Health & Wellness
What the Movies Don’t Show You About the Psychiatric Unit
I remember repeatedly telling my friends I did not want to go to the psychiatric hospital for months. I was terrified and I did not want to be labeled as “crazy.” Every time someone asked if they should call the police, I said “no.” Who would? After attempting...
Beyond the Lights: Celebrities and Mental Illness
As the conversation of mental health and illness gradually comes to the forefront of national attention, the month of May is the perfect time to raise awareness. For some reason, we tend to stigmatize mental illness and do not see it as a “real” or life-threatening...
7 Tips to Help Manage Depression and Anxiety
Dealing with a mental illness is never easy but with the proper strategies and tools, you can learn to manage your mental health while living a happy life. Self-care is the root for coping with mental illness. I never understood the meaning of self-care until I was...
Saving Our Sisters: Breaking the Silence on Black Women And Health
I’ve seen too many women die over the past few months. Women that had so much life left to live. Women that had virtually conquered the world and transformed lives. Women who were gone too soon. I took their deaths personally. I was angry that I didn’t know about...
Saved and Depressed: A Real Conversation About Faith and Mental Health
When you see a man walking down the street talking to himself, what is your first thought? Most likely it’s, “He is crazy!” What about the lady at the bus stop yelling strange phases? You immediately become guarded and move as far away from her as possible. I know...
Feeding your temple: Body, Mind, and Spirit
In college, I was quite the busy-body. I found my self-worth in participating in every possible activity, club, and organization. I was in the band, played tennis, and a member of student council. I was also a member of the student television news station, volunteered...
Stories of Suicide and the Faith Community
The idea of suicide is absolutely unthinkable to most. However, if you look at it through the eyes of someone in the darkness of depression, the anxiety of schizophrenia, the confusion of bi-polar disorder and so many others, many people may consider ending it all to...
What Black Millennials Need to Know about Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is often associated with older women. However, young women are not exempt. Although October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness of the disease, many women still take their health for granted, particularly millennials....
The Simple and Hard Facts About Being a Healthy Black Person
Being healthy is pretty simple, but most people in the United States find it pretty hard. And for an African American, it's over-the-top hard. Not only is the struggle of getting healthy and maintaining a healthy lifestyle embedded in the culture, but there are...
Fitness Motivation: #GimmeFive
With summer just a few short weeks away writer Natasha Sistrunk-Robinson shares her fitness plans and encourages others to join in the #GimmeFive movement.
How to Practice Dietary Restraint During the Holidays
The next month and a half will be filled with food, here’s a little guidance to keep the holiday spread on the table and off of you.
Do Strong Religious Beliefs Help Cancer Patients Battle the Disease Better?
Faith and wellness expert Rev. Percy McCray discusses the validity of prayer and faith in the midst of cancer and other illnesses.
The Affordable Care Act and African Americans
An overview of how the Affordable Care Act may address inequities and improve health outcomes for African Americans.
What You Need to Know About the Affordable Care Act
Open enrollment for the ACA begins on October 1, but do you know some of the finer points about the plan? Find out here.
The Kermit Gosnell Case: America on Trial
Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the former operator of the Women’s Medical Society, is currently on trial for the deaths of four infants and a woman. What does his trial reveal about who we are as a country?
Rethinking Sacrifice
Through the lens of the cross, Rev. Toby Sanders invites us to reimagine what a healthy notion of sacrifice would mean for our vocations and our communities
Black Churches Host Kidney Sunday
African-Americans are 13 percent of the US population, but represent 32 percent of kidney failure cases nationally. To combat this public health issue, black churches are hosting Kidney Sundays to raise awareness and highlight solutions to the problem.
Common Grace Flowing at the Jersey Shore
Hurricane Sandy did a lot of mischief at the Jersey Shore, but common grace is flowing like a flood.