Do, Be, & Live Better “Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.” – Robert Tew Many people are...

This year, going back to school represents new challenges for families because of the novel COVID-19 pandemic. There has been a lot of...

July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. I regularly write about mental health and its impact on people of color. Because of...

A couple of weeks ago, I spent an hour looking for information about the first protest of a police action shooting that I remember...

May is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month. What I would like us to focus on is there children & teens who might be grieving

One day soon we will be seeing the light at the end of the covid-19 tunnel. In the meantime here are survival strategies.

If you’ve seen this or are one of these people, you know that the superwoman syndrome is real, and it’s costly.

If you’re like me, Kobe Bryant’s sudden death was jarring. Sudden deaths can exposes our feelings of vulnerability. Hope can help!

Reflecting on the past can help us strategically plan for the future. Time for a decade in review.

Despite years of campaigns and marketing, there is still a lot of stigma around mental health. This stigma is especially pronounced in...

While watching the NBC special, “Justice for All,” about life for the formerly incarcerated and prison reform, John Legend said, “when...

Former slave Frederick Douglass said, “It is easier to build stronger children than to repair broken men.” Douglass—the social reformer,...

Shondra Rhimes, creator of Gray’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder, wrote a book called Year of Yes: How to Dance it...

“Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes” is one of my favorite quotes. It captures the angst associated with truth-telling. Standing...

What would you say if I told you that researchers, doctors, cities, states, and national organizations have found a way to help prevent...

My father died on May 20th, which has afforded me a lot of time – perhaps too much – to think about fathers and mental health. With...

Police shootings—much like lynchings—are forms of racial terrorism. Terrorism is defined as the unlawful use of violence and intimidation—es