Held Here
Erica M. FreemanHeld Here is a bi-weekly reflection space for rest, honesty, and becoming.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Monthly |
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| Issues | 13 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 21 days ago |
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Softening Out of Cancer Season 🦀
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Take a deep breath with me right now. Drop your shoulders away from your ears. Unclench your jaw. Exhale.
Today, we are officially transitioning out of Cancer season.
This season always hits me on a cellular l...
Held Here: Still Fighting. Still Holding. Still Becoming.
This past week held a lot.
It held truth.
It held grief.
It held joy.
It held us.
And I’ve been sitting with all of it—what it means to live, to advocate, to love, and to keep showing up in a world that doesn’t always know how to ho...
One Year from Today
Today feels different. Not because anything visible has changed. Not because it’s Easter Monday. But because I know what today holds. One year from today—on April 6, 2027—my book, Never Healing Alone: How to Navigate Grief and Find Communit...
Seen. Heard. Valued.
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There’s a difference between being visible and being valued.
Black women are everywhere — in politics, in medicine, in media — yet so often, our voices are minimized, our pain dismissed, our brilliance q...
Black History Is Happening Now
Black History Month is often framed as something we look back on—names etched into textbooks, moments safely archived, resistance already resolved.
But this month, I’m sitting with the truth that Black history is not past tense. It is unfo...
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Held Here where Black women’s voices in maternal health, loss, and healing—where grief meets policy, and storytelling becomes advocacy.
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