Seeking support can already feel vulnerable. Opening up about mental health struggles, emotional pain, stress, burnout, anxiety, or trauma often requires a great deal of courage. Yet for many Black and Brown individuals, asking for help is only one part of the battle. Being believed is another. Many people have experienced moments where their emotional struggles were dismissed, minimized, ignored, laughed off, or misunderstood by providers, systems, family members, workplaces

When many people think about depression, they picture someone who cannot get out of bed, who is visibly struggling, or who seems disconnected from everyday life. While depression can look that way, it does not always show up so clearly. Sometimes depression looks like carrying everything while quietly falling apart underneath it all. For many Black women, there can be an unspoken pressure to keep going no matter what. To remain strong, dependable, nurturing, productive, a

Becoming a mother transformed me, in both the most rewarding and challenging ways. No one tells you how much of yourself you’ll come...