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I’m a single 25-year-old black woman. I moved away from my family after graduating from college with a BA in Political Science. I’m currently a Program Director for a non-profit organization that focuses on comprehensive community development. At first, I used to think that in order to practice self-care, you had to spend tons of money. However, self-care really is …
Slow down and focus on what’s important to you. This has become my new focus. I have always been someone who is a go getter and who often adds more to my plate than I can handle, but still find a way to get it all done. Becoming a new mom has proved that I am just not capable of …
Learn Yourself to Love Yourself…Sounds good doesn’t it. What does it mean? How does one go about learning themselves? Even from an early age we spend plenty of time learning. We learn things to survive, we learn the people around us, and we learn all about the world we live in. How much time do we actually spend learning ourselves? …
We all have 24 hours in a day. How are you choosing to use that time? Wow – so much pressure in what should be a motivating statement. When I think about 24 hours, it gives me anxiety, because there are somehow never enough hours in the day to get everything done. The days I work from home, I get …
Hi, I’m Liz! The one in the middle 😉 I’m new to the 1N5 team and super excited to be sharing a part of my self-care journey with you. It has been a journey to say the least. As you can see I am FULLY surrounded with love and life and a lot to care for. In the midst of …
When I released expectations, I began to love motherhood. I have spent countless hours on this new journey soaked in tears, frustration and sadness. Early on, Charlotte had pretty bad acid reflux that required her to be held 24/7 and led to crying and fussing around the clock. It all felt unfair. Why are friends with babies around the same …
We are all a work in progress. No one has it figured out, everyone is constantly learning and growing and changing. It’s really easy to beat ourselves up for being a work in progress and for not having it all together. But how beautiful is it to realize that you don’t have to be in this space of self criticizing …
We live in a society where baby rolls and chunky thighs are cute, but are looked down upon on a mother who just gave birth. Moms are expected and pressured to “bounce back” after having a baby and are shamed if they haven’t quite yet lost their baby fat. We don’t think about the mental toll of motherhood and that …
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a whole year since my mother passed away. Time has flown by this year, but yet it still feels like it was just yesterday that I was getting the call that she died. But I don’t like to think about that day often, and I know my mom wouldn’t want me to either. …
Overnight, I gained a new identity. I went from being Ivy at 7 PM at my induction, to a mom at 5 AM when my sweet baby girl made her entrance into the world. This identity was unknown to me, even though I had been preparing to become a mom for over 9 months. All of a sudden, you are …
