The Blue Cafe Magazine

💌 Letters from the Soft Life: Is This Really My Man or Just Seasonal Tendences?

💌 Letters from the Soft Life: Is This Really My...

Dear Liberian Jewels,I need some clarity. I’ve been seeing someone who’s warm, attentive, and incredibly present… sometimes. He checks in. He makes plans. He says all the things that make...

💌 Letters from the Soft Life: Is This Really My...

Dear Liberian Jewels,I need some clarity. I’ve been seeing someone who’s warm, attentive, and incredibly present… sometimes. He checks in. He makes plans. He says all the things that make...

Why Group Chats Are the Last Place to Heal

Why Group Chats Are the Last Place to Heal

By Black.By.Nature for The Blue Cafe MagazineHealing doesn’t happen in a space with 17 unread messages, five conversations at once, and somebody randomly posting a flyer to a brunch nobody’s...

Why Group Chats Are the Last Place to Heal

By Black.By.Nature for The Blue Cafe MagazineHealing doesn’t happen in a space with 17 unread messages, five conversations at once, and somebody randomly posting a flyer to a brunch nobody’s...

Friendship Breakups Deserve Space to Grieve Too

Friendship Breakups Deserve Space to Grieve Too

Written by Black.By.Nature for The Blue Cafe Magazine Nobody teaches you how to grieve a friend who’s still alive.When we talk about breakups, the spotlight almost always falls on romantic relationships....

Friendship Breakups Deserve Space to Grieve Too

Written by Black.By.Nature for The Blue Cafe Magazine Nobody teaches you how to grieve a friend who’s still alive.When we talk about breakups, the spotlight almost always falls on romantic relationships....

💌 Letters from the Soft Life: I’m Not the Strong Friend Anymore—and That’s Okay

💌 Letters from the Soft Life: I’m Not the Stron...

Letting go of the role of fixer, counselor, and emotional mule for everyone else.Dear Liberian Jewels,For as long as I can remember, I’ve been the one everyone leans on. The...

💌 Letters from the Soft Life: I’m Not the Stron...

Letting go of the role of fixer, counselor, and emotional mule for everyone else.Dear Liberian Jewels,For as long as I can remember, I’ve been the one everyone leans on. The...

💌 Letters from the Soft Life: The Hard Life Almost Took Me Out

💌 Letters from the Soft Life: The Hard Life Alm...

Dear Liberian Jewels,I used to wear struggle like it was style.I knew how to make it look good — tired, overworked, barely hanging on, but still showing up. Still smiling....

💌 Letters from the Soft Life: The Hard Life Alm...

Dear Liberian Jewels,I used to wear struggle like it was style.I knew how to make it look good — tired, overworked, barely hanging on, but still showing up. Still smiling....

Why You Should Retire from Struggle Culture: Choosing Ease When You’ve Earned It

Why You Should Retire from Struggle Culture: Ch...

By Black.By.Nature for The Blue Café MagazineSomewhere along the way, we were taught that exhaustion was honorable. That staying busy meant you were doing something right. That the “hard life”...

Why You Should Retire from Struggle Culture: Ch...

By Black.By.Nature for The Blue Café MagazineSomewhere along the way, we were taught that exhaustion was honorable. That staying busy meant you were doing something right. That the “hard life”...