The Emotional Cost of Having to Prove You’re Hurting

While completing my culminating project for my Doctor of Behavioral Health, I interviewed many Black women about their lived experiences receiving medical care, specifically their retrospective experiences with perinatal and postpartum care. The participant I will focus on in this article has a robust history of medical treatment for medical concerns. She described healthcare as …

The New Year

You’ve probably come across plenty of New Year articles, memes, and videos. Here’s another one, but I want to focus on intention, something I often write about on this wellness and healing platform. Many of us want change in our lives, but it can feel scary because change is uncomfortable. Growth is uncomfortable. I’ve read …