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The Lost Ones
I’m back home after attending a balloon release for a real cool gentleman I grew up with and for whatever reason, I decided to take the Red Line train to the park it was being held, and my god. It was filled with so many young Black adults strung out on drugs. One young man…
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Finding Joy
There are many unhappy people in this country which is ironic considering that the pursuit of happiness is written in the Constitution. They are unhappy with their economic status, their relationship status. Just mad at everything and everyone and although I understand because at times, I’m mad as hell too but it’s not healthy to…
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The Art of Hushing
In 2024, let’s put an end to offering unsolicited advice to those who didn’t ask you shit and learning the art of shutting the fuck up. For some reason, there are people in the world who really believe that they have been anointed by a higher power and think they have the right to tell…
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The Change of Life or Menopause
I’m 52 years old and I’m currently going through that dreaded period in a woman’s life: menopause and it’s a motherfucker. It’s filled with a roller coaster of emotions, trials, and challenges. First, let’s talk about these stanking ass hot flashes. Hot flashes can be defined as periods in which your body feels like it’s…
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PTSD, Black Youth, Drugs, & The Lack of Empathy
My daughter is 22 years old and she’s been through a lot mentally over the past eight years. She’s lost so many friends to murder on the streets of Chicago that it’s heartbreaking. Some of her classmates from grade and high school. Friends from the various neighborhoods we have lived in. So many lost children…
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National Rape Day – Disgusting & True
I got this story from a feisty sister I know and it truly disgusted me. Please share. https://heauxlistictherapy.com/april-24th-is-national-rape-day/
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Black Mean Girls & Why They Are Beyond Trifling
I have noticed that it has become very trendy to be a mean spirited, spiteful, bitchy woo Black woman and this blog will discuss the reasons why this is trending and why it a pitiful phenomenon. The advent of reality television shows such as “The Bad Girls Club” and the entire Love and Hip Hop…
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An Analysis of Betty Friedan’s The Problem That Has No Name
In an excerpt from her book, “The Feminine Mystique”, Betty Friedan defines women’s unhappiness during the Fifties as ”the problem that has no name.” She identifies “the problem that has no name” as upper-middle class suburban White women experiencing dissatisfaction with their lives and an inarticulated longing for something else beside their housewifely duties. She…
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The Art of Aging in a Culture That Worships Youth
If the lord is willing and the creek don’t rise as the elders used to say, I will be 52 years old in November and what an amazing journey it has been. I have experienced so many trials and tribulations during my time on this planet. From childhood sexual abuse, domestic abuse, poverty, loss of…