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4 Ways ‘Strong Black Woman Syndrome’ Keeps Us Poor

By Kara Stevens — 2019

The Strong Black Women Syndrome demands that Black women never buckle, never feel vulnerable and, most important, never, ever put their own needs above anyone else’s—not their children’s, not their community’s, not the people for whom they work—no matter how detrimental it is to their well-being.

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Why It Matters that More Athletes Are Talking about Their Mental Health

Experts I spoke with for this story pointed to a couple of reasons professional athletes are particularly susceptible to mental health issues.

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A New Prescription for Depression: Join a Team and Get Sweaty

Research shows exercise can ease things like panic attacks or mood and sleep disorders, and a recent study in the journal Lancet Psychiatry found that popular team sports may have a slight edge over the other forms of physical activity.

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Simone Biles and the Power of ‘No’

By withdrawing from competition citing concerns over her mental health, Biles showed that resisting expectations can be more powerful than persisting through them.

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Muhammad Ali and the Complexity of Black Identity

More than any athlete of his time, Ali challenged the nation’s limiting notions of black identity.

Michael A. Fletcher

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The Struggle Is Real: The Unrelenting Weight of Being a Black, Female Athlete

The cultural messages can be harsh, dehumanizing and constant

Lonnae O’Neal

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No One Transitions to Win in Sports. Period.

Myth making, policy making and never the twain should meet.

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How Olympians Are Fighting to Put Athletes’ Mental Health First

More athletes are reporting mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, psychiatric conditions and eating disorders.

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Want to Support Women’s Sports? Try Actually Supporting Women’s Sports

Hand-wringing about the sanctity of women’s sports reflects an unwillingness to understand what it truly means to be transgender.

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Health Focus: Well for Culture

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.

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Powerful Pair: Anthony Thosh Collins and Chelsey Luger

There are a ton of incredible things happening all over the world regarding health, wellness, and Native strength, and I want to share those stories so that everybody can be reminded that we’re not just a downtrodden people experiencing postcolonial peril. We are powerful.

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