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A Lively Report
There are times when the immensity of grief steals from us an imagination for brighter days. When loss eclipses any sense of tomorrow's...
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Arielle Grant, Founder
Oct 25, 20233 min read
Coach, Mentor, Mother
My job as a coach, practitioner, mentor and in time as a mother, is to invite others back to a balanced existence...
Arielle Grant, Founder
Jun 22, 20232 min read
Sunset of Render Free
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...
Vanessa Brooke Agnes
Jun 21, 20233 min read
What Render Free means to me
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;...
Priscilla Muschamp
Jun 2, 20233 min read
Listening to Intuition
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...
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May 1, 20233 min read
Intertwined
“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...
Hannah Novillo Erickson
Apr 6, 20234 min read
A Soft Life
Creating a soft life for ourselves is easier when we can do so in a community that is dedicated to doing the same...
Vanessa Brooke Agnes
Mar 8, 20234 min read
The Greenhouse Effect
Let’s collectively create a stabilizing consciousness, setting new intentions, establishing healthy routines, nestling our energy within...
Arielle Grant, Founder
Feb 9, 20233 min read
Letter from the Founder
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...
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Apr 12, 20223 min read
Internal Spring Cleaning
Mahogany Plautz, hair stylist and founder of Detangled Hair Education writes on our community concept: Internal Spring Cleaning
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Mar 14, 20222 min read
Uncovering
What would it look like to pause, to notice the transitions happening around us? What might we uncover beneath the surface of this season?
Arielle Grant, Founder
Feb 23, 20222 min read
Moon of Vision, Tide of Rhythms
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...
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Jan 25, 20222 min read
Self-Compassion Over Self-Improvement
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
Arielle Grant, Founder
Dec 23, 20212 min read
‘Tis the Season of Extremes
Trees are adorned and the cold air that surrounds us is electric with anticipation. Time is both wished away and scarce as we hurry....
Arielle Grant, Founder
Sep 10, 20213 min read
Will Naming Be Enuf?
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” -...
Arielle Grant, Founder
Jul 21, 20212 min read
Choosing in the Summertime
Some wisdom must be fiercely sought after, much wisdom evades, and still some slowly reveals itself with age and yet is difficult to...
Arielle Grant, Founder
May 10, 20213 min read
To Deserve Delight
Mules + machines. This is the historical and present-day subliminal description that scrolls across the subconscious of our society when...
Arielle Grant, Founder
Apr 20, 20212 min read
Holding HOPE Eternal
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...
Arielle Grant, Founder
Feb 12, 20213 min read
The Legacy of Our Lineage
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...
Arielle Grant, Founder
Dec 8, 20202 min read
The Simplicity of our salvation
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...
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