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The Archive

Every essay from Soul Space.

20 essays on grief, healing, boundaries, identity, and rest, newest first.

The Bees in My Chest

What I learned when my emotions stopped making sense

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I Thought I Was Losing My Mind. It Was Menopause.

I remember the day I thought I was losing my mind.

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Tender. Triggered. Trying your best—and still healing.

This Is What Parenting with a Trauma History Feels Like

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What Daddy Didn’t Teach Us, We’re Learning Now

A letter to every Black woman who grew up fatherless—and is finding her own way back to love.

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When Your Kid’s Tantrum Feels Like a Flashback

Understanding How Trauma Shapes Your Reactions—And Your Relationship With Your Child

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You Don’t Have to Abandon Yourself to Be Loved

When “Being Friendly” Is Actually a Trauma Response

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When Your Spirit Says “No”—Believe It

Honoring your body's safety cues and naming red flags

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You Don’t Owe Anyone a Softer No

Untangling over-explaining, people-pleasing, and the urge to make others comfortable

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Not Being Nice Doesn’t Make You Wrong

You Don’t Owe Anyone a Softer No

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Moisturized and Unbothered

A love letter to the soft life Black women are choosing for themselves

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You’re Not Too Sensitive. You’re Waking Up.

What your nervous system already knows—and needs you to hear

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A Love Letter to the Overachiever in You

When Hustle is the Habit, Rest Becomes the Rebellion

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Everybody Wants the Glow, Nobody Talks About the Guardrails

What No One Tells You About Staying Whole

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The Reckoning and the Return

For every woman rethinking who she is—and reclaiming who she’s always been.

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Put That Sh*t Down

A Love Letter to the Overloaded and Undone

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Not Hungry, Just Hurting

The Signals I Was Taught to Silence

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Menopause Made Me Do It

Love note to the Glow-Up Years—where heat meets healing and clarity calls louder than chaos.

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You Didn’t Just Grow Up—You Performed

Unlearning the family roles that kept you safe, silent, or stuck.

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Annie Wasn’t Just a Character—She Was a Blueprint

What one vampire-slaying, grief-carrying woman teaches us about Black women’s invisible labor

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The Cost of Being the “Good One”

You were never meant to disappear to be loved

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