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Advice for Black Men! Why it’s OK to Center Your Mental Health Journey
Introduction For this post, I wanted to take a less clinical approach and have a safe and honest heart-to-heart conversation. Far too often, I have witnessed Black men being neglected in terms of their mental health needs. This has compelled me to openly...
How to Resolve Conflict in a Way That Feels Safe
We've all experienced conflict at some point in our lives. From navigating a roommate who can't seem to wash the dishes to a family member who can't seem to respect your boundaries, conflict is an inevitable part of all of our lives. But with the right tools...
Let’s Rise Above Perfectionism Together: 5 Ways to Free Ourselves From Racially Charged Perfectionistic Ideologies & Empower Our Community
Trigger warning: This post examines issues of race and economic injustice. Have you ever been told that you have to work twice as hard to get half as far as your white counterparts? I know I have, and if you have as well, like me, you may have spent your...
You Don’t Have to Do It All. Burnout Prevention Strategies for Better Mental Health
Can we collectively agree we've been through a lot over the past couple of years? From never-ending pandemics to possible recessions and coping with the emotional turmoil that comes with it, for some of us, burnout has been inevitable. But it's not...
Perfectionism: The Silent Saboteur of Mental Health – Why I Make It a Priority to Address This Issue as a Therapist
What would you feel if someone told you, "You're not good enough?" Does this soul-crushing statement linger with you even as you continue reading? As someone who has battled against perfectionism since I was young, I intimately understand the anguish and...
How to Escape The Comparison Trap and Find Inner Peace
Have you ever mindlessly scrolled through social media after a long day of work and stumbled upon a post from a colleague or a friend who is celebrating a major life achievement or showing off their weight loss on a beautiful beach? What were your observations...
The Radical Art of Failure: How Learning How to Fail Can Lead Us to Our Best Life
FAILURE: If reading this word made you feel uneasy, you're not alone! The mere mention of failure can incite deep-seated anxiety in many, and understandably so. Society has conditioned us to view failure as something negative, something to be avoided at...
How to set boundaries as a form of self-care
Did you know an essential part of your self-care journey should include setting boundaries? If this sounds unsettling, I understand why. When people speak on self-care they often only talk about the good things, the breakthroughs that they had with...
What Does Self-Care Actually Mean? Practical Self-Care Advice from a Licensed Therapist
If you were to tell your friends that you're embarking on a self-care journey, how would they respond? Would they be supportive or confused or a bit of both? Why is this? To be honest, self-care is a subject with a lot of gray areas and ambiguity. The true meaning of...
What causes us to prioritize the needs of others over our own?
Imagine it's Friday at 5 p.m. You're at work and you've completed your last task of the day, and suddenly you get a notification from your boss on Slack or Microsoft Teams or whatever corporate platform is propelling you to operate as your most productive self-and...
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