Lifestyle
SUSTAINABILITY POWER PLAYER: INFLUENCER ASHLEY RENNE NSONWU BELIEVES A VEGAN LIFESTYLE IS A COMMITMENT TO COMPASSION
April is Earth Month, and it provides a great opportunity to consider how we can ideally live better, sustainably, and with minimal impact on the environment. This is where Ashley Renne Nsonwu comes in. She left her “glamorous” travel influencer career in 2019 to...
Gel Manicures and the Health Risks of Using UV Dryers
Let's be honest. Women take their nail game seriously. We search for inspo for hours, then head to our favorite nail artist or nail salon to have it recreated to perfection. For many Black and Brown women, beautifully painted nails are an extension of who they are....
SINQUA WALLS SHARES THE HOLIDAY DISHES HE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT, AND HOW BREAKING BREAD WITH OTHERS IS A FORM OF LOVE
The Louisiana native says his family always has three things on their holiday plates. Thanksgiving is here, which means we are in the thick of the holiday season that brings us together with family and friends around the dinner table. Food plays an important role in...
Why Are So Many Decades-Long Marriages Ending And What’s The Key To Making Them Last?
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 one like...
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 ideas,...