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Black Mental Wellness
- Feb 25
- 3 min
Black Mental Wellness Trainee 2020-2021
Guest Contributor: Tajah Pinkard Black Mental Wellness Mentee What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? To me, Black mental wellness means normalizing that it is okay not to be okay. It also means that we are provided with adequate resources to help us cope with our stressors and move towards healing, as opposed to being stuck in trauma. It also involves highlighting the positive things that people within the Black community are doing to combat the negative light that medi
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Black Mental Wellness
- Feb 18
- 4 min
Black Mental Wellness Trainee 2020-2021
Guest Contributor: Kerrianna Floyd Black Mental Wellness Intern She is the braider with healing vision. Kerrianna Floyd has worked for the past 10 years providing hair care and wellness tips to women, girls, and sometimes boys and men, in the black community. “I was able to realize a true connection with my clients by creating an environment that was both accommodating and warm. I realized that those sessions were a time for refreshing and the impact on my clients would go be
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Black Mental Wellness
- Feb 11
- 3 min
Black Mental Wellness Trainee 2020-2021
Guest Contributor: Robyn Douglas Black Mental Wellness Intern Tell us about your educational and/or professional training, and current area of expertise related to mental health and wellness? My academic and professional choices thus far have been driven by my desire to create space for Black people to receive culturally informed, community engaged and class conscious, resources and care. Following undergrad, I made the decision to pursue a degree in clinical mental health co
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Black Mental Wellness
- Feb 4
- 4 min
Black Mental Wellness Trainee 2020-2021
Guest Contributor: Jasmin Brooks Black Mental Wellness Intern Jasmin Brooks was raised in Atlanta, GA. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and her Master’s in Psychology from the University of Houston. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Houston. As a Black female who spent much of her life in predominantly White communities, she has always been aware of her raci
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Black Mental Wellness
- Jan 28
- 6 min
Spotlight Interview
Guest Contributor: Raven Thompson Author of Short Stories for the Kid Publisher & Stategiest Tell us about your educational and/or professional training, and current area of expertise related to mental health and wellness? The facet of Communications is exceptionally expansive, Change Management, Public Relations, Communications Coordinator, Specialist, etc. However, you scale it, change is constant. The scope of Communications is vast, and thus is ever changing, and continuo
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Black Mental Wellness
- Jan 21
- 4 min
Spotlight Interview
Guest Contributor: Nicole Russell, Author Co-Founder and Executive Director of Precious Dreams Foundation CEO of Pitch House Productions What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? Black Mental Wellness equates to Black excellence. If we invest in our wellness and the wellness of others, we make ourselves available to serve and advance our communities. At my nonprofit, Precious Dreams Foundation, a majority of the youth we serve in NYC are Black children. In America, Black c
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Black Mental Wellness
- Jan 14
- 3 min
Spotlight Interview
Guest Contributor: Patricia Noel Mental Health and Wellness Advocate What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? Black mental wellness means giving ourselves grace, the space to be vulnerable, and the ability to embrace emotional and mental well-being. It means removing the stigma and breaking the cycle of intergenerational trauma. It means more research pertaining to our many unique experiences and how it affects our mental health. It means affordable and accessible mental
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Black Mental Wellness
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Apples of Gold Counseling
Guest Contributor: Retta Williams, Licensed Professional Counselor Founder of Apples of Gold Counseling Tell us about your educational and/or professional training, and current area of expertise related to mental health and wellness? I worked as a 911 Operator for many years and became aware of the mental and emotional distress people frequently experience on a regular basis. As I prayed for my purpose in life, I discovered my calling as a Mental Health Counselor, which would
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Black Mental Wellness
- Dec 10, 2020
- 6 min
Everything Will Be Alright
Guest Contributor: Alfred W. Coles Jr. (Alfred Nomad) Artist, Curator, Activist and Founder of “Everything Will Be Alright” Project & Initiative Black Mental Wellness (BMW) Interviewer: First, can you please introduce yourself? Tell us who you are and what you do. Then the first question we have is, what are some ways that you promote mental health and wellness through your area of expertise? Alfred Nomad: Yeah, I'm Alfred Nomad. I am an artist, music artist, curator, and th
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Black Mental Wellness
- Dec 3, 2020
- 3 min
The Breathe Brotha Movement
Guest Contributor: Brennan Allan Steele Author, Educator, and Founder of the Breathe Brotha Movement What are some ways that you promote mental health and wellness through your area of expertise? As an author and educator, the mental health and wellness of black folks is always at the forefront of my work Through my recent publication "breathe: a guided healing journal for black men," I seek to offer space for black men to reclaim their own story, reflect on their identity, a
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Black Mental Wellness
- Nov 19, 2020
- 2 min
Spotlight Interview
Guest Contributor: Fatima Brunson, Ph.D. Urban Education Postdoctoral Scholar Tell us about your educational and/or professional training, and current area of expertise related to mental health and wellness? I received my Ph.D. from the University of Illinois-Chicago, in the Policy Studies in Urban Education Program. I am committed to expanding teachers capacity for equity oriented practices, which centers the mental health of educators in service to racially minoritized stud
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Black Mental Wellness
- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
Spotlight Interview
Guest Contributor: Alex Johnson Ceramic Artist and Founder of PotTwist Ceramics Alex Johnson is a ceramic artist form the Washington, D.C area. She is also the creator of her business, PotTwist Ceramics. Her company’s mission is to inspire and educate through the use of handmade, functional art, with a goal of giving back to the community. In the interview below, she tells us more about her work and journey. What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? Black Mental Wellness m
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Black Mental Wellness
- Sep 17, 2020
- 2 min
Spotlight Interview
Guest Contributor: Trish Ahjel Roberts, Founder of HoneyButterflyz Wellness & Transformation, Self-Actualization Coach Trish’s self-help memoir, Thinking Outside the Chrysalis: A Black Woman's Guide to Spreading Her Wings details her personal journey from trauma to redemption and her 12-step approach to ultimate happiness. Her memoir guides women through the steps required to heal and develop spiritually and emotionally while offering a multitude of resources including book,
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Black Mental Wellness
- Sep 10, 2020
- 2 min
Spotlight Interview
Guest Contributor: Sarafina Arthur-Williams Wellness Therapist, Consultant, & Artist CEO & Founder of Intentional Simplicity, LLC Sarafina Arthur-Williams is a Wellness Therapist, Consultant, Artist, and LGBTQIA+ Safe Zone. She is also the CEO and founder of her company, Intentional Simplicity, a wellness-based private practice that focuses on who her clients are and how their minds work. In the video and interview below, she tells us more about her work and journey. Tell us
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Black Mental Wellness
- Sep 3, 2020
- 2 min
Spotlight Interview
Guest Contributor: Kawan Glover Author & Founder of Overcome Adversity, LLC Kawan Glover is a writer, public speaker, and self-published author of the memoir “Favor: How Stroke Struggle and Surgery Helped Me Find My Life’s Purpose”. He is also the creator of the company Overcome Adversity, which provides coaching services to individuals struggling with adversity in their personal and professional lives. In the video and interview below, he tells us more about his work and jou
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Black Mental Wellness
- Aug 27, 2020
- 4 min
Spotlight Interview
Guest Contributor: Chántelle Adanna, Author & Poet SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW What wellness strategies do you think should be given more attention within the Black community? Well, for starters, I think the Black community needs to define what wellness for us means. What are we targeting and how deep do we need to delve into each factor? These are the questions we rarely take the time to ask, yet they are imperative to our holistic healing as a people. Wellness should be addressed f
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Black Mental Wellness
- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
Spotlight Interview
Guest Contributor: Soulful Sessions, LLC SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW Soulful Sessions started in 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. It began as a girls' night filled with intentional conversations about life experiences and self-care. Soulful Sessions developed into a life group. Monthly sessions allowed members to process their emotions of trauma, grief, loss, forgiveness, and self-worth. Each member has a background in social work and a commitment to self-care, healing and wellness. Their p
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Black Mental Wellness
- Aug 13, 2020
- 3 min
Spotlight Interview
Guest Contributor: Ashton Martin, Musical Artist & Songwriter SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW With his lyricism, deft arrangements, and pristine songwriting abilities—Ashton Martin puts a brand new shine on Hip-Hop. As "One of Florida's most diverse artists on the rise”, Ashton Martin, grew up around a variety of genres of music with a close family tie to Hip Hop, Gospel, and R&B- all of which have a great influence on his sound today. Since 2015, Ashton Martin has made a significant imp
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Black Mental Wellness
- Aug 6, 2020
- 3 min
Spotlight Interview
Guest Contributor: Ken Walker, Founder: Detroit Mental Health Ken Walker is an advocate for “mental wealth.” He is the creator of the K. Walker Collective clothing line and nonprofit, Detroit Mental Health. Below he tells us more about his work and journey. Breaking the Stigma A few ways that I promote mental health & wellness is through active community engagement. In the past year, I have planned, organized, and facilitated panels, virtual social media discussions here in t
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