For decades, women have been praised for being “strong.” The kind who doesn’t cry, doesn’t break, doesn’t complain. The woman who handles her job, her home, her family, and her emotions without ...

Strong women have a unique way of handling conflict that sets them apart. Instead of getting caught up in endless arguments that drain their energy, they choose a different path. Walking away from ...

While many of the most resilient people are those who had a healthy upbringing and positive parenting influences, a study published in the Frontiers in Psychiatry journal suggests that it is certainly ...

The world expects Black women to be invincible, carrying everyone else’s burdens while silencing their own pain. But the mental health price of always being the strong Black woman is devastating — a ...

The holiday season represents work piling up, mounting pressures to shop and decorate and the added weight of having to pretend to be the one who “has it all together” at family gatherings. During ...

You’re reading this because you probably want to disappear right now because you lost control and cried at work. You might even be considering quitting and changing industries entirely to start anew ...

Tricia Hersey launched a napping ministry to encourage Black women to rest. A growing movement is calling on Black women to do something long held out of their reach as the country faces an ongoing ...

For decades, Black women have been celebrated for their strength—but what started as a compliment has become a cultural trap. It’s time we call out this microaggression for good. And to put it ...