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“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive. When someone enters the pain and hears the screams…
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“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is…
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A few days ago, we welcomed Spring here. On the other side of the continent, it is the beginning of Autumn. I love the changing of seasons and how sometimes it also correlates with the changing in ones on personal…
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You deserve to take up space Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I remember in high school the feeling that I would get when I would finally get the courage to speak up and someone would confidently abrupt “Louder!” The feeling of having…
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I have come to understand that the first step to change is understanding where you currently are and why you are where you are. Unfortunately, sometimes the biggest catalyzer for change is the pain we feel in the reality we…
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So last week I shared a little about how the environment I had grown up had contributed to my codependency. As well as how I understood that as an African woman, this is something that had been passed down through…
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The last video I posted on abantumay was on whether we as Africans are raised to be codependent by nature/tradition? I wanted to explore this subject further by sharing how my own African home upbringing raised me to become co-dependent…
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They say life and death are weighed on the lips of the human. We are constantly shaping our reality, not only on what we say, but also what we think of. What occupies our minds. I believe that all change…
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They say that your vibe attracts your tribe and apart from being “rhymey”, it is also true to some extent. People are usually attracted to one another because of some shared qualities between them, but just because you have a…
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Hey you, welcome 🙂 This is me, May, soul grand-daughter of Miss Maya Angelou who once said “‘My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style” And that is exactly how I try to live my little life.
