Personality Type: American?

You know, those exchanges between people we don’t know that are purely designed for us to perceive them a certain way, except (plot twist) we don’t care and all we want to do is watch our Netflix downloads of K-Pop Explained and Brené Brown elaborating on vulnerability and shame.

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Ehlie Luna
Hypnotherapy

Therapy.

In my household(s) - (there were many) this word was never uttered. When I experienced trauma or stress induced fainting spells which I’m learning is something called vasovagal syncope - my mom could be heard yelling something like “met fanm sou ou!”

That’s kreyol for the female equivalent of “man up!”.

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Ehlie Luna
The Poison On Our Plates

“I started noticing how often I would pick up a snack bar, or some kind of chips and little by little I saw the patterns and unconscious rituals my body would go through without much of my mind involved.

We’ve all been guilty of treating food as entertainment, as relief, as a reward. It really becomes something to pay attention when it becomes a lifestyle.”

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Ehlie Luna
Haiti Cherie, Perle Des Antilles

Haiti and Haitians can be proud and rightly proclaim, "We are the light of the world. We are humanity's proof that people can break the shackles of bondage and indignity. We, Haiti, have done something that not one nation, living or past, can ever claim. We have broken the chains and claimed the land that we suffered under as our own."  

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Ehlie Luna
A Love With Limits

Suddenly you might find yourself questioning your guidance, or feeling less excited about something you were just proud of a second ago.

It’s like their doubt is contagious.

Umm, that’s because it is!

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Ehlie Luna
3 Ways I Deal With Anxiety

I used to feel like I was constantly floating away. Logically I understood that this wasn’t true, but my mind was in such disarray that I could’t connect to the obvious fact that I was planted on the ground. It felt like physically disappearing, slowly vanishing into thin air. Imagine a helium balloon constantly under the threat of being released into the sky, except the balloon has a will to live.

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A Life You Thought You Wanted

What if I told you that most of the people you wanted to model your life after are/were miserable? Now, what if I told you the dream you were sold might have set you on the wrong path and your belief in it is actually part of what keeps the farce alive?

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Ehlie Luna
They Love Black Culture, Not Black People: A Strange Reality In Hong Kong.

I’ve been to Hong Kong once. It was for work, but there was enough time if you were really motivated to explore the city and the surrounding areas (aka shop).

Between exploring the malls that seemed to form entire cities underground, I would venture off to look for more familiar things like nail shops, and sneaker shops.

Naturally, I ventured out on my own with my curiosity and naiveté in tow.

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Womanism: A practice.

You are my sister. 
If you are better at something, let me learn from you. If I've been down a road before, let me guide you.

If we're lost, let's find a way together. If I know something, I will share. 

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Ehlie Luna
For New Girls In Male Dominated Industries

When I first started out in music, I was CLUELESS. Dealing with a certain breed of men in the business confused me. Every move I made felt like the wrong move. Does this person want to work with me or sleep with me? Is this a date or ANOTHER business dinner? Should I ask?

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Ehlie Luna
Falling For U

I have to remind myself that it is a luxury to pursue my passion. Staying in touch with this truth, along with a profound sense of gratitude, for the privilege to pursue my dreams is crucial. When I get further than I like to be from this truth, I know it’s time to get grounded again.

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Ehlie Luna