Emotional Wellbeing Archives

To Families Of Kids Who Have Considered Suicide When The World Is Just Too Damn Much

I have mentioned in a previous post that there is a saying in the Learning and Leadership world of “…we can only lead as far as we’ve gone ourselves.” Your kids deserve to have emotionally healthy people around them and so do you. They deserve your love and so do you. They deserve you at your best and you deserve the same. They deserve to live to see every sunrise and every sunset. So. Do. You.
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Our Thoughts: The Reckoning

Although we are bombarded with information of all kind at every turn, we can bring our thoughts under control. 2 Timothy 1:7 in the King James version of the Bible says that “God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and a sound mind.” It is that same power, love and sound mind that will support us in creating love, justice and liberation in ourselves and in the world.
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The Poem I Will Never Write

You will forever be that forbidden poem that I will never write, but whose words will dance and sing in my heart. I will go on to write many pieces, for that is what makes me feel connected to humanity. But that poem is sacred…
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Are You “Should-ing” on People?

We live in a society that shoulds all over us. This “should-ing” as I am starting to call it or “Should Statements” are actually one of a number of what psychologists call, Cognitive Distortions.
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Poem: She Who Names the Flames

What you couldn’t comprehend was the fact that those very same flames were the very exact same ones my Ancestors taught me to tame.
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In the Conflict

As has been the case with our Syrian sisters and brothers and their children, what matters are your families, your safety, your livelihood and yes, your voices. Once the fight is over, rebuilding will be work for you and the generations to come to embark upon. The labor will seem never ending and met with resistance at every turn, as your sisters and brothers in Haiti have shown the world. However, the love of justice and liberation is worth the work.
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It’s Ok If You Can’t Do This.

As I sat there attempting to complete a task that I had done numerous times for myself but totally baffled all the molecules in my body right then, it all came flooding at me. The pandemic. The divorce. The isolation. The uncertainty. The exhaustion. The expectations. All of it. Then, I heard myself say the words I have been feeling for years: I can’t do this.
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The Gift of Acceptance

Thank you for the kind responses to my last reflections on my mother’s life. I greatly appreciate each of you for being a part of this virtual transformative learning circle wherever you may be in the world. My hope is that by sharing my learnings (and unlearnings) I am supporting the reflective process of our […]
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Poem: Love is Our Reality

What happens when the warmth of a new day, a new joy, a new will emerges? Emerges and re-minds and re-members and re-calls us back to love? Re-news our minds and re-minds us that we are loved?
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Poem: The I Am Within

I am more than my feelings. I am more than resentment and bitterness. My timeless smile and unreserved laughter reminds me of that fact. I am every “No” my Mother Ancestors were robbed of uttering. I am an electric spirit. I am love and courage. I am passion and joy. I am the force behind […]
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Reflections: Black Love, Black Genius and the Power of Sankofa

In episode 17 of MTM, Dr. Satira Streeter Corbitt (“Dr. Satira”). Dr. Satira talks about her journey to supporting the love, genius and wellbeing of families through her practice, Ascensions Psychological Services, Inc. She also shares parenting tips and advice for couples.
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7 QUESTIONS: Your Mental Health Continuum

I think we can agree that we have all lived through something. Regardless of the emotional weight of the experience/experiences, Life is a very patient teacher and has a way of calling on all of us regardless of our roles in society. As a way to think through Life’s Lessons as they relate to our mental health and wellbeing, I would love for you to take some time to think through my 7 Questions. Click below to read more…
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