As more people are getting vaccinated, many states and businesses are looking to return to in-person routines by summer. For most, this signifies two complex realities – (1) there’s finally the sight of a light at the end of the tunnel and (2) returning to in-person routines while continuing to process what a year in quarantine has been […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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), […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]