The Blog
Black Women Are Facing an Overwhelming Mental Health Crisis
Tamika Lewis 6 NOV, 2020Originally published in Prevention Magazine by Lynya Floyd. Photo Credit: Victor Torres On a humid July morning that was to hit 95°F, Tiffany Hathorn found herself frozen in her front yard. The 35-year-old copywriter from Searcy, AR, wanted to...
The country is on edge. Here’s how these women are coping with the anxiety.
Tamika Lewis 7 NOV, 2020 Originally featured on The Lily Autumn Alexander, a 17-year-old living in Baltimore, couldn’t vote this election. But for hours, she watched the results from the presidential race trickle in with her family, realizing that the outcome would...
Indian Matchmaking: The Perks & Pressures of Arranged Marriage
Pavan Basra20 AUG, 2020The reality TV show Indian Matchmaking flooded Netflix with popularity this past month and let me tell ya...it's pretty accurate. As a South Asian Punjabi woman, when I watched it, I was conflicted between laughter and frustration. The premise...
The Myth of the “Strong Black Woman”
Tamika Lewis 30 JUL, 2020The strong Black woman trope has been ingrained in society for centuries. It's a damaging stereotype that affects Black women in a multitude of negative ways. Black women tend to feel pressured to achieve the impossible and do so without...
Healing Racial Trauma in WOC
Tamika Lewis 08 JUL, 2020Being a woman of color (WOC) is a privilege but in today’s society there are a number of things that breed racial trauma. It is something that builds inside WOC – everyday we are met with different situations that add to our past painful...
Cultivating Compassion in Children
Tamika Lewis19 JUN, 2020Ever have dinner with a therapist? My kids would be the first to tell you that it’s no ordinary affair. We dish up mac and cheese and existential debates at our dinner table. Like if sea animals were human would SeaWorld still exist? And will...
