14 Self-Care Tips for Sexual Assault Survivors Suffering from PTSD
In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, here are some important self-care tips for when things become too much.
For those suffering from acute or long-term...
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How I Faced the Unexpected with my Surgical Transition
I wanted to give those who read this and are getting any kind of transition surgery — or even just starting their transition in general — the tools to process t...
Taking Self-Care Beyond its Commercialized Version
Self-care that fails to address the full dimension of individual healing simply isn't enough.
Self-care honestly gets a bad rep. There is a time for action and...
Why I’m Divesting from Trump and Focusing on Black Resiliency and Healing
Our collective healing, our resiliency, is power. Give life to that.
They say there’s a thin line between love and hate. Unfortunately, while we hope for love,...
How One Woman is Reclaiming Herbalism as a Form of Resistance
Herbalism has been gaining popularity in tandem with spirituality over the last few years, but few herbalists are going to the same lengths as Sade Musa to call...
We Are Prioritizing Self Care and Self-Love During Black History Month
We welcome Black History Month on our born day, and we set our intentions for this month.
After what seemed to be an interminable first month of the year, Jan...
Staying Body Positive in Conversations Around Weight Loss
Let’s make sure we stay body positive and aren’t feeding into the toxic diet culture when talking about our journey.
By Dr. Jonathan P. Higgins
A few months...
Witch-y Gift Guide for the Holiday Season
Feel free to treat yourself with this witch-y gift guide during this hectic and stressful time of the year.
Just because the holiday season is adorned with sil...
In Support Of Spending The Holidays With Chosen Family
This holiday season, whether you're spending time with your chosen family, yourself, or with your blood relatives, know that you are seen. Know that you are lov...
A Practical Witch’s Guide To Finding Sacred Space and Building An Altar
In a world that expects us to pour from an empty cup, your team only seeks to fill your cup and often a simple gesture of gratitude is all that is required.
We...
7 BIPOC Led Public Health Organizations to Support
Organizations that are led or primarily serve people of color are important to our survival.
Although the bill to repeal Obamacare failed, Trump has vowed to l...
Learn About The Self Care App Which Helps You Survive
Aloe is an app which promises to help you with the basics of self care which is crucial for those who can't afford constant care or therapy.
In today's politi...
9 Steps For Cleansing Before The Lunar Eclipse
The upcoming lunar eclipse on August 7th offers us this beginning point. It’s a good time to reset, ground & charge up for the months ahead.
We pay homage ...
8 Witches And Healers Of Color To Follow Online
Witches and workers of color deal with the realities of existing in today’s world and speak from a place that uses healing practices as a way to combat oppressi...
Queer Activists Are Using Magic As Resistance
"I want our presence, our voices, and our herbal gifts to be a reassurance for protestors that the Ancestors are watching, our Spirit Guides are with us, and we...
Drug Addiction Is A Disorder–Not A Moral Failure
Whether or not one ascribes to the disease theory of addiction, the fact remains that human lives – all human lives – have value and all humans deserve to live....
Self-Care Tips for BIPOC on the 4th of July
For BIPOC, the 4th of July is a grim reminder of the ways in which America has lied to us again and again.
The Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, ...
A Love Letter to Serena Williams
We’re in love watching you in love and being loved.
By Rachael Edwards
Dearest Serena,
I had to be no older than six years old when my father came home one...
So Someone You Love is Suicidal: A Practical Support Guide
TW- Discussions about suicide, depression and anxiety.
“Nothing in my life has ever made me want to commit suicide more than people's reaction to my trying to ...
Astrology For Feminists: Week of May 21-28
This week's astrology forecast is about making space for meeting new people, and working with your sun sign to set intentions around what the Gemini Moo...
Dear Virgie: Ashley Nell Tipton’s Weight Loss Surgery – WTF?
Invoking the language of self-love and body-love to rationalize weight loss surgery is gaslighting. Period.
CW: This article will discuss weight loss surgery (...
Artist and Poet Aaminah Shakur: “You are worthy of the attention and love you shower on everyone else.”
Aaminah Shakur: "Every step you take to self-care, you are also setting an example for others and making it possible for them to do what they need for themselve...
Self-Love Activist Eryn Amel: “You deserve to breathe deep.”
Eryn Amel: "Self-care means the prioritization of your individual peace and personal happiness. Motherhood does not have to sacrifice any of that."
Self-care i...
10 Affirmations for Women of Color & Femmes in the Era of Agent Orange
Check out these affirmations, designed to boost our daily lives to help us make it through & survive one of the undoubtedly most violent times we are facing...
Activist Jasmine Banks: “We have permission to reject those narratives.”
"The messages we learned as children were less about us and more about the folks teaching those 'lessons.'"
Self-care is a fluid concept. It is vital and it lo...
Writer Dominique Matti: “Most often, the only people taking care of us is us.”
"As a new mother of two, my self-care looks more like treating myself like one of my children. It means advocating for my needs. It means disciplining myself wi...
Sex Therapist Raquel Savage: “Be forgiving and patient with yourself.”
"Be forgiving and patient with yourself. Learn not to be apologetic about making time for yourself. Remind yourself you deserve it."
Self-care is a fluid conce...
Crazy Talk: Your Glittery, Consumerist Self-Care Doesn’t Do Sh!t For Me
It’s unfortunate that the mainstream narrative around self-care has become synonymous with this capitalistic idea that we can put a price on things like balance...
Can Chores and Paying Bills Be Self-Care? Cameron Says Yes.
"Women and femmes are rarely seen as belonging to ourselves first. So I think that reclamation is important."
Self-care is a fluid concept. It is vital and it ...
“Putting Ourselves First as Black Women/femmes is Like Returning to Our First Love.”
Writer Rachael Edwards on self-care: "Society doesn't really give us moments to breathe. We have to be intentional in carving out time to do this."
Self-care i...
6 Ways to Stop Low Self-Esteem in its Tracks
Low self-esteem is just a feeling. It has absolutely nothing to do with the reality of who you are and what you are capable of.
Loving yourself and your body u...
Why Decolonizing Self-Care Fuels Our Resistance
When Black, indigenous women and femmes of color, nurture and love themselves, it is most definitely revolutionary.
Self-care is a fluid concept. It is vital a...
10 Things Fat Babes With Eating Disorders Need You To Know
Yes, there are fat women with eating disorders. Here are 10 things to know so you can be a great ally to the ones in your life.
Photo courtesy of @hentai.hunn...
Self-Care Sunday: The Gift of Small Victories
The world can feel like all the bad stuff is piling up. That's why it's important to give yourself small victories every once in a while.
Give yourself an eas...
Self-Care Sunday: 7 Self-Massage Techniques For Pain Relief
When you can't afford professional massage, you can still treat yourself. We compiled several techniques to make it easier for you to get relief.
When you can...
Self-Care Sunday: 8 Forms of Meditation
There is no one way to meditate. It can take many forms, including dance, gentle motions, staring at an object and more.
Meditation looks different for every...
Everything’s the Worst: 5 Self-Care Acts to Distract You From the World for 10 Minutes
Happy New Year! Lots of folks are pointing out that time is an arbitrary construct, and nothing really changes with a new year. But lots of things are going to ...
5 Foodie Skin Care Recipes You Can Afford On A Food Stamp Budget
Nothing about being broke is easy. You have to make everything stretch to the absolute ends and suffer through all sort of indignities because somehow, accordin...
Self-Care Sunday: 7 Self-Love Resolutions To Ring In The New Year
Kanda Mbenza-Ngoma by Beth Olson Creative.
Well, we made it through thick and thin in 2016. Happy New Year, resilient reader. It has not been easy between l...
Saying Goodbye: 50 Suggestions for 2016 Rituals
I’m a big fan of rituals (to prove it, here's an article I wrote about them for Wear Your Voice back in 2014). I didn’t start performing rituals until I moved t...
13 New Year’s Resolutions Actually Worth Making
With the whirlwind of the holiday season beginning to settle down, you might find that you have a bit more time to yourself. Sometimes things can feel a little ...
Self-Care Sunday: Breaking Ties With Toxic Family
Sometimes you want to throw a smoke bomb and put on a mask to escape toxic family.
For Thanksgiving, we talked about setting limits with family. Unfortunate...
Self-Care Sunday: Treat Yourself
This Self-Care Sunday, we say #TreatYourself! The holiday season can be rough on everyone and it's impossible to be truly seen and heard by all of those around ...
Self-Care Sunday: Aromatherapy to Fight Seasonal Depression
It’s almost the Winter Solstice, and the days are getting shorter while the darkness lingers much longer. Between the holidays and darkness, it’s normal to find...
Self-Care Sunday: Processing Grief
This weekend, Oakland lost a tremendous number of incredible young folks in a tragic warehouse fire of epic proportions. This week, we grieve deeply with you, a...
4 Quick and Easy Vegan, Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Hits
Whether you’re hosting or attending a holiday party this year, one thing is certain: someone at the gathering is bound to have a dietary restriction. People are...
7 Ways to Cope With the Holidays if You’re Estranged From Family
by The Mystical Sister
The holidays can be hard for anyone, but they can be especially hard for folks who are estranged from their family. Whether the estran...
Self-Care Sunday: Creating Your Inner Circle Through Community Outreach
Try doing community outreach to create your inner circle as you recover during this post-election period.
All of us here at Wear Your Voice Magazine are still ...
United States of Anxiety: 5 Ways To Reduce Stress
This election has done a number on all of us, to varying degrees. Serving as one giant trigger for victims of sexual violence, a lot of us were just holding our...
Self-Care Sunday: Skip Election Day Anxiety
Image courtesy of Joseph Davidson, Creative Commons license
This election cycle has been particularly brutal, even more so than past elections. If you are e...