Loving yourself is a revolution
Written by Chisato Hotta, DSW, LPCC, LMFT Growing up as a short, Asian female, it was normal for me to be patted on the head, and to be called “cute” […]
Black August and the New School Year
Written by Dr. Robert Daylin Brown For me, the month of August means excitement and hope as I look to the start of a new school year. The month of […]
Offerings for Navigating Grief
Written by Addison Duane May is Mental Health Awareness month. I’ve been learning a lot about grief lately. Not because I want to, but because I’ve recently come face to […]
I am not struggling because i’m insecure
Written by Essence Wynter I am not struggling because I am insecure. You see I suffer from a societal effect caused by constant neglect and disinvestment. I have imposter syndrome […]
Trauma informed lens to speak out against sexual assault
Written by Chisato Hotta, DSW, LPCC, LMFT Sexual assault is not about sex. It is about power. This was one of the first things that we were told as fledgling […]
Niceness vs. Kindness
Written by Dr. Robert Daylin Brown When I was a child, there was not enough space for me to speak. I was raised by a teen mother who flew into […]
The importance of having conversations
Written by Chisato Hotta, DSW, LPCC, LMFT When I was 18 years old, I moved to Japan and lived with my boyfriend at the time. When the relationship became abusive […]
A Letter from an Activist
Written by Essence Wynter I am not okay. I am skating on the thin line between hope and hopelessness and as each bullet fails to ricochet and pierces into another […]
Loving v. Virginia
Written by Joann Thach Loving Day June 12, or Loving Day, celebrates multiracial families by commemorating the ruling of Loving v. Virginia (1967), a Supreme Court case that overturned state […]
Is Forgiveness Necessary for Our Healing Journeys?
Written by Dr. Robert Daylin Brown My parents met in high school. My father was a year older than my mother, and near the start of her spring semester of […]