Tag: self-help
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No one has your back as good as you do
I’ll get to talking about the trauma, the past I’ve long tried to heal from without facing it.
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Why I stopped writing and how I started again
Do I want to write about what’s on my mind or escape the world? I’ve been doing a lot of escaping lately and I like it out here. After spending so many years writing about the truth, harsh realities or stories about impactful lives, a break from that seems like a great idea. The last…
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Why being an empath during a pandemic is exhausting but necessary
Empath’s feel the weight of everyone’s pain on our shoulders regularly. But during a pandemic, we feel the weight of the world.
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How being black in Phoenix made me love my culture more
In a city full of 1,626,078 people only 108,846 are Black or African American. In the county, Maricopa, where all major cities including Phoenix settle in there’s 4.24 million people and only 221,266 are Black or African American. I spent 30 years of my life growing up in Atlanta, a city that’s full of 486,290…
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Boy Crazy: You don’t need a man to be whole
We’ve all been there. Dancing in the middle of the club with your head on the swivel trying to see who’s checking you out. Or how about my fave, getting dressed up to go sit at a bar and hope Prince Charming “randomly” sits next to you and sweeps you off your feet. Been there.…
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Why cutting people out your life is good for you, and them
It’s a new year and some people got cut off long before 2019. It’s for the best, but I learned cutting people out of your life is not just good for you, it’s good for them too. I had a friend and we did everything together. Man, we had so many adventures. I could write…
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To the girl who loves: Self-love is the best love
You deserve to give yourself the love you’ve been trying to give to everyone else. You’re always there for everyone else, putting others needs in front of your own. You’ve got to stop that. You have to be your first priority. Self-love isn’t selfish it’s survival, it’s necessary. It’s not going to be…
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5 ASMR artists you should know
Tingles…tingles…TINGLES!!! If you don’t know what ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) is then let me put you on game. You ever felt relaxed when someone played in your hair? Does watching someone put on makeup put you in a trance? Or do certain sounds make a tingly wave go down your body? …
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How to survive being alone for Thanksgiving
You don’t have family to spend Thanksgiving with? I’ve got some tips for you. My experience with homelessness and moving away from family led me to spend many Thanksgiving holidays alone. The hardest part about being alone for the holidays is, being alone. Holidays are deemed a time for family and friends, it’s easy to…
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The life of an empath
According to the dictionary an empath is: “a person with the ability to sense the mental or emotional state of another individual.” In Liz terms an empath is: someone who consistently puts themselves in the shoes of others and then attempts to sooth that pain as if it’s theirs. We absorb other people’s emotions. …
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