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title: "Archives"
url: https://bernadinetruth.com/tag/empowerment/
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

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### [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 [...]

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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

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### [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 [...]

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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

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### [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; [...]

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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)

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[Sexual Assault](https://bernadinetruth.com/category/sexual-assault)

, Silence, Speak Your Truths, Surviving, Survivor, Voices, Women

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### [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 [...]

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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

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### [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 [...]

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