HeyJaredThe Rested Black Woman
I created The Rested Black Woman as a space for Black women to explore and reclaim the transformative power of rest. This newsletter is a gentle invitation to embrace rest in all its complexity and simplicity.
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What I’m Learning in the Space Between (opens the original)
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Every fall, I begin preparing for my fallow time.It’s a practice I’ve developed over the years. A time when I intentionally step away from producing, launching, creating new programs, and all the other things that come with running a business and being a human in this world.I usually take November off and allow December to be slow. I don’t disappear from my life. I simply stop asking so much of myself.But before I enter that season, I spend some time looking back.I think about what the year has
A shift in Sunday’s Conversation Lounge (opens the original)
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Sister,I had planned for us to gather in the Conversation Lounge this Sunday around Navigating the Space Between.But something has shifted.For several months now, I’ve been sitting with questions people have asked me about my experience growing here on Substack, particularly through Notes, and how I’ve been able to grow while staying aligned with my own… Read more
Who Are You When the Striving Stops and the Thriving Hasn’t Quite Arrived? (opens the original)
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Lately, I’ve been showing up to events, programs, and spaces that have been part of my life for years — places where I’ve spoken, facilitated, or contributed in other ways — and it feels as if something has shifted.The same people. The same mission. The same general energy.Yet something feels off, almost like I’ve stepped into a slightly different timeline.The first few times it happened, I projected outward.I told myself the people were acting differently. The agenda had changed. The vision was
I've Been Tiptoeing Around This Truth (opens the original)
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I’ve been tiptoeing around this truth for a while.I’ve written about grief in different spaces. I’ve written about rest for years. If you’ve been following my work, you’ve probably noticed that these themes continue to find their way into my writing.Today, I want to say something I’ve quietly come to believe.I believe grief support is for every Black woman.Not because every Black woman has experienced the death of someone she loves.Because I believe every Black woman has experienced loss.The los
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