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It is week FOUR of Holiday Blues. How y’all keeping? 

Unfortunately, there is a lot more to winter than just the holidays. And the holidays are not always easy, that’s for damn sure 😩 but that is why we’ve got Self-Care Sunday, and that is where we want to give you some essential time to rest and recuperate. 

This year, we are partnering with Therapy for Black Girls, who have put together some essential resources to help YOU through the winter and ensure you get the essential downtime y’all need to truly look after yourself. This week, the theme is Getting Better At Trusting Yourself!

At work, in your relationships, during your parenting journey... you may have trouble trusting yourself. Join @therapyforblackgirls for tips and resources that will help you to get better at trusting yourself—and finally ditching the imposter syndrome 👊

🧘WATCH: Self-Care Sunday. Tumblr X Therapy for Black Girls: Getting Better At Trusting Yourself. 12/24 at 1pm EST. 🧘

In observance of Minority Mental Health Month, Therapy for Black Girls and The Holding Space Foundation are teaming up to host a series of online events to explore the ways in which Black women of various generations connect, foster friendships, and evolve together through the campaign, Generations of Sisterhood.

TBG is excited to partner with Tumblr, streaming this event live just for you! Join Dr. Joy Harden Bradford and Dr. Lakeysha (Key) Hallmon, July 26th @ 7PM EST for a powerful keynote event conversation on the power of Sisterhood.

Grab Your FREE Registration Link Here : therapyforblackgirls.com/gos

Wednesday, July 26.

Therapy for Black Girls 💇🏿‍♀️👩🏾 👩🏽 👩🏿‍🦱 👧🏾

It's Minority Mental Health Month. Did you know? Well, if not, you do now. You can thank us later, as we've got something special, and a little date for your diaries. That date being today, July 26, as it happens.

It's good to talk, let's face it. Life is tough, to say the least, and someone to talk to can sometimes make all the difference to your mental health; particularly when that person knows just what it is you are talking about. Life can be difficult, we all live with trauma, and your mind can inflict noise and distress each day. Fortunately, however, there is sisterhood and fortunately, there is community. So on that basis, we thought we would celebrate with, well, a talk. A talk more specifically on the transformative power of sisterhood and community, and an exploration of the ways Black women connect and grow together.

Join award-winning psychologist, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, and Dr. Lakeysha (Key) Hallmon for a conversation on the transformative power of sisterhood and its importance in community healing, in celebration of Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Make sure don't miss it by securing your place here. There is quite literally nothing to lose, after all, as this is a free event, live streamed right here on Tumblr. That's still not all; we thought we'd celebrate with a few community postings on the evergreen, ever-essential subject of #therapy.

See you at 7pm sharp, folks x

Reading is my therapy.

damn so, therapy did, in fact, heal me 🤡

turns out, i just needed someone to talk to…

as well as returning to a lower dose of ADHD medication, exercising consistently some cold and old coping skills, and practicing some self care .. imagine that.

It’s always the same answer and my dumb ass is always shocked.

fucking hell… brain and behavioral brutal battery on my senses

🔪🫀 🧠🫁 got trapped within my own mind again 🙂🙃

haha. ok, ok… let’s just … reset!

A satisfied customer

I think the reason i love james is bc he’s literally me, we feel the need to make everything around us better and then crumble when we can’t. Also why i looove jegulus, all of the angst with sirius, james wants to make everything all better and regulus fighting back the whole way

10 Things To Remember if You're Chronically Overwhelmed

Feeling chronically overwhelmed may be a trauma response. Trauma activates the flight or fight response in our bodies. This activation engages the sympathetic nervous system. Sympathetic nervous system activation releases stress hormones like cortisol and epinephrine. In the presence of danger, these hormones help us survive. When danger is not present, these hormones can cause you to feel overwhelmed and can lead to physical symptoms of stress to include increased heart rate, sweating and digestive issues. After experiencing trauma, it is possible that your sympathetic nervous system may be hyperactivated. This hyperactivation may culminate in chronically feeling stressed, on edge, hypervigilant, jumpy or on guard. It may be difficult to relax. The good news is that you can reset a hyperactivated nervous system through trauma healing. 

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String on his finger, a tourniquet ring / Venetian blind man, memory loaded on springs

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This year, which book are you looking forward to read?

🤓🤓 Should've taken more vacation pics but whateverrrr