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When I was a child, I spent hours rubbing my skin against the arm of my blond-haired, three-foot-tall, white Barbie doll each day. I thought life would be kinder to me if only I could get this black out of my skin. I'm incredibly grateful that my time was spent in vain, and I was able to recover from self-hatred.

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That said, it took many years for me to discover my unique gifts and talents which enabled me to unapologetically accept, fall in love with and learn more about my:

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☥ Curly Hair

☥ Dark Skin

☥ Unknown Ancestry 

☥ Diverse Cultural Background and Experiences

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When I became a healer, I discovered that most people do not like themselves so requesting that they love themselves was too much to ask upfront. I began to teach people how to get to know themselves and connect with their identity as a pathway to self-love.

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While preparing for a presentation with a youth organization, I struggled to find realistic and empowering images of Black, Indian, Indigenous, Middle Eastern, Asian, Caribbean and other students to include in my PowerPoint slides. I am a serious homebody and introvert, but these struggles pushed me to do my part to create change. I became almost obsessed with collecting and taking pictures ☥ videos of and with people that I meet.

My hope is that phyllishubbard.com becomes a cross-cultural healing haven for everyone that centers Black ☥ Indigenous ☥ Immigrant People who endeavor to heal ☥ nourish ☥ rise so that we all can master ☥ our ☥ lives. 

If you are a Black ☥ Indigenous ☥ Immigrant person who has a beautiful, high-resolution picture of yourself actively engaging in your own self-care, send it to heal@phyllishubbard.com with your written permission, and we'll feature your image on phyllishubbard.com. We love pictures of children, but respectfully request that you do not send a picture of a child by themselves. To protect the beautiful energy of children, who can't give permission without a true understanding of the internet, we want pictures of children with at least one adult. Teenagers are welcome to send in images by themselves or with consenting friends.