On WittedRoots.com, the Relationships sub-category will highlight informed articles that explore the various kinds of relationships we are a member of, and how we navigate our emotional wellness within them, especially as it relates to millennial women of color.
A Guide For Friends Of The Mentally Ill
Conquering any kind of mental distress is no easy feat. There is a constant war inside your mind as you try to overcome the daily difficulties that only you face. Then, while battling yourself, there is also a constant battle…
How To Uplift Someone With No Strings Attached
All around me I see women doing their utmost best to support each other and themselves in every aspect of their lives. They are proudly assuming roles as feminists, becoming ‘lifestyle coaches’, wellness advisors, and so much more. This in…
How To Deal With Losing A Best Friend?
As different stages of our lives go by, we are faced with several changes, both mental and physical. Transitioning from stage to stage, there are often difficult situations that we have to go through, many times on our own. We…
How Family Influence And Affects Your Relationship?
What does your family have to do with your relationship? What if I told you everything and nothing? Yes, that’s it, you can leave it right there and move on. I wouldn’t leave you without explaining this oxymoron. If you…
Attachment vs Detachment In Relationships
“But Do YOU Want To…” Finding The Balance Between Attachment And Detachment I have always been a little different from my family and friends. While they are more outgoing and expressive, I am more reserved and introverted. In hindsight, I…
Active Listening Skills: How To Be An Active Listener?
When You Just Don’t Understand Why We’ve all seen the classic “American teen” trope in media and popular culture: A teenager is having a heated, broiling argument with her/his parent about something (this can vary greatly) but the end result…
How Does Family Influence Your Life?: Your Mental Health And Wellbeing
The difference between our generation and those of our parents’ and grandparents’ generations are obvious in several ways, but it is the mental and emotional health aspect that typically gets our millennial blood boiling. If you’re really lucky, you were…
Tips On Getting Over A Breakup: Thriving After A Heartbreak
Post-breakup spiels are always the same recycled “motivational” speeches. “You’re better off without him!” “He wasn’t good enough for you anyway.” “You’ll find someone better.” “Honestly, I never liked him I’m so happy you guys finally broke up.” “He’s a…
Don’t Know What Is True Love … Because You’re Not In Love?
We’ve all had those moments where our friend/acquaintance/random family relation treats us like five-year-old toddlers unable to understand the subtleties of an amazingly complex math equation. In this case, that amazingly complex math equation is “true love” or the Romantic…
What To Do After A Breakup?: The Impacts Of A Heartbreak
I would tell you to close your eyes, but then how would you read the prompt? Just imagine then. Imagine the excruciating, heartrending, mouth-numbing pain that you feel in the moment when your heartbreak. The impression of hurt when the…