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I’d Pose Nude Now: The Path To Finding Yourself Inner Confidence

by Norissa Williams At 22—during my first year of grad school—as class ended and a few classmates and I casually walked toward the cafeteria, a classmate turned pointedly in my direction stating that her friend was looking for a black female model to pose naked for the cover of his book. With a face I’m

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How To Get The Most Out of Life By Enjoying The Process

By Norissa Williams Often we set goals and work ardently towards the completion of those goals—pursuing a degree, finding “the one,” getting out of debt, getting married, a house, a baby and even becoming the CEO of your own career. While perseverance and hard work are admirable—and for me—very attractive traits, at times those same

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5 Answers To “How Do I Maintain Peace While Dealing with Challenges at My Workplace?”

By Natasha Gordon In our last experience, we talked about finding our peace to make our Mondays feel like Fridays. Well, once you’ve found the peace, you now have the responsibility to maintain it. So you ask, “How do I maintain peace while dealing with challenges at my workplace?” Here are 5 tips on how

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Why Is Kenya Moore Still Renting????

Kenya Moore, current “cast” member of Real Housewives of Atlanta, is embroiled in some serious legal disputes with her landlord over a recent eviction from her six-bedroom, six-bathroom Georgia mansion. I was so mad when I heard this! Being evicted is pretty bad, but I was HORRIFIED when I heard that Kenya Moore—former Miss USA,

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10 Things That Every Happy Black Woman Knows

Are you happy? There is a happy black woman revolution happening! We are making decisions to get out of life everything we want: beautiful bodies, strong romantic relationships, healthy family connections, meaningful friendships, money, preferred careers, and grounded spirituality. We are doing it by monitoring how we think, what we believe, and how we act.

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Cedric and Niecy Are Back! Season 2 Premiere of The Soul Man

              Frugalistas, What are you doing tomorrow night? After you pack your lunch for tomorrow and take care of your finances (i.e. clean out your bag for all of your loose change and put it in your Financial Freedom Bucket) like a real frugalista should, I hope you will

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“Bow Down B*tches,” Why It is Healthy and Essential to Embrace Our Internal Bitch”

by Norissa Williams  A few months ago Beyonce released her teaser, “Bow Down B*tches.” While it seems obvious that this was a PR move specifically timed to intrigue interest in her upcoming project and lay the ground for songs to follow where she asserts, “I am a grown woman. I can do whatever I want,

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Good luck? Bad luck? Who knows? 3 Ways To Make Learning to Accept Easy

Recently I read the parable of a Chinese farmer, and I was enlightened in the way that parables enlighten—by giving you something concrete and visual to wrap a lesson around. For most things that happen in my life, though I tend to spend a predictable three days in death’s hold (no eating, drinking or sleeping),

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Kanye Made Me Feel It: How To Strategically Use Music To Make You More Confident

(my original post for this was on SoulTrain.com) It was the last mile of my first ten-mile run; my legs felt like a combination of jello and dead wood. Everything in my heart and mind told me that there was no way that I could finish the race. I wanted to quit. But that was

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Bloom Where You are Planted: Do Something With Your Talents

Having always wanted to write, I awaited the day I’d get that fateful knock on my door.  Someone would come and ask me to write—pen something that would one day be as famous as the bible itself! And I would do it as they waited pensively; hearing only the soft hum of a choir of

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