Tag: Mental Health
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Why Real Love Should Expand Your World, Not Shrink It

A Note Before We Begin: Following the alarming, increasing rate of feminicides in the Haitian community, I feel like it’s also part of my mission to reiterate the message that I am about to share with you. While we often discuss love in the abstract, for many women, the “shrinking”…
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Hypervigilance Made Me Powerful—and Miserable.

A reflection on fear, passion, and reconnecting with the parts of myself I abandoned. My self‑defense mechanism has been my superpower for the past four years. It has helped me spot red flags with surgical precision. It has helped me make sharper decisions. It has strengthened my discernment in ways…