Here are some tips to prevent election-related anxiety from spilling over onto your children.
Stress can lead to overeating and a host of other health problems.
Reducing stress during pregnancy is critical for Black mothers as they are at a greater risk of experiencing poor maternal health outcomes.
It took a trip to the emergency room for me to figure out how to manage stress on the job.
Most of us have experienced some form of stress in our lives, but if it starts to physically, mentally and emotionally affect you on a regular basis, then you need to take heed to your lifestyle and make some immediate changes. If you’re unsure if what you’re experiencing is stress related or a result of […]
Ever since I was a little girl I’ve been running. Running from food stamps, running from a father who never showed me love, from bills, from weight. From myself. I only stop when I hit a wall. Like when I finally had to take time off to deal with my fibroids. Or that time when […]
There is a strange sensation that is hard to pin-down. You have a hard time focusing or solving problems, even though there isn’t anything in particular on your mind. You feel deeply exhausted, even though you’re sleeping enough (well, almost enough) every night. You’re mentally checked out as if you’re watching your body from the […]
In March I was in Houston for a wedding and a couple of days after touchdown I noticed my chest area had broken out. I assumed Texas humidity had gotten the best of me and the breakout was simply heat bumps, but when I had the same issue a month later and, again, two months […]
We hate this fact, but it's true for a multitude of reasons, that black men die younger than everybody else. What can we do to help?
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The stress of divorce has been the one constant emotion in my life since January, when my husband and I separated about two months before our son was born.