You're doing all the things — morning journaling, herbal tea before bed, sleeping with a weighted blanket. You’ve finally started deciding what you're willing to give and communicating it clearly, even when it feels uncomfortable.

So why does it still feel like you're performing wellness instead of living it?

After going through so much in my life, things were going well, until it happened.

I had a head-on collision with not only breast cancer, but colon cancer as well, and it changed my entire outlook on life. I found my cancer through an ultrasound.

‘What’s wrong with me?’ is a conundrum that Black women face more often than we care to admit. With 8 out of 10 Black women have experienced some type of trauma, significantly higher rates of chronic psychological stress, psychological abuse, and psychosocial stress than any other group, we find ourselves at the feet of this question.

Society has placed a weight on the shoulders of melanin women that has the ability to drown us from the overwhelming demands. We no longer have to portray the “strong Black woman” however we all would love to live peacefully while indulging in the desires, goals and factors that we love most.