Nijiama Smalls's Blog

If you have been following me for some time or know me in real life, you understand that my passion is to support black women and to help all women understand and value emotional health so that we can live highly empower...

One of the things that we simply do not discuss within our community is black men, how they define masculinity, and how that definition impacts the women in their lives.

I love the start of a new year. It gives us a chance to reset, renew, and refocus.As we think about the action items we need to develop in order to realize our goals and improve ourselves, we must decide to rid our sou...

Often we see behavior within ourselves or others that tends to be immature. The behavior we may be witnessing could possibly be a symptom of what is referred to as arrested development.Arrested development is simply de...

One of the many inner child wounds I have had to heal is feeling unseen (and whew chile, I've had a lot to work through in this area). You see, I wasn't the most popular or well-liked girl in high school. I often felt in...

Consider this scenario:

My mother was somewhat young when she had me -��she was twenty-two years old to be exact. Additionally, she was single so we spent a lot of time with my grandparents. I can recall many evenings that my mom spent with frie...

Let's face it, navigating professional work settings can be a challenge for black women; from micro-aggressions to fear of being labeled the "angry black woman" for voicing our concerns, there are many obstacles and barr...

It was the first year of our marriage. My husband and I were still adjusting to married life. One night, after dinner we had an argument that was so bad that I said many cruel and mean things to him and about him. My obj...