Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer

Narcolepsy Type 1 The fight for a real diagnosis

For Justice, 30, and Tara, 29, the road to understanding their own bodies was long, exhausting, and often deeply discouraging. Both women live with narcolepsy Type 1 (NT1), a chronic neurological disorder that affects the brain's ability to regulate sleep and wakefulness and both spent years searching for answers before anyone gave them the right…

ByDorcas OnasaApril 2, 20260Comments

Wellness

Grounding techniques that works when everything feels overwhelming

When external circumstances feel out of control, the nervous system responds accordingly. Stress accumulates, focus narrows in unhelpful directions and the gap between what is happening and what feels manageable widens. Grounding techniques work by interrupting that cycle at the point where it is most accessible, which is the body and the immediate environment. These…

ByGesi LloydMarch 28, 20260Comments

Wellness

Why Living in urgency mode is not productivity

You wake up and the day is already moving. Meals get rushed. Texts get answered immediately. Relaxation feels like something that needs to be earned rather than taken. By the time evening arrives, you cannot quite explain why you feel depleted when nothing dramatic happened. Psychotherapist Erica Schwartzberg describes this as urgency mode, a…

ByGesi LloydMarch 28, 20260Comments

Entertainment

Kerry Washington reveals her best marriage decision ever

Kerry Washington is giving people a rare and honest look inside one of the most intentional decisions she and her husband, Nnamdi Asomugha, have made together and it had absolutely nothing to do with a crisis. The actress, 49, appeared on a recent episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast hosted by Alex Cooper, where…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 28, 20260Comments

Music

Chappell Roan sparks a debate that goes well beyond one hotel breakfast

The incident began on March 21 at a hotel in Brazil during Lollapalooza Brasil, where Chappell Roan was performing. According to Jorginho, the former Chelsea and Arsenal midfielder who is married to singer Catherine Harding, his 11-year-old stepdaughter spotted Roan at the hotel breakfast and smiled at her from a distance. What followed, he says,…

ByGesi LloydMarch 27, 20260Comments

Wellness

Finding calm in the chaos starts with three habits

The mental health toll of sustained exposure to crisis-driven media is not anecdotal. Research consistently links prolonged news consumption to elevated stress, worsening anxiety and diminished emotional resilience. For healthcare workers, students and the general public alike, the effect compounds over time, particularly when social media keeps the stream of distressing content moving without interruption…

ByGesi LloydMarch 26, 20260Comments

Self

Why bedtime stacking is the self care trend you need

Not every wellness trend asks you to wake up earlier, push harder, or optimize yourself into exhaustion. Sometimes the most appealing advice is simply to stay in bed and do it with intention. That is exactly what bedtime stacking is all about, and it is quickly becoming one of the most relatable corners of TikTok.…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 26, 20260Comments

Lifestyle

5 Micro habits for a more intentional morning

Every night, it feels entirely reasonable to believe that tomorrow morning will go differently. The bed will get made. The workout will happen. The inbox will be handled before 8 a.m. And then the alarm goes off, the snooze button gets hit, the phone comes out, and suddenly the whole first hour has quietly slipped…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 25, 20260Comments

Wellness

4 meaningful ways beauty experts protect their mental health

Mental health remains one of the most underdiscussed topics in the Black community. Despite Black Americans being 20 percent more likely to experience mental health challenges often rooted in racial, systemic and generational trauma only about 25 percent seek professional treatment, compared to nearly 40 percent of white Americans who do the same. In the…

ByDorcas OnasaMarch 22, 20260Comments

Friendship

Friendship Boundaries That Change the Way You Show Up

Most people find it easier to push back at work than with the people they love. A conversation with a manager about being overextended feels manageable. The same conversation with a close friend feels like a risk. That gap is where quiet resentment builds, and where mental health tends to take the most damage. Setting…

ByGesi LloydMarch 21, 20260Comments

Default
Dark

Narcolepsy Type 1 The fight for a real diagnosis

Grounding techniques that works when everything feels overwhelming

Why Living in urgency mode is not productivity

Kerry Washington reveals her best marriage decision ever

Chappell Roan sparks a debate that goes well beyond one hotel breakfast

Finding calm in the chaos starts with three habits

Why bedtime stacking is the self care trend you need

5 Micro habits for a more intentional morning

4 meaningful ways beauty experts protect their mental health

Tyra Banks takes Netflix to court and the details are damaging

Why fixing poor sleep in midlife is a powerful investment for women

5 hydration mistakes to avoid this summer