Apr 28, 2021

Mark Sanders is someone whose work and contribution to the mental health field I have admired from afar for many, many, many years. 

Mark is an international speaker, trainer and consultant in the behavioral health field. He's authored five books and has been a  champion in the addiction field, speaking out...

Apr 21, 2021

Black fatigue.

Particularly for Black women.

When I ran across the book, Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit, by Mary-Frances Winters, I had already gone through various renditions of COVID, the racism that has always been there...

I was really, really, really tired, not so much in a sleepy...

Apr 7, 2021

Lavelle Smith Hall is on a mission to save, transform, and to be able to create a space for 1 billion moms on this planet.

Her organization, which is really more like a full, living, fluid organism is called MOMLogics and it's a safe space for redefining Black motherhood. The process begins by first taking care of...

Mar 31, 2021

We're talking trauma, embodiment, attachment theory -- how we become separated from ourselves and others and how to reintegrate safely.

Three years ago, I went to this workshop in a suburb outside of Chicago. And I already knew what the deal was going to be. I was going to be, probably, the only Black person there, or...

Mar 24, 2021

Ava Thompson Greenwell has taught broadcast writing, reporting and producing classes at Medill/Northwestern University since 1993.  In addition to her teaching duties, she has held several administrative posts including associate dean for curriculum, director of the Teaching Television Program, co-curator for the...