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You worked hard to get here. Degrees. Promotions. Credentials. Late nights. And yet, in rooms where you are often the only Black face at the table, something shifts inside you. You find yourself wondering: Why do I feel so different than my white peers? Why do I feel drained and slightly inauthentic at work? Am I the only one who feels this way? You are not alone. And what you are experiencing may not be a personal flaw. It may be imposter phenomenon. What Is Imposter Phenome

Every February, Valentine’s Day shows up with flowers, heart-shaped boxes, and a quiet assumption that love should look a certain way. For many people, instead of warmth, it brings pressure, grief, comparison, or a sense that something is missing. If you find yourself wondering, Am I the only one who doesn’t love Valentine’s Day? , the answer is no. As a Black male therapist in NYC , I hear this question often. Valentine’s Day mental health concerns tend to surface most stron

Every January, we are flooded with messages telling us to become better versions of ourselves overnight. New goals, new habits, new you. And yet, many of us quietly carry the same frustration year after year when those resolutions fall apart by February. If that sounds familiar, you are not failing. The system you were taught to use may not have been built with your real life in mind. As a Black male therapist in NYC , I see this pattern often, especially among high-functioni

Every year, Thanksgiving pulls me into a familiar pause. Not just because of the food, the long-awaited reunions, or the ritual of laughing with family until we cry and feel the pain in our stomachs, but because even with everything going on around me, this season naturally invites to quietly check in about everything going on within me. What am  I thankful for? What has shaped me, sustained me, stretched me this year? As a Black man navigating the world and as a therapist w