In The Porch Was Our Sanctuary, Karla Scipio reflects on how Southern porches once served as sacred spaces for healing, storytelling, and sisterhood among Black women. She beautifully captures the quiet power of these gatherings and the wisdom they held. Now, she invites us to witness a return—not just to the porch, but to a way of being rooted in community, care, and spiritual restoration.

We often think of life in years, but Karla Scipio invites us to consider it in breaths, each one a quiet and powerful gift.

Through her experience as a nurse and mother, she shows how intentional breathing can ground us, calm us, and reconnect us to what truly matters.

Black women are the most at risk of dying from breast and cervical cancer. For National Cancer Prevention Month, Karla Scipio gives her take on the health care divide when it comes to breast and cervical cancer from a nurse’s perspective.

Sometimes, life in the south is more about your journey instead of your landing place. What if the journey or the traveling place is the purpose? After all, the lesson is in the journey. Read more from Karla Scipio.

Where you’re born, live, work, and play can determine how long you live. In this article, you’ll learn more about the health inequities surrounding the southern black community and how you can tackle them by practicing self-care.