Cherishing Our Mental Health 10 Ways to Boost Mental Well-Being Caring for our mental and emotional health is just as important as taking care of our physical health. For Mental Health Awareness Month, during the month of May, we encourage others to tend to their mental health needs. Studies have shown that women are twice Continue Reading
Beyond the Stretch By Sherrell Moore-Tucker When you think about stretching your body what comes to mind? For many of us, we envision bending over and touching our toes, a runner’s lunge or a standing quad stretch. Maybe a yoga posture comes to mind such as a deep back bend. Whatever you envision the stretch Continue Reading
Fun. Faith. Fast By Rashida A. Marshall Celebrity fitness trainer and up and coming musical artist, Jamal Gordon is paving his way in the field of health and wellness and entertainment all while inspiring others. As an artist and lifelong athlete since the age of 5, Jamal chose to enter into the field of wellness Continue Reading
Uterine Fibroids: Foreign Invaders By Doniss Hicks, RD The Fibroid Experience As an African-American male, I was admittedly oblivious to the devastating effects that uterine fibroids can have on the gynecological and psychological health of African-American women. I had never heard of fibroids, period. That is, until about three years ago when I was abruptly Continue Reading
Maria Gordon: A Weight Loss Inspiration By Rashida A. Marshall It requires a great deal of willpower and focus to commit to changing your life for the better, but Maria Gordon is proof that it can be done. After battling weight issues and diabetes, Ms. Gordon came to terms with her situation and realized that Continue Reading
The Fitness Representative By Rashida A. Marshall Gabori Hill, Sr. of Chicago is on a mission to represent fitness for life. A former member of the Marine Corps, Gabori is the owner and lead trainer of The Fitness Representative, a personal training business aimed at providing clients with the tools needed to improve all aspects Continue Reading
Just Checking In Important Screenings for Women Each year, during the second week of May, the Office of Women’s Health with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services celebrates National Women’s Health Week. Beginning on Mother’s Day, this week is dedicated to educating, encouraging, and motivating women to live healthy, long and fulfilling lifestyles. Continue Reading
Hear from our sexual health counselor, Ms. Ariel-Nicole! She took some time to do a sexual health Q&A with us, and answer some of your questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q: Ariel, I came across a business that sells natural beauty and sexual health products. One product they sell is an oil that can be used in the Continue Reading
By Raven A. Davis Green Monster Smoothie Recipe Serves: 1 INGREDIENTS 1 cup Almond Milk, plain or unsweetened vanilla ½ cup vanilla Greek yogurt 1 Ripe, frozen banana 2-4 cups raw, organic spinach INSTRUCTIONS 1. Place all ingredients into the blender. 2. Blend ingredients & liquefy 3. Serve ~TIPS~ Make sure you freeze your banana Continue Reading
I log onto my social media sites daily and am overwhelmed at the articles marketed to women to get them to put something new and foreign in their vagina. It can be difficult to sort through the good versus the bad versus the downright ugly. It can be tricky since your vagina didn’t come with Continue Reading
