How Holding Your Peace Can Be Bad For Your Health
An article by Yamily Habib is making its rounds on the internet regarding the suppression of feelings and how this unhealthy coping mechanism can fuel autoimmune disorders among women of color. Now Habib didn’t pull this theory out of thin air. It is actually supported by research conducted by scientists at Stanford Medicine, plus many […]
Safe Spaces For Professional Women To Exhale
Dr. Carey Yazeed is excited to announce that she will begin hosting monthly virtual safe spaces for professional women to exhale about workplace issues. These spaces will allow participants an opportunity to discuss issues they are facing in the work place, while receiving feedback and support from their peers and Dr. Yazeed. Safe Space Information: […]
Opening Pandora’s Box: Why Cassie Got Paid and What Her Lawsuit Means For the Average Worker Experiencing Workplace Abuse
Now that we are over the “shock” of Cassie’s lawsuit and the abuse that she allegedly endured (my use of the word allegedly in no way indicates that I do not believe Cassie, let me make that very clear) I want to discuss what her lawsuit means for the average worker who endures workplace abuse. […]
Is The Gender Pay Gap Shrinking For Black Women
In a recent article for Axios, Courtenay Brown indicated that the pay gap between full-time working women and their male counterparts is now the narrowest on record. “The dynamic has been long in the making — a reflection of discrimination’s slow fade and other structural forces that have held women back on pay,” she stated. […]
Water Cooler Ally
“Can we have an honest conversation?” Have you ever met someone who constantly reminds you they are an ally? The word is included in their greeting, it is woven into all of their conversations, it’s listed in their LinkedIn headline, and you see it in their email signature. Ally, ally, ally. Since the world witnessed […]
When Nobody Gets You: Introverts In The Workplace
Photo by Yusuf Kayode. “You never join us after work for happy hour!” “Is something wrong with you? Why don’t you ever have anything to say?” When we talk about psychological safety in the workplace, introverts tend to struggle the most. Employers tell us to “show up as your authentic self,” but when we show […]
Black Women and Vulnerability: What Brene Brown Got Wrong
Photo from Front Office Sports. “When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid,” ~ Audre Lorde On Sunday, April 2nd, the LSU Women’s Basketball team won the NCAA National Championship against Iowa. Down in the bayou, we cheered and celebrated […]
Embracing Equity: Why Achieving Equity Has Been Difficult for Black Women in America
Photo by Nicholas Swatz. Today is International Women’s Day and this year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity. We didn’t just start fighting for equity today, nor during the summer of 2020 when society decided that caring about minorities, women, gender identity and people they consider as ‘others’ became the morally right thing to do. No, this fight […]
She-Devil: When Misogynistic Women Support Abusive Men in the Workplace
Photo by Thirdman. When the news first broke regarding the extramarital affair between Good Morning America hosts, TJ Holmes and Amy Robach, everyone brushed it off as, “they are two consenting adults and what they do outside of their marriages is none of our business,” that is until the allegations began to roll in regarding […]
Tryin’ Times: Critical Race Theory and The Miseducation of America
Photo by Kat Smith. Since 2020, when a City of Seattle employee documented an anti-racist training and handed it over to journalist Christopher F. Rufo, the controversy surrounding Critical Race Theory has been a thorn in the American people’s side. Yet, when one starts to sort through all of the noise, what you’ll discover is […]
