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Want to help Black mothers? Listen to them

Last week, as I was scrolling through my Instagram feed, a post caught my attention, “Vice President Kamala Harris Pledges Her Support to Bl...
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Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in the Wake of COVID-19

Across the lifespan, approximately 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men in the United States will experience severe physical violence, sexual violenc...
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Punching the Air (Book Review)

In the midst on the COVID-19 pandemic the summer of 2020 was defined by the national resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement. The COVI...
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Connection, Community, & Change: A 2020 Story

2020, COVID-19, remote working, isolation, CHANGE. So many words to describe a very different year. 2020 certainly was different, difficult,...
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Bibliotherapy: How My Pandemic Escapism Taught Me Something New About Reading

Reading was my favorite activity as a child. On family vacations, you could find me holed up in my room with a stack of library books, compl...
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Manifesting with Vision Boards

I began using vision boards when I was the facilitator of a women’s group at an inpatient psychiatric unit many years ago. I found creating ...
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Some Wisdom 2020 Forced On Me

When I used to think of self-care, I thought of face masks, bath robes, sparkling water, and Netflix. For so long, the materialistic element...
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Our Thoughts on Equal Pay Day 2021

The most damning day of Women’s History Month has come again: Equal Pay Day. Today we reflect on the fact that women earn an average of 82 c...
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Building Resilience: Journey to Mindfulness

I am sure that I am not alone in sharing that l have wrestled with emotional regulation and often fail to truly self-regulate through mindfu...
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