Thriving

“Getting A Black Man Is The Best A Black Wom...

Take a look at how some middle-aged black woman made an attempt to brainwash Jamila's daughter!...
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Our Sh*t Is Beginning to Stink: Bill O’Reill...

The Black blogospere is up in arms again because someone outside of the "black collective" has the nerve to comment on our abysmal 80% out-of-wedlock ...
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Living a Better Life – Gratitude for BB&...

I believe I found BB&W shortly after it launched. At that time, I was in a really, really bad place. Poor dating decisions had taken a serious tol...
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Damned Fool: Reasons Women Run to Dangerous Men, E...

A few months ago I tried to counsel a young woman in her mid-twenties who told me she wanted me help getting away from a man who is a textbook sociopa...
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Do We Have To Get Rid Of The Strong Black Woman?

Why do so many of us feel that the strong black woman archetype has harmed us? What's so bad about assertiveness or resilience?...
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Iyanla Vanzant: “There is no reason to conti...

It looks like Iyanla Vanzant is a fan of No Wedding No Womb. There's just so much truth in what she's saying, and it echos so much of what we teach, p...
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DUPLICATE POST with fresh comment thread ~ com...

I'm gonna go ahead and ask....what's the worst thing about being the rare flower in the garden?...
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How Can Black Women Thrive in a Racist Society?

I read some articles over the weekend that left me shocked, angry, and speechless. The first was about a high school principal accused of racist verba...
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ORIGINAL POST with restored comment thread ~ B...

I'm gonna go ahead and ask....what's the worst thing about being the rare flower in the garden?...
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Why Do Some Black Women Consider Marriage “T...

I wrote the first part in response to the negative attitudes I'd seen from single black women regarding marriage. Specifically people who have never b...
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Skepticism about Mentoring

I just read a comment on a blog that basically said, if these middle-class educated people have such a problem with underclass Black people people, th...
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Social Graces 101: Respectfulness in Conversation

Do you know how to talk the talk?...
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Do You Feel The Need to Distance Yourself from Oth...

Several times I have seen black women write that black women need to act to distance themselves from other black women. But why would I need to distan...
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Transform Your Inner Critic Into An Inner Coach

"As black women, we can sometimes feel as if we have critics on every street corner and down every avenue. But, as bad as those critics are, the worse...
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