Tag: self care
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4 Self-Care & Beauty Products You Need To Try This Spring-Summer Season
As the warm weather sets in and our social calendars gradually fill up, now’s the perfect time to get your self-care in check! Spending time on yourself, for yourself can be so healing. Whether you wanna give yourself a little at-home spa night or you’re looking for something new to add to your everyday care…
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3 Unique Self-Care Gifts To Pamper Your Loved Ones With
With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season upon us, do you have a self-care routine in place to make sure you’re paying attention to your own needs? Whether it’s a skincare regimen, a hobby that feeds your soul, or even just taking some time to relax and reflect, a little self-care can go…
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The Art Of Privacy
On the most recent episode of the Fox comedy Call Me Kat, I was truly able to empathize with Randi (played by Kyla Pratt) and her reasoning behind not wanting Carter (Julian Gant) to know her middle name. I, too, have anxiety letting others know everything about me. And even though telling someone your middle…
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I Spent The Latter Half Of 2021 Completely Disrespecting My Body. And It Showed.
I wish I could say it was a shock to me when, one day, I looked up at my reflection and caught a glimpse of what was surely the negative effects of spending the last half of 2021 neglecting my body. It wasn’t. Pandemic body? Is that what they were calling it? Well, whatever it…
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8 Beauty and Self-Care Gifts to Treat Yourself or Loved Ones With This Holiday Season
While beauty comes from within, it never hurts to pamper yourself on the outside or surprise someone you love with a relaxing treat! And luckily, with the holidays coming, tons of brands are offering amazing products with great prices and deals. Here are eight of our favorite picks that anyone on your list would love…
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6 Self-Care and Beauty Products Under $35 That You Should Add to Your Fall Regimen
With the darker, colder months coming up fast, it’s crucial to keep taking care of yourself and your skin. We all know the horrors of cracked lips, dry breakouts, and dull complexions, but there are tons of products that can help counteract the effects of the cooler weather. Check out these six affordable options that…
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Gravity
I keep writing bits and pieces, leave a story unfinished, unpolished by man, a woman at her best. I believe this to be a metaphor, and a good one at that. I’m being rewritten at the dome, reconstructed by the bell, become a narrative unfinished at the workings of God, polishing my beauty with grace.…
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24 and Single With No Desire to Mingle
Unless you are a book boyfriend from any of the books I am reading, or Manny Montana or William Levy or Sebastian Stan or Jay Ellis or any of the hot men from HBO’s “Insecure,” please do not enter my vicinity. My department is closed, this mansion is unavailable. No, sir. No, thank you. Not…
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Meet TREMG Writer Charlene: “Can I Be Vulnerable to You?”
Can I be vulnerable to you? Do you know when you are beginning to lack inspiration, that suddenly you can’t help but become vulnerable within your own writing, even when you don’t want to be? It becomes inevitable almost, your fingers itching to write what needs to be written. Lately, if my readers haven’t noticed…
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Strong Black Woman: The “Compliment” that Destroys the Image of the Black Woman
Disclaimer: This post was originally made on TREMG during the early fall of 2020 (September) General examples of the “Strong Black Woman”: The strong black woman archetype has been popularized in black culture and in the world overall (particularly, America) despite the fact that it does harm to the black woman image. This woman is…
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Realistic Self-Care for the New Year
With 2021 approaching, it’s now the season of New Year’s Resolutions, many of which include some form of self-improvement. However, not all advice of “take baths, deep clean your room, only eat healthy food” is practical (or accessible). Here are some ideas for realistic, everyday self-care you can incorporate into your daily routine. Keep a…
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How Do You Calm Your Anxiety?
I, well, submerge myself within the water, drown my naked soul within the sea. They say water, because of its soothing properties, soothes the soul. And I can’t argue with their notion, well aware of the peace it always brings to me. I took a “Mindfulness for Anxiety” course during a time where I couldn’t…
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Self Care Is An Actual Thing
Self-care is something that I think everyone should try out. It may seem like another trend going around, or only “young” people do it, but self-care is something that everyone should incorporate into their daily lives. According to verywellmind, their definition of self-care located on their website states, “Self-care describes a conscious act one takes…
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He’s Not Your Happiness, You Are
I was sitting down on this black leather, sort of massage chair in his kitchen, watching him make huckleberry pie from scratch. Music from his Spotify playlist was playing in the background and I was asking questions about his life, details and experiences he had that I didn’t already know about. I watched his movements;…
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Fight or Flight: Anxiety Reintroduced.
Anyone with anxiety will tell you it feels like an integral part of who they are and not something they brag about. Although it has its uses in helping us bond with our fellow anxiety sufferers, we want to learn how to cope with it and not let it destroy us. So after watching numerous…
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It’s Time to Start Putting Yourself First
I had a bad day today. Well, to be honest, I’ve been having a lot of bad days lately. Days that seem like they’ll never end. Or the kind of days where they all start to blend together into the same continuous motion. I no longer see the week as 7 days; I see it…
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Three ways to Regenerate and Combat Stress and Anxiety
Who out there feels as if they have time for everything? Time to take a vacation, have fun, explore your hobbies, lean new skills, read a book, get all of your work done, meditate, exercise, spend time with friends and family, go shopping, cook a five-star meal, go dancing, go to the museum, enjoy a…
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Blocked means BLOCKED – Social Media and Self-Care
It’s a amazing to me how people can say that they understand consent and judging social cues when it comes to real life interactions– but not on social media. Scratch that – social media is real life, and anyone who tries to tell you differently deserves a side-eye. I watch a lot of shows. Sometimes I…