Why more Black women are finding healing in dog

Something meaningful is happening in the lives of many Black women across the country and it has four legs, a wagging tail and an uncanny ability to know exactly when it is needed most. Dog motherhood, once a casual lifestyle choice, is quietly becoming a profound source of emotional healing, personal identity and an expanding…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 9, 20260Comments

Wellness

Psychologist, therapist or coach? Here’s how to tell the difference

Coach Cheyenne Bryant a podcast appearance by popular speaker on, the Joe Budden Network recently ignited a widespread conversation about mental health credentials and whether the people doling out advice online are actually qualified to do so. The exchange went viral almost immediately, prompting a wave of questions from listeners about what it truly means…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 8, 20260Comments

Dating

Understanding retroactive jealousy and why it is so hard to shake

A fixation on who your partner loved before you is more common than most people admit, and more telling about the person feeling it than the one being questioned. A partner mentions an ex, briefly, in passing. The conversation moves on. But for some people, that moment does not end. It replays. It expands.…

ByGesi LloydMay 8, 20260Comments

Relationships

People pleasing is secretly ruining your relationships

It looks, from the outside, like one of the more admirable qualities a person can have. Someone who accommodates easily, keeps the peace, rarely pushes back and always seems to consider how others are feeling that reads as generous, socially aware, even emotionally mature. The problem is that what looks like warmth from the outside…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 8, 20260Comments

Relationships

Why jealousy doesn’t have to destroy your open relationship

It started with a simple text. Her girlfriend call her Harper mentioned she was heading out for drinks with someone new in their friend group. A casual plan, low stakes on paper. But something shifted. A knot formed, quiet and uninvited, and it didn't go away. For someone who had spent years committed to the…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 8, 20260Comments

Wellness

Why 94% of Gen Z suffers from Sunday night anxiety

Anxiety hits so hard for most people who look forward to the weekend all week long, but for a growing number of Americans, that sense of relief doesn't last long before a quiet but persistent dread begins to creep in. The phenomenon, widely known as the Sunday scaries, is far from a personal quirk. A…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 3, 20260Comments

Wellness

7 subtle behaviors that reveal deep unhappiness

Unhappiness rarely announces itself. It doesn't always come with tears or a clear breaking point. More often, it arrives in patterns small, quiet shifts in behavior that are easy to rationalize and even easier to miss, both for the people around you and for yourself. Researchers studying mood disorders have long noted that behavioral changes…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 2, 20260Comments

Parenthood

Huffing among teens is common than vaping but dangerous

When parents sit down to worry about teenage substance use and most do the usual suspects tend to dominate the conversation: vaping, alcohol, marijuana. But a new study is drawing attention to a category of misuse that rarely makes it into those discussions, and that is the deliberate inhalation of chemical vapors, commonly known as…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 2, 20260Comments

Relationships

Why you obsessively stalk your partner’s ex and how to stop

You probably wouldn't want anyone seeing your full browsing history especially the part where you spent an hour going through your partner's ex's Instagram. It started innocently enough, maybe a quick LinkedIn search. But before long, you were several years deep into their profile, studying photos and making comparisons you didn't even mean to make.…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 2, 20260Comments

Advice

Why ‘show me how good it gets’ is the only mantra worth saying this year

A four-word phrase is circulating on TikTok with thousands of users claiming it shifted their mindset, their luck, and their daily outlook in ways they didn't expect. Affirmations have been around long enough to earn a degree of skepticism. Telling yourself the mantra 'I am worthy' in a mirror before work is a well-worn ritual…

ByGesi LloydMay 2, 20260Comments

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Why more Black women are finding healing in dog

Psychologist, therapist or coach? Here’s how to tell the difference

Understanding retroactive jealousy and why it is so hard to shake

People pleasing is secretly ruining your relationships

Why jealousy doesn’t have to destroy your open relationship

Why 94% of Gen Z suffers from Sunday night anxiety

7 subtle behaviors that reveal deep unhappiness

Huffing among teens is common than vaping but dangerous

Why you obsessively stalk your partner’s ex and how to stop

Why ‘show me how good it gets’ is the only mantra worth saying this year

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