Our nurturing superpowxer is bittersweet, as we tend to nurture everything and everyone else while neglecting ourselves. I don’t know about you, but I have been told many times to take care of myself because I can’t care for anyone else if I’m no longer here to do so. Although we pride ourselves on nurturing so much life, we often feel the burden of this responsibility. This is evident as women were more distressed, concerned, sad, and angry in 2021 compared to any other time in the past decade, according to the Global Women’s Health Index. How do we lighten this burden?

Self-care is crucial for mental and emotional health; it gives us the tools to navigate life's challenges with resilience and grace. As women, we too often relate self-care to caring for our physical appearance. However, self-care isn’t all about the self.

Understanding self-worth is easy to say, but first, we must grasp women's unique qualities and support all women on their journey so one will unquestionably recognize their self-worth.

Nikki: Transformation Strategist, Writer, Mother, Grandmother, Wife, Collaborator, Friend, or Mentor would not exist without years of spiritual, mental, and emotional struggles and victories. Our womanhood's existence is shaped by these aspects, which can either forge or fracture our being.

In a world where mental limitations were my overall arching way of living, my journey to self-discovery and healing was inevitable. From living in the U.S., becoming burned out, and moving to Africa to heal and thrive is part of my story. This journey was not just about travel but about my healing to create change and make a difference in this world. There is one big world, but sometimes we just live in our own world in our minds.

Is she a dreamer? Is she a wife? Who is she truly? I've been trying to find out my whole life. Some say she's a goddess, or even God. Some believe she's the head, others, the tail. Abused and underemployed, or rich and prestigious? Who is she truly? The hero of our history, our first lady – is her true image even projected in the media? In magazines or pieces of fiction? Maybe she's up the street, working in a bank, or teaching Bible School on Sunday mornings. Who is she? What is the Black woman's image?

Have you ever asked yourself what defines beauty, i know i have. But in the context of learning, I decided to look it up. And to no surprise, I wasn't shocked to discover seven different perspectives of a simple six letter word.

Let Women’s History Month be more than just a ‘thing’ that’s on social media once a month. I spent years praying and hoping for a mentor to come along beside me and “help” me become the woman I dreamed of. Learn from my mistake. Just because you don’t know someone personally doesn’t mean you can’t glean from their lives, character, and journeys.