BY SIMONE J. SMITH Every now and then, I segway to give my readers perspective on the reason why I...
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"Clarity is making the truth easier for people to carry.”
"Why must an African man reach the courtroom before he reaches care?”
“Was that my fault?” “Am I overreacting?” “Is this just what relationships are?”
“Caribbean families are buying silence, rushing funerals, and burying shame at night while trauma keeps living in the house.”
“This is about not knowing the language our love needs to survive.”
"Our ancestors' trauma is a map wired into our 90 billion neurons, silently guiding every step we take toward survival...
"Beliefs are tools, not truths; they don't necessarily have to be fact to be either the cage that locks you...
“Are you showing up as your highest self, or your safest self?”
“Fortunately, we are human, and that means we are plastic. We can change.”
"Silence is often the most powerful response—and the most confusing to people who want a reaction."
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