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 […]
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 […]
ForBrownGirls.com Founder Karyn Washington While in the middle of preparing for the launch of this blog campaign, the stress from planning peaked. We were not only getting the blog together, but organizing a kick off event for the I’m Good campaign. My team’s outside workload increased, which led to us pushing back meetings. And we […]
By Kimberly Zamalo I am good. I know I am good because I’m truly the happiest I have ever been. This happiness is due to many changes I have made in my life over the past two years. It wasn’t easy, but I knew it was something I had to do. Before this change, I […]
By Vanessa Flores “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe I have struggled with my weight ever […]
By Clayton Hua I am good because I have many regrets about my past but yet I am still happy with who I am today. Throughout my childhood I have always been in trouble especially in school. It was a constant issue that would anger my parents. I could never control myself while at school […]
By Pryana Mishra I’m good because I’ve learnt to deal with all the ups and downs god has given me. During my freshman year of high school, my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and the doctors told us he would be gone within 6 months. This completely broke my family, especially me because […]
I'm Good: African American Mental Health Awareness Campaign 