African-American Women Self-Care

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Self-Care Website for African-American Women
For black women who are looking for a website that will help them take charge of their life and improve their overall wellness, we recommend you bookmark the site Noire Care. This website was the baby of tech consultant and graphic designer, Tina Shoulders. Noire Care has all the essentials a black woman need to give her the right tools to adopt and practice self-care.
This includes tapping into both physical and emotional factors. According to Shoulders, the concept of creating this website came to her during a time where she was jugging many things in her life. She was simultaneously taking care of her sick parent, toddler, and teenager. At the same time, she was working as a consultant for the
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She also noticed that many of her friends were facing various types of mental health issues. Most of them struggled to find a quiet time for themselves.
When Shoulders did her own survey and research by asking her friends on social media what they steps they were taking to maintain self-care. The replies she got transformed into the foundation of her online platform.
In the website, readers can reads stories from successful black women and learn from their advice on how to properly take care of themselves. Most of the recommended activities for black women include painting, yoga, and discussions with other African-American women.
Her website’s slogan is “What have you done for you lately?” Therefore, the self-care site is intended to motivate and empower black women to learn to handle the daily stresses they encounter without forgetting themselves in the process. Noire Care isn’t just for the average black girl. It’s also intended for the unconventional woman who live a different kind of lifestyle that some people in the society frown upon.
Shoulders foresees the black community or at least in her website as a group of individuals who do not discriminate black women regardless of economic status and norms. Women are encouraged to share their ideas, advice, tips, and other important factors to support and help each other out.
The website continues to attract a high interest and engagement with its followers. Shoulders continues to grow her community of self-care

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