations. Not imagined ones [...]
The Black Woman Who Invented AI Before It Existed (w/affirmations)
✨ Affirmations for Women Who See Differently
My vision is a gift; I honor the way I see the world.
I trust my insights, even when they [...]
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 [...]
Beautiful in Every Shade: And it All Belongs to YOU!
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12 Free eBooks to Support Your Somatic Healing Journey
Dear Survivor,
They are playing in your face by making you explain. And explain. And explain. Forget them.
All these folks running around protecti [...]
A Journey to Finding Our Voices Through Personal Stories (podcast/audio)
Your Survivor story has the power to heal. On this episode of We Survive Abuse, Tonya GJ Prince reveals how sharing our trut [...]
The Empty Nest is a Healing Space
The empty nest is not the end of motherhood.
It may be the beginning of a woman’s re-encounter with herself.
Not just a quiet house.
Not just “the [...]
🌿 Josephine Baker: She Found a Place Where She Could Breathe
Joséphine Baker did not just “move to France.”
She left a place that constrained her…and stepped into a place that, for a time, allowed her to expand [...]
Ketty Lester: Honor the Firsts, Remember the Closed Doors
Ketty Lester deserves more than a passing mention. She deserves the kind of appreciation that slows the room down.
Born Revoyda Frierson in Hope, Ark [...]
Helen Baylor’s Testimony| I Had a Praying Grandmother
Helen Baylor’s gospel classic “A Praying Grandmother” is more than a personal testimony—it’s a spiritual archive for many Black families. It speaks to [...]
🌺 Frida Kahlo: She Lived in a Body That Hurt—and Still Created Beauty
 For a long time I celebrated Frida's art and had no idea she lived in pain. I was truly spellbound by the art. As a young person, I thought the art w [...]
You Have Every Right to Be Beautifully Represented
✦ [SurvivorAffirmations.com] ✦
Dear Survivor,
You have every right to speak your mind about how you are represented.
Your story.Your image.Your s [...]
🌿 You Were Never Meant to Live for Their Applause (w/playlist)
Survivor, I see you.Maybe you’ve been praised for being strong. Maybe you’ve been ignored for being too real.Either way, too many of us were taught th [...]
Quotes from Harlem Renaissance Author Nella Larsen
✨ Nella Larsen was one of the most brilliant yet often overlooked voices of the Harlem Renaissance. Born in 1891 to a Danish mother and a West [...]
Vivica A. Fox: A master class in showing up and showing out from her days on Soul Train
Soul Train dancers were not “just dancers.”
They were artists.
People sometimes talk about Soul Train like it was simply a place to party.
But look [...]
