As a Black woman, it can feel impossible to truly
stop and put the world down. So much of women’s lives revolve around taking care of others, and those of us who are
Black women also have the added pressure of managing how other people see us. We’re taught from a young age that we have to work twice as hard to get half as much (
Beyonce at the Grammys anyone?). Even then, we’re always conscious of not being
too much—too threatening, too opinionated, too big for our britches. Balancing everyone else’s opinions is a losing game. So how do we show up as
our full selves, despite all this head noise?