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Self-Care for Foster Parents

By Creating a Family Staff

Parenting foster children who have come to your home from trauma, neglect or abuse is likely the hardest work you will ever do. It requires you to have a wide variety of tools in your parenting toolbox. Self-care for foster parents is one of the most important tools you can have in that toolbox.

Read on creatingafamily.org

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We Went to a Support Group for Black People in America

Alzo Slade participates in an “Emotional Emancipation Circle,” an Afrocentric support group created by the Community Healing Network and the Association of Black Psychologists. It’s a safe space for Black people to share personal experiences with racism and to process racial trauma.

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Mental Health within the Black Community | Davonte Sanders-Funches | TEDxNorthCentralCollege

Spoken word meet social critique in this power piece exploring the cyclical nature of mental health challenges within the black community.

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Mom & Me & Mom

For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence—a presence absent during much of Angelou’s early life.

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I Failed My Final Exam | Quick Chat on Perfectionism

Just finished my first semester as a PhD student and I failed the final exam 🥲 Let's chat about failure, perfectionism, and resilience after falling short.

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Ant Clemons on BIPOC Men’s Mental Health

The Jed Foundation (JED) exists to protect the emotional well-being of our nation’s 75 million teens and young adults and prevent suicide.

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Why Is It Taboo to Talk About Mental Health? | Soul Stories, Mental Health

We've been seeing more and more people talking about mental health within the media, but within our own families and communities, mental health still seems to be a taboo topic.

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Shawna Murray-Browne | Decolonizing Mental Health

Before Shawna Murray-Browne’s brother was murdered, she dreamt about it - trauma from seeing Black men being killed. The integrated psychotherapist now focuses on empowering BIPOC to access caring & healing.

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Mental Health Is Declining and Black Women Are Hit the Hardest | Keita Joy | TEDxBeaconStreet

Did you know that in the United States, over 10.3 million adults have serious thoughts of suicide and/or battle with mental health struggles privately while continuing to produce and perform publicly? Imagine living with a constant, lingering private struggle, while performing in front of the world.

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The Black Parenting Book: Caring for Our Children in the First Five Years

The parents of America’s 3.6 million black children under age six face unique challenges and, until now, there has not been one complete resource for them.

Allison Abner, Linda Villarosa, Anne C. Beal

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No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America

When Darnell Moore was fourteen, three boys from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire. They cornered him while he was walking home from school, harassed him because they thought he was gay, and poured a jug of gasoline on him. He escaped, but just barely.

Darnell L. Moore

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