Lakiba Pittman, Author at Psychdiscourse

Lighting the Kinara Beyond the Season

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December is a season rich with reflection across the African diaspora. It is a time when memory feels closer, when ancestors feel present, and when ritual helps us mark not only the end of a year, but the beginning of a new one—and the continuation of our people. While celebrations and holidays often come and […]

Gratitude as Ancestral Practice

A singer performs on stage in front of a large, circular, hypnotic pattern projected in the background, with microphone stands and dim stage lighting. - PsychDiscouse

Gratitude is medicine for the nervous system. It softens contraction and opens the heart’s portal—the place where ancestors whisper and future generations listen.