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Drama Therapy? 3 Unique Benefits Of Psychodrama for Mental Health & Healing

Let’s talk about how drama therapy benefits those who are having a hard time facing problems in real life. Plus, thanks to Rehearsals for Growth for the interesting video on using drama therapy enactments and theater games for couples therapy. any of our much-loved stories are performed on...



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What Are the Top 100 Love, Relationship & Dating Advice Blogs to Follow? Yipeeeeee – We Made the List!

What are the best blogs to get advice and read about love, marriage, dating, divorce, breakups, online dating and relationships? We’ve got the full list right here… ast year, the good folks at Black Enterprise Magazine chose us as one of the top African American blogs. Whoo hoo!...



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10 Beyond Yummy, Healthy Salmon Recipes + Flashback Abiola & Get ‘Em Girls Honey Salmon Video!

Yumzers! So y’all were totally into Marcus Samuelsson’s Salmon Gravlax Recipe?Here are 11 more scrumptious salmon experiences for you to try. Salmon is a versatile fish to cook with. We start off with 10 different methods, photos courtesy of Pinterest, that you can use this fish in...



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I’m Offering Free Love Coaching for Female Veterans! Happy Women’s History Month

The Department of Defense lifted its ban on women in the military in January. However, many female veterans have already found their lives to be a fight. For example, divorce rates are higher for women who serve in the military; double that of men. Women vets also are subjected to high rates of...



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Goodbye SAD Winter Blues! How to Deal With Seasonal Affective Disorder (+Infographic)

Are you affected by the change to colder weather? If you find yourself feeling depressed, not as energetic as you usually are or not waking as refreshed as you normally do even when you oversleep, then you could be experiencing the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. This...



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Celebrate International Women’s Day with Dr. Maya Angelou’s ‘Phenomenal Woman’ + 13 Quotes!

Happy International Women’s Day, Lovies! Maya Angelou was the first person I thought of to represent the diversity of women and our experiences. She is an author, poet, director, creative spirit and teacher who has been a night club dancer. What’s not to love? Share some Maya energy...



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Sexual Addiction Symptoms, Treatment, Myths! My Latest Essence Column & Talk Show Advice (VIDEO)

Sexual addiction provides a scientific explanation for sexual urges, behaviors, or thoughts that appear extreme in frequency or feel out of one’s control—in terms of being a literal addiction to sexual activity. This phenomenon has been described by many different terms: hypersexuality,...



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Sex Addiction Symptoms, Treatment, Myths! My Latest Essence Column & Talk Show Advice (VIDEO)

Sexual addiction provides a scientific explanation for sexual urges, behaviors, or thoughts that appear extreme in frequency or feel out of one’s control—in terms of being a literal addiction to sexual activity. This phenomenon has been described by many different terms: hypersexuality,...



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Your March Love Horoscope: Astrology for Pisces & the Rest of US! The Astro Affair Zodiac by Grear

Beware the ides of March! The same can be said of the March goddesses I know. What’s your zodiac sign, dollface? Our astrological superwoman and zodiac Empress GREAR IS bright, shiny and BRILLIANT. As usual, we’ve left in all of the wonderful grammatically magical Grear-isms so that you can catch...



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“Yes, Chef!” How to Make Marcus Samuelsson’s Scandanavian Gravlax Salmon Sandwich (VIDEO)

Esteemed Chef Marcus Samuelsson, the Pope of Red Rooster Restaurant in Harlem, has a fascinating life story. His most recent book “Yes, Chef: A Memoir“shares that moving tale across continents with delicious food. His favorite Swedish childhood meal is gravlax or gravad lax...



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