by FemmePowered | Sep 9, 2018 | Book Club, Coffee & Conversations, Community, Workshop & Events
On Saturday we launched the Coffee & Conversations Book Club at the Connection on Kirani James Blvd. Twelve women braved the inclement weather to discuss the guiding principles and direction of the club, and suggested books for reading. It was agreed that at the...
by FemmePowered | Jun 19, 2018 | Book Club, Coffee & Conversations
Greetings. How’s your heart? I’ve been keeping busy behind the scenes here at FemmePowered. This platform has opened up many opportunities for me and I am taking advantage of them all. I’ve recently been doing some speaking and teaching and I’m...
by FemmePowered | Nov 5, 2017 | Aye Gyal, Book Club, Cocktails & Conversation, Coffee & Conversations
There is an incredible urge to me to write this morning. I have felt this way for some time, but I have been hiding from the words. Sad. You see, I have always connected with myself at the end of my pen. Something on a deeper level will surface, grab me and pull me...
by FemmePowered | Sep 9, 2017 | Coffee & Conversations, Healing Narratives, Workshop & Events
Can I be vulnerable with you for a moment? Yes? Thank you. I am deep in the throes of anxiety and panics attacks like never before. For most of the week, I have been feeling ‘funny’, even a bit sad for no real reason. I feel burdened for no cause I can...
by FemmePowered | May 19, 2017 | Coffee & Conversations, For Women, Violence Against Women
Hello all yuh! So last night I did a Facebook Be Live with Mellany Paynter of Mellany Motivates. Mellany is all about promoting self-care among women of color. In my last post, I shared an audio interview I did with her. Last night, we turned the tables. We talk about...
by FemmePowered | May 17, 2017 | Coffee & Conversations
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. – Audre Lorde (black feminist) How do you tend your temple? What does self-care mean to you? Do you get it from a jar of cold cream, a spa vacation or is...
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