Events
Heart & Soul Passport to Wellness Expo: Free Event-July 29th Washington Convention Center
Free Event, Health Screenings, Cooking Demos, Yoga, Zumba and More Click Here to Register NOW!
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Culture
MegaFest Returns to Dallas in Summer 2017
Four-day Festival June 28 through July 1 to Attract More Than 100,000 MegaFest – the internationally acclaimed four-day faith, film and family festival hosted by best-selling author, entrepreneur and pastor, Bishop T.D. Jakes – is […]
Fitness
No Place Like Ohm: ALL PULL NO PUSH
By Synthche Franchella I often speak to my yoga students about the role of pain and how it can inform our practice. Pain is actually an excellent teacher. It’s our body’s warning signal that something […]
Fitness
Keep up with your self-care
By Jill Goldsberry As you prepare traveling with your girls to warmer regions, always remember to keep up with your self-care! Diet and excersize are often pushed to the side on vacation, leaving us […]
Celebrity
Rise Above: An Evening of Intimate Conversation & Music
The Rise Above HIV Campaign, is a project of WORLD in collaboration with AIDS Healthcare Foundation and several of its affiliates. Register For Event About South Side Help Center Founded in June […]
Events
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AVOID “BURN OUT” & BUILD INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RELATIONS
Entrepreneurial burn out isn’t something we talk about often but, the statistics don’t lie. Only two-thirds of all small businesses survive past 2 years, and about half of all small businesses will make it past […]
Health
HealthCARE is a HumanRight #NotAPrivilege Campaign
BLACK WOMEN’S ROUNDTABLE AND AARP LAUNCH “HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT” #NOTAPRIVILEGE CAMPAIGN Black Women Leaders Join Forces In A Call To Action to Protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Affordable Health Care The National Coalition on Black […]
Health
No Place Like Ohm: ALL PULL NO PUSH
By Synthche Franchella I often speak to my yoga students about the role of pain and how it can inform our practice. Pain is actually an excellent teacher. It’s our body’s warning signal that something […]
Fitness
“When black women walk, things change,” say T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison
The founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek. They’re on a mission to reduce the leading causes of preventable death among black women — and build communities in the process. How? By getting one million black […]
Diet
National Women’s Health Week: What’s Mental Health Got to Do With It?
By Nicole Greene, Acting Director of the Office on Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As women, we’re often the caretakers of our families. We make sure everyone is happy and healthy […]
Health
National Women’s Health Week May 14, through May 20, 2017.
National Women’s Health Week is an observance led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health. The goal is to empower women to make their health a priority. The week […]
Food
21 INGREDIENTS (THAT MEAN SODIUM) TO WATCH ON THE LABEL
By AHA Sodium Reduction Initiative Team | 6 Feb 2017 There are many ways that sneaky salt can find its way into your food. Today, we explore the ways sodium can be sneaky and […]
Events
“Test My Breasts” 5K Walk and Wellness Fair: Washington DC
1 out of 8 women will experience breast cancer in their lifetime — and if you’re African American or Latino living in Washington DC — those numbers, and the chance of death, is even greater. […]
Culture
‘‘TIS THE SEASONINGS”
The Healthy Holidays are here, RUN DMC Christmas song is playing in the background, the house is filled with family + friends and you’re in the kitchen Nae Nae’ing, Cupid-Shuffling and Whipping up some something […]
Food & Nutrition
5 Ways to Stay Slim While Indulging Yourself
Veteran Biochemical/Nutritional Expert Offers Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Weight Dr. Susie Rockway With the recent declaration from the American Medical Association that obesity now should be considered a disease, the United States […]
wellness
Be Inspired…
By Caroline Gibbs Growing up an introverted child I loved expressing myself artistically, but once I reached my twenties it all changed. I went dark and was diagnosed with generalized anxiety. I had problems […]
Celebrity
TWIN SOULS: Michael and Gillian White
“Every day, do something for the future and once you’re done with that, live in the moment.” -Michael and Gillian White By Christyna Pourhabib Photos: Kem West The uniting of two twin souls […]
Education
Carletta: Family history inspired her to understand her own risk
Carletta never met her grandmother, who died from breast cancer at the age of 44. Carletta’s family history inspired her to understand her own risk. She encourages young women with a family history of cancer […]
Health
Family history can increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer, but family can give her the strength to survive it
Pam was only 43 years old when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She says she was disappointed, but not surprised. Most women, especially young women like her, would be shocked. But she has had […]