Category: Embracing Culture
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Life|Uplifting From Within|Building Community
✊🏽 Uplifting From Within Reflections on the Power of Community I have spent most of my life surrounded by the Black community—listening, learning, and witnessing its beauty, brilliance, and struggle. Through friendships, family, and years in arts and culture, I’ve heard the stories, felt the pain, and seen the triumphs. Over time, one message has stayed…
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Blog Challenge|🌺 “A Heart Between Worlds: How My Roots Shaped My Empathy”
What’s something most people don’t know about you? 🌺 “A Heart Between Worlds: How My Roots Shaped My Empathy” Most people don’t know that I’m Japanese and German — and that I was raised in a Black community. That mix often surprises people, but for me, it’s always just been home. Growing up, I learned to…
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A&E|🎤 Bad Bunny, MAGA Backlash & the Power of Being Unapologetically You
🎤 Bad Bunny, MAGA Backlash & the Power of Being Unapologetically You By Lady Flava | Simply Flava Reflections When I read the headlines and watched the clips from Saturday Night Live, I couldn’t help but smile. Bad Bunny stood center stage — calm, confident, and unapologetically himself — responding to the backlash about performing at…
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Blog Challenge|My Best Trait 🌻
What’s the trait you value most about yourself? 🌟 What’s the trait I value most about myself? I value my love for people — my coworkers and the patients we care for. I’ve always had good people skills, and I use my voice to be warm and engaging. When I’m with people in person, I…
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Life|Black Excellence
Black Excellence 🌻 A Proud Grandma Moment — Seasoned SoulZ Today, as I sat in the parking lot, I watched students walk out of their UNCF College Prep class. Backpacks on their shoulders, laughter in the air, the weight of their future carried with such quiet determination. I call it what it is: Black Excellence.…
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Life|When Brilliance Defies Labels — And So Do We
🌻 Seasoned SoulZ Reflection When Brilliance Defies Labels — And So Do We Jon Batiste has often been called a musical genius. People describe the way he hears, feels, and expresses music as something rare — almost otherworldly. Some even speculate about labels: savant, autistic, neurodivergent. But Jon himself has never claimed those words. What…
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Life|65|Finding Balance Between Generations
🌻 Seasoned SoulZ Reflection Finding Balance Between Generations (Part 2 of Finding My Place in a Revolving Door World) In Part 1, I shared my thoughts on how today’s world feels like a revolving door—rules and standards constantly shifting, facts becoming interpretations, and identities being redefined. At 65, I find myself reflecting on the foundation…
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Life|65|Finding My Place in a Revolving Door World
🌻 Seasoned SoulZ Reflection Finding My Place in a Revolving Door World We live in such a hard world to maneuver. The more I watch and reflect, the more I realize just how different things are for the younger generations. When I was coming up, there was a foundation. Elders set the standards of life,…
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65|A Reflection on Belonging, Race, and Late-Life Lessons
Holding All of Who I Am: A Reflection on Belonging, Race, and Late-Life Lessons I was born Japanese and German, but from my very first breath, I was raised in a Black community. My daddy was the minister of a Japanese Baptist Church, but our home was in a Black neighborhood, with a German wife…
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