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4 Ways ‘Strong Black Woman Syndrome’ Keeps Us Poor

By Kara Stevens — 2019

The Strong Black Women Syndrome demands that Black women never buckle, never feel vulnerable and, most important, never, ever put their own needs above anyone else’s—not their children’s, not their community’s, not the people for whom they work—no matter how detrimental it is to their well-being.

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How ironic that the difficult times we fear might ruin us are the very ones that can break us open and help us blossom into who we were meant to be.

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Dream a Little Before You Think

Omega cofounder Elizabeth Lesser opens the 2019 Women & Power Conference with a tribute to Toni Morrison and an exploration of one of her favorite Morrison quotes, "As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think."

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Omega Institute’s Elizabeth Lesser on Being Kind, Not Nice

In this video with NEXT for Women, Lesser states that the desire to be nice to everyone is still locked into the DNA of women. You can be kind and fierce, but not nice and fierce, and that it is almost always impossible to advance in one's career if they attempt this.

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The Negative Stories that Can Poison a Relationship | SuperSoul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network

Best-selling author Elizabeth Lesser reveals how examining and deconstructing false narratives can help repair the relationships that matter most to us.

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The Simple Question That Can Repair a Broken Relationship | SuperSoul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network

Best-selling author Elizabeth Lesser explains the simple way she went about rebuilding her relationship with her younger sister Maggie.

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Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes

What if women had been the storytellers? Cassandra Speaks is a synthesis of storytelling, memoir, and cultural observation. All people will find themselves in the pages of this book, and will come away strengthened, opened, and ready to work together to create a better world for all people.

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BIPOC Well-Being