Mental health struggles don't discriminate. Anxiety doesn't check your background before it shows up. Depression doesn't ask what neighborhood you grew up in. Grief doesn't wait for permission based on your culture or your income. But access to support does discriminate. And that's exactly why Minority Mental Health Awareness Month exists. We Weren't Given the Language For a lot of us, mental health wasn't something we were taught to name, let alone plan for. It was something we dealt with in...

This month at Purposed Joy, our focus is on building language for what we feel and experience. Oftentimes, it can be difficult to advocate for ourselves if we're unable to properly name what we're carrying. And if we're honest? Most of us were never taught how. Advocacy takes self-awareness. Self-awareness takes language. And language, the specific, precise kind that actually captures what's happening inside of us, is a skill. And luckily, it's a skill that can be learned! The Science...

March is all about capacity, consistency, and community. If we're going to make it through this month and this year without burning out or giving up, we have to redefine what consistency actually means. Consistency isn't about perfection. It's about showing up at all. We've been taught that consistency means: Same time, same energy, every single day Never missing a beat Powering through no matter what Doing it alone because asking for help means we're incapable (and the perfectionistic voice...