Tag: Self-care
When It’s Time to Make You a Priority
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
The Birmingham Times
It may be an uncomfortable thought or conversation, but there are times you simply must make you a priority. And I...
Yoga Remains a Centuries Old Tool for Self-Care
Yannise Jean
www.wellandgood.com
Studies prove that anxiety, stress, depression, heart disease, and other ailments affect Black people disproportionately compared to other ethnic groups, but the statistics rise alarmingly when it comes to...
Sharpe-Jefferson: Set Aside Much Needed Time for Self Care
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
Perhaps you’ve heard that self-love, or loving yourself, seems selfish. Or maybe even you’ve thought it or said it aloud.
Self-love, at its...
Finding peace of mind in a world of turmoil
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
Noni Leena was miserable.
The Birmingham resident was suffering from anxiety and depression—“bipolar disorder” she was told—and remembers being...
Chernell Bizzell-Barnett: Black Women have ‘right’ to take care of ourselves
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Chernell Bizzell-Barnett wants to reach a group of women often forgotten when it comes to counseling.
“I go after the stuff...