I used to visit my mother’s sister in South Carolina and this was when I noticed how plants could be used as a decor item. My grandmother housed a lot of plants in her home, but for stress relief. When I briefly lived with my father’s sister preceding middle school, I asked her to buy me a Peace Lily. Honestly, I wanted the plant because … Continue reading The Healing Power Of Plants
As someone who has her bouts with anxiety, I have mentioned meditation and breathing exercises to practice mindfulness. Meditation loosens the connections to particular neural pathways to protect against mental health conditions. Meditation has the ability to lower stress by decreasing the presence of cortisol. In fact, studies have shown that mindful mediation can help students to achieve better grades. This is in part by … Continue reading Breathe With Me Barbie Teaches Children Self Care Through Meditation
Listen, we have all been there. You said some horrible things in the heat of the moment, you made a horrible decision that changed the course of your life, or maybe you did something simple like forgetting to send an invite. Whatever the case may be, there’s something that you did in your past that keeps lingering in your mind. You keep replaying the moment … Continue reading Self Forgiveness Is The Key To Moving On From Your Past
Let’s be clear, Summer Walker is shedding light on what a lot of black women have been struggling with for their entire lives. Social anxiety, or social phobia, is a misunderstood mental health condition. Social anxiety disorder has the ability to cause a person to avoid doing very “normal” things — like going to a friend’s party, making small talk with a stranger or even … Continue reading I Can Be Extroverted On Social Media And Have Social Anxiety
In the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman provides insight on how to cultivate and experience deeper levels of intimacy within a relationship. What about the relationship we have with ourselves? Now, imagine treating yourself as if you were another person on a daily basis. Are you good to yourself? Are you happy to be in a relationship with…you? Does your mind speak … Continue reading Your Self-Love Language Is Important Too!
Years ago, if someone would have told me that I have the power to manifest what I want for myself, I would have perceived what they were saying differently. Immediately I would have taken a arrogant stance because I knew that my actions were how I made my desires come to pass. Present day, I am aware of how I have the power to truly … Continue reading Manifestation 101: How To Manifest Anything You Desire
Always keep in mind that you are a spiritual being having a human experience. You exist beyond what you can see. Your aura, energy, and soul are a part of you. Every day you are sharing and exchanging energy with every being that is around you. It is imperative that you have a Spiritual Hygiene routine to cleanse yourself of any and all unwanted energy. … Continue reading Cord Cutting After The End Of A Relationship Can Help You Heal
In my early 20’s, I didn’t understand why mother’s would run to their crying baby and not sleep train. Shocking, right? I had strong opinions about how babies should be forced into independence. These weren’t my own of course. It was all conditioning. However, the older I got and the more I started to understand the big job of raising children, I raised questions about … Continue reading 5 Reasons I Chose To Not Sleep Train My Baby
The importance of emotional health in our society is not good. Honestly speaking, capitalism and consumerism are driven by emotion based decision making. Rates of anxiety, stress, and depression are increasing. The existential truth about the human condition is a shocking revelation that can be confusing to process. Personally, I feel that people don’t understand the nature of their negative emotions. They don’t know how … Continue reading 8 Ways To Process Your Emotions
Are you interested in taking the journey to enlightenment of self? Do you wish to have more inner peace? Are unsure about your triggers and why they happen? Do you have unresolved trauma? Do you want to know what shadow work entails? I wanted to make shadow work a blog post, but decided to gather all of the information and put it into an eBook. … Continue reading Shadow Work: Guide To Recovery & Enlightenment
The Brown Perfection 