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Reflections…
The Black woman on Herself, Love, Relationships & Healing
I am quite a Spiritually based being and as such some things I may say here may come across as a bit ‘woo woo.’ But, stick with me because though Black people in Diaspora, especially in the US, tend more towards religion, there is wisdom in whatever expression we chose to follow in our desire to recognise our less material or physical expressions of self.
We, who operate in spiritual circles, know that the people who come into your life are reflections of who you are, where you’re at spiritually or show you what you still need to pay attention to and shine a light on within yourself in order to grow. We know too, that the soul inside you, that ‘inner knower’ will give you a ‘chups’ up de side a di head’ if you continue with an activity or behaviour or relationship that is not in the best interest of your soul’s growth.
Navigating relationships I personally feel (seems) to be a particular area of challenge for many Black women. As the world and ‘YES’ I do mean the world, has conspired to cast the Black woman in various narrow, negative and insulting stereotypes, Society’s projections of who we are means the Black Woman invariably has to navigate her way firstly, through the assumptions and consequential behaviours others exhibit based on those assumptions of what society has…
