#StayUNIK ~ a Melanin Mind Menagerie

I'll be fully transparent here. I did not wake up like this. For the longest, I would run from my own glow, dimming my light to preserve the feelings of others. A lot of women - particularly the melanated, have the same habit.  Listen in, as I discuss why so many women tend to diminish their inner light, on TheNewzRoom podcast.

  Y'all, let me tell you about the Fabulousness that is Towanda Livingston.  I had the pleasure of working with this queen for about a decade, prio...

Learn how this mother of 4, with no scientific or cosmetology background, developed the super potent elasticity restoring Metamorphosis Hair Lengthening & Strengthening Collection.

#StayUNIK

This video is about why I, an African American woman, do not spank my kids for every little thing. 

3 Reasons Why I Think Spanking is Wack and Ineffective:
        1) Too much spanking increases acting out
        2) Too much spanking alienates your kids from you
        3) Too much spanking reeks of the plantation

"When you do not share your wisdom, but instead try to beat your kids into who you want them to be, you do not teach them to think for themselves.  They never learn to make their own good decisions.  They exist in a state of rarely feeling safe, of mental chaos, of wanting to get away - causing them to act out."

~ Tamara Aw

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