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Feel Better!
Do you ever have days where, for no particular reason, you’re not feeling your best? Maybe your negative self-talk is louder than usual, or you’re feeling bored and uninspired at work. Vlogger Lex Croucher gives a crash course in self-care for these off days! Watch her list several activities that improve her mood, and take note of the ones you want to try the next time you’re feeling down.
Read MoreLove Without Boundaries: The Practice of Loving Many
I was raised to believe that I should only be with one person. Anything else wasn’t moral. But when you don’t know that it’s your birthright to love and express your emotions in whatever way your heart desires, how is one supposed to discover that there are infinite choices? I stumbled across the world of polyamory five years ago, and it has forever altered the way I see my connection with others.
Read MoreNurturing the Breakthroughs: From Aha! to Action in Our Need to Heal
The angels sing. The skies open up and shine down a light of clarity. Suddenly, the thing that was hidden in that dense forest of your vast emotional spectrum has been made irreversibly clear. But what happens after the angels’ voices come to a halt and that once warm beam of light finally starts to cool down? How do you take the realization from radical idea to concrete action?
Read MoreMisadventures in Queer Lady Dating While Disabled: It’s Not Me, It’s You
I’m a virgin. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with this, assuming that it’s your choice. Where it starts to be a problem is when you recognize that you possess and want to express these desires, and society denies them. Worse, society deems you undesirable and ascribes a complete and total sexual absence to you and your entire community at large, with few exceptions.
Read MoreSecond- and Third-Generation Latinas and the Difficulty to ‘Fit In’
There’s no winning, because “no soy de aquí, ni soy de allá.” Luckily, I no longer feel like I have to prove my identity to anyone. Because being Latina is a multidimensional experience. I love my Puerto Rican roots, but I’m also not ashamed that I’ve acculturated into American society. And to my second- and third-generation Latinos, you shouldn’t be either. After all, you’re still Latino.
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