Why Black Marriage Is Not the Solution to Black Wealth
Are single people to blame for a lack of Black wealth? Can you drive the entire Black community forward if you would sit down, shut up, and put on the ring? Absolutely not.
Stress and Eczema: Exploring the Emotional Impact on Your Skin
For many of us, skin conditions aren’t just about what we put on our bodies, but also about what we carry within them.
Can Stress Permanently Damage Your Skin? What to Expect Over Time
While the focus is often on how stress impacts mental health, it also can take a serious toll on the skin.
Can You Change a Narcissist? Let’s Talk About It
You may hope that with enough love, patience, and support, they’ll become more empathetic, accountable, and self-aware. But is this hope realistic?
Dr. Raquel Martin’s ‘Burn the Cape’ Support Group Is Bringing Community to Black Women’s Mental Health
The name “Burn the Cape” symbolizes shedding the ‘superwoman’ cape to prioritize humanity, rest, and self-care.
8 Mental Health Resources Inspired by Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words’
In honor of the release of Megan Thee Stallion’s new documentary, here are eight mental health organizations specifically aimed at helping the Black community.
How Self-Love Builds Strong & Healthy Black Relationships
When Black women and men use the act of self-love by taking much-needed time for themselves, they are able to replenish themselves from the inside out.
Sanaa Lathan, Algee Smith, and Sierra Capri Talk Mental Health and the New BET+ Film “Young. Wild. Free”
Sanaa Lathan, Algee Smith and Sierra Capri are giving audiences a powerful and creative look at mental health in their new BET+ original film “Young. Wild. Free.”
How Baby Dove’s Black Birth Equity Fund and Expecting Care Campaign Are Helping Black Mothers
Jazzmine Hall is among five inspiring mothers featured in Baby Dove’s Expecting Care campaign, a portrait series that highlights fund recipients who are in various stages of motherhood and pregnancy.
Taking Off My Cape: Letting Go of the Superwoman Syndrome
This Black mental health specialist explores the everyday stressors that contribute to the superwoman syndrome of being everything to everyone, except something to ourselves.
Khadeen Ellis Opens Up About Choosing Home Birth After “Traumatic” Hospital Birth Left Her Fighting for Her Life
Khadeen Ellis talks to Black Love about her decision to give birth at home after narrowly avoiding a blood transfusion delivering her first son at the hospital.
Elaine Welteroth Wants to Make Midwifery Available for Every Mom With the Creation of birthFund
Inspired by her own transformative home birth, Elaine Welteroth embarked on a mission to create lasting change within the maternal health landscape.
How Birth Photographer Carmen Bridgewater Captures the Beauty of the Birthing Experience
Photographer Carmen Bridgewater blends artistry, empowerment, and advocacy into her work, helping Black mothers feel valued and protected.
What is Black Maternal Health Week? How We’re Empowering Black Moms Everywhere
As we celebrate Black Maternal Health Week, let's not only acknowledge the challenges but also recognize the resilience, strength, and beauty of Black motherhood.
Black Midwife Kim Durdin Unpacks Black Maternal Health With “The Mama’s Den” Podcast
Join "The Mama's Den" podcast and midwife Kim Durdin for a talk about Black Maternal Health Week, their personal birthing experiences, systemic challenges, resources, and actionable steps Black mothers and their families can take.
How to Grieve Women Friendships That No Longer Serve You
The emotional pain of these losses makes it hard to let go, but with time and a lot of self-reflection, I've learned to be at peace with the endings.
Her Mother Was Diagnosed With Dementia. Now, One Woman is Speaking Out About the Complexities of Caretaking.
“As Black women, we so easily tend to ‘muscle’ our way through hard times. But it is in those times that we must do our due diligence in tending to our mental health.”
How Halle Bailey and DDG Revealed Their Son Set an Important Personal Boundary
The couple went against the “norm” and shared their pregnancy when they wanted to and not when the Internet demanded it, and there’s a lot to learn from that, even if you’re not a public figure.
14 Black Male Wellness Influencers You Should Follow
While the medical community at large may struggle to prioritize Black men’s health, increasingly psychologists, fitness experts, motivational coaches, and the like have made Black men’s wellbeing their passion across social media.
How I Released the Trauma of My First Pregnancy to be a Better Mother the Second Time Around
Even with a supportive husband and a successful career, my lack of stability when I was pregnant with my first child made me feel like I wasn’t worthy of carrying my second.
