This is a light overview of what Black Feminism means to me and how our society has viewed black women over the years. Black women need empathy, space, and compassion. Our numbers don’t lie society does not value us.

My cousin Jacquar (Jackie) & I explore the trauma of parental abandonment and the healing process. Adoption can be a beautiful thing but the wounds and unanswered questions in can leave for a child is life changing!! We also talk about her poetry book, Changes of Life, and how it has helped her identify her emotions. Tune in now!

This topic is very important to me not because I want it to be. It’s important to me because I have experienced narcissistic abuse several times. It’s important to me because as an empath/co dependent in recovery, narcissists are MY weakness! We’re talking about narcissism in all aspects, even how we can all display some features of narcissism unconsciously.
I am not here to criminalize or dehumanize “narcissists”. I am here to validate that narcissists & narcissistic abuse is real.

It’s round two!! Many of us have experienced imposter syndrome in one way or another and now we’re discovering the phenomenon of feeling like fraud in one’s own ethnic group. Why do we do this to each other? Is it possible to measure blackness? Let’s talk!!

As a society’s , I’d like to acknowledge that we are currently looking at emotions and the mind through a different lens.
Compassion. Empathy. Mindfulness. Emotional Intelligence. Could they all connect?
From Brenè Brown speaking on how empathy is crucial for healing trauma and supporting others to James Baldwin speaking about the lack of empathy for Black people while forever be the disconnect between racial equality and the black race, we’re gonna do some exploring.
Meantime, EMPATH ROLLCALL

In this episode we deep dive into how parenting and childhood development is affected from generations before us. Generational trauma manifests into various personal disorders and mental illnesses. Mental health advocates of all backgrounds are acknowledging that trauma shows up in the body and needs to be addressed at its core. It is not enough to just treat the symptoms.

Imposter Syndrome has been a narrative for me in almost every space enter. From academia, the workplace, and my role in relationships, I worry that those around me will found out that I’m not who they think I am. I have developed an inner critiquer who dissects interactions and talks me out of opportunities due to me feeling like a fraud. The first step is recognizing that you’re experiencing this psychological phenomenon and then digging to the root. Let’s go.
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In this episode, our co-creator Emma breaks down her story on living with ADHD - a condition that most often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed in women. In this conversation, she introduces her story, how she copes with ADHD and what the daily struggles are to overcome the bad days and live fully in the good ones. Listen in and share in the comments how you cope, or what you learned from the episode! Don’t forget to subscribe to Dark Sugar and share with a friend.

Does processing really painful memories sound fun to you? No? Don’t worry, it’s not. In this episode I’ll explain why healing doesn’t feel good but makes it all the more necessary. During spring break, I was a mess y’all but, I worked through a lot of shit and I have to share☝🏾✨

Is it possible to switch races? Or become a different race? Can a white person identify with being assigned a different race in comparison to someone identifying as a different gender? Rachel Dolezal had us all scratching our heads when she resigned from being NAACP chapter president, when it was revealed that she had been lying her about her race. Let’s talk about it! Can a white woman who passed for black have the stamp of approval?