In today’s world, it’s ever more crucial to ensure that your home is a safe haven where your health can be better safeguarded. Sadly, this isn’t always the case. You may not realize it, but your home may be a downright unhealthy place to live.

The emotional well-being of our children is as important as their physical health. This makes them resilient, and helps them grow into healthy, well-rounded adults.

Racism has conditioned us into silence. Our silence allows differential treatment, discrimination, misunderstanding, and inaction in the face of need to go unchecked. These factors not only make for a poor health care experience at the individual level, but they contribute to ongoing health disparities in the entire population.

Yes, mothering is our nature and what we love to do but we also can’t use it as an excuse to get in our own way. Putting on your air mask means that you have to breathe and make sense of what your needs are because if you give it all away, the stress eats away at you and what will you present to God?

Through my experiences with diverse groups, I have learned how to emotionally connect with people who are different from me and, more importantly, increase the impact of my connection to people from my own identity group(s). I often see Black, young women who need help navigating the healthcare system and I am always honored to help my sisters in a setting where their needs often go unmet.