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Sunset of Render Free
The closure of Render Free effective June 30th I brought my daughter to Render Free for the first time last week. It had been weeks since...
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Vanessa Brooke Agnes
- Jun 22
- 3 min
What Render Free means to me
Render Free gave me the permission I never knew I needed. I suppose I never really needed it in the first place, it was my birthright;...
Priscilla Muschamp
- Jun 2
- 3 min
Listening to Intuition
In a past life, I scoffed at what felt like lofty, “woo-woo” phrase like listen to your intuition. I was so disconnected from my body...
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- May 1
- 3 min
Intertwined
“If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let...
Hannah Novillo Erickson
- Apr 6
- 4 min
A Soft Life
Creating a soft life for ourselves is easier when we can do so in a community that is dedicated to doing the same...
Vanessa Brooke Agnes
- Mar 8
- 4 min
The Greenhouse Effect
Let’s collectively create a stabilizing consciousness, setting new intentions, establishing healthy routines, nestling our energy within...
Arielle Grant, Founder
- Feb 9
- 3 min
Letter from the Founder
It began with a tentative move inward in a time when the world, my home and my heart was finally hushed. We were all realizing that the...
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- Apr 13, 2022
- 3 min
Internal Spring Cleaning
Mahogany Plautz, hair stylist and founder of Detangled Hair Education writes on our community concept: Internal Spring Cleaning
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- Mar 14, 2022
- 2 min
Uncovering
What would it look like to pause, to notice the transitions happening around us? What might we uncover beneath the surface of this season?
Arielle Grant, Founder
- Feb 23, 2022
- 2 min
Moon of Vision, Tide of Rhythms
As a Black woman, born and raised in the Midwest, you’d think I’d be used to these winters that last half the year. As a romantic...
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- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
Self-Compassion Over Self-Improvement
Is the year a bust if you don't have a 2022 self-improvement plan by February 1st? Here's how to avoid feelings of self-sabotage and burnout
Arielle Grant, Founder
- Dec 23, 2021
- 2 min
‘Tis the Season of Extremes
Trees are adorned and the cold air that surrounds us is electric with anticipation. Time is both wished away and scarce as we hurry....
Arielle Grant, Founder
- Sep 10, 2021
- 3 min
Will Naming Be Enuf?
Render Free Essay XVI “Being alive and being a woman is all I got but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven’t conquered yet” -...
Arielle Grant, Founder
- Jul 21, 2021
- 2 min
Choosing in the Summertime
Some wisdom must be fiercely sought after, much wisdom evades, and still some slowly reveals itself with age and yet is difficult to...
Arielle Grant, Founder
- May 10, 2021
- 3 min
To Deserve Delight
Mules + machines. This is the historical and present-day subliminal description that scrolls across the subconscious of our society when...
Arielle Grant, Founder
- Apr 20, 2021
- 2 min
Holding HOPE Eternal
When navigating the evil of racism in my daily life, I've decided that I must hold onto Hope. The criminal justice system is no place for...
Arielle Grant, Founder
- Feb 12, 2021
- 3 min
The Legacy of Our Lineage
A Contemplation of Black History + Women's History Month | Render Free It’s my birthday week. While hosting a hoopla in a pandemic is not...
Arielle Grant, Founder
- Dec 8, 2020
- 2 min
The Simplicity of our salvation
As another trip around the sun ends and begins all at once, I am filled with hope and trepidation. I am grateful for this opportunity to...
Arielle Grant, Founder
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
You Deserve
“I think therefore I am,” said championed western philosopher, Descartes. Our nation boasts of a culture centered on reason and logic....
Arielle Grant, Founder
- Sep 24, 2020
- 2 min
How long?
Today we are one week away from the opening of our doors for the very first time. I anticipated a day of celebration and eager...
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