Reclaiming Our Time:

A Sacred Space Honoring The Lives of Black Women At Midlife

Where We Live, Love & Thrive In Our Second Half

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I’m Dr. Darnise


I’m Darnise C. Martin, PhD, Author, Professor, Spiritual Life Coach

Welcome to the next stage of your evolution. Now is the time for Black Women to rise and reclaim what our foremothers left as inheritance for us. I am your companion to accompany you along your divine journey to self-discovery and reclaiming your power. I am here to help you explore deep ancestral spiritual mysteries, and show you how to apply them to your daily life. 

We’re no longer waiting. We give ourselves permission to be free, explore, to seek our joy, our passion, and to have adventures. 

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10 Radical Lessons For Women On How To Live And Love Without Losing Themselves

What Every Woman In Her 40’s Needs To Know

This book is for every woman in her 40’s who could use some encouragement and validation that she is enough, and that she can bounce back from anything that temporarily knocked her down, shook her confidence, and left her doubting herself. 40 Something is for women who are revisiting themselves.

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Darnise Martin shares her intimate experiences of how she dealt with the loss of her mother, the most important person in her life.

Losing our mother can be a complicated experience.

Our mothers are our life line, and when she dies we can be left feeling lost and without any grounding.

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African Americans in a New Thought Church (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity)

Beyond Christianity draws on rich ethnographic work in a Religious Science church in Oakland, California, to illuminate the ways a group of African Americans has adapted a religion typically thought of as white to fit their needs and circumstances.

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(Women and Religion in the World)

This volume explores the lives of women around the world from the perspective of the New and Africana faiths they practice.This probing and thought-provoking series of essays brings together in one volume the multifaceted experiences of women in the New and Africana religions as practiced today.

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Hello Queen You Are The Key to Your Own Freedom & Enlightenment, And You’ve Had It All Along…

I’m Darnise C. Martin, PhD, Author, Professor, Spiritual Life Coach, and I specifically help Generation X women who are looking to transform the second half of their lives. If you’re asking, “Now what do I do with myself…?” I get you, and I’m here to help you sort it all out.