Its 8:17 am – smoothie still needs to be made. I have no shoes on. Brushing my teeth simultaneously as I’m thinking about all the things I have to do just before I can enter into this battle “gladiator school” I call the workforce. Deadlines have to be made, I’m scatter brain allowing my thoughts to […]
About me – I am very lucky, I can say I am good. I can take care of myself, my family and everything else. I can say everything I do is out of love and care, but I do forget sometimes. I am very independent but I also know that everyone needs support from one […]
My three-month psychiatric incarceration seemed to be aimed at discrediting me after I had leaked newspaper stories. On my way to Canada to seek asylum, I was stopped by police. I evaded them for three days through rural towns and surrendered one midnight, from a ditch on a mountain pass. It was hard for me […]
*First published on Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care Finding our way back again, the cure for isolation and its ills Massive doses of human connection are needed to counter the alienating influence of technology, disruption of the village and a growing culture of isolation. I remind myself often how wonderful it is to […]
Before there were in-demand TV shows like Insecure, based off the popular Awkward Black Girl web series (big ups to Issa Rae!), I grew up as one of those little girls who read books to my Cabbage Patch dolls and Barbies. First, I’d pretend to be their stylist: I’d wash and curl their hair while […]
My relationship with running has blossomed, gradually, across the better part of the past decade. I started slowly: jogging the mandatory mile in my elementary school P.E. class. By the time I was 12 or 13, I was running around my neighborhood to improve my stamina for soccer. In high school, however, I took an extended hiatus from running by myself – mainly because of how busy and full […]
I'm Good: African American Mental Health Awareness Campaign 