--- title: "Archives" url: https://bernadinetruth.com/tag/acceptance/ description: "“Just Because The Scar Looks Healed, Doesn’t Mean The Wound Wasn’t Deep.” Imagine living a life empty of fear. As I enter the last year of my 20’s, I enter it with [...]" published: 2019-02-21 updated: 2019-02-21 author: "BERNADINE DESANGES" --- # Archives By BERNADINE DESANGES · Published 2019-02-21 By [BERNADINE DESANGES](https://bernadinetruth.com/author/bernadine) In Uncategorized Posted ### [No Limits](https://bernadinetruth.com/no-limits) “Just Because The Scar Looks Healed, Doesn’t Mean The Wound Wasn’t Deep.” Imagine living a life empty of fear. As I enter the last year of my 20’s, I enter it with [...] [READ MORE](https://bernadinetruth.com/no-limits) By [BERNADINE DESANGES](https://bernadinetruth.com/author/bernadine) In Allies, Ally, [Black Excellence](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/black-excellence) , Blog, Drive, [Entrepreneurs](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/entrepreneurs) , Gratitude, Holidays, Investment, Journey, Know Your Truths, Legacy, Love, Millennials, Moving Forward, Professional Advice, [Professional Development](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/professional-development) , Purpose, [Relationships](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/relationships) , Self-Care, Self-Help, Self-Improvement, [Self-Love](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/self-love) , Speak Your Truths, Team, Truth Posted ### [Who Is In Your Kitchen Cabinet This Holiday Season?](https://bernadinetruth.com/who-is-in-your-kitchen-cabinet-this-holiday-season) Do You Have Your Lucky 8? The holiday season is a time where many are reminded of what they are grateful for and/or wish they had more of. While I am most certainly grateful for life, health, and [...] [READ MORE](https://bernadinetruth.com/who-is-in-your-kitchen-cabinet-this-holiday-season) By [BERNADINE DESANGES](https://bernadinetruth.com/author/bernadine) In Daughters, Expression, Father's Day, Fathers, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Healing, Health, Her Story, Hey Sis, Know Your Truths, Legacy, Letting Go, Love, Men, [Mental Health](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/mental-health) , Mothers, Moving Forward, No Excuses, Recognition, [Relationships](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/relationships) , Self-Care, Self-Help, Self-Improvement, [Self-Love](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/self-love) , Silence, Speak Your Truths, Surviving, Truth, Voices, Women Posted ### [10 Messages to Daughters Without Fathers Learning to Love](https://bernadinetruth.com/a-message-to-daughters-without-fathers-learning-to-love) “With or without the love of your father, you are and always will be deserving of love yourself.” As a woman who grew up with the absence of her father, even when he was present; [...] [READ MORE](https://bernadinetruth.com/a-message-to-daughters-without-fathers-learning-to-love) By [BERNADINE DESANGES](https://bernadinetruth.com/author/bernadine) In Daughters, Expression, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Healing, Health, Her Story, Hey Sis, Journey, Know Your Truths, Legacy, Letting Go, Love, Me Too, [Mental Health](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/mental-health) , Mental Health Awareness Month, Mothers, Moving Forward, Recognition, [Relationships](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/relationships) , Self-Care, Self-Help, Self-Improvement, [Self-Love](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/self-love) , [Sexual Assault](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/sexual-assault) , Silence, Speak Your Truths, Surviving, Survivor, Voices, Women Posted ### [5 Lessons Learned Regarding Mothers, Daughters, & Mental Health](https://bernadinetruth.com/5-lessons-learned-regarding-mothers-daughters-mental-health) By way of the month in which mothers are celebrated and mental health awareness is acknowledged comes to a close, I can’t help but close out the month of May reflecting on the roles of [...] [READ MORE](https://bernadinetruth.com/5-lessons-learned-regarding-mothers-daughters-mental-health) By [BERNADINE DESANGES](https://bernadinetruth.com/author/bernadine) In [Black Excellence](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/black-excellence) , Black Girl Magic, Black History, [Black History Month](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/black-history-month) , Black Women, Blog, Expression, Fitness, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Healing, Health, Her Story, History, Journey, Know Your Truths, Legacy, Letting Go, Love, Moving Forward, No Excuses, Recognition, [Relationships](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/relationships) , Self-Care, Self-Help, Self-Improvement, [Self-Love](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/self-love) , Speak Your Truths, Surviving, Women Posted ### [Black Women: More Than Hashtags, Fads, And Fetishes](https://bernadinetruth.com/black-women-more-than-hashtags-fads-and-fetishes) To understand the value, power, and strength of black women of today, you have to understand the value, power, and strength of black women of the past. You have to acknowledge and know without a [...] [READ MORE](https://bernadinetruth.com/black-women-more-than-hashtags-fads-and-fetishes) By [BERNADINE DESANGES](https://bernadinetruth.com/author/bernadine) In Blog, Expression, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Healing, Health, Her Story, Journey, Know Your Truths, Legacy, Letting Go, Love, Moving Forward, No Excuses, Recognition, [Relationships](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/relationships) , Self-Care, Self-Help, Self-Improvement, [Self-Love](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/self-love) , Speak Your Truths, Surviving, Valentine's Day Posted ### [11 Truths About Love: Hearts Broken, Hearts Building, & Hearts Bursting](https://bernadinetruth.com/11-truths-about-love-hearts-broken-hearts-building-hearts-bursting) L.O.V.E: the four letter word that causes so much happiness and pain all at the same time. Love, a word that describes feelings that are indescribable because the reality of love is more often [...] [READ MORE](https://bernadinetruth.com/11-truths-about-love-hearts-broken-hearts-building-hearts-bursting) By [BERNADINE DESANGES](https://bernadinetruth.com/author/bernadine) In [Black Excellence](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/black-excellence) , Black Girl Magic, Black History, [Black History Month](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/black-history-month) , Black Women, Blog, Expression, Fitness, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Healing, Her Story, Holidays, Journey, Know Your Truths, Legacy, Letting Go, Moving Forward, No Excuses, Recognition, Self-Care, Self-Help, Self-Improvement, [Self-Love](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/self-love) , Speak Your Truths, Surviving Posted ### [A Message of Love to Black Women](https://bernadinetruth.com/a-message-of-love-to-black-women) As a black woman, I wear the intersectionalities of my identity with honor, pride, and confidence. Even when I feel inadequate, it is my identity as a black woman that encourages me to persist! I [...] [READ MORE](https://bernadinetruth.com/a-message-of-love-to-black-women) By [BERNADINE DESANGES](https://bernadinetruth.com/author/bernadine) In [Black Excellence](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/black-excellence) , Black Girl Magic, Black History, Blog, Expression, Fitness, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Healing, Holidays, Journey, Know Your Truths, Legacy, Letting Go, Martin Luther King, Moving Forward, No Excuses, Recognition, Self-Care, Self-Help, Self-Improvement, [Self-Love](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/self-love) , Speak Your Truths, Surviving Posted ### [Because He Did, I Can & I Do](https://bernadinetruth.com/because-he-did-i-can-i-do) In recognition of the late Martin Luther King Jr. August 28, 1963, the late Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech. A little shy of 55 years [...] [READ MORE](https://bernadinetruth.com/because-he-did-i-can-i-do) By [BERNADINE DESANGES](https://bernadinetruth.com/author/bernadine) In Black Girl Magic, Blog, Expression, Fitness, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Healing, Holidays, Journey, Know Your Truths, Moving Forward, New Year's Resolutions, No Excuses, Self-Care, Self-Help, Self-Improvement, [Self-Love](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/self-love) , Speak Your Truths, Surviving Posted ### [4 Easy Steps to Guarantee You Don’t Quit On Your New Year’s Resolutions!](https://bernadinetruth.com/4-easy-steps-to-follow-guarantee-you-dont-quit-on-your-new-years-resolutions) It’s the new year! Happy times are ahead as all of us have been thinking, “New Year! New Me!” And as always, with the excitement of the new year comes the excitement to set new goals for oneself [...] [READ MORE](https://bernadinetruth.com/4-easy-steps-to-follow-guarantee-you-dont-quit-on-your-new-years-resolutions) By [BERNADINE DESANGES](https://bernadinetruth.com/author/bernadine) In Blog, Expression, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Healing, Holidays, Journey, Know Your Truths, Letting Go, Moving Forward, Self-Care, Self-Help, Self-Improvement, [Self-Love](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/self-love) , Speak Your Truths, Surviving Posted ### [6 Realities I Wish I Knew Regarding The Journey Towards Self-Love](https://bernadinetruth.com/6-realities-i-wish-i-knew) Have you ever been told sentiments like, “you can’t be there for others, if you aren’t there for yourself” and/or “you can’t love others if you don’t love yourself?” Not only have I heard such [...] [READ MORE](https://bernadinetruth.com/6-realities-i-wish-i-knew)