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Karen C Simms

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    Scared Hearts & Sacred Truths: Womyn's Mental Health
    Karen C. Simms
    • Aug 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    Scared Hearts & Sacred Truths: Womyn's Mental Health

    Simone Biles reminded us how so many of us are vulnerable, frequently enduring unreasonable pressures but often with scared hearts.
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    Father's Matter!
    Karen C. Simms
    • Jul 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    Father's Matter!

    Fathers consistently get a bad rap… and black fathers in particularly are constantly maligned. As we approach the first-year...
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    How to win the war against loneliness!
    Karen C. Simms
    • Mar 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    How to win the war against loneliness!

    There is a school of thought in the study of human behavior called Attachment Theory. Prominent thought leaders like John Bowlby and John...
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    Understanding Anxiety
    Karen C. Simms
    • Oct 31, 2020
    • 3 min

    Understanding Anxiety

    Do, Be, & Live Better “Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.” – Robert Tew Many people are...
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    Healthy Ways to Go Back to School
    Karen C. Simms
    • Aug 27, 2020
    • 3 min

    Healthy Ways to Go Back to School

    This year, going back to school represents new challenges for families because of the novel COVID-19 pandemic. There has been a lot of...
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    Moan - Supporting Grieving Children in the Time of Covid
    Karen C. Simms
    • May 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    Moan - Supporting Grieving Children in the Time of Covid

    May is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month. What I would like us to focus on is there children & teens who might be grieving
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    Surviving COVID-19
    Karen C. Simms
    • Apr 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    Surviving COVID-19

    One day soon we will be seeing the light at the end of the covid-19 tunnel. In the meantime here are survival strategies.
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    Retiring Superwoman
    Karen C. Simms
    • Mar 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    Retiring Superwoman

    If you’ve seen this or are one of these people, you know that the superwoman syndrome is real, and it’s costly.
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    Hope is a Revolutionary Thing!
    Karen C Simms
    • Feb 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Hope is a Revolutionary Thing!

    If you’re like me, Kobe Bryant’s sudden death was jarring. Sudden deaths can exposes our feelings of vulnerability. Hope can help!
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    Looking Back to Move Forward
    Karen C Simms
    • Jan 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    Looking Back to Move Forward

    Reflecting on the past can help us strategically plan for the future. Time for a decade in review.
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    Don't Be Scared!
    Karen C Simms
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    Don't Be Scared!

    Despite years of campaigns and marketing, there is still a lot of stigma around mental health. This stigma is especially pronounced in...
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    The High Cost of Incarceration
    Karen C Simms
    • Oct 13, 2019
    • 3 min

    The High Cost of Incarceration

    While watching the NBC special, “Justice for All,” about life for the formerly incarcerated and prison reform, John Legend said, “when...
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    Understanding ADHD
    Karen C Simms
    • Sep 8, 2019
    • 3 min

    Understanding ADHD

    August marks the start of the back-to-school season for many families .While some are excited about the start of school, many families...
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    Strengthening Families
    Karen C Simms
    • May 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    Strengthening Families

    Former slave Frederick Douglass said, “It is easier to build stronger children than to repair broken men.” Douglass—the social reformer,...
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    Just Say No!
    Karen C Simms
    • Mar 11, 2019
    • 3 min

    Just Say No!

    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...
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    Reflections on our stuff
    Karen C Simms
    • Jan 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    Reflections on our stuff

    Ntozake Shange, author of the famous choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf passed away this...
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    Truth Telling = Be Fearless
    Karen C Simms
    • Dec 14, 2018
    • 3 min

    Truth Telling = Be Fearless

    “Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes” is one of my favorite quotes. It captures the angst associated with truth-telling. Standing...
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    Understanding School Refusal
    Karen C Simms
    • Aug 26, 2018
    • 3 min

    Understanding School Refusal

    Back-to-school is an exciting time of year for most students, who anticipate buying new school supplies and clothes, seeing friends, and...
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    “Partnering for Healing & Hope”
    Karen C Simms
    • Jun 12, 2018
    • 3 min

    “Partnering for Healing & Hope”

    What would you say if I told you that researchers, doctors, cities, states, and national organizations have found a way to help prevent...
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    Fathers Impact and Imprint On Us
    Karen C Simms
    • Jun 12, 2018
    • 3 min

    Fathers Impact and Imprint On Us

    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...
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