June 3, 2019 bar soap | face soap | liquid soap Amerrah

What’s Better, Bar Soap or Liquid Soap?

I always get asked the question, what's better to use on my face, bar soap or liquid soap. I found this article very helpful in giving us answers. Bar Soap vs Liquid Soap: Which is Better? | cleancultDo you wash your hands more than a few times a day? When you buy soap, are you [...]

May 30, 2019 black female west point cadets | military academy | West Point Nicole

Black Women To Graduate From West Point

There is nothing we cannot do. I’m still torn about fighting for a country that does not fight for us..... and I was once in the military.   Record Number Of Black Women To Graduate West Point Military Academy Black women are set to make military history on Saturday, as the West Point military academy [...]

May 29, 2019 Mocha

The Importance of Sleep

Sleep? What's that?   With work, school, parenthood, life in general, most of us are lucky to get four good hours of sleep. Stop that! Did you know that when you sleep your body releases important hormones, your brain recharges, and your cells repair themselves?   Missing sleep cuts all of this short.   Sleep [...]

May 26, 2019 exercise | intimacy self-care | vagina health Kimani

5 Things You Need to Know About Your Vagina

From the Writer’s Desk: As a fellow vagina owner, I know the importance of being familiar with oneself. Intimacy Self Care is so important that I’d like to start by talking about the basics of Vadge care. After all, no one will take better care of it than you will – and that’s the way [...]

May 24, 2019 ask mocha carter | concentration | falling asleep | increased focus | life skills | meditation | stress relief | work-related stress Mocha

What is the best time to meditate?

GM sistahs,   I was having a conversation with a group member about meditation and she asked an interesting question...   WHAT IS THE BEST TIME TO MEDITATE?   The simple answer is: The best time is different for everyone and depends upon what your reasons are, and what you are trying to get out [...]

May 23, 2019 black women travel | college tours | spring break | summer vacation | travel noire Nia

Why it’s important for black women to travel

When I was a little girl my mom used to work for a millionaire. It was an after-school program called I have a Dream. The purpose of the program was to encourage young black inner-city youth to attend college.  While in the program we would go on vacations for spring break, summer, and tour colleges. [...]

May 22, 2019 hygiene | self-care | sexual health | vforvadge Kimani

Intimacy Self-Care for The Traveling Woman

I'm writing this article as I sip a cold glass of cherry juice on the beautiful island of Jamaica. The concept of intimacy self-care doesn't stop when we leave our mother country, rather it extends to whichever place we are traveling to. I've compiled a cute little list of ways (and reasons) to tend to [...]

May 22, 2019 cleanse environment with smudging | ritual | sage | smudging Mocha

What’s up With Sage?

What is saging or smudging? Smudging is a practice used to cleanse your environment of negative energy. It's a ritual practiced by Native Americans that generates wisdom, clarity and healing.    Some people think it's weird or voodoo practice but actually it is a spiritual detoxifier. The smoke created by burning dried sage changes the [...]

May 21, 2019 black women travel | Brazil | bucket list | Jamaica | Maldives | Paris | Thailand | top 10 places to travel | Travel Nia

Top 10 Places Black Women Should Travel

Italy 🇮🇹 South Africa 🇿🇦 Jamaica 🇯🇲 Thailand 🇹🇭 Barbados 🇧🇧 Brazil 🇧🇷 Paris Ghana 🇬🇭 Japan 🇯🇵 The Maldives 🇲🇻   According to madamenoire.com the prodigious experience black women receive in these locations are breathtaking!   From men in Italy not being shy of showing their admiration of our beauty.  South Africa 🇿🇦 the beauty [...]

May 21, 2019 Carly

Memes applied to your Work/Business Life

Everybody loves a good meme, right? Well who knew that you could learn from them as well?  No, not like learning erroneous “facts” and misinformation, but actually learn life skills that can be applied to your waking life as either an employee or entrepreneur. Let’s take a look at the five important messages from five [...]