It’s the last day of 2020, and perhaps you haven’t allowed yourself to fully recognize how much good your body has done this year. You survival this year has truly been enough. You showed up for yourself the best you knew how, even when access to usual sources of self-care were challenged. There is no […]
Self-Care and Restorative Practices for Election Day and Thereafter
Today is a day unlike any other for 2020. This remaining week will likely feel like a year unto itself. Yet, today is Election Day, and the uncertainties, anxieties, and stress of an unknown outcome that will greatly effect and shape how we move forward can generate a variety of sensations, emotions, and thoughts from […]
Unmasking Impostor Syndrome Costumes
There are countless of studies that have shown that many high-achieving women of color not only face systemic challenges, but also internal challenges from ongoing efforts to prove worth of acceptance, respect, and acknowledge. Underneath impostor syndrome, there is lack of security about one’s sense of belonging, which is not truly addressed through more achievement […]
America, Why Are You So Entitled?
It would be hard to have witnessed the presidential debate last night and not need recovery time. Even, if how ludicrous it seemed gave us a bit of entertainment. It would be hard to endure what we experienced last week and countless times before it (an unjust verdict for the murder of a Black Woman), […]
The Highs and Lows of a Wellness Check-In
This week has been full of highs and lows for many. We’ve witnessed ongoing racial injustices that go against our humanity’s highest good [potential]. Simultaneously, we’ve witnessed how courage creates ways for advocacy of social justice and racial equality to be expressed in action. Losses are hard. Wins don’t cover the losses, but they give […]
What if Perfectionism is Anti-social Toward Our Humanity?
There are many messages that we receive in this world about performance, productivity, and perfectionism. Yet, most of all- perfectionism. From an early age, most individuals are conditioned to function “so well” as to outrun discomfort; discomfort of potential failures and conflicts, emotional loneliness, social rejection, or disappointment. In attempt to outrun discomfort, one can […]
Supportive Tips for Black Couples Surviving A Global Pandemic and Racial Injustice
In the midst of a global pandemic that has highlighted the disparities of healthcare access and resources for the Black Community, BlPOC are continuing to bear the ongoing realities of racial injustice in this world. While anxiety, depression, and trauma symptoms continue to increase, it’s imperative that we consider how traumatic stress held in Black […]
Healing through Grief, Racial Trauma, and Systemic Misattunement
The month of May, coincidentally mental health awareness month, has given the world a glimpse inside the continuous reality of the existence of Black women and men in this country. It has allowed other groups to fathom racism’s impact on the minds and nervous systems of strangers, friends, colleagues, neighbors, and family members who reside […]
Here’s to Catch, Challenge, and Change
During this pandemic, it’s safe to say that most of us have experienced grief and suffering to some extent. In holding our human grief and suffering, it’s common to wonder how much of it is natural given the emotional impact of current times, and how much of it is triggered by how we process stories […]
COVID19: What I Learned From a Trip to the Grocery Store
Earlier today, I went to a local grocery store as I have on many Saturday mornings. Only, this was my first run to the store following increasing cases for the Coronavirus pandemic, now prompting social distancing. To be expected, there was a long entrance line as store employees were taking precaution by facilitating a process […]