The Truth About Cannabis is… It’s indeed a statistical fact that as the Cannabis Industry booms, people of color – especially Black Americans and Afro-Latinos – continue to be oppressed, imprisoned, and left behind. Therefore, it’s crucial for us who identify as entrepreneurs in the industry to stand out, to unite in our community, and helpContinue reading “LATINA CANNABIS CULTIVATOR WANTS YOU TO CONSIDER GROWING BUD AT HOME.”
Category Archives: MentalHealth
Sensuality & Mental Health: Love Thy Self Weekend 2022
A Sensual Weekend for Women to Gather + Cultivate + Celebrate their Sensuality. Love Thy Self Weekend is a two-day event that will feature Health & Sexual Wellness Educators, a variety of workshops curated to help attendees reconnect with their sensual side, Panel Discussions, LIVE Podcast Interviews, Virtual Art Exhibitions, and Entertainment designed to awaken yourContinue reading “Sensuality & Mental Health: Love Thy Self Weekend 2022”
DJ Honey Announced as Official DJ for Love Thy Self Event for Women in Philly.
Philadelphia, PA. Love Thy Self Weekend presents DJ Honey on Saturday, May 21st from 3-6PM to turn up the love and energy on site! Come vibe with us for a donation of your choice while you browse the vendors, enjoy mock/cocktails and build new connections. Joining us virtually? You can still “Party with Honey” in our virtual partyContinue reading “DJ Honey Announced as Official DJ for Love Thy Self Event for Women in Philly.”
Breaking Up and Growing On.
Breakups are hard. They can feel like a huge part of you has been ripped out of your chest, leaving you breathless and gasping for air as the world spins on. Heartbroken and heavy, we can feel alone in this new space that exists without the person we once held in such high regard. OneContinue reading “Breaking Up and Growing On.”
PRIDE in Self Expression
Ideas pile up, turning into distant memories the longer they lay dormant. In the silent creases of night, cobwebs form on dreams that only hope to one day be brought to fruition. Have you ever felt like this before? As if everything you think about, everything you wish for just doesn’t seem to be comingContinue reading “PRIDE in Self Expression”
#SelfLove, Its A Mental Flex.
How much do you love yourself? Such a simple question yet one we all have struggled with from time to time. Now that “self love” and “self care” have almost, and by almost I mean most definitely, become buzz words in many of our social circles, it is now far too easy to merely glossContinue reading “#SelfLove, Its A Mental Flex.”
LORD, GRANT ME THE CONFIDENCE OF A MEDIOCRE WHITE MAN.
When I’m invited to deliver a keynote speech, one of my first steps is reading Maya Angelou quotes. I’m not quite sure when that started but it is now very much a part of my current creative process. My reading choices have always been non-fiction and educational texts. Honestly, I was introduced to Maya Angelou’sContinue reading “LORD, GRANT ME THE CONFIDENCE OF A MEDIOCRE WHITE MAN.”
Black is the New Boudoir.
It’s time to strip. It’s time to unravel, layer by layer, hundreds of years of institutionalized self-scrutiny, perverse concepts of one’s physical self, and the idea that we as people of color (POC) should strive to maintain our “decency” by way of not celebrating or exposing our bodies. Historically, POC have been hyper-sexualized in mainstream mediaContinue reading “Black is the New Boudoir.”