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By Eliezer Ihejirika The last week has been marred by violence and conflict in ways none of us could have ever imagined… …or could we? I witnessed it in the tenth grade, when I was handcuffed at gunpoint by two police officers outside my school. The crime? I am black, so therefore I must have been part of a fight invol

By LaTanya Coleman-Carter Twitter: @HeyMrsCarter_ The world around me seems to be caving in. I am having stronger than normal emotional reactions to the racism that black people are experiencing. I know white people are needing instructions on what they should be doing. It appears that they are turning to their black

Right now, we are all dealing with a lot. The world is topsy-turvy, and life just seems so…out of whack. But what do you do if you are dealing with all this, and you are stick at home or in quarantine with someone who drives you nuts at the best of times? In this week’s blog and podcast, I speak with bestselling author

By Jay Leaf-Clark For everyone in the world right now, 2020 has become a living nightmare of calamity, isolation, and fear of the unknown. If you’re guessing I’m talking about the impact of Coronavirus, you’d be half-correct. However, for black people across the globe, the senseless killings, profiling, and injustices

Mental health is a hot topic these days, especially considering the current COVID-19 pandemic, and the enforced social separation and isolation many of us have experienced over the past several months. Even though things are starting to open in many places, we all are facing a world which is dramatically different to t

We all know that our hormones are important, but did you know that they can impact our mood and mental health as well? In this week’s blog and podcast, I spoke to Dr. Anna Cabeca, an OB-GYN, bestselling author and hormone expert, about the neuroendocrine system, how our hormones affect our mood and mental wellbeing, ho

Fighting injustice and living free sounds exciting, but it can come at a great cost. Yet the cost of being inauthentic, of denying who you are and what you believe in, is greater, keeping you in bondage and stealing your peace, as I discuss in this week’s blog and podcast with speaker, NY Times best-selling author and

Learning can be challenging, but did you know it can also be fun and empowering, taking you places you have never been before and helping you achieve your goals and dreams? In this week’s blog and podcast, I spoke to master brain coach, top podcast host and NY Times bestselling author Jim Kwik about how learning how to

We all know fiber is good for us, but did you also know that it can help with your mental health? In this week’s blog and podcast, I spoke with GI specialist and epidemiologist Dr. Will Bulsiewicz about how a high-fiber diet can help boost mental and brain health, heal food sensitivities and reduce inflammation in the

Science is science, right? Unfortunately, this is not always the case, especially when it comes to women’s health. Our understanding of the human brain and body has been clouded by years of gender bias—for decades many scientists and doctors have assumed that men and women are really the same, except for the bits and b

For many of us, trauma is something with a capital “T”, a big event or situation, such as a car accident or pandemic, that impacts us in dramatic and unforeseen ways. Yet, as I discuss in this week’s blog and podcast with licensed clinical social worker and therapist Alyssa Mancao, trauma with a lowercase “t” is someth

We know that our gut affects our mental health, but did you know that the fungi in our gut is especially important when it comes to our mental and physical wellbeing? In this week’s blog and podcast, I discuss how to identify fungal issues in the gut, how gut fungi can affect our mood and mental health, and simple chan