The holiday season can be joyful but it can also bring stress, anxiety, and loneliness. This training offers practical tools, grounding exercises, affirmations, journal prompts, and mini-challenges to help you protect your peace, honor your emotions, and nurture your mental well-being. Perfect for anyone wanting a calmer, more mindful holiday season.

Welcome to the Thanksgiving Family Survival Training Packet aka your emotional seatbelt for the holiday. Let’s be honest: Thanksgiving is the one day a year when you can walk into a room, say “Happy Thanksgiving,” and immediately be met with: - A comment about your weight - A question about your love life - A debate you never asked for - Somebody’s child running in circles - And an uncle who’s had “one sip too many” before 2 PM It’s a magical time. This packet will help you navigate the chaos with grace, humor, and the strength of a thousand deep breaths.Think of it as your personal guide to: 🦃 dodging drama🍽 keeping your plate full🧘🏾‍♀️ keeping your peace fuller🚪 and knowing exactly when it’s time to grab your leftovers and go. Because let’s be real you love your family, but sometimes they play too much. Now take a deep breath, stretch your jaw (for all the fake smiling you're about to do), and let’s prepare you to survive Thanksgiving like the unbothered, boundary-setting legend you are.

Welcome to your new favorite guide! Whether your cat cuddles you, judges you, or knocks things off shelves for sport, this packet will help you better understand the fluffy roommate who pays zero rent, eats premium meals, and still acts like you work for them.

Starting your own therapeutic journey is a powerful step toward self-improvement and peace. However, this process often brings into sharp focus the emotional challenges and struggles of those around you—people you might feel strongly need therapy themselves. This guide is designed to help you protect your progress and preserve your emotional energy. It is a tool for setting healthy boundaries, communicating effectively, and focusing squarely on your own healing while navigating relationships with care, avoiding the trap of becoming an unsolicited therapist to others. Your primary job right now is to show up for yourself.

This training material is a comprehensive study guide focused on the critical intersection of mental health and the Black community. It details the systemic factors that uniquely impact mental wellness, including racial trauma, intergenerational stress, and socioeconomic disparities. The guide also outlines major barriers to care (such as cultural stigma and mistrust) and provides an overview of how specific conditions (like depression and suicide in youth) manifest. Finally, it includes a vital list of mental health resources and hotlines, emphasizing culturally specific organizations, to facilitate access to affirming support. The material is designed to promote cultural competence, reduce stigma, and empower individuals with knowledge about mental health challenges and healing resources within the Black community.