Why Black Love Feels Like Work: Attachment Wounds and the Myth of Effortless Romance
When love feels like constant vigilance, the problem may be an attachment wound, not your partner. A trauma-informed, Africana phenomenological look at why Black love feels like work, with a three-breath practice.
Why Your Body Won’t Let You Rest: Hypervigilance, Racial Trauma, and Ancestral Survival
By Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews The Question Beneath the Question Why do so many Black people describe a body that will not fully rest — a mind that scans the room before it enters, a nervous system that stays braced for a threat that hasn’t arrived yet? Clients come to me exhausted not by […]