Ryan Worthen at The Wellness Collective

12/25/2025

12/20/2025

This is absolutely an unacceptable attack on a marginalized community. We won’t let this stand

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"Donald Trump's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent warning letters to nearly a dozen companies that sell chest binders, claiming that they have "misbranded" medical devices.

The FDA sent the letters on Tuesday to 11 companies — TransGuy Supply, the Fluxion, GenderBender, ShapeShifter Apparel, Marli Washington Design, TomboyX, FLAVNT Streetwear, Early to Bed, TOMSCOUT, For Them, and UNTAG (formerly Trans-Missie) — for not registering their products as Class I medical devices for the 2026 fiscal year. The companies have never been required to do so before, and three of them are not located in the United States.

In the letters, FDA Director Michael J. Hoffmann claimed that "these products are devices because they are intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure or any function of the body." Hoffman referenced information from the companies' websites that claim the products can alleviate gender dysphoria..."

The Advocate

12/20/2025

This! Don’t rely solely on the labels of diagnoses to determine how to treat someone.

12/18/2025

Warming Shelters in Hamilton County

Cincinnati Recreation Centers

Bond Hill Recreation Center (1501 Elizabeth Place, Bond Hill).
Bush Recreation Center (2640 Kemper Lane, Walnut Hills).
Clifton Recreation Center (320 McAlpin Ave., Clifton).
College Hill Recreation Center (5545 Belmont Ave., College Hill).
Corryville Recreation Center (2823 Eden Ave., Corryville).
Dunham Recreation Center (4356 Dunham Lane, Westwood).
Eastside Recreation Center (3950 Paxton Ave., Oakley).
Evanston Recreation Center (3204 Woodburn Ave., Evanston).
Hartwell Recreation Center (8275 Vine St., Hartwell).
Hirsch Recreation Center (3630 Reading Road, Avondale).
LeBlond Recreation Center (2335 Riverside Drive, East End).
Lincoln Recreation Center (1027 Linn St., West End).
Madisonville Recreation Center (5320 Stewart Ave., Madisonville).
McKie Recreation Center (1655 Chase Ave., Northside).
Millvale Recreation Center (3303 Beekman St., Millvale).
Mount Washington Recreation Center (1715 Beacon St., Mount Washington).
North Avondale Recreation Center (617 Clinton Springs, North Avondale).
Sayler Park Recreation Center (6720 Home City Ave., Sayler Park).
Westwood Town Hall Recreation Center (3017 Harrison Ave., Westwood).
Winton Hills Recreation Center (5170 Winneste Ave., Winton Hills).

Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Libraries

Anderson (7450 State Road)
Avondale (434 Forest Ave.)
Blue Ash (4911 Cooper Road)
Bond Hill (1740 Langdon Farm Road)
Cheviot (3711 Robb Ave.)
Clifton (3400 Brookline Ave.)
College Hill (1400 W. North Bend Road)
Corryville (2802 Short Vine St.)
Covedale (4980 Glenway Ave.)
Deer Park (4020 E. Galbraith Road)
Delhi Township (5095 Foley Road)
Downtown Main Library (800 Vine St.)
Elmwood Place (6120 Vine St.)
Forest Park (660 Northland Blvd.)
Green Township (6525 Bridgetown Road)
Greenhills (8 Enfield St.)
Groesbeck (2994 Galbraith Road)
Harrison (10398 New Haven Road)
Hyde Park (2747 Erie Ave.)
Loveland (649 Loveland Madeira Road)
Madeira (7200 Miami Ave.)
Madisonville (4910 Whetsel Ave.)
Mariemont (3810 Pocahontas Ave.)
Miami Township (8 North Miami Ave., Cleves)
Monfort Heights (3825 West Fork Road)
Mt. Healthy (7700 Hamilton Ave.)
Mt. Washington (2206 Beechmont Ave.)
North Central (11109 Hamilton Ave.)
Northside (4219 Hamilton Ave.)
Norwood (4325 Montgomery Road)
Oakley (4033 Gilmore Ave.)
Pleasant Ridge (6233 Montgomery Road)
Price Hill (970 Purcell Ave.)
Reading (8740 Reading Road)
Sharonville (10980 Thornview Dr.)
St. Bernard (10 McClelland Ave.)
Symmes Township (9261 Governors Way)
Walnut Hills (2533 Kemper Lane)
West End (805 Ezzard Charles Drive)
Westwood (3345 Epworth Ave.)
Wyoming (500 Springfield Pike)

YMCA locations
Blue Ash YMCA (5000 YMCA Drive)
Gamble-Nippert YMCA (3159 Montana Ave.)
Clippard Family YMCA (8920 Cheviot Road)
Powel Crosley, Jr. YMCA (9601 Winton Road)
M.E. Lyons YMCA (8108 Clough Pike)
Other shelters
Shelterhouse (411 Gest St.)
St. Anthony Center (1615 Republic St.)

Thank you to all the Cincinnati Recreation Commission, Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library, cincinnatiymca, churches and other facilities for creating warming shelters amid heavy snow, frigid temps.

Thank you Enquirer - Cincinnati and Kentucky for providing the list.

12/09/2025

What if I told you that there was a biological component to one’s resilience, especially in childhood? Studies have show that traits can be passed down from generation to generation to allow for coping with high stress situations. This could be seen through a lens of “as generational curses can be passed down, so too can generational growth”. Let’s explore this together: tell me your favorite coping skills for when you’re highly stressed.

11/28/2025

If this holiday feels heavy, you’re not alone. ❤️‍🩹

Whether you’re grieving, caregiving, navigating loneliness, or simply trying to stay grounded today, you’re held in love.

Go slow, take care, and honor what your heart needs. Happy Thanksgiving! 🫂💕

11/28/2025

11/25/2025

Hey teammates! Help me assist an awesome colleague with her research study. Share this with your Black, Pentecostal-identifying millennials. Let’s lift up Black clinicians doing Black research on a topic that dearly needs to be further studied!

11/20/2025

We must continue to speak up and speak out

11/18/2025

We’re not gonna have the sads today. Implement your ways of coping, know that this won’t last forever, and that it’s true that . We’re gonna fight ; we’re gonna fight weather related ; and we’re gonna get our spark back (even if we’re in doors). I can make a roadmap with you to show you how to get there; all it takes is a simple “hi” in my .