HEART EXPANSIVE + INTUITIVE WRITINGS
The spine of Black Imagination and the cover of Black Powerful curated by Natasha Marin.
The first page of my written contribution to Black Powerful, published fall of 2022.
My essay in Loam’s Issue: Beauty & Beauty published in 2019.
I remember writing my first poem in elementary school and I still have notes and journals from my teenage days. Writing as a form of contextualizing and making meaning of life’s beautiful, surprising and sometimes difficult experiences shares a relationship with all that I create. For me, it’s both heart-expansive and intuitive, giving me the opportunity to put possibilities to paper and open portals in the hearts and minds of others.
published words + interviews
From the Sister Spotlight on Feminist Business School
baltimore beat, 20 questions
Sharing words and reasons behind the first Design for the Wellbeing of Black Women sessions at the North Avenue Knowledge Exchange in 2017 by way of 20 Questions.
sustaining wellbeing as a black womxn with a chronic invisible disease, womanly magazine
A small glimpse into living within the intersections and complexities of Black womxnhood as a type one diabetic and asking the question: How might we embrace a more loving, embodied relationship with an invisible disease wanting to be fully seen and cared for?
Read the essay here.
sister spotlight interview
Sharing how Concepts & Conception, a Feminist Business School incubator founded on feminine and feminist principles, impacted my business building throughout spring of 2019.
Read the interview here.
to keep what guides us,
loam: beauty & being
A meditative essay on what it means to remember the beauty of why I began the work of designing health and justice with Black womxn, the journeys to be remembered in between, and the kind of deep nurturing that’s required to continue showing up for transformation.
The first spread of my essay in Womanly Magazine, designed by Jeremie Rose.
An excerpt from my essay “Ritual as a Sacred, Continual Space for Liberating Love” for The Moon Times Digest, January 2021. Publication and art by Chetna.
WRITINGS ON INSIGHT TIMER
AFFIRMATIONS
“The phrase that comes to mind when I read Denise’s writing is calming wisdom. The focus on wellbeing, intentional self care and how to best use our creative energies in Denise’s writing is so clear, descriptive and helpful as a guide of how to think about your current moment and think about how to better take care of yourself. Reading the practices and tools she shared with the readers just made me so happy to know this caring, compassionate person and I think everyone should be exposed to her writing to get the chance to reflect and think deeply as well. ”