This edition of DBW's Mental Health Resource Digest features affirming reads and podcasts that will inspire and inform. Dive in!

Mama, we making it! Dear Black Women's founder Florence Noel recently sat down with Cynthia Canty of NPR's Michigan Radio "Stateside". In this interview, Flo outlines the need and vision for Dear Black Women. Listen to the interview inside.

In this photo essay, we feature the photos of the uber talented Kashira Dowridge of Story of Kai. One hot day in June, Kai captured the beauty of several Dear Black Women. Below are some of the highlights coupled with an affirmations by Flo, Dear Black Women founder. 

Thandiwe Muiru is a beauty and fashion photographer from Kenya who adores us. In us, she sees infinite beauty that she celebrates through her lens. Feast your eyes on the affirmation of Thandiwe’s masterpieces. Enjoy.

Bisa Butler see our beauty in a way that is hard to describe. Combine an unbridled love for us with a world class artistic eye and you have Bisa's creations. Feast your eye on it and get full. 

Let textbooks tell it, the only Black women abolitionist there ever was is our great ancestor Harriet Tubman. But NAH! She was not alone. On this Juneteenth, we speak the names of 4 Black women abolitionists you may not have heard of, but who absolutely helped light the path for us all. May their courage live in us.

HAPPY PRIDE to all of us Dear Black Women who are lesbian, bisexual, trans, pansexual, queer, questioning, intersex or asexual and to all of the allies. WE SEE YOU! This month, like ALL months, is a time to celebrate the wonders of what we bring to the world. Inside, we highlight 8 Black LGBTQIA women we love.

Dear Love,

I know you've never seen it before, but this is what it looks like to heal from the inside out. This is what it looks like to save your own life. You. Your own life. Right now.

Second by second. Minute by minute. Hour by hour. Day by day.

Get your calendars out, because DBW's Summer 18 is booked and busy. See below for important dates for everything from Circles to conferences to parties to pitches. More inside.

Dear Black Women will lead a session at the 20th National Allied Media Conference in Detroit! Details inside.

In this edition of DBW Loves, we highlight Upile Chisala, a Malawian storyteller who has stolen our hearts. Her words-- simple, graceful, poignant-- strike a powerful chord, leaving us feeling both seen and invited to grow. More inside.

Dear Black Women wants to help Cyntoia usher in the New Year with words of encouragement, affirmation and love from all of us! JOIN US by writing her an affirmation inside.

Remember that other amazing thing that happened a few weeks go? Well, another dope thing happened this week.

So, we were minding our business. You know, being Black and beautiful. And we happened upon this GORGEOUS affirmation movement, Recipes for Self Love. Lawd. How about we spent a LOT of time going through these affirmations to not only present you with some of our favorites, but also…

So, a really big thing kinda happened last week. And I would love to share it with you because of your love and support of the Dear Black Women movement. Click and read enjoy. It’s a celebration!

Our last event in Detroit was LIT! So much so, it inspired an affirmation letter from Dear Black Women to you! Yup, you. Featuring some of our favorite moments captured by photographer Cydni Elledge, we wish the best for you and ourselves now and always.Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy! 

Dear Black Women is an affirmation movement for Black women by Black women. We are powered by the intention of countless Black women all over the world to find more and more ways to affirm ourselves. One approach we take is writing affirmation letters to ourselves. There are so many ways to approach your affirmation letter, but in case you're feeling lost, below are three easy steps you can take.

I wish I knew how to talk to you. I wish I knew what to say. I wish when I said you’re beautiful you believed me.I wish that all our positive self talk wasn’t drowned out by the voices and looks and stares and perceptions of other people around you.

Stop for a moment, close your eyes and picture the people who helped create Rock N Roll? Did the face of a Black woman come to mind? Because it should. In this edition of "We Speak Her Name", we honor the largely unrecognized genius of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock N Roll. 

How many times throughout history and present day are our, Black women's, inventions, discoveries, contributions made invisible by the cruel lens of racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, misogynoir? Dear Black Women stands in affirmation that we deserve credit for our genius. Read on for affirmations for the genius in you.