By Julia Yarbough — 2021
The pandemic was rough for Black and Latina families, but many women in these communities met the challenges head on.
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Where society has told Black people to “be quiet”, or that we’re “too loud”, revelling in joy is an act of resistance. As our feeds become even more inundated with images of trauma, joy can help us heal, too.
We collaborated with several of our favorite talent supporters who are LGBTQ people of color to offer advice to youth on how to navigate the intersections of their identities and protect their mental health.
As entrepreneurs, black women can neglect their wellness and experience triggers that disrupt their mental health.
The pandemic has stripped our emotional reserves even further, laying bare our unique physical, social, and emotional vulnerabilities.
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Your emotional health is key to a happy life.
People who love the life they live find more time to live it.
A mental health day is a great time to indulge in self-care. Nevertheless, only practicing self-care once in a while isn’t always enough.
Self-care is not synonymous with self-indulgence or being selfish. Self-care means taking care of yourself so that you can be healthy, you can be well, you can do your job, you can help and care for others, and you can do all the things you need to and want to accomplish in a day.
Self-care is a term thrown around a lot, but experts say it’s often misunderstood.
According to Well For Culture’s ambassador Anthony Thosh Collins, the movement is “an alliance of like-minded Indigenous people from many nations and all directions.