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Promoting Healthy Emotional Outlets For Communities of Color
During National Minority Health Month, it's essential to recognize the unique challenges faced by urban and inner-city communities, especially when it comes to accessing healthy coping mechanisms for stress relief and emotional expression. Journaling, creative expression, and hobbies offer invaluable outlets for individuals to navigate the complexities of daily life and promote holistic well-being.
Using Journaling as a Therapeutic Tool:
Journaling provides a safe and private space for individuals to process their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Whether through writing, drawing, or collage, journaling allows individuals to express themselves freely, release pent-up emotions, and gain clarity and perspective on their lives. For urban children and communities of color who may lack access to mental health resources, journaling can serve as a valuable tool for self-reflection, emotional regulation, and stress management.
Learning to Heal Through Creative Expression:
Engaging in creative activities such as painting, music, dance, or poetry offers a powerful outlet for self-expression and emotional release. Creative expression allows individuals to tap into their inner creativity, connect with their emotions, and channel their energy into constructive and meaningful pursuits. By nurturing creativity and self-expression, urban children and communities of color can cultivate resilience, confidence, and empowerment in the face of adversity.
Learning to Find Hobbies as a Source of Joy and Fulfillment:
Exploring hobbies and interests provides opportunities for individuals to engage in activities that bring them joy, fulfillment, and a sense of purpose. Whether it's gardening, cooking, sports, or crafting, hobbies offer a reprieve from daily stressors and allow individuals to recharge, relax, and connect with their passions. By promoting access to affordable and culturally relevant hobbies, we can empower urban communities to prioritize self-care, explore new interests, and build resilience in the face of adversity.
Helping Our Communities:
We must be intentional about advocating for greater access to journaling, creative expression, and hobbies within urban and inner-city communities of color. By investing in community-based programs, arts initiatives, and after-school activities that prioritize creativity and self-expression, we can provide children and families with the tools they need to cope with stress, navigate challenges, and foster mental and emotional well-being.
Over the years funding has slowly and increasingly been stripped from the arts programs, and the after-school programs that often provided children and individuals a way to have access to these things. Creating an increase in children and teenagers with no places to attend after they finish their school days. Being left with little to no supervision or stimulation, has caused a spike and increase in destructive behavior, and increased alcohol and drug use in the younger age groups to arise as the youth is left idle with nothing to stimulate them, or give them healthy outlets.
These healthy outlets promote holistic well-being, as they help individuals take care of their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. As a whole, we must be intentional about supporting organizations that provide these outlets and opportunities to underserved communities with limited funding and access to them. We can help more individuals gain access to these things, by getting them funding, finding individuals who can donate time, and supplies, and having designated spaces where individuals can cultivate their interests and healthy coping mechanisms.
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Thinking of the colors I want to use to bring her to life 🤗🤗🥰🥰 #catrina #michaels #cultura #lacatrina #art #healthyoutlets #evtrys https://www.instagram.com/p/CE90cdjnPUt/?igshid=1honhy4nn797i
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Its OK as it is a dream destination. RIGHT???
The waves, the sounds, the smells, the feeling of sand between my toes. That place i go to for that brain fog to lift, to calm my erratic thoughts. That distinct sea air.
Swish, Swosh, Swish, Swosh!
BUT SUDDENLY This tranquille space is filled with PAIN. Someone elses. You feel it. It soon becomes yours. Love versus ANGER, Right versus Wrong.
I'm drowning, I'm suffocating until I am MUTE!
BUT its ok because im in a dream destination. RIGHT???
I need an escape, where to go. Swim. Got to swim, dive right in and just swim. I pause for a breather. I'm so far out now there is only a gentle bob in the water. I'm just floating, just breathing. Its so isolated & tranquille.
THAT PAIN is pacing the shoreline, no swimming for them. Its time for me to swim back. Another day, Another story. Love versus Anger, Right versus Wrong.
BUT its OK as I'm in a dream destination so what CAN go Wrong.
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Some days are harder than others. Try to remember to turn to healthy options for comfort, for me that means taking a bath. I’m sorry this is not a new cosplay post but I promise more are coming. I just have a lot going on in my life right now so cosplay has taken the back seat. Thank you to all my wonderful friends that have been my rocks lately, I owe you all some fabulous nummies when quarantine is done and I’m going to hug each and every one of you until it’s uncomfortably long and you are going to be like ummmmm Moxie you can let go now... lol ———————————————————— #healthyoutlets #treatyourself #lushbathbomb #lush (at Boston, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB1_THsjDbU/?igshid=14w1xeyl4z09h
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🧘🏿♀️🎨#ArtIsAWeapon Reposted from #artist @hbcreativetoo: May is #mentalhealthawareness month. There is a lot going on in the world and it can take a toll on all of us especially our children. I encourage you to invest time and energy into the mental health of yourself and those around you. I’m quite sure all of us are not okay....so let’s look out for one another. #hbcreative #howardbarryart #artivist #stlartist #sayyestoartstl #quarantine2020 #mentalhealthawareness #TraScapades #MentalHealth #Mindfulness #healthyoutlets #ArtIsAWeapon #BlackGirlArtGeeks🤓 https://www.instagram.com/p/CAi3WWSgd61/?igshid=1vx7y2djcclts
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friendly reminder
boundaries are healthy and necessary, don’t let anyone tell u otherwise. like wtf no it’s not okay for people to treat you like a fucking doormat. you deserve to be treated with love and kindness. you deserve so much better.
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Repotted my babies into a bigger home 😊 #healthyoutlet #newhome https://www.instagram.com/p/CCe9cb0Dm079CJ5QcZ6yEtufmPGQWKL-ay291M0/?igshid=xetl3redxhsl
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Feelin stressed? Mike and I discuss some healthy outlets that might help. (Link in bio) #stressreliever #healthyoutlet #dontstressyourself #missiontobeaman
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A Healthy Outlet
I'm going to start writing on here and typing what I have already written as a form of venting. If you know me personally and happen to read a piece of my writing please don't judge me.
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