On WittedRoots.com, the Personal Essays category will highlight vulnerable personal reflections submitted by millennial women of color related to their mental health + emotional wellness experiences.
Quarter-life Reflection: A Century Young And Lessons Learned
Recently, I celebrated my twenty-fifth birthday. In honor of the big quarter-life milestone, I wanted to sit down and genuinely reflect on some of what I’ve learned, felt, and experienced over the past twenty-five years and what I hope for…
Harnessing The Power Of Personal Agency
On Starting Reflection When I first received my copy of the Rooted Reflections Journal, I sat down with enthusiasm and committed to writing an entry every day. I loved the cover, the design of each 2-page entry, and found all…
Life Lessons From A Beagle: Pets And Your Mental Health
What Rhymes With Beagle? One of my favorite poems, Wild Geese by Mary Oliver, opens with the lines: You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the…
Love Letters To Myself: Dear Past, Present and Future Me
Let’s Talk; It’s Time To Catch Up I’ve always loved writing letters to myself. There’s something so lovely about putting in the time to being honest, hopeful, and open to writing to myself, for myself. It is very therapeutic. I…
Rave Party And Culture: Community Of Self-Acceptance
When I first met my partner, I quickly realized that the greatest difference between the two of us was our tastes in music. He was absolutely crazy about electronic dance music (EDM). He played it nonstop, had attended nearly every…
Anxious Freelancer: Dealing with Anxiety as a Freelancer
I check my phone for the umpteenth time, no messages, no emails, and no texts on WhatsApp™. I should be enjoying a weekend shopping excursion with my sisters but I can’t help feeling as though my time could be spent…
Post Traumatic Growth: The Recovery Journey Within
The Beginning The beach has always been so therapeutic for me. Here I am, with the wind fighting my coils to get to my scalp, the birds flying high, and I am watching a crab make its way out of…
The Happiness Project: A Week Of Extreme Nice
A few weeks ago, I re-read one of my favorite self-enrichment books: The Happiness Project. Written by Gretchen Rubin, the book tells the tale of a woman who dedicates a year of her life to discovering the meaning of happiness…
Life Of A Single Mom: What It’s Really Like Being a Single Mother
Walking from my desk to the tiny women’s bathroom at my part-time second job, I could focus on nothing but the flat rectangular box that rested in my coat pocket. I had been feeling weird for over a week since…
Coping Strategies For Stress And Anxiety
I have always seen the value in writing as a form of self-expression. In my saddest and happiest moments, I turned my eye to my bookshelf, picked up my journal or my poetry book and documented my feelings of that…