Our nervous system is always working behind the scenes to keep us safe. It moves between different states depending on what it perceives as stress, safety, connection, or threat. Understanding these states helps us stop judging ourselves and start responding with care.

You don’t need to have everything figured out in January. You don’t need a perfectly mapped plan, a color-coded planner with cute highlighters and colorful sticky notes, or a brand-new identity by the end of the month.

December is often shown as a “perfect” season. Pretty lights. Matching pajamas. Smiling families. For many women, especially women of color, the holidays don’t always feel joyful. They can bring stress, old family patterns, financial pressure, and a quiet feeling of “I should be happier than this.”

Many of us grew up being the strong one, the peacemaker, or the caretaker. But that strength often comes at the cost of our own boundaries and emotional needs. True strength means learning when to pause, rest, and honor your own peace.

October often feels like the season of masks—not just the Halloween kind, but the ones women wear every single day. The polished LinkedIn profile. The flawless makeup. The calendar so full it looks like a badge of honor.  On the outside, it looks like success. On the inside? It’s chaos, self-doubt, and exhaustion.  High-functioning anxiety is when anxiety doesn’t look like anxiety.  As a mother, a student, and a woman still finding balance myself, I know firsthand how easy it

Here’s something many women don’t hear enough: you don’t have to carry this alone. Therapy can be a safe place to set down the bags you’ve been holding for too long.  You're not broken, so it's not about fixing

I realized early in the summer that I was operating in survival mode, and that awareness alone is a form of growth. For years, I didn't even recognize it. Like many high-achieving Black women, I believed that my ability to persevere meant I was okay.

Dear Empowered Reader, May is Mental Health Awareness Month — and I want to start by offering you something many women don’t hear often...

As a woman of color, partner, mother, therapist, and a woman who wears many hats, I get it. You carry a lot. And even when you do rest, there’s often that whisper of guilt: You should be doing something. Let’s rewrite that narrative together.

Most look at therapy as something “other people” do. Maybe even something that feels out of reach, unnecessary, or only for moments of crisis. But the truth is that therapy is for everyone. For those who carry generations of responsibility, pressure, and pain. For those who look like they have it all together but silently feel like something’s falling apart. Therapy is for anyone tired of being strong all the time.

Rest is such a forbidden act for women that are always on the grind. It's time for us to take a moment and change the way we think of rest.

Chronic headaches, digestive issues, muscle tension, fatigue, and even hair loss. The constant need to "prove" yourself or ensure everyone e

For years, I lived in a cycle of over-functioning without realizing it. It wasn’t something I consciously chose, but it became my default. A

Sometimes we mask our feelings and don't even realize it. We may be discouraged from showing our true selves due to the feedback we receive.

Dear Empowered Reader, As we enter this joyful season of reflection and love, I want give you a message on self-love and self-care. I...

With this holiday treat, I challenge you to grant yourself the grace to feel it all—grief, joy, anger, hope—and to move through it at your o

The holidays are for friends, family, and your authentic self! Put away that Superwoman persona and be vulnerable in your strength.

Dear Empowered Reader, Holidays can be a time of joy and connection, and we can't forget: the delicious food! But sometimes it can feel...

Many of us give so much to everyone else but what's left for you? You deserve to put yourself first so here's 6 ways to can start now!