

Understanding Addiction and Its Effect on Your Mental Health: A Suicide Toolkit
Jennifer Scott runs SpiritFinder.org to provide information for people with mental illness. It has been their advocacy for opening up...


African American Women and Mental Health :Why We Don’t Seek Help!
According to a recent study, about 20% of African-Americans might acquire mental illness in their life time. In recent years, a large...


How Therapy Made Me Better At My Job
(Original post on Refinery29 here) When I graduated with a master’s degree in cinema and TV studies, I was ready to start my journey as a...


BGS x Tech at SXSW
Black Girls Smile Gives Agency to Black Mental Health Through Tech Information and access to resources create the potential of find...


Computer Science Education Made Fun and Easy
This article originally appeared in Huffington Post. Knowing how to code is the wave of the future. Being able to code helps you to break...


Mental Wellness Monday
Contributed through The Holistic Lioness. Original post here My name is Veronica Lombo. I am the daughter of two Filipino immigrants. ...


The 3 Things Minority Women Need NOW For Mental Health
Oped in partnership with Refinery 29 for July, Minority Mental Health Awareness Month I remember vividly the day I was diagnosed with...


The Hidden Blessing in the "I Really Wish I Didn't Have to Do This" Stuff
Most of us have something in our lives that we really just can’t find a way to love, but these experiences can be blessings in disguise....


The Role of Mental Illness in Gun Crime: Dispelling the Myth
Original post on Huffington Post here In the wake of the hundreds of mass shootings over the past couple of decades, the media has been...


Embracing the Contradictions Within Us
Original Post can be found here When I was 11 years old, my family moved to a new house. I insisted to my mom, an exquisite interior...