Mental Health

North Carolina State Officials Admit the Obvious: People with a Mental Illness Need Special Care in

Few of us consider the long-term impact of a 6-by-8-foot room. That’s about large enough to fit a car, roughly the size of a parking...

Misogynoir in the Workplace

Inciting Incidents. I was staring at my hysterical white female coworker—we’ll call her Karen—who was screaming, “You’re not going to...

The Demons That Dance at Sundown

I’ll always remember the afternoon of Sunday, November 15, 2020. That’s the last “normal” conversation that I had with mama. As usual,...

Sisterhood

“What I can offer every Black woman is empathy. Just because I don’t f*ck with you, just because you can’t come to my party and I’m not...

Five Things to Know About Capitalism

“Pull yourself by your bootstraps,” a common phrase meant to inspire self-determination is not only an impossible task when taken...

Sick and Tired: Fannie Lou Hamer & the Cost of America’s Sickness

Fannie Lou Hamer (pictured in a floral-print dress) walks along an unpaved road in 1971. She would have been about 54 years old at the...

Questions of Comfort, Perfection and Wellness

I heard about Natalie Collier and The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects several months prior to actually sitting with her in her office in...

Mindful Movement: 12 Yoga Poses to Decompress

Yoga has been proven to improve physical tone, decrease stress and anxiety, stimulate creativity and help you sleep better. We've curated...

Truths About Mom

I became a mother at the age of 19. My high school sweetheart and I took a huge leap into parenthood. For him, there were many...

Old Scars, New Legacies

Years ago, I began writing a poem about one of the languages my mother spoke. It began, “Pain is my mother’s tongue, but I speak it...

When College Takes its Toll: Self Care & Mental Wellness

As a psychology graduate, I’ve spent the last four years of my life offering advice on mental wellness, from self-diagnosing to guiding...