The Heart Centered Journey Counseling, Coaching, Consultation

07/30/2025

📱 Strategy 3: Support Someone Who Struggles
🧡 Let’s be safe spaces for one another.

07/28/2025

Did You KnoW?
🧠 Statistic:
Black and Indigenous youth are more likely to be misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed with mental health conditions compared to other peers—and less likely to receive early intervention or adequate treatment.
— American Psychiatric Association, 2023

This is often due to systemic bias, lack of cultural awareness among providers, and mistrust of healthcare systems rooted in historical harm.

Let's HEAL
✅ Set Boundaries That Protect Your Peace
Say no to spaces, media, or conversations that invalidate your identity or retraumatize you. Protect YOU emotionally, physically, spiritually, and environmentally like your life depends on it—because it does.

✅ Create a Daily Ritual that Honors You
Journal using prompts like:
“What parts of my culture give me strength?” or
“How can I honor my story today?”
Make space to hear yourself without judgment.

https://www.thementalhealthcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/BIPOC-Mental-Health-Resources.pdf

🧡 You deserve healing that sees your full story.
-Dr. Sha'

07/23/2025

📱 Strategy 2: 3 Tools for Managing Intrusive Thoughts
💬 Comment below: Which one will you try today?

07/21/2025

Did you KNOW?
Indigenous adults in the U.S. have the highest rate of mental health disorders of any racial or ethnic group, and are 2.5 times more likely to experience serious psychological distress than the general population.
— Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 2022

This highlights the deep impact of historical trauma, systemic neglect, and cultural erasure, making access to culturally respectful, trauma-informed care essential for healing in Indigenous communities.

Let's HEAL together!

✅ Incorporate Cultural and Spiritual Traditions
Light a candle, play music, pray, or meditate. Healing isn’t just clinical—it’s spiritual and communal too.

44 BIPOC support Resources: https://www.self.com/story/black-mental-health-resources

🧡 You deserve healing that sees your full story.

-Dr. Sha'

Because we need and deserve support.

07/18/2025

BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month Blog: Honoring the Mind and Healing the Soul

https://www.theheartcenteredjourneycccinc.com/post/honoring-the-mind-healing-the-soul-mental-wellness-in-bipoc-communities

🧡 You deserve healing that sees your full story.

July is BIPOC Mental Health Month — a time to reflect, affirm, and uplift the emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. This month isn’t just a moment of awareness — it’s a movement toward justice, wholeness, and restoration.The Weight of Dispar...

07/16/2025

📱 Strategy 1: Did You Know? – Normalizing Intrusive Thoughts

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07/14/2025

🧠 Did you KNOW?
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) are significantly less likely to receive mental health services compared to other ethnic groups—only 1 in 3 Black adults who need mental health care actually receive it.
— National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 2023

🌿 Wellness Tip:
Create a safe and supportive mental wellness space.
Here’s how you can start:

✅ Educate Yourself:
Find Culturally Competent and Culturally Humble Therapist and Resources
Search directories to find a provider who understands your background, values, and lived experience.

Below are some examples to get you started:
The Heart Centered Journey: www.theheartcenteredjourneycccinc.com
Mental Health Alliance: https://mhanational.org/bipoc-mental-health/
BEAM: Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective: https://beam.community
Therapy for Black Girls: https://therapyforblackgirls.com
Therapy for Black Men: https://www.therapyforblackmen.org
Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists
Multicultural counselor: https://www.multiculturalcounselors.org

✅ Connect with a Healing Community
Whether it’s a small group at your church, a cultural arts space, or a BIPOC wellness group, surround yourself with people who see and support you.

🧡 You deserve healing that sees your full story. Healing is not a privilege; it’s a right.



-Dr. Sha'

Culture, ethnicity, and race all play a large role in the way that each person experiences the world and in the types of mental health support they may need. MHA’s online BIPOC Mental Health Resource Center offers a wealth of information and tools to bring light to the unique experiences of Black,...

07/11/2025

July is BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month 💛
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Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” —3 John 1:2
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This month, we pause to honor the strength, resilience, and unique mental health journeys of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
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Mental health is not a luxury—it’s a necessity.
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Too often, our stories are silenced. Our pain is overlooked. Our healing is delayed. But this month, we center our voices, our healing, and our right to thrive.

💬 Let’s break the stigma.
💕Let’s advocate for culturally responsive care.
💕Let’s create spaces of rest, reflection, and renewal.
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📢 Your mental health matters. Your story matters. You matter.

💬 Let’s talk about it.
🤲🏾 Let’s pray through it.
💜Let’s rest and renew without shame.
🙏🏾Let’s seek God and therapy.
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🕊️ Faith and mental health can co-exist.
🕊️ Healing is holy.
🕊️ You are not alone.
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07/11/2025

Check out this month's blog on Intrusive Thoughts by Dr. Sha'

Intrusive thoughts can feel overwhelming, frightening, or even shame-inducing but you're not alone. Most people experience them at some point. The difference lies in how we relate to these thoughts, and fortunately, modern psychology offers effective tools to help. Today we are going to focus on und...

06/06/2025

Are you an INFJ?

In this video I discuss 5 shocking reasons that people seem to (first) admire the IINFJ Personality Type, but then, ultimately, leave us behind.Many INFJs ha...

06/02/2025

https://www.theheartcenteredjourneycccinc.com/post/june-mental-health-focus-social-anxiety-disorder-tools-to-thrive-in-social-situations

June ushers in a season full of opportunities—family reunions, weddings, church conventions, conferences, and more. For many, these events are filled with excitement. But for individuals living with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), they can spark overwhelming fear, self-doubt, and physical distress....

03/03/2025

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Welcome to March!This month, we embrace the theme of mindfulness, presence, and the practice of being fully here each day. As winter recedes and spring begins its gentle return, nature offers a tangible reminder of new beginnings. Buds appear on branches, the air feels lighter, and the world slowly....