Health - Mental Health

Not all heroes wear capes, but they may develop apps.

When he’s not out here starring in Oscar award-winning films, Joey Bada$$ is juggling a thriving music career, the…

Psychotherapist Chamin Ajjan knows that folks are going through so much right now—mentally, emotionally and physicall…

Kelly, can you handle this? Michelle, can you handle this? Beyoncé, can you handle this?

On Monday, Empire and Hidden Figures star Taraji P. Henson announced the launch of a brand new campaign focused on…

As you may or may not know, the month of May is nationally recognized as Mental Health Awareness month.

If we’ve learned anything this past year, it’s that life is too short and unpredictable to continue to put our…

Content warning: The following article discusses mental illness and SI.

“...so how you feel, frustrated, irritated, sometimes I don’t know myself, I be too numb, to feel something…

Without question, this past year has been unlike anything any of us have faced before. But each day, we try our best…

In recent years, we’ve seen countless tragedies result from the response by police officers to people suffering a…

Content warning: This article discusses and refers to a potential suicide.

The second biggest lie that I allow people who’ve read my book, and who’ve heard me speak about my book, to believe…

As a child, the word “crazy” bounced around every black space I called home. “Crazy” was a destination and an…

I can’t just watch the movie John Q.

It was 3 a.m. in Onikan, a suburb of Lagos. The street below her window was uncharacteristically quiet. In the…

Prior to COVID, I’d have all of these speaking gigs and book events all across the country; shit was sweet.

First, oh, the stories you will tell. I awake from a four-hour surgery with an epidural and pain pump full of…

“It is weird?” I asked, in a message I copied and pasted to several people through text, on Gchat, and in Facebook…

Like many folks who haven’t seen the hit stage play Hamilton in person, I relished the opportunity to watch it on…