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    Spotlight Interview
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Jun 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    Spotlight Interview

    Guest Contributor: Dr. Mekel Harris, Ph.D., NCSP, PMH-C Licensed pediatric and family health psychologist/health service provider (HSP) CEO of Harris Psychological Services, LLC What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? Holistic empowerment of body, mind, and spirit within the Black community. How do you promote change and well-being in the Black community? 1:1 service with clients, organizational engagement + presentation What are some upcoming events you are leading, tha
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    The Struggle is Real
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Jun 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Struggle is Real

    Guest Contributor: Jessica Baggett Owner of Pro’ta’jay Productions Author of “The Keys Of Life”, “The Keys 2 Life”, “Lessons Learned” and “The Struggle Is Real” What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? I believe that Black Mental Wellness is very important and necessary because your mental health is just as important as your physical health. Mind and body works together. In the Black community, there is still a stigma towards mental health. That is the reason why people d
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    Living with 2020 Vision
    Black Mental Wellness
    • May 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Living with 2020 Vision

    Guest Contributor: Tiara Johnson Owner of Embrace MH LLC. Author of Living with 2020 Vision: The Mental Health Awakening in the Black Community What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? Personally, Black Mental Wellness means not being afraid to acknowledge your own mental health journey. Black Mental Wellness is a choice where you decide to prioritize your mental wellbeing and get a better understanding of your mental and emotional health. How do you promote change and we
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    Black Mental Wellness Trainee 2020-2021
    Black Mental Wellness
    • May 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    Black Mental Wellness Trainee 2020-2021

    Guest Contributor: Nyasia Luke Black Mental Wellness Intern 2021 Graduate of Elizabeth City State University What are some ways that you promote mental health and wellness through your area of expertise? On my University’s campus, I serve as a Peer Wellness Ambassador which is a student-led group that enhances the knowledge, skills, and resources on our campus to help students make holistic health decisions. Additionally, I help educate the ECSU community about health and wel
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    Black Mental Wellness Trainee 2020-2021
    Black Mental Wellness
    • May 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Black Mental Wellness Trainee 2020-2021

    Guest Contributor: Brianna Jackson Black Mental Wellness Intern What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? Black Mental Wellness to me is strength and resilience. It is unpacking generations and generations of dismal and learning to find identity, clarity, unity and peace in the midst. Black Mental Wellness is understanding and accepting the idea that it is okay to not be okay. With the education and resources we have now, it is imperative that we, as mental health professi
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    Black Mental Wellness Trainee 2020-2021
    Black Mental Wellness
    • May 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    Black Mental Wellness Trainee 2020-2021

    Guest Contributor: Ayrricka Street Black Mental Wellness Intern What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? Black Mental Wellness means taking into account the powerful effect and connection between the mental state, physical state, and emotional state, and how all of these are intertwined. I promote change by challenging my people to recognize the power of their own minds and the responsibility that they have over their lives. What are your top 5 wellness and self-care stra
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    Jair’s Collections
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Apr 29, 2021
    • 3 min

    Jair’s Collections

    Guest Contributor: Jasmine Shegog Published Author of “Jair’s Collections” What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? To me, Black mental wellness is about voicing your feelings and not repressing them. It is about learning how to communicate how you feel, what you feel, and why you feel it without harming others. I aspire to be a voice and an example to let others know it is okay to talk about your struggles. I want to help remove the stigma in the black community around s
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    Show Up and Speak Up!
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Apr 21, 2021
    • 6 min

    Show Up and Speak Up!

    Guest Contributor: Jenna Pantin Owner of Chaconia Candles What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? Research has shown that Black Americans are 20% more likely to experience mental health problems than the general population. In a documentary with Dr. Ibram Kendi, he mentioned if you see a Black person with their backs bent, it’s because they carry the Black race on their shoulders. The backs of Black women bend even more. Yet, the stereotype of “Strong Black woman” and “f
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    You're Enough
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Apr 15, 2021
    • 4 min

    You're Enough

    Guest Contributor: Dequan Starnes (Q-Starnes) Recording Artist What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? Mental wellness means so much to me because I just think us meaning (our people) in general has went through so many things as a race and overcame so much I don't think we take the time to actually self evaluate ourselves and focus in on our mental health the way we should. If you look around at all the things we've been through as a whole anybody would know we've been
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    Black Mental Wellness Intern
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Apr 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Black Mental Wellness Intern

    Guest Contributor: Karah N. Palmer Research Coordinator at the National Center for School Mental Health What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? To me, Black Mental Wellness means embracing our full humanity and learning to be well, which is really about caring for our mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health. It is also about unlearning negative messages about ourselves and others. In the unlearning, we make room to explore and create a world in which we can be
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    ReMaster Your Mind
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Apr 1, 2021
    • 11 min

    ReMaster Your Mind

    Guest Contributor: Tanya Murphy Holistic Wellness Expert and Lifestyle Coach Creator and Facilitator of ReMaster Your Mind Holistic Wellness Program & Owner of Ustawi MindBody Spa Tell us about your educational and/or professional training, and current area of expertise related to mental health and wellness? I am a Certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Practitioner, Certified Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Anxiety Coach, Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, Certifie
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    Step Into My Shoes: Memoirs From the Other Side of America
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Mar 18, 2021
    • 4 min

    Step Into My Shoes: Memoirs From the Other Side of America

    Guest Contributor: Micah Dawanyi Student Author of Step Into My Shoes: Memoirs From the Other Side of America What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? Black mental wellness is the understanding and capability to allow yourself to experience your full range of emotions as necessary. As Black people, historically we have not been given the opportunities to fully express ourselves, and society has conditioned us to think that it is not okay to open up and express our emotion
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    The Broken Heals
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Mar 11, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Broken Heals

    Guest Contributor: Natasha Helwig: Introspective Coach, Self Work Facilitator, Writer Founder of The Broken Heals Self Work Program Tell us about your educational and/or professional training, and current area of expertise related to mental health and wellness? I am a Certified Life Coach with the Certified Coaches Federation. I focus mainly on facilitating activities and guiding Black people to do Self Work activities focused on deepening their relationship with themselves a
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    Black Mental Wellness Trainee 2020-2021
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 5 min

    Black Mental Wellness Trainee 2020-2021

    Guest Contributor: Felix Gabriel Lopez Black Mental Wellness Intern What does Black Mental Wellness mean to you? Black Mental Wellness is the fulfillment of spirt that lies amongst Black people across the diaspora. In spite of centuries filled with pain, scrutiny, violence, death, sadness, and stigma, Black people have the ability to see the crevices of joy. Black Mental Wellness is harnessing a keen sense of self-awareness to allow space to modify and heal from certain behav
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    Black Mental Wellness Trainee 2020-2021
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Feb 25, 2021
    • 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 Trainee 2020-2021
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Feb 18, 2021
    • 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 Trainee 2020-2021
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Feb 11, 2021
    • 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 Trainee 2020-2021
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Feb 4, 2021
    • 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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    Spotlight Interview
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Jan 28, 2021
    • 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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    Spotlight Interview
    Black Mental Wellness
    • Jan 21, 2021
    • 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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