How’s Your Money Looking? 5 Tips For A Financial Check-Up
You know a great time to check in with the current state of your finances? Now. A healthy financial state can dictate healthy living in a number of ways. How’s…
8 Exercises To Work You Out While Still In Your Day Clothes
While working your 9-5 and then going home to run your 6-10, tend to family needs or have a life, workouts tend to be the first thing on the list…
Meet The World’s First Black Woman Cruise Ship Captain
(Photo credit: Winstar Cruises Blog) Beautiful destinations, lavish ships and incredible vacations usually make up the day-to-day cruise industry. But in that industry, women make up 18 to 20% of…
Regina King: “God Is Always Leaning In My Direction”
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 24: 1Regina King, winner of Best Supporting Actress for ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ poses in the press room during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at…
BREAKING: R. Kelly Indicted on 10 Counts of Criminal Sexual Abuse With Minors
(Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) For over two decades, rumors about singer R. Kelly have been circulating around about him having inappropriate sexual relations with underage girls. But recently, a…
Listen to Your Heart on National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day
This February 22 is National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day. As many as 11 million Americans have heart valve disease (HVD), which involves damage to one or more of the…
HIV: Here’s How Your Words Can Help Stop Stigma
A national epidemic like HIV should make you look up and pay attention. Unfortunately, many people are looking everywhere except where they should. They are looking with judgment at others,…
When Pregnancy Becomes A Headache
Dr. J and I wrote our book Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Pregnancy But Were Too Afraid or Embarrassed To Ask because, well, there are only 24-hours in…
Reversed: The First Ever Diabetes Reality Show by Charles Mattocks
1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year. Leading the race is 15.1% of American Indians/Alaskan Natives and falling close behind is 12.7% of Blacks. Charles Mattocks is included…
Letting Go Of “Strong Black Women”
When it comes to identifying the most important person in your life, who is it that you often refer to? If it’s not yourself, then there’s some work that needs…