How To Be An Empathetic LGBTQ+ Ally
When someone you know and love comes out to you as queer, how do you react? How can you be understanding, open-minded and welcoming to them especially if heterosexuality is what you’re used to? A lot of people find themselves in this predicament not knowing what to do...
How To Come Out As LGBTQ+
Coming out essentially means letting people around you know that you identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or genderqueer. I genuinely wish that we lived in a society that did not require anyone to “come out” because of their sexuality. The shame,...
How to Take Care of Your Mental Health as a Queer Person
Identifying as LGBTQ First things first, identifying as LGBTQ+ is not a mental illness or disorder. Queer people are not “crazy” and there’s nothing wrong with them. Someone’s gender identity or sexual orientation should not be treated as problems that need to...
Understanding Generational Trauma and How You Can Heal From it
Do you know that the most sacred work you can do is choose to heal your generational trauma? Some people refer to generational trauma as generational curses which I disagree with. When you refer to your family’s history of trauma as...
Why You Need to Practice Positive Parenting
Parenting is a rollercoaster. One minute you are delighting in your child’s milestones and the next minute you are frustrated and feel like giving up. The little joys of playtime, cuddles, pure love and joy make parenting a wonderful journey. For something that...
5 Parenting Mistakes That Can Cause Childhood Trauma
You’ve been blessed with these wonderful bundles of joy you call your children and you are doing your best to take care of them and protect them. You don’t feel like you’re always doing a good job at being their parent. Sometimes it’s really hard, when you can’t...
Alcohol and Mental health
Alcohol is often at the center of celebrations. Some may even argue that a party isn’t complete without booze. Others drink alcohol to drown their troubles, distract themselves from real-life troubles, lift their moods, give them confidence or as part of...
Understanding stress and how to cope
Stress has been so normalized as a part of our culture yet it’s one of the leading causes of lifestyle diseases and mental health illnesses. It’s not uncommon to have people work almost all 24 hours a day, 7 days a week without taking breaks. I...
Sexual Assault; Awareness and Recovery
Did you know that every 68seconds, there’s an American who is sexually assaulted? Sexual violence is the most common crime across the world in different cultures and countries but it’s also the most underreported. The #Metoo movement that started in 2017 opened our...
Understanding Bipolar Disorder
“Bipolar is like being on a rollercoaster ride. Sometimes you can predict the drop-offs and others you just have to hang on because the next turn sends you into a spiral. Sometimes you are laughing and throwing your hands in the air and then other times you are...
Bringing Awareness to Self-harm and The Semi-Colon
I remember how fascinated I was when I first learned of the semi-colon tattoo project some years back. People would tattoo semi-colons on their wrists, fingers, legs, ears, etc. This small symbol represented their courage, resilience, and strength in overcoming...
Women’s Mental Health
March 8th is a day when we celebrate everyone who identifies as a woman. Womanhood is a beautiful experience and a world without women is not complete. We bring a lot of splendor, color, and light to the spaces we’re in. We are mothers, sisters, friends, and aunts –...
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