Avoiding toxic people is absolutely essential for maintaining your wellbeing, and maintaining your wellbeing is essential to accomplishing your goals. I can’t tell you how many Internet arguments I’ve had, how many times self-destructive family members have tried to snare me in their chaos, or how many times I’ve gone to events with people only…
Category: Wellness
25 Inspirational Quotes to Get Your February Off To a Great Start
Staying positive and motivated can be difficult at times. Sometimes life can be overwhelming and you might find it impossible to think of words of encouragement to keep you focused. I love motivational quotes because they’re an easy way to remind myself to think positive thoughts. Finding the right words can be just what’s needed…
Understanding Why Sex is a Vital Variable for Women’s Health
Today, I attended the “Rock Stars of Research: Scientists Who are Shaping the Future of Women’s Health Care,” sponsored by the Endocrine Society at the Senate Visitors Center. The Endocrine Society and Northwestern University brought together leaders from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women’s Health and some of the country’s…
The Black Hair Industry – A 2.5 Billion Dollar Business Built on Racism and Self-Hate
Having a child, particularly a mixed child who struggles with figuring out his place in a racially charged world, has caused me to do a great deal of self-reflection. My approach to parenting has always been grounded in my belief that my job is to guide my child into becoming his best self through the…
The Right to be Unpretty
For years my social media feed was a stream of nothing more than pic after pic of me screaming, “I’m pretty look at me and click like.” It occurred to me today when I was looking at my female cousins’ feeds that this is the same for almost all of them. I asked myself, “Why…
