There are times when the immensity of grief steals from us an imagination for brighter days. When loss eclipses any sense of tomorrow's...

My job as a coach, practitioner, mentor and in time as a mother, is to invite others back to a balanced existence...

The closure of Render Free effective June 30th I brought my daughter to Render Free for the first time last week. It had been weeks since...

Render Free gave me the permission I never knew I needed. I suppose I never really needed it in the first place, it was my birthright;...

In a past life, I scoffed at what felt like lofty, “woo-woo” phrase like listen to your intuition. I was so disconnected from my body...

“If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let...

Creating a soft life for ourselves is easier when we can do so in a community that is dedicated to doing the same...

Let’s collectively create a stabilizing consciousness, setting new intentions, establishing healthy routines, nestling our energy within...

It began with a tentative move inward in a time when the world, my home and my heart was finally hushed. We were all realizing that the...

Mahogany Plautz, hair stylist and founder of Detangled Hair Education writes on our community concept: Internal Spring Cleaning

What would it look like to pause, to notice the transitions happening around us? What might we uncover beneath the surface of this season?

As a Black woman, born and raised in the Midwest, you’d think I’d be used to these winters that last half the year. As a romantic...

Is the year a bust if you don't have a 2022 self-improvement plan by February 1st? Here's how to avoid feelings of self-sabotage and burnout

Trees are adorned and the cold air that surrounds us is electric with anticipation. Time is both wished away and scarce as we hurry....

Render Free Essay XVI “Being alive and being a woman is all I got but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven’t conquered yet” -...

Some wisdom must be fiercely sought after, much wisdom evades, and still some slowly reveals itself with age and yet is difficult to...

Mules + machines. This is the historical and present-day subliminal description that scrolls across the subconscious of our society when...

When navigating the evil of racism in my daily life, I've decided that I must hold onto Hope. The criminal justice system is no place for...

A Contemplation of Black History + Women's History Month | Render Free It’s my birthday week. While hosting a hoopla in a pandemic is not...

As another trip around the sun ends and begins all at once, I am filled with hope and trepidation. I am grateful for this opportunity to...