Hosea Chanchez Talks “The Game,” Toxic Masculinity, and How Portraying Malik Helped Him Heal
For years, Chanchez has portrayed Malik Wright. Now, he’s opening up and letting us get to know Hosea.
Galentine’s Day Vibes: How to Enjoy Valentine’s Day With Your Besties
Valentine's Day is the time we celebrate the great loves of our lives — so don’t forget your best gal pals! This year, celebrate Galentine's Day to show some extra appreciation for the special women in your life.
This Ted Talk Speaker Wrote a Journal That Feels Like Therapy
Meet the author who wrote a journal for Black women to bridge the gap between self-love and mental health.
What My Divorce Taught Me About Self-Love
Self-love specialist Chenoa Maxwell shares how choosing divorce was the ultimate act of self-love.
My Birthmark Inspired Me to Create a Self-Love Brand for Kids
Give yourself permission to become the person your inner child needs to see. They’ll be grateful for you taking that first step toward your life’s purpose.
Why I’m Transforming My Relationship With My Health in 2023
I cannot expect someone to care more about my needs than I do. Expectations are resentments waiting to happen.
Books on Self-Love and Healing to Empower Black Women in 2023
Go into the new year loving on the most important person in your life, yourself.
How Gammy and Rodney Norris Made Us Believe in Love, Redemption, and Second Chances
We love us some Gammy and how she was able to rekindle and thrive in marriage later in life and explore self-healing and forgiveness from her years of addiction.
What Watching “Black Love” Taught Me About Love and Healing
One of the biggest lessons I have learned from "Black Love" is self-love and healing. Without that, there is no way that I can be the woman and wife that I am today.
How I’ve Loved Myself Through My Anxiety Diagnosis
If you’re someone who noticed you experience anxiety or panic when in a crowd of people or in situations that make you feel helpless, I’m confident this will provide you with tangible ways to get your power back.
Turn Up the Sexy: Black-Owned Size-Inclusive Lingerie Brands to Support for Valentine’s Day
Lingerie anyone? Valentine’s Day is around the corner and we’re getting sexy with size-inclusive, Black-owned brands to fit all body types and curves.
Table for One: My Self-Love Date to Tabitha Brown’s New Restaurant
I refuse to let my joy be contingent on the availability of others so I’ve decided to do more things alone, like taking myself on a date this time to Tabitha Brown’s new restaurant Kale My Name.
Tika Sumpter on Marriage and Motherhood
Tika Sumpter, star of "Mixed-ish", talks with Jaleesa Diaz about love, motherhood, and the strength of vulnerability.
5 Books by Black Women to Keep You Empowered
Sometimes you just need to read it in order to achieve it.
4 Tips to Make Your Galentine’s Day Magical
Here are 4 tips to make your Galentine’s Day get-together one for the books.
Teaching Our Kids Self-Love is One of Our Greatest Forms of Activism
As more adults are learning and implementing self-love, these practices can now permeate to children as well.
How Hair Care is a Necessary Form of Self-Care, According to Celebrity Stylist Kim Kimble
Here are a few things you need to know about the dos and don'ts of at-home hair care in the time of quarantine.
How to Be an Advocate Without Being on the Front Lines
If you're unable to join civil rights protests, this writer offers solutions to mobilize your activism beyond the front lines.
Author and Activist George M. Johnson on Dating, Self-Love and Healthy Sexual Relationships While HIV+
Removing the stigma around HIV in the Black community is imperative in forming healthy relationships, spreading awareness, and fusing Black love.
10 Books on Self-Love
From Michelle Obama to Elaine Welteroth, these 10 books on self love will leave you ready to take control of your greatest asset — your love for yourself.
