Tag: relationships
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Love People Well, Part 2: Honoring Yourself
Love People Well: Part 2 is about honoring yourself. Because accepting how someone loves you is not the same as settling. You can appreciate someone’s effort and still know the connection doesn’t land where it needs to. Difference is beautiful. Deprivation is not. This is the part where we learn that loving well includes loving…
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When Love Speaks Two Languages
Love has always felt emotional to me…connection, depth, and the sense of being known. But a recent conversation made me realize something I’d missed: not everyone experiences love through feelings. Some love through choice, intention, and daily commitment. And when those two expressions meet without trying to change each other, something surprisingly safe and beautiful…
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Mirror, Mirror (Part Two): When the Reflection Becomes Revelation
Back in 2014, I wrote about seeing myself clearly for the first time. But I was still wearing armor. Still hiding. Still surviving. This time, the mirror didn’t reflect who I had been. It revealed who I was becoming — the healed, whole, soft, and honest version of me that was always waiting to be…
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This One’s for Her: You Were Never Too Much
Years ago, I wrote a letter to my younger self, fresh out of college and feeling like I had arrived. I genuinely thought I was writing from a healed place (chile…I know, right?). Then I did it again after I got married…and whew, the delusion was even stronger that time. Lord. A few years ago,…
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Love or Control? The Difference Ain’t Always Clear.
Control doesn’t always look like force. Sometimes, it looks like concern. Sometimes, it looks like care. Sometimes, it looks like love. But the difference between love and control is freedom. Love lets you be. Control manages you. Love allows room for choice. Control demands compliance. And if you have to shrink, over-explain, or perform just…
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Forgiveness, Release, & Rebuilding from Brokenness
Friends! I’m back again! Listen, your girl is on a roll—I’m really trying to stay consistent! We’re finishing this “Healing in Stages” series with the final post: Forgiveness, Release, & Rebuilding from Brokenness. If you’ve been following along, you know we’ve been walking through some real, deep stuff together—acknowledging the wound, processing the pain, and…
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The Unseen Work of Understanding: Why Cultural Sensitivity Isn’t Optional
How often do we mistake familiarity for understanding? That’s what came to mind during this whole ‘Beyoncé discourse’ on TikTok. The conversations around her performance exposed just how often cultural nuance is overlooked. Cultural competence isn’t about just knowing—it’s about empathy, intentionality, and respect. In this post, I’m sharing personal stories and reflections on why…
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The Journey to Boundaries
Learning to Protect My Healing After confronting the lies I believed about myself, I realized that understanding my worth was just the beginning. The next step in my healing journey was learning to protect that newfound sense of self through setting boundaries. Hey fam! Today, I’m closing out the Unshaded Truth series with something that…
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Unseen & Unheard: Embracing the Invisible
Feeling like Cherish’s ‘Unappreciated’? In my latest blog, I bare it all about the emotional rollercoaster of feeling unseen and unheard. From the complexities of motherhood to the juggling act of career and personal life, I share the challenges and triumphs of embracing the invisible. Join me as we explore the transformative power of gratitude…
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