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Dr.Boz, Life Coach
Dr.Boz, Life Coach

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Goodbye Breasts, Hello Perspective

This is part two of my story. Read part one here. When the alarm clock went off at 5:15 a.m., I had only napped for about an hour. Although I was exhausted, I was in good spirits. I had made peace with my decision and the changes it would bring…

Breast Cancer Awareness

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Goodbye Breasts, Hello Perspective
Goodbye Breasts, Hello Perspective
Breast Cancer Awareness

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Sep 21

An Open Letter to Young Women in Unhealthy Relationships

Dear Young Woman Lost in Love: When we older women try to tell you to walk away, to leave them alone, we know you won’t listen because we didn’t listen when the elders tried to advise us. More often than not, when we are in love, the ego takes over…

Relationships Love Dating

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An Open Letter to Young Women in Unhealthy Relationships
An Open Letter to Young Women in Unhealthy Relationships
Relationships Love Dating

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Sep 12

When I Stopped Fighting with Yoga and Surrendered

If my vivacious, spirited energy is Yin, then Yoga is Yang. I fought against it for so long, mainly because it didn’t come to me as easy as dance, Tabata, or even mud races. Yoga was too slow and calm for me. I couldn’t concentrate; let’s be real, some of…

Yoga Benefits

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When I Stopped Fighting with Yoga and Surrendered
When I Stopped Fighting with Yoga and Surrendered
Yoga Benefits

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Aug 31

‘Twas the Night Before My Double Mastectomy

That last week of August was pure chaos for me. It was the teachers’ first week of professional development, and I, a veteran special education teacher, had to be a presenter. I was preparing 8 to 12 weeks of lesson plans for ninth graders I had yet to meet, hoping…

Breast Cancer

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‘Twas the Night Before My Double Mastectomy
‘Twas the Night Before My Double Mastectomy
Breast Cancer

5 min read


Aug 4

How to Not Waste Your Time at Women’s Empowerment Events

How to Not Waste Your Time at Women’s Empowerment Events You left that women’s empowerment luncheon with a swag bag full of key chains, cups, business cards and likely a notebook of quotes from the speakers and panelists. You are inspired and motivated. Today was the beginning of the rest…

Women Empowerment

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How to Not Waste Your Time at Women’s Empowerment Events
How to Not Waste Your Time at Women’s Empowerment Events
Women Empowerment

3 min read


Apr 3

Too Bad if Black Women Are Too Much for You

“Too” is an adverb that the Oxford Dictionary defines as “to a higher degree than is desirable, permissible, or possible; excessively. Too is also an adverb used to qualify adjectives describing Black women and girls. Too loud, too ghetto, too grown, too ratchet, and a crowd favorite, too aggressive. Those…

Angel Reese

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Too Bad if Black Women Are Too Much for You
Too Bad if Black Women Are Too Much for You
Angel Reese

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Sep 19, 2022

What I Didn’t Know Before I Had My Ovaries Removed

It has been 7 years since I had my ovaries removed, and despite it all, it was well worth it. I thought I was going into it fully understanding the changes that would happen. I had no idea just how much would change internally and externally. Let’s rewind, shall we…

Healthcare

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What I Didn’t Know Before I Had My Ovaries Removed
What I Didn’t Know Before I Had My Ovaries Removed
Healthcare

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Sep 6, 2022

Three Ways to Respond to Haters

There should be a soundtrack to everything, even dealing with haters. When you are someone (especially a Black woman) who carries themselves with an epic level of confidence, there will be judgment, harsh, unkind judgment. Being confident means being subject to both celebration and misunderstanding. But if you respond to…

Heaters

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Three Ways to Respond to Haters
Three Ways to Respond to Haters
Heaters

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Apr 21, 2022

Losing My Two-Cent

The day I graduated from college with my bachelor’s degree should have been one of the happiest moments of my life. After getting pregnant during my first year, no one believed I would finish except me. Despite all the obstacles, delays, a transfer, and changing my major during junior year…

Grief And Loss

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Losing My Two-Cent
Losing My Two-Cent
Grief And Loss

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Jan 19, 2022

On Being the First and Only Black

Nothing creates combined feelings of pride, frustration, and burden like being the first or only Black person in a position. All eyes are on you, from every vantage point, some rooting for you,some envious, others questioning whether you deserve to be there. W.E.B Dubois’ “doubleconsciousness” is suddenly experienced in another…

Race

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On Being the First and Only Black
On Being the First and Only Black
Race

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Dr.Boz, Life Coach

Dr.Boz, Life Coach

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EmpoweRESS of Women & Youth, Author, Life Coach, Dynamic Speaker & Purveyor of BlackGirlMagic www.brendaschild.com

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