6 Trustworthy Suicide Prevention Resources
Suicide is a major public health concern in America. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), upwards of 40,000 individuals die by suicide every year. Suicidal ideation refers to…
Top 5 Issues Black New Moms Face and Resources
Black new moms and women of color overcome unique challenges navigating birth and postpartum.
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5 Tips for Effective Parenting
Positive Parenting: 5 Helpful Tips Everyone wants to know the secret to doing parenting “right,” or "effective parenting," but the truth is there is no magical recipe or one way…
“Am I Traumatizing My Kids?”: Effects of Parenting Styles on Children’s Behavior
5 Key Points about Parenting Styles: There are 4 types of parenting styles: Authoritarian, Authoritative, Permissive, NeglectfulIdentifying your parenting style is the first step in making sure you leave a…
For the Nourishment of Our Bodies and Souls
How Taking Care of Yourself Helps You Take Care of Others Take inventory. Cultivate. Water. Invest. Repeat. These are all key concepts to nurturing one's body to sustain the taxing…
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Maximizing Your Mental Health Benefits: The Advantages of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Regarding mental health, seeking therapy can be essential in taking care of yourself. However, therapy can be costly, and not everyone has insurance coverage that fully covers mental health services.…
4 Ways Healthy Eating Habits Impact Mental Health
Healthy eating habits are habits that one develops in order to increase and maintain the well-being and longevity of their body. But did you know that what you eat has…
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a mental health condition characterized by intrusive thoughts and a negative preoccupation with a particular aspect of one's body that a person has deemed to…
5 Effective Ways to Deal with Loss and Loneliness in the Holiday Season
For many, the holiday season is a time to reconnect with family and friends. They may plan to return home or to familiar places filled with happy memories, laughter, and…
5 Healthy Holiday Spending Habits
Tips on How to Avoid Blowing a Bag November through December is referred to as the season of giving and presents a series of obligations that range from gift giving…
Protecting Your Peace: Identifying and Responding to Holiday Triggers
Holidays are known to be a joyful time in which children are out of school, adults get a few extra days off of work, and families gather in large numbers…
Mindfulness in Relationships
Mindfulness is an important skill to develop in everyday life to reduce the presence of negative/harmful behaviors and thought processes. Being mindful is another way of saying ‘pay attention’ and…
Not all FADs are BADs: The Shift Towards Mindfulness
In 2020, the onset of a worldwide pandemic caused visible, physical, and audible shifts in the entire world and how we interact with it. We could feel people developing a…
7 Ways to Take Extend Into the Spaces of You
Your Ancestral Right For generations, black people have reduced themselves in the presence of “others” in an attempt to avoid being “othered”. They have softened their voices, shrunk their bodies,…
How Therapy Helps with Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety is generally described as a persistent state of worry. If avoided, worrisome, repetitive thoughts or panic attacks can impair your ability to work, accomplish goals, and function in social…
Black Identity and Mental Health: How Oppression Shapes Consciousness
Oppression is defined as physical violence and psychological brutality against marginalized communities, such as black or African American people. People face oppression as a result of discrimination when they either…
Feeling like a Fake? You Might Have Imposter Syndrome
The day was over. I checked and then checked again to make sure I have completed all the tasks on my to-do list for the day. Yes, I had completed…
What Can You Learn From Relationship Counseling?
Relationships can be difficult even when people understand each other and get along well. Daily routine, stress, and unresolved traumas can cause conflicts or sometimes irreparable damage to your relationship.Relationship…
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How to Heal from Emotional and Psychological Trauma?
A traumatic event leaves you feeling insecure, afraid, and saddened, with an inability to reconnect to your past self or your surroundings in a healthier, pre-traumatic way. While it might…
Therapy for Black Women: What you Need to Know
It is highly likely that while watching a mainstream American movie or show, you come across the trope of a “Strong Black woman”. A superwoman, who shoulders the main characters…
What You Need to Know about Grief Counseling
All of us have suffered loss at some point in our life. Moving on after losing something or someone important can be a painful process. Grief is commonly understood as a…
How Therapy Can Help You Manage Stress
While moderate levels of stress can help you accomplish your goals and get things done, constant stress can put your well-being at risk. Stress upsets your emotional and psychological equilibrium…