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Choosing The Right Mental Health Professional
When seeking help for mental health, it can be overwhelming to find a starting point. It may be challenging to find the right mental health professional or service for you because there are so many kinds available. We will outline…
Mastering Your Emotions: A Guide to Emotional Regulation
Emotions are a natural part of our lives but can sometimes feel overwhelming and out of control. That’s where emotional regulation comes in. Emotional regulation is to manage and respond to your emotions instead of letting them control you. In…
Yoni Steaming Benefits: Alternative Care For Our Sacred Space
As women of color, we are often directed by society on how to best deal with our physical and reproductive care without knowing the serious ramifications. It is no surprise that people of color have a tumultuous relationship with the…
Self Pleasure: Kicking The Stigma Of Female Masturbation
The M-word, masturbation (women self pleasure), can be a very touchy subject. It still remains a major taboo despite the fact that the world has become more open about sexuality. This idea of touching yourself can make even the most…
How Does Fashion Impact Mental Health?
Picture this —you are getting ready to go out for a Girls Night. It is late and part of you would rather skulk into a giant t-shirt and cuddle up to Netflix. But you promised your friends. Rummaging through your…
Unemployment And Mental Health: The Link Between Them
Losing (or not having) a job can have a negative effect on your emotional well-being. Not only have you lost a steady source of earnings, but also your sense of purpose. Being unemployed can cause you to feel helpless, out…
How Being Stuck In A Pandemic Changed My Life
The Pandemic Changed My Life The air is still, the streets are empty, but life behind walls has been everything but calm. Life and everything as we know it changed, and now the new task that we face is adaptation….
The Best Lessons Learned In Life During The Pandemic
In An Instant, Everything Changed On March 6, 2020, Jamaica announced its first case of COVID-19, the mysterious virus that has been — and still is — wreaking biological havoc all over the world. Since then, the ticking of the metronome of time and…
Mastering Your Emotions: A Guide to Emotional Regulation
Emotions are a natural part of our lives but can sometimes feel overwhelming and out of control. That’s where emotional regulation comes in. Emotional regulation is to manage and respond to your emotions instead of letting them control you. In…
What Gaslighting Actually Looks Like
What Is Gaslighting? Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse that involves a person, or group of people, causing you to question your memories, perceptions, decisions, or even your sanity. The person or people, involved are often distorting reality to make…
Choosing The Right Mental Health Professional
When seeking help for mental health, it can be overwhelming to find a starting point. It may be challenging to find the right mental health professional or service for you because there are so many kinds available. We will outline…
Toxic Positivity: The Dark Side of Always Looking on the Bright Side
A useful and crucial element of mental health and well-being is positivity. A positive outlook can aid in stress management, resilience building, and the pursuit of happiness and purpose in life. But, positivity can turn toxic and dangerous if overused….
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When Will The Pandemic End? Habits and Thoughts To Leave Behind
Wondering When Will The Pandemic End + Rethinking Life These are strange times we’re currently living in. Almost overnight, everything that was once a given in our lives became one giant question mark. Will I ever travel the world? Get…
A Private Membership Community Where You Can Be Seen + Be Heard
Tired of not having a safe space to share your most vulnerable thoughts?
You don’t have to be alone.
With our upcoming private membership community, you don’t ever have to be again.
Help us to build your community.
Help us to curate your safe space.
Read this short piece for a snapshot of what it’s rooted in.
The Rise In Substance Abuse + Substance Use Disorders During The Pandemic
This pandemic has been hard on all of our souls. It’s been particularly hard for people who were already facing mental health disorders, including substance use disorder. Preliminary research has shown that problems with drug and alcohol addiction have gone…
What Are Coping Strategies To Deal With The Pandemic
I don’t need to parrot what’s already been said by pretty much everyone the world over already, but I’ll say it anyway: 2020 has been the pits. From the fear and loss to the confusion about what the future will…
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My Ex-Boyfriend Is A Sexual Predator
I write this fresh off the heels of a heated exchange I had with a supposed friend. And a day after what I could describe as the most triggering hours on my Twitter. Yesterday, I received a DM from a…
Is The Law Of Attraction Real?: Manifestation Techniques
I am sure that many of you, if not all, have heard the saying “life and death is in the power of the tongue.” Just as how uttering certain things into the universe may alter life as you know it,…
Call Me Crazy (A Mental Health Movie Review)
Mental health is a topic that has been of great controversy since the beginning of time. Throughout history, it has been heavily stigmatized and has been referred to as lunacy, madness, and during the Middle Ages, people were even accused…
Dating A Sociopath?: How To Heal From A Breakup
Breakups, in general, suck. Plain and simple. You’re losing a friend, confidant, camping buddy, and so on. However, breaking up with a sociopath is on another level. This is a psychological unraveling that you would think only happens in movies….
Spirituality For Beginners: Healing The Mind And Body
What do you think of when you hear “Spirituality For Beginners”? If you were raised religious, particularly under Christianity, you may mistrust the word spiritual. Taking a step back from your beliefs for a moment, consider the word and open…
Setting Boundaries About Emotional Dumping With Your Loved Ones
What Is Emotional Dumping? We’ve all been there: you’re minding your own business when you receive a text, phone call, or (god-forbid) FaceTime call from that one friend or family member. You already know how this is going to play…
A Mansplainer!? How To Deal With Mansplaining At Work
Imagine this: You’re at a friend’s small get-together having a blast. The background music was picked as if it were made to be the soundtrack to your own iconic 90’s movie. Everyone’s enjoying themselves, the conversations are riveting, and laughter…
My Boyfriend Wants An Open Relationship, But I Don’t
So, my boyfriend of three years recently told me that he wants an open relationship. If that wasn’t bad enough, he brought it to my knowledge in a way that makes it seem like I have no choice but to…
Mother, I Don’t Want To Get Married
My boyfriend and I have lived in the same community for pretty much our whole lives. We’ve known each other for so long that, at least to me, we’re more like brother and sister than anything else. My mother is…
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