For much of my life, I moved through my days with a quiet distance from my own body. I learned to focus on what needed to get done, what others needed from me, and what I was expected to carry, long before I learned to consider what I actually felt. It took years of living with chronic illness to understand how deep that disconnection ran. And I know I am not alone in this. Many Women of Color grow up absorbing messages about strength, resilience, and composure. We watch the women before us...

Hey, Radiant Soul! For a long time, my relationship with my body felt complicated, tender, confusing, and at times, painfully distant. Living with chronic illness reshaped the way I moved through the world. There were days I woke up unsure of what version of my body I would meet. Days when fatigue wrapped itself around me like fog. Days when pain showed up without warning and stayed longer than I expected. And yet, the hardest part wasn’t the symptoms themselves. It was the disconnection ....

Hey, Radiant Soul! If you’ve never experienced Reiki before, you might wonder : What actually happens in a Reiki session? Do I need to...