when it comes to the wide world of instagram relationship therapists, there are a ton of really helpful black experts you can and should follow. if you’re prepared to do the work to empower yourself on the path to more self-confidence and empowerment, psychotherapist ginger dean’s account has ultra-helpful breakdowns of how to recognize and affect change in your thinking. this account focuses more on dating and relationship advice, but trey’s no-nonsense posts find a way to make you feel …

sometimes your friends want to tell you how to do something even if they haven’t been through it (*shaking my head*). 1. don’t go to bed angry even if you can’t resolve a disagreement before you hit the sheets, you can agree to let the anger go for the night. remind each other how lucky you are — even as you disagree — to have each other to disagree with. it costs nothing to say, “you look good,” “you did …

all you have to do is create a dating profile and start love. i will love the benefits of online dating and how you can achieve black and white relationships goals in a few simple steps. here are some facts about dating a black man that your boyfriend and a potential partner will probably not tell you: he may or may not offer to pay, so be prepared to split the bill. be nice and polite to her and the …

in this modern day of social distancing, fake instagram relationships that last for two months and daily doses of celebrity filled timelines that boast pour and stir marriages, it’s easy to get lost in the sauce of what it truly means to cultivate a relationship that, hopefully, becomes a coupled alliance capable of overcoming obstacles, surviving disagreements and birthing brown babies. it’s especially difficult when you realize that black folks are still recovering from the systematic trauma of being oppressed. …

took me a minute to snap out of the euphoria. my girls — some of whom swear up and down that romance is dead – called me to say how touched they were by the love and affection between the first couple. they showed me the power of black love and multi-parenting, but i’m starting to see this is an anomaly. people will give all sorts of analysis as to why so many are growing up in single-family homes, but …