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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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    Left to Tell!
    Karen C. Simms
    • Jul 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    Left to Tell!

    July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. I regularly write about mental health and its impact on people of color. Because of...
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    Doing the Right Thing!
    Karen C. Simms
    • Jun 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Doing the Right Thing!

    A couple of weeks ago, I spent an hour looking for information about the first protest of a police action shooting that I remember...
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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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    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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    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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    Without Protection
    Karen C Simms
    • Oct 16, 2018
    • 3 min

    Without Protection

    This post was written pre-confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States. I am writing this during...
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    Traumatic Separations =Lasting Scars
    Karen C Simms
    • Jul 17, 2018
    • 4 min

    Traumatic Separations =Lasting Scars

    July is National Minority Mental Health Month. I can think of no issue that has a more profound impact on children and their mental...
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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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