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Covers:  Lifestyle, culture, health and wellness
Author, STOP WAITING FOR PERFECT (out now!). Freelance health & wellness journalist. Certified yoga instructor. I’m not a regular mom, I’m a writer mom 👩🏾‍💻

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L’Oreal Thompson Payton is a Baltimore-bred, Chicago-based freelance writer, editor and sometimes blogger dedicated to centering and celebrating #BlackGirlMagic in all she does. Her personal essays, feature stories and celebrity interviews have been featured in Bustle, EBONY, HelloGiggles, JET, SELF, Shondaland and ZORA, among others.

A highly sought-after public speaker, L’Oreal shares vital personal and professional advice via other platforms as a frequent podcast guest, panelist and keynote …

L'Oreal Thompson Payton’s Journalist Portfolio

How Introvert-Extrovert Couples Can Make it Work (without Losing Their Minds) During Covid Quaran...

How Introvert-Extrovert Couples Can Make it Work (without Losing Their Minds) During Covid Quaran...

Opposites attract...but when you're spending this much time together with totally different personality types…

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What You Need Right Now Is a Good Cry

What You Need Right Now Is a Good Cry

Back in July, Brooklyn-based novelist Andrea Bartz started to notice hives on her back and hip. She sought ou…

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Nic Stone Is Writing for Young People Who Don't Normally See Themselves in Fiction

Nic Stone Is Writing for Young People Who Don't Normally See Themselves in Fiction

Nic Stone didn't see herself represented in young adult novels growing up, so she decided to do something abo…

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Black joy is a form of resistance too, and should be expressed | Well+Good

Black joy is a form of resistance too, and should be expressed | Well+Good

In the days following the protests about the recent killings of Black people, I noticed fellow Black women wr…

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The Exhausting Balancing Act of Motherhood and Caregiving

The Exhausting Balancing Act of Motherhood and Caregiving

W hat started as a typical family vacation for Priya Linson quickly took an unexpected turn. Just days after …

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Black Women Have Higher Infertility Rates-So Why Do We Feel So Alone?

Black Women Have Higher Infertility Rates-So Why Do We Feel So Alone?

The beginning of our fertility journey was unremarkable in the best way. In September 2018, after a few poign…

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I Had Surgery for Endometriosis-But Then Woke Up With a Different Diagnosis Original

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By L'Oreal Thompson Payton
| self.com
When I underwent laparoscopic surgery last month, I was looking forward to one thing: a definitive endometriosis diagnosis. For almost a year, doctors had suspected endometriosis was behind my painful periods and heavy bleeding—and possibly complicating my attempts to have a second child through IVF. Removing the displaced tissue, I was told, could help significantly. Instead, I woke up to a different answer. The surgical team hadn’t found any endometriosis.
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Celebrating #BlackGirlMagic, one interview at a time

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By L'Oreal Thompson Payton
| Evanston RoundTable Verified
Nehanda Loiseau-Julot (left) and her daughter Sage Journey interview Black women in Evanston about their experiences and lives. Credit: L’Oreal Thompson Payton Every Tuesday after school, 5-year-old Sage Journey puts on her crown and gets to work. With a notebook in hand and a pivotal question at the ready — “What do you like most about being a Black girl?” — she interviews Black women across the city, documenting their answers in colorful drawings and careful handwriting.
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I Have a Child, and Now I Can't Seem to Have Another Original

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By L'Oreal Thompson Payton
| self.com
“Mommy, when am I going to be a big sister?” our four-year-old daughter asked out of the blue one random Saturday morning. She didn’t know about the two failed embryo transfers earlier in the year. Or the litany of procedures I’d undergone to get my uterus into tip-top shape. Or the upcoming back-to-back egg retrievals we had scheduled due to my “advanced maternal age” and diminishing ovarian reserve. “Well, we’re working on it,” I said in an effort to reassure her (and myself).
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