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I almost didn't pack a bathing suit for my recent trip to Costa Rica 🇨🇷.

I was standing over my suitcase, holding up several swim suits that I had purchased for my prior trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama. I had been mortified to see how large my right leg was when a friend had taken photos of me

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🗓️ The Appointment You Keep Moving to the Bottom of the List black women over 50 black women's health breast cancer risk breast cancer screening breast imaging cancer prevention cancer screening independent health advocate midlife wellness national wellness month preventive health screening women health advocacy women's health advoacy Aug 21, 2026

A woman I'll call Deidre once sat across from me in an executive health physical. She appeared in a hurry and clearly did not want to be there. She informed me rather curtly that she had several meetings scheduled at her office- which fortunately was a short walk- in less than an hour. The only reas...

✨ You Don’t Need an Overhaul. You Need One Small Habit. black women over 50 black women's health cancer survivor cancer survivorship consistencyoverintensity exercise myths revealed exercise tips habitstacking health advocacy high achieving women independent health advocate national wellness month professional women over 50 wellness navigation women over 60 Aug 14, 2026

National Wellness Month · For Women Over 50

You Don’t Need an Overhaul. You Need One Small Habit.

If you've been on social media this month you may have come across several challenges. A 30-day total reset. A friend’s ambitious new workout routine. A promise that in one month, you can lose ha

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📣 You Run Everything. Who Is Looking After You? black women over 50 black women's health caregiver support caregiving health advocacy independent health advocate midlife wellness Aug 07, 2026

National Wellness Month · August

There is a particular high achieving professional woman I think about often. She is the one everyone leans on. She runs everything. But she was quietly last on her own list.

After a failed attempt at co-owning her own private medical practice, she spent the ne

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💅🏾 Self-Care Is Not Self-Denial — And You Don't Need to Earn It black women over 50 black women's health health advocacy international self care day selfcare not self denial Jul 24, 2026

International Self-Care Day · July 24

This weekend I turn another year older. And for most of my life, I would have marked it by giving something up.

A new year, a new list of restrictions. Less of this. Stricter about that. Somewhere along the way, I had absorbed the idea that taking care of

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💐 The Mother's Day Gift Every Woman Actually Needs: A Health Advocacy Plan advocacy readiness quiz black women over 50 black women's health celebrating women clear health strategy clear navigation path medical advocacy medical navigation mother's day May 04, 2026

For every woman over 50 reading this, this message is for you.Whether you are a mother, a grandmother, an auntie, or simply a woman who has spent decades showing up for everyone else you deserve to be celebrated this Mother's Day week. But more than a bouquet of flowers, more than brunch, more than ...

👤 Your Body Has Been Keeping Score: What Black Women Over 50 Need to Know accelerated aging allostatic load black women over 50 clear health strategy clear navigation path diabetes and stress diabetes risk doctor eno advocates health literacy health navigation healthcare related stress hypertension stress and women stress awareness stressandtheheart weathering women over 50 Apr 27, 2026

Dear Black Women:

April is Stress Awareness Month. And while conversations about stress tend to focus on burnout, work-life balance, and mindfulness tips, I want to have a different conversation today — one that is specifically, intentionally, and unapologetically for Black women over 50.

Because ...

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I almost didn't pack a bathing suit for my recent trip to Costa Rica 🇨🇷.

You Don’t Need an Overhaul. You Need One Small Habit.

This weekend I turn another year older. And for most of my life, I would have marked it by giving something up.

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