✨MOMMY AND ME RETREAT APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN✨ We are so excited to release this special retreat for moms and their daughters! Learn more at @theselfcareretreat. ✨July 8-12, 2024 ✨Santa Marta, Colombia ✨Ages 10-16 Apply at the link in bio! Applications will be open for one week. Tell a friend to tell a friend. See you soon 💕 #theselfcareretreat #blackmomsblog

@shaniciaboswell - On this Mommy & Me retreat, my daughter wrote me a letter and told me I was everything to her. I was as big as the ocean and as wonderful as the stars. I pray she always knows all that I do is for her. In return, I shared with her that I know that it’s not always easy being my daughter - because of the work I do, I am constantly teaching and showing other women and mothers peace. On this @theselfcareretreat, I balanced the line between business owner and present mother. Because to her, my work isn’t important. She will always just want her mother. My continued prayer is that I am able to show up for her in the most divine way. • We are ending this retreat wrapped in love. I watched so many mothers connect deeper with their daughters and so many daughters truly see their mothers. There was a pure honesty in the communication. A healing in the listening and the understanding. As we said to our daughters - I am sorry. And to us, they said - I love you. Immensely grateful for all that is given in these safe spaces. Immensely grateful to this work. Thank you to those who trust me but most especially to my daughter. #theselfcareretreat #blackmomsblog

Being a woman is one of the most glorious experiences ever. @theselfcareretreat Mommy & Me isn’t just a vacation for moms and their daughters but serves as a rites of passage to welcome them into their womanhood. We specialize in joy, laughter, divine femininity, and healing our own generational curses through conversation and play. 💕 Can you are yourself here with your daughter next year? #theselfcareretreat

#CarleeRussell has been found alive. Please wait for more details before jumping to conclusions. Respect this family’s healing. 📸: @wbrcnews #blackmomsblog

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@shaniciaboswell - I love what I do because I do what I love. I spent the last few months traveling the world - from Guatemala, to Sweden, Barcelona, Bali, the Dominican Republic, to the US & British Virgin Islands, and the Bahamas. I lived on the airplane to the point where the customs agents recognized me by name in Atlanta. One of the most beautiful highlights of this summer was planning my first 10 day @theselfcareretreat in Bali, Indonesia. What a beautiful and raw experience shared alongside amazing women. Before that, there was our flagship retreat at @gitanadelmarbeachresort hosted alongside my beautiful sister @nyaraiwaistbeads. I touched down back home in Medellin today and my heart is filled with gratitude for this life. In two weeks, I get to host my second Mommy and Me retreat here in Colombia and share in this love with my daughter Kamryn. • This year and last has been all about expansion and transition. As I rebrand @blackmomsblog and have taken a very necessary break from it, as I grow my retreat company, moving out of the country and exploring what love looks like for me now as a fully grown and self aware woman, I am reminded constantly that while change can be intimidating, it must still be pursued. If life feels stagnant right now, open your arms and walk fully into change. You don’t have to keep doing the same things because they are familiar. Give yourself grace to make a different choice. #gentlereminders 📸: @greatestescape_bali #theselfcareretreat

We love this! Shout out to all the dads who are preparing their children for puberty. We have been quiet and busy here finishing up our next book - a puberty journal for our young girls. I am sure you all have been patiently waiting for The Period Party this year. We have pushed it back to coincide with the release of our journal. Tag a parent who needs to see this and let us know in the comments how you are having this important conversation with your girls 💕 📷: delakufa_thulo on TikTok . . . #blackmomsblog #menstruation #puberty #blackfathers #blackparents #menstrualhealth #theperiodparty .

Sending love to all of our current expecting mommies. Drop your due date below! 📷: @rie_defined #blackmomsblog

@shaniciaboswell - To be honest, I started homeschooling Kamryn out of convenience. Between our travels and co-parenting, it was an easy choice to keep her flexible. The other reasons included wanting to control the narrative around education and not have her influenced by school culture today. But over the last few years and the increase in school shootings in the United States, I am grateful to know where my daughter is 24 hours a day and who she is interacting with. I am grateful to not have to sit by the phone afraid of getting a call that someone has shot up her school. It sounds sick to even say this but at first, school shootings were limited to once every few years - you heard of an angry high school student taking revenge and committing this awful crime of shooting up his school. Now, you are seeing school shootings every few months and these bastards are targeting elementary school children. • Since moving to Colombia, I have been questioned about our safety and fear of cartels. My fear stemmed in the United States. I have felt more unsafe there, for me and my child, than I have ever felt here. My Colombians friends ask me constantly, “are guns really that bad in the states or is it the media?” A Colombian friend texted me yesterday and said, “wow ANOTHER school shooting in the US???” I have met so many people in my international travels who have told me they have zero desire of traveling to the US because of gun violence. • We were raised to believe that America was the dream but right before our eyes, it is becoming the nightmare. • It is only March and there have been 130 mass shootings in the United States this year alone. 130. Let that number sink in. America is not safe. So the next time you fear monger another country with your American pride, take a look at the dangers in your own backyard. Pray for the USA. Gun reform is needed. Focus on mental health is needed. My heart goes out to every parent that has to send their children into a school system. This has to stop. #blackmomsblog

At what point will the USA do something about mass shootings? Every few weeks, we are experiencing a mass shooting in the United States. - it is unsafe to send our children to school. - it is unsafe to go to the grocery store. - it is unsafe to peacefully protest. - it is unsafe to breathe. A change must come. • Our hearts go out to the families affected by this tragedy and may God cover our country. #blackmomsblog

@shaniciaboswell - Two years ago, Kamryn and I wrote her very first book from her book series, @sunshinehoneybooks. It tells the story of a young girl overcoming shyness by using self love affirmations to build her confidence. This morning, my dear friend @yvondasmithbeauty sent me the most adorable photos of her daughter @briellesworld dressed as Sunshine Honey for her book character day! Swipe to see the photos 💕 • Kam asked that we write this book together. She chose the topic, the name, and we created the illustrated character after her in one of her most favorite outfits. She told me she wanted to help other children overcome their shyness by telling her story. • Having a daughter has shaped so many parts of my life, my business, and my understanding of how important it is to affirm our children early in life. Kam and I practice our daily affirmations. We journal. We talk about her feelings. We sell this book on Amazon but writing it was so much more than that. We created this book because I wanted to show Kam that her creativity could come to life and that she could be anything she wanted to be. Thank you Yvonda for sharing this with me this morning! And Brielle, you are an amazing Sunshine as well!

Hey mama friends! Did you know we have a retreat company? We have an opening for @theselfcareretreat Mommy and Me July 24-28th! We have had quite a few of you inquire about this retreat in Santa Marta this summer and we have a bungalow available! More information 👉🏾 @theselfcareretreat • This is a space to connect with your daughters through play, exploration, workshops, and relaxation. We will also have our very own Period Party on the beach! Tell a friend to tell a friend ♥️ #theselfcareretreat #blackmomsblog