“Mija! Do you want me to wax this?” One of my tías cackled at a party, tugging at my arm hairs.

I couldn’t even stomach the idea of going out to socialize because of how overwhelmed I felt last semester.

I can’t help but feel that I succumbed to the Summertime Problem, even though I was aware and ready for it —

At such a young age, I always felt that it was burdensome to tell people how loud the negative thoughts are in my head.

Questions by Kennedy Hunter Here's the original post Kennedy: I loved reading your blog post, and I was able to relate to it so much...

Feel your feelings. Your authentic light will shine brighter when it’s not shaded behind undealt with shit.

And that’s the advice I have right there: approach your dares with curiosity!

Perhaps, if we take the pressure off speaking truth, we can find truths that are joyful and playful.

It takes courage to put yourself out there and share what you’ve created with the world. To be vulnerable is to be daring.

While I’ve understood for some years now that a large part of our healing journey requires us to heal our inner child, I only recently...

If you were to ask me a decade ago if I loved being a black woman, you probably wouldn’t have gotten a clear answer from me.

I needed people who would challenge me to be brave because I had never felt truly daring before I met them.

Even with how bleak the world may seem at the moment, we need to understand that the world is not ending with us, at least not right now.

I was five years old when I first learned how to conceal my identity as an Afghan Muslim girl. It was a week before kindergarten started....

What do we do when a circuit shorts? Reset it, refresh the hard drive, turn it on and off again or if all fails, you start anew.