Dr. Maysa AkbarDuring COVID and Racial Unrest, Mental Health Professionals Must Practice Self-Care TooBeing a mental health provider is incredibly rewarding, but it isn’t easy — particularly during a global pandemic and a national…Jun 23, 2020Jun 23, 2020
Dr. Maysa AkbarMotherhoodAs I do each year in May, I’m reflecting on what motherhood means to me. This May, as many of us celebrate Mother’s Day from a social…May 10, 2020May 10, 2020
Dr. Maysa AkbarHow do you ‘Celebrate’ Cinco de MayoEach year, across the country, people take the opportunity to misappropriate the meaning of Cinco de Mayo. This year, we’re calling on you…May 5, 2020May 5, 2020
Dr. Maysa AkbarCLARITY IN CHAOSIn some ways, living in a pandemic has provided me the time and space to regroup, refocus, and replenish. Late last week, I was on an…Apr 29, 2020Apr 29, 2020
Dr. Maysa AkbarWhat Our Children Need From Us Now- We Are the Village.A number of my recent blogs have covered how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting POC- from access to health care, to targeted racism, to…Apr 24, 2020Apr 24, 2020
Dr. Maysa AkbarWAKE UP! Wake up! Wake up!Spike Lee used these words to begin and end his infamous films School Daze and Do the Right Thing. Demanding us to wake up to the reality…Apr 21, 2020Apr 21, 2020
