Safe Spaces and Why Black Women Need Them

Safe spaces for Black women matter because sometimes we
need to be around other Black women who get it.


In today’s episode we talk about the importance of Black women
having a safe space to gather and chat it up about the unique
challenges we face as a culture and how those challenges are
often overlooked and unheard.


Having a space where we can pour it all out with people who look
like us helps us to connect on a deeper level – it creates space
for us to share our stories, our struggles, our experiences with
people who know what it’s like to be dismissed and ignored 
– it provides a sense of togetherness.  That’s why we’ve
created SOS Safe Spaces where we gather monthly
to talk about the everyday happenings of life. Tune in to get all
the deets. 




RESOURCES TO SUPPORT YOU IN DOING LIVE WITH LESS STRESS,
LESS WORRY, AND LESS EMOTIONAL OVERWHELM


Come gather and grow with us in the SOS SAFE SPACES
support group.
Want to be a part of a [FREE] community of
Black women supporting Black
women through the ebbs and flows of
life? Come gather with us monthly to
chat it up about all the things that concern us, while holding
each other accountable with love — accountable for how we see
ourselves, treat ourselves, walk through the world, and how we
allow others to treat us. Join SOS SAFE SPACES
today.



Cultivate a daily practice of nurturing yourself with Nurture
Yourself Bingo
Nurturing yourself does not have to be difficult, but it does
need to be consistent, so why not make it fun. Nurture
Yourself Bingo is divided into five categories – one
category per card. Each category has twenty-four activities to
support you in a daily practice of nurturing yourself. All you
need to do to get started is print the cards, laminate them,
and start nurturing yourself.


Do one activity daily, marking a X in the squares as you go
until you get bingo. Once you get bingo, do something to
celebrate yourself. If you get bingo on more than one card at
the same time, up the celebration. Alternatively, you can work
on one card at a time and/or do more than one activity a day.
It’s your practice, do what feels right for you. Whatever you
decide, we’ve got FIVE CATEGORIES & 124
WAYS for you to do it.



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