You still have time to register for the Team Cherie J. Back to the Basics Detox Challenge, which starts on July 5th. As a certified nutritionist and holistic wellness advocate, Cherie Johnson brings extensive knowledge as your dietary coach for a 10-day challenge to change your eating habits for better health, skin, hair, nails and [...]
🍉Don’t forget to eat your water🍉
I hear people say all the time they do not like water and just can’t drink it. Well, eat it then... I know it sounds crazy, but watermelon is 92% water! So, there is nothing wrong with eating it, as well as drinking it. Watermelon has a high water content so it helps keep your [...]
I Love Mondays
A FRESH START Get up with the alarm. NO SNOOZE. If you hit the snooze button for 20 minutes, you have already wasted 20 minutes of your day. Might not seem like much but once you do that times 5…Bingo. You can accomplish a lot in 20 minutes. You will stop saying, “I need more [...]
Guest Blogger Renee – My Transgender Child
For Pride Month, here's a flashback post from 2019. On June 14, 1996 I had my first child, he was the perfect boy you can ever meet. Well raised by me only. I knew he was special at the age of 5. When they say mothers know first, yes they do. I knew at that [...]
I had to learn to say no!
Since I was 20 years old, every single day of my life someone has given me a sob story as to why they need to borrow money! I used to become emotional to everyone’s situations and over gave. I looked up one day and realized I gave everything I had: energy, finances and love. I [...]
🍒Own your name🍒
Here's a Flashback Friday post from 2020. Little Cherie had a hard time understanding why people couldn’t get her name right! The constantly correcting people gave her the tag line when introducing herself, “like the fruit,” which has stuck with her 45 years. “Like the fruit,” says Kellie Williams Jackson. Her a recent interview on [...]
My Healthy Hair Secret
When I was on Family Matters, I used to get a lot of compliments about my hair. One of the big things was people always wanted to know how I kept my hair so healthy, knowing it had to be styled all the time. When I asked Melanie what she did to my hair, she [...]
American Gangster Trap Queens: Season Three, Episode Nine on BET PLUS
OK, y’all gonna have to check out the show because my Aunt Vicki was on TV last night! Not only was she on TV but she was playing a pastor from Braddock, Pennsylvania which is directly across the bridge from where I am from (Duquesne, Pennsylvania). Duke, you're gonna love this! The story is a [...]
Let me let you in on one of my favorite clear skin secrets
Cantaloupe has been one of my favorite fruits since I was a little girl. It’s also one of the cheapest and you get a lot of bang for your buck because it goes a long way! Cantaloupe juice is tasty, cool, and refreshing, but check this out it is also a good source of vitamin [...]
Charity Morgan sent me a beautiful box!
Whether you’re new to plant-based eating or already a convert: when you cook vegan with Charity Morgan, private chef to elite athletes and rock stars, you may be leaving out the meat, dairy, and eggs, but you won’t be missing out on the flavor and indulgence of all your favorite comfort foods. In her highly anticipated first [...]