WE TALKED TO TWO BELOVED LOVE AND MARRIAGE EXPERTS WHO OFFERED INSIGHT ON THE KEYS TO MAKING LOVE LAST BY KEEPING IT A PRIORITY. When it comes to love, we often talk so much about the search for it rather than its preservation. What happens after you...
As A Biracial Black Woman, Learning To Find Myself Attractive Was A Journey
Personal Story Imagine waking up every day and not looking like anyone around you, including your immediate family. Day after day watching a sea of faces at school, at church, in stores, on TV, and at home that looks nothing like you. You are the only...
The Black Girl’s Guide To Travel In Eastern Europe
WHILE NOT THE FIRST REGION ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET LIST, THIS BLACK WOMAN AUTHOR WHO RESIDES IN EASTERN EUROPE SHARES WHAT THREE OF HER FAVORITE COUNTRIES HAVE TO OFFER GLOBETROTTERS. I know. Believe me, I know. You are probably thinking, Eastern...
A Catskills motel makeover comes to cable
Phoenicia's Graham & Co. to be featured in new '(RE)motel' series on Magnolia channel When Martin Torres and Joseph DiThomas first stayed in The Cobblestone Inn in the Catskills hamlet of Phoenicia in 1997 it was a work in progress. The motel was a plain...
How To Deal With Imposter Syndrome
Do you ever feel like you’re hanging on by a thread at work or like you’re “faking it until you make it” because you don’t actually have what it takes to make it? Do you ever feel like you don’t belong or like somehow you don’t deserve the position...
Leadership | The formula to become a rock star leader = people focused + values-driven
This piece is part of a series on Leadership by members of WCAPS — Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security & Conflict Transformation — and other members of the broader ISD community. “The role of a leader is not to come up with all the great...
11 Qualities Of A Good Friend & Ways To Be An Even Better One
One of the most important and formative types of relationships you will experience in a lifetime is friendship. Friends are people you can share intimacies and experiences with, and you are an important part of each other's lives. They give you a...
From One Mom To Another: Healthy Weight Loss In School-Aged Children
It is no secret that waistlines in the United States are getting bigger than ever before. This phenomenon has been going on for quite some time, including over the last few decades. What is most alarming is the sharp rise in the rate of obesity in...
Representation Matters (An essay)
I grew up the only person of color in an all-white family, in an all-white town, in a very white part of the country, upstate NY. I recognized very early on that I was “different” and not like everyone else. Being the only person of color in this environment was not...
From One Mom To Another: Coming Out To Your Children Later In Life
Source: Marilyn Nieves / Getty Usually the question arises of how to handle your children coming out to you, but what do you do as a parent when you realize later in life that you have same-sex sexual preferences and are ready to come out to your children? The first...