(ThySistas.com) There is a particular kind of accounting that Black women learn to do without ever being taught. We tally the people we believe we owe, and we keep that ledger open for decades. The job is on the list. So is the house, the mother who calls twice a ...
(ThySistas.com) Sunday mornings get quiet in a certain way, especially when the coffee is good and the phone is already in your hand. Last week I was sitting there scrolling and a woman I went to college with popped up. She had on white linen, standing at the edge of ...
(ThySistas.com) All work and no play creates a monster, and an unhealthy body. There is always a project at work, something to do with our man, and let’s not even get started with kids…that a never ending job. There is always a bed to make, laundry to do, bathrooms to ...
(ThySistas.com) Perimenopause is one of those chapters in a Black woman’s life that we don’t talk about nearly enough. We talk around it, we joke about “the change,” we watch our aunties fan themselves in church or our mamas suddenly switch to cotton sheets in the middle of winter, but ...
(ThySistas.com) During the course of any kind of relationship it is very important to check stubborn pride at the door. One has to be willing to admit when actions and/or words have been hurtful, and offensive. When this happens by it’s important to admit the hurtful behavior, and work towards ...
(ThySistas.com) Anxiety disorder is real, and there are millions of people living with it. Some are managing medically, and there are many that have no diagnosis but have all the symptoms. It is important that we have understanding and compassion for our sisters struggling with anxiety. Some of them live every ...
(ThySistas.com) A wife is a powerful position in the life of a man. She is more than a lover and mother…she is counsel. She has the perfect remedy to sooth the pain of her husband in ways no one can…not even his mother. With that being said wives it is important ...
(ThySistas.com) Every single human being is entitled to their feelings about any given matter. These feelings can be positive, negative, or indifferent. Feelings can be warnings, and sometimes they can be a defense mechanism that enable us in the worse way. It is very important that we not only understand ...
(ThySistas.com) Black women usually somewhere between our late 30s and early 40s start to realize that emotional maturity isn’t just something people talk about in self‑help books. It’s a real, lived practice. A discipline. A choice we have to make over and over again, especially when life, family, work, and ...
(ThySistas.com) Re‑establishing discipline, or building it for the very first time, is one of those journeys that looks simple on paper but feels deeply personal when you are actually living it. Especially for us as Black women, moving through a world that constantly asks for more than it gives, discipline ...