Raising Black Girls. Celebrating Black Motherhood.

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self-care for working moms
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Self-Care Practices For Working Moms With Minimal Free Time

I thought my life was crazy when I was the working mom of one child. Then, we welcomed our second daughter, Summer. Boy, did we eff around and find out. She’s everything our little family was missing and is perfect in every way. But baby, working full-time, caring for a five-year-old and an infant, and …

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Good Mothering Is Not Synonymous With Self-Neglect

Charisse Kenion/Unsplash About five months into my pregnancy, getting dressed became a chore. I wish I could say that changed after my daughter was born, but it didn’t. For a while, my uniform of choice consisted of yoga pants, school t-shirts, sneakers, and nursing bras that did absolutely nothing to support my triple D breasts. …