Women everywhere have endured pain and suffering caused by betrayal, abuse, or other injustices. We’ve used our bodies as carriers to help the creation of tribes and families passing on traditions over generations. Strong, courageous, and good women exist all across the globe. They come from different cultures, backgrounds, and socioeconomic levels. The common thread […]
AW went live in May 2018. I have been lucky to communicate with readers all over the globe. Your messages about how these articles have encouraged you to fight for your goals, seek counseling for trauma, or empower you to ask the tough questions in your lives have made the work incredibly rewarding. The AW […]
Generally, women are more in touch with their feelings. Many of us are looking for a connection in our relationship. We enjoy mental and emotional bonding, whereas men are satisfied with their physical needs being met. There can be a tendency to find contentment with the status quo. The disparity in some couples is enough […]
Women are keepers of all kinds of secrets. There is a vault of emotions kept close to the vest helping ensure our microcosms stay intact. Unhappiness, pain, frustration, fear, insecurity, and suffering all simmer beneath the delicate feminine quilt upheld for appearances. Preserving the gracious silence to avoid rocking life’s boat is our specialty. Plenty […]
Tyler Perry‘s BET series “Sistas” follows a group of four women, as they find themselves and love while going through a series of ups and downs in relationships. Despite the ongoing merry-go-round of emotions, they survive personal ordeals by leaning on their circle of friendship. In a recent storyline for the show, Novi Brown’s character, […]
In 2019, we watched Jennifer Lopez’ “Hustlers,” a film inspired by the true story of Roselyn Keo and Samantha Barbash’s plot to rip off well-to-do Wall Street guys during the downturn of the market over a decade ago. In 2007 a global financial crisis brought the profitable industry to its knees. It influenced many to […]
Love is intoxicating, even exhilarating but can also be detrimental to our health when falling for the wrong person. As women, we sometimes romanticize situations and become martyrs in relationships. It’s important to recognize that some loves are destructive, shoddy or plain rotten. We can usually sense when things are not on the up-and-up, however […]
The events of 2020 impacted individual microcosms in different ways. Our lives were turned inside out, residual effects of an uncertain and inevitable reality did not spare anyone. Job losses are in the millions, people can’t pay their rent and countless small businesses are closing each day. Sadly, the worst of it does not end […]
During an age when a child’s only worry should be school, friends and enjoying their favorite pastime, Maria Trusa was dealing with an adult ordeal. At the age of 9, she was the victim of a violent sexual assault at the hands of an unconscionable and vicious man. The crime left scars that ran far […]
Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few. – Meghan Markle Loss of any kind has an impact but losing a child you never met is filled with despair, sadness, and an inexplicable void that is difficult to explain. Whether it is a natural miscarriage or […]
