It’s Okay For Parents To Show Emotion

It’s Okay For Parents To Show Emotion

Our campaign psychiatrist, Dr. Nzinga Harrison has expressed that if you have a brain, you will feel sad, scared, happy, angry, excited, overwhelmed and a number of other emotions at some point in your life. This doesn’t go away once you become a parent either....
Ask A Psychiatrist About Suicide

Ask A Psychiatrist About Suicide

Our campaign psychiatrist discussed the topic of suicide in last week’s live #AskAPsychiatirst Periscope session. I love her approach to healing the mind. She does a great job at explaining what’s going on in the brain, how to work toward getting back to feeling like...
Overly Critical Parent Part II

Overly Critical Parent Part II

In my first article about overly critical parents I talked about the consequences and long-term effects of being an overly critical parent or a child of an overly critical parent. In this article I will discuss how to avoid being a critical parent. Most of the time, I...
Motherhood vs. Womanhood

Motherhood vs. Womanhood

This is my first post of 2016 and I can’t think of a better way to kick off the  new year than to talk about what many women love, but fear simultaneously – motherhood. For many, motherhood is a joyous occasion; an opportunity to create a tiny human being,...
Overly Critical Parents

Overly Critical Parents

Many of us have grown up with an overly critical parent; constantly wondering if anything will please her or why it always has to be “her way or the highway.” Children of overly critical parents feel as if that parent can never be satisfied, no matter what...
Figure out your WHY

Figure out your WHY

Have you ever heard the phrase, “know your craft?” It’s a phrase that many artists, whether they are singers, actors, photographers, or dancers, use when expressing how important it is to learn everything about that particular profession. The...