Category: Caring for Myself
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H&W|Eating Better Starts with Preparing Better
🌻 Health & Wellness with Flava: Eating Better Starts with Preparing Better Let me be real with you… Flava needs a new routine. Most mornings, I’m pushing myself just to get out the door — grabbing whatever’s closest, whether it’s a couple mini muffins or something that barely qualifies as breakfast. And let’s be honest… that’s…
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ATasteOfFlava|My Neighborhood
My neighborhood isn’t one thing… it’s everything. From kids playing and food trucks rolling through, to late nights, early mornings, and moments that don’t always feel safe… life still shows up here every day. 🌻
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H&W|Why Is It So Hard To Start Exercising?
Starting to exercise sounds simple… until pain, weakness, and fear start talking louder than your intentions. This is my real story about why it’s been hard to start—and what “starting” actually looks like for me right now.
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Sunday Evening Reflection
Sometimes the most powerful part of your day isn’t what you did… it’s how you sit with it when it’s over. A quiet sunset, a few small wins, and a reminder that showing up is enough.
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🌻 Sunday – A Taste of Flava 🌻|The Power of Animals
This week took a lot out of me… and I didn’t realize how much I needed to come back to something simple. No noise. No pressure. Just the sound of birds… the presence of my little boy… and a moment to breathe. There’s something about animals and nature… they don’t ask anything from us— but…
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RealTalk|Negative Talk
You ever catch yourself in your own thoughts and realize… you’ve been talking down to yourself all day? We don’t always notice it. But what we say—especially to ourselves—shapes everything. This Saturday Real Talk… we’re getting honest about negative talk, and why some of us get stuck in it without even realizing it. Because awareness?…
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RealTalk|An Off Day Is Still a Real Day
Some days the body and spirit call a timeout whether we planned it or not. Today I’m sharing a very real moment about exhaustion, recovery, and learning to give ourselves grace when life doesn’t go according to schedule.
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H&W|Living With Chronic Pain — And Still Choosing Gratitude
Chronic pain changes how you move. It changes how you plan. It even changes how you see yourself. But it doesn’t have to change your attitude. Pain may live in the body… but peace can live there too. Saturday H&W — choosing gratitude without denying reality. 🌻
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H&W|When Stepping Back Is Actually Healing
There was a season when I lived in the noise. Rooms full of energy. Conversations that never stopped. Always moving. And then something shifted. Stepping back wasn’t anger. It wasn’t rejection. It wasn’t cruelty. It was clarity. Today’s Health & Wellness reflection is about nervous system peace, emotional boundaries, and why choosing quiet can actually…
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