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Our Faves

Check out this month’s favorite resources.

Black Men Heal

Provides access to mental health treatment, psycho-education, and community resources to men of color.

TFBG Podcast

About all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves.

Shine App

Making caring for your mental and emotional health easier, more representative, and more inclusive—of all of our experiences.

Eustress, Inc.

Acknowledging, improving, and preserving mental health, a topic often marked by stigma and denial, particularly in the black community.

Books

Title	Author
After the Rain	Alexandra Elle
I’m Telling the Truth But I’m Lying	Basswy Ikpi
Where to Begin A Small Book About Your Power to Create Big Change in Our Crazy World	Cleo Wade
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing	Joy A Degruy
The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help you Deserve	Rheeda Walker
Injured Reserve	Rwenshaun Miller
The Color of My Mind: Mental Health Narratives from People of Color	Dior Vargas
Cultural Considerations in Latino American Mental Health	Harvette Grey and Brittany N. Hall-Clark
I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression	Terrance Real
Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting	Terrie M Williams

Title	Author
Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman’s Journey with Depression and Faith	Monica A. Coleman
Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman’s Journey Through Depression	Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies	Resmaa Menakem
Soothe Your Nerves: The Black Woman’s Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Fearz	Angela Neal-Barnett
The Color of Hope: People of Color Mental Health Narratives	Vanessa Hazzard
Preventing Bipolar Relapse: A Lifestyle Program to Help You Maintain a Balanced Mood and Live Well	Ruth C. White
Saved & Depressed: A Suicide Survivor’s Journey of Mental Health, Healing & Faith	T-Kea Blackman

Podcasts

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Follow some of our favorite IG accounts

Alexandra Elle

@alex_elle

Joy Harden Bradford

@hellodrjoy

Spirit, PhD, LPC, NCC

@talk2spirit

Black Female Therapist

@blackfemaletherapists

Inclusive Therapists

@inclusivetherapists

Bassey Ikpi

@basseyworld

Rwenshaun Miller

@rwenshaun

Alishia McCollough

@blackandembodied

Black Girl In Om

@blackgirlinom

Loveland Foundation

@thelovelandfoundation

Cleo Wade

@cleowade

Dr. Mariel Buque

@dr.marielbuque

Eliza Boquin, MA, LMFT

@elizagboquin

Black Mental Wellness

@blackmentalwellness

The Nap Ministry

@thenapministry

Donna Oriowo

@annodright

Morgan Harper Nichols

@morganharpernichols

Brown Girl Self-Care

@browngirlselfcare

OmNoire

@omnoire

Sista Afya

@sistaafya

Jennifer Mullan

@decolonizingtherapy

Nedra Glover Tawwab

@nedratawwab

Ethel's Club

@ethelsclub

Saddie Baddies

@saddie_baddies

Transparent Black Girl

@transparentblackgirl

Jessica Clemons

@askdrjess

Stevon Lewis, LMFT

@stevonlewismft

Balanced Black Girl

@balancedblackgirlpodcast

Heal Haus

@healhaus

Sad Girls Club

@sadgirlsclub

YouTube

Check out these videos or channels to start your mental health journey.

Apps to Download

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Mental Health Organizations

Check out these organizations that make OUR mental health a priority.

BlackLine

Blackline

24/7 crisis hotline (with text option) for peer support/ counseling, reporting mistreatment, and affirming those impacted by systematic oppression.

BLAM

Black Learning Achievement and Mental Health

Promotes a positive dialogue of social identity and culture through history.

Rest for Resistance

Uplifts marginalized communities, those who rarely get access to adequate health care or social support.

GirlTrek

Health movement for African-American women and girls grounded in civil rights history and principles through walking campaigns, community leadership, and health advocacy.

Black Mamas Matter Alliance

Black Mamas Matter

Centering Black mamas to advocate, drive research, build power, and shift culture for Black maternal health, rights, and justice.

Black Mental Health Alliance

Develop, promote and sponsor trusted culturally-relevant educational forums, trainings and referral services that support the health and well-being of Black people.

The Okra Project

Addresses the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People.

Boris L Henderson Foundation

Eradicates the stigma around mental health issues in the African-American community.

Black Men Heal

Providing access to mental health treatment, psycho-education, and community resources to men of color.

Harriet's Apothecary

Healing village led by the brilliance and wisdom of Black Cis Women, Queer and Trans healers, artists, health professionals, magicians, activists and ancestors.

Eustress Inc.

Bringing awareness to the importance of acknowledging, improving and preserving mental health particularly in the black community.

Mental Health Screenings	NAMI National	Mental Health America	American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association	Anxiety Disorders Association of America	Autism Society of America	National Institute of Mental Health
National Suicide Prevention	Obsessive Compulsive Foundation	MentalHealth.gov

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