(ThyBlackMan.com) The loss of a loved one is understandably hard on a family, and individuals. It’s a time when emotions are high and, if this is the first loss for a family unit, everyone finds themselves in uncomfortable shoes. Funeral preparation is often handled on a very tight schedule with a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are being conditioned just about every day of our lives. Some of it is positive but most of the conditioning we are bombarded with is negative. The bottom line is that it’s happening at a level we do not comprehend and, unfortunately, it’s been happening all of our lives. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In America, there’s a huge amount of importance placed on an individual’s ability to take care of things by themselves. That’s one of the most classically “American” things there is. Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. Never needing any help and refusing to let other people take care of you. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you reach forty you reach a milestone. Young adulthood ends and middle-age begins. For some, it’s a seamless transition. For many who have been idle and leading sedentary lifestyles for much of their young adulthood, it is a time fret with potentially negative health outcomes. Issues of heart disease, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A heckler is a person who interrupts a performer or public speaker with derisive or derogatory comments or abuse. One of the most famous public hecklers in American culture is a man named Robin Ficker. Ficker was a passionate fan of the NBA’s Washington Bullets. He is most famous for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What is positive energy? When does energy become positive? There are a million different interpretations to this question. My own definition is that positive energy is the harnessing of good attributes such as cheerfulness, enthusiasm, focus and empathy and exploiting said energy for favorable results. Is it possible then to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) About 5 years ago my younger brother, Jerry, a Black activist in his own right, started a new venture called WAMP (What About My People), designed to address the needs and concerns of African Americans in real time. His venture was short lived however, because every time he encountered Chicago ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In life, the only way to move past your fear and design the life of your dreams is to learn the art of transforming a negative into a positive. We all face negative environments and people. You may be disturbed by the external, but you need not be defeated by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So you want to lose weight but you want to avoid the resulting flab? Flabby skin is a huge problem that usually happens when a person loses a tremendous amount of weight in a relatively short amount of time. This most often is the result of bariatric procedures and the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Stress is a major problem for many people a hectic, stressful job, a chaotic home life, bills to worry about, and bad habits such as unhealthy eating, drinking and smoking can lead to a mountain of stress. If your life is full of stress, like mine once was, there are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So what does my life get out of a strong body? How does a strong body equip me to move past my fear and design the life of my dreams? It helps to have an idea of what constitutes a ‘strong’ life. What does it mean to be ‘well’? Including ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The topic of mental health is, thankfully, spoken of much more than ever before, but we still have a long way to go to get it in the public consciousness and to get absolutely everybody talking about it. While there are online forums and helplines dedicated to those that need ...