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Hey Sis, hey! I'm Grace Sandra; a single Mama of 3, Writer & Activist/Advocate.
On my channel, unfiltered Black womanhood meets storytelling, culture, activism & the fight to stay human in a world that forgets our humanity. This is a safe space for Black women to be centered + cherished.
I’ll be diving into news, our nervous system, and the narratives that shape our lives — from personal survival stories to social commentary, media analysis, and the messy truth of becoming. I love to share my personal stories, my lived experience & training to make sense of what’s happening around us and within us. It’s documentary-style storytelling with a cultural lens and a survivor’s heart. ❤️🩹
Everything I do is for the Black girls who weren’t supposed to make it, the ones trying to reassemble themselves & wanna understand & heal the world through a sharper, more honest lens.
Hit subscribe and come survive — and thrive — with me. Welcome to the fam!
OUT HERE TRYNA SURVIVE
✨new upload ✨ yall believe in pretty privilege or nah?
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Do you think pretty privilege actually makes dating easier? Or does it just create the illusion of better options? Let’s discuss! ✨New Epi ✨
https://youtu.be/5mzdrjtLnFc
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✨new✨ The truth is, survivors don’t just heal from the abuse itself.
We also have to heal from the silence that surrounds it.
New episode up!! On these damn Epi files!! ✨
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Hey fam! ✨New episode up! https://youtu.be/0cbPld2zeiw?si=zeXFp...
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Are you deconstructing your faith? New episode ✨ How my faith walk has fractured… for the better 🙌🏽
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Hey Fam! ✨New episode up! https://youtu.be/Lh_CAagLvAY?si=SN-MJ...
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Hey Fam! https://youtu.be/Oeqx0wmNC0M?si=EBYct... ✨NEW EPI✨
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Hey Fam! ✨New Epi! https://youtu.be/E2lQsGH1f3I?si=a8ieg...
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✨Who sicka men in 2026 bc their silence is DEAFENING?! New Epi up! ✨
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✨In today’s new Valentines episode I wanna tell ya a little story about having to leave a toxic work situation due to verbal abuse & the ensuing panic attacks. And… if you’re curious this helps explain my recent need to ask for help publicly.
This situation escalated to the point that my hands were involuntary shaking, chest pains came back & I wasn’t sleeping due to ruminating + looping thoughts. My CPSTD was triggered. But… I was prepared to push past it. When you need the bread, you need the bread.
My nervous system said no. In fact, its exact words were “hell to the naw, naw, naw, naw.”
For most of my life, I’ve have learned how to endure toxic &/or narcissistic men like I’m tryna win a gold medal. Particularly in marriages & Church/ministry spaces, hell even with a therapist once. 🤦🏽♀️
There are so many times women are told & even socialized to “just be patient” and “push through” dealing with highly toxic men.
But yeah, no. After surviving my ex, I can’t do it… get somebody else to do it.
Even in a time of extreme financial need something shifted in me & I realized I am no longer willing to survive by sacrificing myself to narcissistic booty holes. So I walked away. And yes, it was a risk. But I was also stressing my allready fragile mental health into a direction I knew intuitively I could not sustain.
In this week’s episode of the Out Here Tryna Survive podcast, I share:
• What verbal abuse in the workplace actually looks like
• How narcissistic behavior hides behind “professionalism”
• What panic attacks taught me
• Why I’m decentering toxic men for good (no matter what the context & workplace toxicity was the final straw)
• And why this is the start of Season 2: The Survival Diaries
This episode feels like a but of rebirth for me.
If you’ve ever worked in a toxic environment…
If you’ve ever questioned whether you were “too sensitive”…
If you’ve ever stayed because you needed the money…
This one is for YOU.
Have you ever stayed somewhere that was harming you because you felt like you had no choice?
The #OutHereTrynaSurvive podcast is available everywhere you listen to podcasts or you can watch on YouTube.
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