This Illustrator Empowers Black Women And Celebrates Hair Through Art

** Hi, Rachael! Tell us about yourself. I’m from London, but I’m also St. Lucian. Most of my family members are female, and all these females have helped shape me into the woman I am today. I am my mom, my grandmother, my aunties, and my cousins. What has your hair journey been like? My natural hair is very thick and when I was younger, I struggled to maintain it by myself....

April 6, 2023 · 5 min · 959 words · Cheryl Martin

Time To Wash Your Hair 5 Signs It S Time To Cleanse

** 1. You’re Experiencing Product Build-Up Product buildup is a reality and it will come for you if you’re not washing your hair enough. Don’t let all the sprays, serums, and stylers start to build up in your hair. This will help weigh down your hair, causing dullness and even some clumping and shedding. Too much product buildup will look and feel unsettling. 2. Your Hair Feels Oily This one is an obvious one, but necessary to mention....

April 6, 2023 · 3 min · 467 words · Kathleen Garcia

Unlearn Management Relearn Being Human

If you want to be an effective leader, there are a few critical things you need to understand: First, nobody wants to be managed. Second, who you are is more important than how smart you are. And last, leadership is all about developing and enabling meaningful and trusting human relationships. Regardless of hierarchies and power structures within a company, we are all first and foremost human beings. We want to connect on a human level with each other....

April 6, 2023 · 7 min · 1383 words · John Taylor

Using Fear To Tap Into Your Superpowers

That razor focus led Bertish to achieve seemingly superhuman feats. He won the Mavericks Big Wave International surfing event on the biggest waves ever recorded in the history of the sport. He holds the South African 24-Hour Open Ocean Stand Up Paddle Board record, and the 12-Hour Open Ocean Guinness World Record. He travels the world as a professional speaker/waterman/adventurer. Bertish believes that everyone has the power to achieve, well, anything....

April 6, 2023 · 4 min · 721 words · Misty Stout

When Meditation Feels Too Painful

In one sense, a retreat is a laboratory for creating the conditions most conducive to meditation. It’s also a microcosm of life itself, a chance to observe deeply how things drift in and out of discord, regardless of how much effort we’ve put into creating an ideal environment. In the quietest place on Earth, a feather dropping can ring out like a gunshot. A minor ache, likewise, can scream like a broken limb....

April 6, 2023 · 2 min · 246 words · Walter Lucas
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