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I was talking with a doctor friend, my bestie, and she reminded me of something both humbling and empowering: eating unprocessed foods, exercising, and reducing the toxins on your body does not guarantee you’ll never get sick. Diseases like cancer can develop for many reasons—genetics, environment, age, or purely unknown factors.

But here’s the important part: living a non-toxic lifestyle puts your body in the strongest possible position to fight back. It doesn’t promise immunity, but it builds resilience. And resilience is everything.

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The danger of always saying yes is that it slowly teaches you to disappear. Every time you say yes when your whole body is saying no, you’re prioritizing someone else’s desire over your own. On the surface it looks kind, generous, or accommodating. But underneath, it’s often rooted in fear—fear of disappointing someone, fear of conflict, fear of what might shift if you simply said, “No, that doesn’t work for me.”

For a long time, I said yes because I didn’t want to hurt someone else’s feelings. I assumed that my no would somehow damage the relationship, create tension, or make me seem selfish. But what I eventually realized is that constantly saying yes is its own quiet form of self-abandonment. It teaches the people around you that your time, your energy, and your peace are always available for the taking. And the hard truth is that when you do that long enough, you start to believe it too.

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Parenting has been one of the wildest, sweetest, most humbling experiments of my life. I only have a 4- and 6-year-old, so I’m nowhere near “expert” status—far from it. But I’ve gotten a few clear wins, and honestly, I want to share them because parenting can be hard, and when something actually works? I’m shouting it from the rooftops.

First big win: my kids clean their own bathroom. And they do it without fussing. A mom once asked me how I pulled that off, and I realized it’s because I give them agency. I let them know what needs to get done and by when—sometimes by the end of the day, sometimes by a certain hour—but I don’t stand over them demanding they do it right that second. And I let them do it by themselves, I’m not standing over them correcting them. They get to think of the best way to get the job done and do it! My kids like to feel like they have a say. If they think they’re making the choice, everything goes smoother. I’ve learned that for them, timing is everything.

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For years, people swore meditation was the key to inner peace, but the moment I sat down, closed my eyes, and tried to “empty my mind,” my thoughts went full dissertation. I wasn’t drifting into bliss; I was mentally reorganizing closets, replaying conversations from three years ago, planning things to do with my sons, remembering I needed to text someone back, and wondering why my foot suddenly itched. Traditional sit-still meditation? Absolutely not. My mind was doing laps.

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I’ve been thinking a lot about what it really means to live wholistically, and for me, that journey has become increasingly uncomfortable over the past few years. Wellness has been swallowed up by capitalism, turning practices meant to free us into products meant to be sold. And while BLK + GRN was created to offer safer, healthier options, I’ve struggled deeply with the psychology behind encouraging people to “buy now” when so many are navigating real financial crises.

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Resilience is often described as the ability to cope mentally and emotionally with adversity—bouncing back from challenges and, ideally, emerging even stronger. But somewhere along the way, we started believing that resilience must be earned through hardship, that little Black boys have to “go through something” to grow into strong men. I don’t believe that’s true.

I believe resilience can be taught through awareness, emotional connection, and intentional conversations—without having to manufacture struggle.

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For years, I treated sleep like a luxury—something I would get to only after everything else was done. I was the person staying up packing boxes until 4 a.m., believing that productivity required sacrifice. Everything changed after my car accident. As a traumatic brain injury survivor, I learned firsthand that sleep is not optional—it's medicine. My brain neededdeep rest to heal, and I had to completely redefine my relationship with sleep. Pushing through exhaustion was no longer an option; honoring my body became the priority.

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From November 5 to December 2, a coordinated economic blackout is taking place—an intentional pause during the height of consumer spending. At first glance, it might seem radical to step away from the holiday rush when stores slash prices and marketing tells us to “treat ourselves” and “buy more.” But this year, many of us are choosing something different. Something quieter. Something more powerful.

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WIth the federal governement now in a partial shutdown, many Americans are wondering what this means for their daily lives and financial stability. Below is a quick breakdown of what's happening, what's affected, and what you can expect in the days ahead.

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BLK + GRN Is Growing: Expanding Beyond Personal Care to a Holistic Lifestyle Marketplace

From the beginning, BLK + GRN has always been more than a marketplace—it’s been a movement. What started as a space to connect conscious consumers to non-toxic personal care products handcrafted by Black women artisans has blossomed into something bigger.