Hey sis, If you’re reading this, I want you to take a deep breath — right here, right now. Because the truth is… you carry a lot. You’ve likely been carrying it for a long time. Not just your own responsibilities, but the weight of everyone else’s expectations, the unspoken rules, the need to hold […]
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You’re doing all the things—showing up for work, for family, for others. But inside, you might feel like you’re holding your breath… waiting for life to finally feel safe, steady, or peaceful. Maybe you’re tired of reacting to things in ways you don’t fully understand. Maybe you’re wondering, “Why do I still feel this
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Exercise releases feel-good endorphins, according to the Mayo Clinic. Besides impacting mental health, daily exercise protects against chronic disease and can help increase your life span. Yet, less than a quarter of us exercise daily. So why do we resist something so good for us? That first step—getting started—may be the biggest obstacle. Here are
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Are you troubled by a pattern of behavior that does not serve you? There might be a painful experience in your past driving your reactions. What is little “t” trauma? According to Psychology Today, trauma is a person’s emotional response to a terrible event where their life is threatened. Victims of rape, child abuse, and
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Are you making wellness a priority in the new year but don’t know where to start? Below is a list of practices to fill your wellness tool kit and build resiliency this year. But first, let’s talk about what it means to be well and how you can achieve it. What is wellness? Wellness—feeling good
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Have you ever felt like you couldn’t solve a problem? Did you hope it would disappear if you ignored it? I have, and problems don’t disappear. They lurk under the surface. I woke up from anesthesia after a routine procedure last year and kept repeating that I had 500 problems. I did not. But burying
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Trauma is a psychic wound. Every person experiences difficult situations during their lifetime, but for some, the emotional response to the experience can leave a long-lasting psychic wound. That wound is trauma. A traumatic event can change the way you think. In 2003, working as a contract archaeologist, a drill crushed my arm on an
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I walked 500 miles through Spain to process my grief. My father is dead—a fact that has lurked in the background of nearly every moment of my life for the last two years. At times, it would sneak up on me and shake me to the core. Most of the time, I was overwhelmed by
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The “national emergency in child and adolescent mental health” recently declared by the American Academy of Pediatrics has been going on for generations in the Black community, says Blu Haven’s director, Monique Harris. Before the COVID pandemic, the suicide rate for Black youth was already alarmingly high and rising faster than any other racial or
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How can you tell if your child is suffering from depression or anxiety? The pandemic has been hard on everyone. But children, in particular, are suffering at unprecedented rates. According to JAMA (The Journal of Medical American Medical Association), depression and anxiety in adolescents soared during the pandemic. At the same time, physical activity and
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