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Many of us were raised to believe that taking care of ourselves should come after taking care of everyone else.

We learned to be responsible, dependable, and accommodating. We learned how to show up for other people.

What many of us were never taught is how to show up for ourselves.

As I've gotten older, I have come to appreciate the women who protect their peace. Not because their lives are easier than everyone else's, but because they understand that peace requires intention.

They schedule it.
They prioritize it.
They make room for it.

Wellness isn't found by accident.

It is built through small decisions made every day by women who understand that they are worthy of care too.

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There are certain women who leave fingerprints on your life and never know it.

When I was a Communications major at Alabama A&M University, I took a summer speech class taught by Professor Gladys Nance. Before she taught us a single thing about communication, she taught us something about standards.

On the first day of class, she handed out the syllabus and informed us that shorts would not be permitted in her classroom.

Now, mind you, this was Alabama in the summertime. We were college students. We were hot, annoyed, and more than a little confused.

But Professor Nance never wavered.

She carried herself with such elegance, confidence, and pride that eventually you stopped focusing on the rule and started paying attention to the lesson.

She expected something of herself, and because she expected something of herself, she expected something of us.

I didn't fully appreciate that then.

I do now.

As women, we spend so much time adjusting ourselves to fit into spaces that sometimes we forget we are allowed to establish standards of our own. We are allowed to decide how we will be treated. We are allowed to decide what we will accept. We are allowed to decide what care looks like.

And perhaps most importantly, we are allowed to advocate for ourselves.

That includes our wellness.

No one is coming to hand us permission to rest.
No one is going to insist that we make ourselves a priority.
That work belongs to us.

When I sit down to write these days, I often think about women like Professor Nance. Women who quietly demonstrated that how you carry yourself matters.

I wrote more about that journey—and how writing has become part of my own wellness practice—over on Substack.

If you've ever felt called to write your story, start. You don't need permission. You don't need a publishing deal. You don't need perfect grammar.

You just need a willingness to tell the truth.

The people who need your story may be waiting for it.

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A conversation I have often with women goes something like this:

"I know I need to slow down."

The challenge is that life rarely creates the opportunity for us. We have to create it for ourselves.

There will always be another email waiting to be answered. Another meeting to attend. Another task to complete.

The list never truly ends.

What I hope more women understand is that wellness is not what happens after the work is finished. Wellness is what allows us to continue doing the work without losing ourselves in the process.

A quiet morning. A long bath. A walk without a destination. An afternoon spent doing absolutely nothing productive.

These moments are not wasted.

They are investments in the woman you are becoming.

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August 13-18, 2026
The Afro-Colombian community, especially along the Pacific coast, has preserved its traditions through music, food, spirituality, hair artistry, and communal celebration despite centuries of displacement and systemic barriers.

In Cali — home to the iconic Festival de Música del Pacífico Petronio Álvarez — Afro-Colombian identity is not hidden. It is celebrated. Loudly. Beautifully. Intentionally.

We will learn about:

Pacific coast culinary traditions
The cultural significance of marimba music
The ancestral spirit of community gatherings
The sacred drink of the Pacific: Viche — a sugarcane-based ancestral spirit once criminalized and now reclaimed as a cultural treasure

This retreat is about understanding how a people held onto their culture — and how that resilience mirrors our own.

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that many professional women carry. It isn't always physical. Sometimes it comes from being the person everyone relies on.

You become accustomed to solving problems, managing schedules, handling emergencies, and making sure things run smoothly. People begin to see you as capable, and because you are capable, they often assume you don't need support yourself.

Over time, that can become a lonely place to live.

One of the greatest lessons I have learned is that strength and self-care are not opposites. In fact, they belong together.

The strongest women I know are not the ones who push themselves beyond every limit. They are the ones who recognize when they need rest and honor that need without guilt.

If you have been carrying a great deal lately, I hope you will find a moment this week to care for yourself with the same kindness you offer everyone else.

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