by Rose-Stella Pierre-Louis | Jan 28, 2022 | Imposter Syndrome, Self Care
Did you know that “Superwoman Syndrome” is a real thing? Do you take pride in juggling work, family, and personal life? The temptation is to overwork in order to be an ideal boss, an ideal mother, or just to keep everything together. As a first-generation...
by Rose-Stella Pierre-Louis | Jan 16, 2022 | Mind Body Connection, Self Care
Introduction Growing up as a First-Generation Woman pushes you to focus on school, then college, then career—because of how important having a career is, an everyday routine is built around getting a degree so you can be ’employable’ and earn enough money...
by Rose-Stella Pierre-Louis | Oct 7, 2021 | Mind Body Connection, Self Care
Can you think of a time when your life wasn’t rushed? When you could sleep in until your brain and body were fully rested, or when you could take your time to get from one place to another. From childhood, we’ve rushed through everything. There was always...
by Rose-Stella Pierre-Louis | Sep 20, 2021 | Self Care
Who can relate to this? Self Care in Immigrant and African American cultures is seen as selfish because the family and social dynamics of our cultures is that of interdependence. 📚 There are historical reasons for this. However in this time space, our brains, bodies,...
by Rose-Stella Pierre-Louis | Sep 15, 2021 | Imposter Syndrome, Self Care
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome It’s quite common for First Generation Womxn to experience Imposter syndrome. Growing up, pressure was used to extract greatness out of us, at the expense of our well being and sense of “good-enoughness”. So we...
by Rose-Stella Pierre-Louis | Feb 22, 2021 | Self Care
Current events have us rethinking what work/life balance is. Now that our routines look a lot different, it is also a good time to make some adjustments to ensure that we are still practicing self-care. Stop multitasking (I’m serious. Stop it!)....
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