Category Archive For "Leading Voices"
Managing PTSD And Paying It Forward This Holiday Season: How Giving Can Transform Your Mental Health with Karmai Alexander
by Hadassa Delhomme Growing up in a Muslim household, the holiday season was never a strong point of interest for young Karmai Alexander. While she was on active duty in the military, she admitted being the first to volunteer to work the winter holidays. Although she did not celebrate the traditional holidays like Christmas and …
Code-Switching
By Tyrone Best In recent times in my life, I have caught myself in a constant state of code-switching. What is code-switching you may ask? Well, it’s the way one person alternates their language, their speech, and their dialect depending on the situation and the people that they are around. This is very common with …
What does sober living really entail?
Talk show host Wendy Williams recently confessed on her show that she had been living in a recovery house. Her brave admission came as a surprise to many, but raised an important question: What happens in sober living, and why is it so valuable to people newly entering recovery? To find out, we asked two members …
Wendy Williams Opened Up About Her Life in a Recovery Home. Here’s How You Can Be Honest Too.
“I have been living in a recovery home,” the talk show host admitted to millions of viewers on her show this week. Wendy Williams is owning her truth. On Tuesday, Williams, 54 — a controversial talk show host is known for her no-holds-barred approach to addressing delicate subjects in front of the camera — revealed …