Archive - Black Girl Healing

Unhealed Wounds

“Often, we are wounded in relationships and stay wounded because we never grieve.” - bell hooks

Jul 8 •

Pretending to be blind

“Once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out. There’s no…

Jul 3 •

June 2025

Finding the courage to be seen again

“You are not for everyone. And that’s okay. The ones who are for you will know how to hold you.” — Alex Elle

Jun 25 •

They call her fierce

She was not born with the strength

Jun 24 •

Attempting to be fearless in the face of terror

Nothing changes if nothing changes-- especially us.

Jun 23 •

In hiding, there is no life

"no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark" - Warsan Shire

Jun 21 •

When your heart is stolen

“He never asked me what broke me, he just saw me broken and offered to break me more.” -Jasmine Mans

Jun 8 •

The Privilege in the Pause

"Stillness is not the enemy. Change is not the enemy. We don’t have to outrun our lives.” - Octavia Raheem

Jun 4 •

May 2025

May 30 •

The woman who has no fear

“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.” - Audre Lorde

May 29 •

On Knowing, Even When You're Unsure

I’ve spent my life unsure of who really sees me. Then, in 48 hours, two people said exactly what I didn’t know I needed to hear.

May 28 •

And it was her disability that made her whole

“Black disabled women have always been the blueprint. Our survival is activism. Our thriving is revolutionary.” - Imani Barbarin

May 24 •

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