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Why Focusing on Yourself Is the Real Call to Action During BIPOC Mental Health Month
By Vivian Nunez — 2020
I’m learning that my challenge isn’t just to unlearn what my family has taught me, but to put myself in situations that would reaffirm the new lessons I was trying to replace the old ones with.
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