"We focus on our health but often that’s not enough. What about living a full life in every sense? Women are burdened with many responsibilities and traumas."
When it comes to wellness, our individual actions are not the whole story. Learn more about factors affecting mental and behavioral health for women living with HIV.
I left—not because I wanted to, but because I had to. I left to live.
I don't see myself, I'm trying to rediscover myself. I want to feel like myself again.
Truth is, both forgiveness and the inability to forgive inhibit interpersonal relationships and growth and how we level up in life.
Whatever the individual reasons, many people's mental health suffers during the holidays. We offer this collection of resources as a holiday gift to our beloved community.
Black women's contributions are regularly ignored or made invisible in the HIV field and in US society in general. This disregard is a symptom of the same cause driving HIV among Black women. Read more about the historical context and solutions for addressing this systemic issue.
Read about how The Well Project blogger Louise Vallace found mindfulness practice after her HIV diagnosis, and watch a webinar version of her presentation on the topic from AIDS 2024.
Feeling low? Learn about depression – what it is, why women living with HIV are likely to have it, and why it is important to diagnose and treat it.
What do you do when the life you want so desperately to forget collides with the life you've created? You feel.
Being a Black woman and wearing the badge of honor of being strong is exhausting to say the least.
What was the most impactful were the stories told by each of us living with HIV. It would not have been nearly as successful without our voices.
It doesn't have to be perfect to be just right. If not art, some hobby or venture that allows you to be in a moment that is not tied to HIV, or responsibility to anyone but yourself.
Watch the December 2023 episode of Leadership Exchange LIVE: In this practical, dynamic conversation, two Black women experts lift up the unique needs, priorities, and insights of Black women living with and vulnerable to HIV.
It's crucial to recognize that HIV doesn't discriminate based on gender identity, yet society often does.