Weight Down Lifestyle

Just to be clear: none of this is intended as a substitute for seeing an actual doctor or following a doctor-created treatment plan for any kind of mental health issues. Diet changes are nice, but they aren’t the same thing as seeing an actual medical professional – especially since all of these are just studies showing what helps the average person,...

Recently on Instagram, I posted my latest sleep and readiness stats, which – on a particularly fantastic night of sleep in which I didn’t need to be anywhere the next morning – looked like this:

Last Friday, the nation watched and mourned during the funeral of Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin.

But it wasn’t just a funeral. It was what Black folks call a “homegoing” where family and friends fill a loved one’s earthly goodbye with remembrances and pageantry. From the casket style and floral arrangements to the burial attire, every detail is given painstaki...