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Checking Back Into Reality

Hey guys! It’s been quite some time, a few months actually. Nevertheless you guys have still been checking in and reading because we hit close to 46k views. Thank you!! Super exciting stuff. I’ve been wanting to blog and write but I just couldn’t find the motivation and I LOVE writing so this came as…

“You Still Look Pregnant!” – The Truth About Postpartum ‘Snapbacks’

By: breyanaa 10 Feb 20195 May 2021

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“You Still Look Pregnant!” Childbirth and motherhood are experiences that words really can’t describe well enough. It’s something you have to be apart of and see to really grasp how monumental it is. Housing a human is one of the most craziest things to go through from the moment conception happens. The changes a woman…

Bosses & Business – A Sit Down With Perfectly Unbalanced

By: breyanaa 2 Feb 20195 May 2021

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Creators & Entrepreneurs a closer look into creativity & business. Perfectly Unbalanced: Therapeutic and community based program for adults. Today I had the pleasure of taking a seat with Loren. I met Loren a few years back when we both were interning for Girls Incorporated and working with young girls on life, leadership, preventing adolescent…

Put Your P*ssy On a Pedestal

Maintaining Vaginal Health A lot of men and women both live with this idea that the vagina is supposed to smell like all of these amazing things. Roses, water, fruit, and all the magical wonders of the world when really a vagina should smell like well… a vagina. As much as you may not want…

The Importance of “Me Time” After a Breakup

By: breyanaa 27 Dec 20185 May 2021

Relationship Talk & Advice, Self Loveallow yourself to feel, building a healthy relationship, building a healthy relationship with yourself, dealing with heartbreak, emotional baggage, emotional healing, emotional health, empowering women, Empowerment, falling in love, falling in love with potential, getting over a heartbreak, getting over an ex, getting rid of toxic things, healing energy, Health and Wellness, healthy relationship advice, heartbreak, heartbreak and heartache, how breakups impact people, how to get over a heartbreak, Inspiration, journey of becoming a better you, journey through hurt, know your value, know your worth, motivation, positive vibes, promoting self love, Relationship trauma, removing toxic relationships, removing toxic vibes, Self Love, self love is key, self love is the best love, self worth, spending time alone after a breakup, spending time alone after a relationship, the stages of a breakup, toxic relationships, women empowerment3 Comments

spending time alone taught me ‘real’ love Most of us have experienced heartbreak, if not consider yourself lucky. It sucks when you build a bond, get to know all of these things about a person and then boom, relationship over. You feel sadness, anger, grief, you go through all the stages of a breakup which…

Can Men Handle an Independent Woman?

Is Dating an Independent Woman Out of The Equation for Men? I don’t think it’s a question of “can” when it comes to men and independent women, instead it’s do men want to? Is there a difference between the way men treat independent and dependent women? In speaking to a woman I know she was…

Men Are Only Born To Take Care of Me!

Happy Fridayyy. So let’s get into this conversation real quick. I’ve had this topic on my brain for quite some time and things I come across just kept influencing me more and more to write about it. Let’s start with this question. Now that we got that out of the way we can move…

“I Thought I Could Change Them.”

By: breyanaa 20 Sep 201820 Sep 2018

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Does the saying “you can’t change people” ring true? Often times we hope our efforts change the way someone behaves, thinks, or acts in general. This happens a lot not only in intimate relationships, but personal relationships as well. I’ve been there before, hoping my words of encouragement brought someone out of a depressive mood,…

Single Mother vs. Single Woman

Because the world creates a debate out of anything of course there’s a debate on who really deserves to call themselves a “single” mother or parent. The rule I’m seeing is that you can’t be a single mother if your husband, partner, or child’s father is temporarily away, working, or constantly busy. You also can’t…

The 30 Day $elf Care Challenge

By: breyanaa 18 Aug 201811 Sep 2018

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Hey guys, welcome back to the blog. If you’ve been following my journey then you know just how important self-care and self-love are to me. It’s vital that we learn ourselves and better acquaint the person inside of the mirror. Practicing self-care and self-love allows you to identify your needs at a deeper level, what…

The Real World of Breastfeeding

By: breyanaa 7 Jul 20187 Jul 2018

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Breastfeeding Experience & Tips As soon as you find out you’re pregnant breastfeeding is automatically pushed on you by doctors. You start hearing “breast is best“, “You’re breastfeeding right?” and let’s not forget the various books and pamphlets you get just to inform you even if you’re not breastfeeding. Not to mention all the new…

Breathing Life Into Dead Situations

Letting go is one of the hardest things to do, and years later you can still find yourself holding on to fragments of that relationship. In a past relationship I had to let go, I didn’t want to hold on and then find myself questioning what I was holding on to. We had history but…

Confessions Of A Mother

By: breyanaa 19 Jun 201819 Jun 2018

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It’s 1:40am and I’m holding my son who has been crying on and off for about the past 2-3 hours, I don’t even know I’ve lost count tbh. He’s super cranky and won’t let me get much done; I’m typing this on the iPad with one hand, rocking him in the other. I figured I’d…

Don’t Tell Me How I Should I Feel While Growing A Human!

By: breyanaa 5 Jun 2018

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Pregnancy is such a beautiful experience, I gave birth to my son 3 weeks and 2 days ago and I’m still in awe. One thing I’ve noticed is that people hardly discuss the downside of growing a human. I questioned why that was and then found my answer via social media; a lot of women…

Birthing Makai

I don’t know about you guys, but I always wondered how pregnancy and labor & delivery was before I even conceived my son. How does it feel? What is it like? etc. I spent majority of my pregnancy using the Glow Nurture app and scrolling through all the community post. My favorite? Birth stories. I…