Thought Pieces by Shonda Patterson
Body Whispers
Body Whispers is a space for quiet honesty — a place for the pieces that arrive as nudges, questions, recognitions, and revelations. These are the essays that sit beneath the surface of everyday life: the quieter observations, lived moments, and inner insights that shape how we move through the world.
It holds the pauses, the shifts, the realizations, and the subtle truths that guide growth, clarity, and self-understanding. This is where reflection becomes perspective.
A LOVE LETTER
EVERGREEN
Dear Beautiful Black Girl
Somewhere along the way, you became invisible — to the systems that should protect you, to the spaces that should include you, sometimes even in the rooms where you're most needed. But here's what I know to be true: the invisibility was never about your worth. It was always about systems that weren't built to see you.
That's why I built Black Girl Biohacking. For you. Here, you're not an addition. You're not a demographic someone remembered to include. You are the reason this exists.
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JANUARY 2025
Beginnings start in the body, not the calendar
January doesn't require reinvention. It requires capacity. Before plans, goals, or "new," the body needs to feel safe, rested, and regulated.
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DECEMBER 2024
When "Everything Looks Normal" Feels Suspicious
For every Black woman who walked out of a doctor's appointment with the same symptoms—just fewer answers. On trusting what you know when the room tells you otherwise.
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NOVEMBER 2024
Micro-Traumas in the Workplace
On the quiet harm that lives in your nervous system. On hypervigilance becoming your full-time job. On leaving not because you're weak, but because you're finally listening.
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OCTOBER 2024
When Your Best Friend Breaks Your Heart
On the heartbreak nobody prepares you for. On losing your favorite human. Friendship loss lives in the body—and if you've ever lost a deep friendship, you know this wound well.
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SEPTEMBER 2024
The Language of Disregard
On micro-abuse in relationships. On the small moments that erode you. Your body knows the difference between "relationships require work" and "I am being diminished daily."
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