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I Love You Mom, But I’m Ignoring Your Advice About my Kids

By Brittany Saunders — 2020

While it’s true that there is value in home remedies and anecdotal advice, here’s the thing: We must also give ourselves the freedom to ignore advice. It’s okay not to do something “just because your mom did it.”

Read on www.mother.ly

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Your Journey: Black/African American

What happens at the intersection of mental health and one’s experience as a member of the Black community?

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NAMI Content Team
2021
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The Extra Stigma of Mental Illness for African-Americans

Our culture has taught us that we do not have the privilege of being vulnerable like other communities.

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Dana Givens
2020
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Exploring the Mental Health Stigma in Black Communities

The Black community is more inclined to say that mental illness is associated with shame and embarrassment. Individuals and families in the Black community are also more likely to hide the illness.

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Amy Morin
2020
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Marginalized Mental Health Matters: What Experts Want You to Know

Seven professionals from across the US sat down with Verywell Mind to share insights about how they are improving the mental health discourse to better address the needs of marginalized groups.

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Krystal Jagoo
2021
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Sunday Manifest: The True Definition of Confidence

Confidence is being able to walk into a room, any room, and not having to size up the other individuals in it, because you are self-assured enough in your own capabilities. Real confidence is not guided by ego. The wrong kind of confidence is driven by it.

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Joél Leon
2021
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True Confession: I Am a 3-Hour Mama

For as long as I could remember I wanted to be one of those stay-at-home moms. Damn the two degrees and a promising career. I wanted to raise kids, go to the park, and make cute lunches for us all. Super difficult and thankless job, but I was here for it.

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Kishshana Palmer
2018
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The Healing Power of Heritage

Interventions rooted in indigenous traditions are helping to prevent suicide and addiction in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

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Heather Stringer
2018
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How ‘Instagram Therapy’ Helps Normalize Latinx Mental Healthcare

The Latinx community is just as vulnerable to mental illness as the general population, but faces disparities in treatment.

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Marissa Cruz Lemar
2021
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I Was Taught that Therapy Was “Para Locos”—But the Pandemic Pushed Me to See It Differently

Eso es para locos. Esta generación... siempre inventando. These are the words I’d hear anytime I mentioned therapy or mental health growing up.

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Thatiana Diaz
2021
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8 Tips for Talking About Mental Health with Your Asian Family

“When I started my undergraduate degree in psychology, my grandmother said she was afraid I would become pagal (“crazy”) because of it.

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Israa Nasir
2021
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