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Your Social Media Profile Should Reflect Your Brand

If you are just starting a business or building up your own online presence it is vitally important to have active social media profiles. In order to build up your presence, you must have a profile that reflects your brand and everything that you want to promote. If you understand the importance of social media, then you would understand why your profiles need to mirror everything that you are…

Starting a blog? 5 Things You Should Know – eBook

Mental Health Management With Author Kinyatta Gray

Kinyatta Gray, a three-time author, knows first hand the struggles of maintaining one’s mental health. Following the death of her mother, and only parent, as an only child, Kinyatta struggled to come to grips with the tragedy. Her first book, ’30 Days: Surviving The Trauma And Unexpected Loss of a Single Parent As An Only Child,’ detailed those struggles while providing her an outlet to grieve.…

Imagine being in the best shape of your life and thinking you were less likely to get a deadly virus because it mostly impacted the old, immunocompromised individuals and those who underlying physical ailments; only to get it and nearly die? That’s exactly what happened to fitness expert Tamika Hardenduring her battle with COVID-19. Thankfully, Harden would be among those who ended up surviving…

Career Tips: Dress For Your Future Role Not Your Current

Have you ever heard of the saying “dress for success”? That phrase couldn’t be more appropriate for your everyday mindset. How you dress reflects how you feel about yourself and how others perceive you. In addition to the way you are perceived, it also may affect the decisions or thoughts that others have about you. This is especially true when it comes to your career endeavors. That’s why I…

Join Tiffany Williams and The Rich Girl Collective and Turn Your Passion Into Profit

Tiffany S. Williams is a force to be reckoned with. How so? As the Founder and CEO of Rich Girl Collective, an online training academy for women who are looking to turn their passion into a side hustle or a successful full-time business, has single-handedly helped over 5,000 women do just that.

After unsubscribing from the narrative that women can’t “have it all” as a working professional,…

Is Ghosting Appropriate or Childish?

I came across a tweet recently that critiqued individuals who chose to ghost a love interest instead of having a direct conversation to express their disinterest in continuing the relationship.

Critics of ghosting believe that the act is childish and reflective of someone who is a coward.

Read the THREAD

As a person who have ghosted and have also had direct conversations with people I was no…

Black People Will Swim Founder Committed to Helping 2,020 People Learn to Swim by 2022

Paulana Lamonier was certainly on to something when she launched her company Black People Will Swim in 2019. In just a year, not only has Lamonier surpassed her initial goal of helping 30 people learn to swim, she’s gained national attention for her initiative to help the Black community with a skill we’re often lacking due to cultural stigma and socioeconomic challenges.

In a AJ Plusreport,…

Javicia Leslie Replaces Ruby Rose as First Black & Bisexual Batwoman

The CW announced Thursday morning, July 9, that actress Javicia Leslie would replace Ruby Rose as the new Batwoman for season 2.

This makes Leslie the first Black and bisexual woman to play the role in a live-action TV/film production.

“I am extremely proud to be the first Black actress to play the iconic role of Batwoman on television, and as a bisexual woman, I am honored to join this…

Near Death & in Despair, How One Women Rebuilt Her Life After Trauma

Unbeknown to her, Tye Cole would embark on a series of events that change the trajectory of her life in an instant. After a near death experience and subsequent traumatic experiences, Cole was forced to reevaluate her life.

What she ultimately discovered was her strength, resilience and calling. From a car accident, health scare, the surgeries that would follow, a bout with depression; Tye…

Maya Moore: The WNBA Star Who Sacrificed Her Career to Focus On Criminal Justice Reform

When we think of athletes leading initiatives to bring about awareness for social reform and injustice against Black and Brown people, Colin Kaepernick is often who comes to mind, but there’s another professional athlete who has sacrificed a promising career to focus on social and criminal justice reform. Her name is Maya Moore. And her name and work should be at the forefront of your minds.

Aft…

How Doctor Catrina Pullum Overcame Grief & Now Helping Women Find Their Purpose

Dr. Catrina Pullum has had her fair share of traumatic experiences, but here resilience is a testament of how she’s been able to turn her pain into triumph. After overcoming sexual abuse, domestic violence, becoming a teen mom, divorce and loss, she has devoted her life to now helping other women find their purpose.

We had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Pullum on her journey to becoming a…

We Still Need Justice For Breonna Taylor

It’s been approximately 103 days since the brutal murder of Breonna Taylor, an African American emergency room technician, at the hand of Louisville, KY police. Unfortunately, no arrest or conviction has been made despite a public outcry for justice and we want to know why?

Just after midnight, on March 13, Taylor had been sleeping in her Louisville, KY apartment with boyfriend Kenneth Walker,…

Support These Black Organizations and Initiatives By Donating

With ongoing protests occurring around the world right now in the fight against the wrongful killing and injustice against Black people, we wanted to provide you with some organizations you can support to bring awareness to these initiatives.

Following the death of Ahmaud Aubrey, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Robert Fuller, Rayshard Brooks, Malcolm Harshand the countless others at the hand of…

Women need to stop choosing ill-equipped men…hear me out

Before you open your mouth to speak, I already know what you’re going to say. ‘Stop telling women what they need to do in regards to men and start holding men accountable.’

From one woman to another, not choosing ill-equipped men is holding men accountable.

And yes, I totally agree, men that are relationship gurus need to stop advising women and start advising other men [Read that article HERE].…