SHE ✨👑

She, Composed of grace and style She, Made up of brown sugar and gold She, Skin like cocoa and honey She, Built with the unwillingness to fold She, Armed with the strength of ten men She, Shining as bright as the stars in the night sky She, Never settling, aware of her worth She, Boldly …

Wounds in the Way

Emotional wounds are the worst. When your heart feels as though its been broken and stepped on, it always seems as though it will never get better. Emotional wounds block the way of so many things. Think about it. When we suffer from emotional damage, we do everything in our "power" to keep it from …

Jennifer Hudson on Being Fine & Fearless; “I Know Who I Am & I Got This”

  Gracing the cover of the January 2014 issue of ESSENCE magazine was none other than the positively fierce Jennifer Hudson. Inside, she talked about it all -- from her successes, to her love life, to maintaining her faith. ON HER SUCCESSES: Since busting onto the scene back in 2004 on as a finalist on …

Viola Davis Covers Essence Magazine; Says ‘I Took Off My Wig Because I No Longer Wanted To Apologize For Who I Am’

Oscar-nominated actress Viola Davis covers the October issue of Essence magazine, on stands now, and she looks absolutely stunning! First off, let me just say that I am loving the fact the she is on Essence's cover with her natural hair! As a fellow naturalista, that makes me proud. It is small progress like this …

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The Confident Woman Devotional – Be Courageous (pt. 14)

Be Courageous Rosa Parks (1913-2005) was the unknown seamstress who started the modern American Civil Rights Movement. On December 1, 1955, in the city of Montgomery, Alabama, she refused to move to the back of the bus after a white man got on board and wanted to sit in a front seat. Rosa's mother believed …

The Confident Woman Devotional – Quiet Inner Confidence (pt. 13)

Quiet Inner Confidence (Last Wednesday's Devotional) The devotional reads: ''Through the years, many people tried to hold me back from God's call on my life. There were those who did not understand what I was doing and why I was doing it, so they judged me falsely. At times their criticism and judgment made me …