Completing a degree in higher education in a clinical field like mental health is just the beginning of a journey that continues long after graduation. It’s a transformation of new therapists. Taking the leap into the professional world equipped with…
Prioritizing gratitude is a practice. As November begins, it brings along many new stressors for us to manage. For example, just as I am writing this, guess what I see looking out of the window? Snow. I am not ready…
Teachers, educators, and school support staff have long been unsung heroes in the lives of children. They have spent their own money on classroom supplies and expended hours upon hours of unpaid time grading, creating, and planning for the betterment…
I soaked in wisdom until it was tattooed on my soul. Throughout my life, the process of learning and unlearning has often been a difficult one. I have learned to see the beauty of this pain. I have learned to…
Today, I write to you from the Detroit Metro Airport. While going through the security check, an airport official notified me that I would need to surrender the toothpaste and spray bottle found inside my carry on bag due to…
How do we live in the present moment when, presently, we must plan for the future? And what does it look like to plan for the future while living in the present moment so that our anxiety about tomorrow doesn’t…
Imagine shaking up a pop can, popping open the lid, and then watching it explode. Would you start yelling at the pop can– or ‘soda can’, whichever you prefer– for not doing what it’s supposed to? Would you be disappointed?…
Inspired by: “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh If the current pandemic has taught me anything, it is the importance of vulnerability. As life has slowed down, we’ve been forced to truly look at ourselves in the…
Despair is real. It is the complete loss or absence of hope. It is a feeling – I feel despair. We feel despair. It is an action – I despair. We despair. We can feel it for a moment or…
Another black man dies. Let’s pause to acknowledge his name, George Floyd. George mattered as a human being. So did Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and many others that have died before them. Grief is messy. What is different, or…