In the midst of a long journey to a second pregnancy when I was in and out of doctor’s offices and acupuncture visits and staring at a pile of books on fertility and wellness that came highly recommended from trusted companions, I penned the poem above during my morning prayer time.

Effective Monday, August 9, 2021 we ask all staff, clients, and other guests of Nashville Collaborative Counseling Center to adhere to the following COVID-19 guidelines:

“I don’t want to die, but I don’t want to live.”

Something I learned while pregnant and experiencing depression is that depression during and after pregnancy occurs more often than most people realize.

This week, and every week, we at NCCC are here to support, hold space, advocate, and help process the ways infertility affects you, your family, and your community. The following resources are from infertility experts, families with stories to share, support group connections, and more.

Read on for a “paced/squared” breathing guide that will help you slow down, ground yourself in reality, and help you reflect on your life and its connection to others. Learning how to breathe deeply and with intentionality is a practice that can help all of us.

As an advocate for holistic healing within Communities of Color, this week presents an opportunity to share some of the many stories that weave the profound tapestry of our communities.

While all of history is both Black and Women’s (we’d literally have none of it without us), we appreciate any opportunity to stand with and for and alongside Black people and Women. To this end, this International Women’s Day, the invitation is to #choosetochallenge, trusting that when we challenge ourselves and the systems that try to keep us down, change will come.

Today, we remember the lives, memories, homes, and dreams lost a year ago, and we invite you to take time away from your desk, your computer screen, your work to hold close those still traumatized and devastated by the storm and its aftermath.

This week is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and none of us are free from the horrors that diet culture (and diet culture disguised as “wellness”) inflict on us, our children, and our loved ones. Diet culture is so ingrained with capitalism (dying by the almighty dollar), it’s often difficult to know the difference.

To this end, we wanted to share some resources and information that can help broaden all of our hearts, minds, and bodies.