The holidays have a way of bringing everything into sharper focus: the joy and the grief, the presence and the absence, the chaos and the calm. As we experience the full spectrum of emotions this season,  our cultural and family traditions can become the anchor, the through-line that keeps us connected to what matters most. This season, The Black Girl Doctors shared the rituals and traditions that ground them during the holidays.

You require the highest quality service in your day-to-day, and you want the same for your mental healthcare. This guide breaks down three strategies we use to help our clients reduce the cost of private pay therapy.

Do you be writing? I think you should. I write all the time. I used to keep a diary religiously when I was a kid. But somewhere around middle or high school—can’t quite remember when—a certain unnamed family member read my diary, and that was the end of that era. I know some of y’all can relate to the trauma 😭. After that, I stopped writing for a long time. I lost something I wouldn’t pick up again until much later in life.