The stories you don’t hear still exist. Some of them sit in silence at dinner tables. Some of them live in group chats that never say the full truth. Some of them are carried by people who smile like nothing ever happened. And some…never get told at all. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. But awareness isn’t just about posting a graphic and moving on. It’s about sitting with the things people don’t say out loud. What stays hidden Sexual assault isn’t rare. It's not “som

The five love languages were trendy a few years ago. Everyone was trying to figure out their love languages, their partners' love languages, their friends' love languages, and their family members' love languages through quizzes on Buzzfeed, social media, and other websites so they can better give and receive love from their loved ones. But what most people don't know is the research, the background, and why the five love languages are truly important in psychology. In today'

At Voices Meet Minds, we think everyone deserves to feel seen and heard in their struggles with mental health. So while it’s uncomfortable to talk about, we wanted to spread awareness of the mental health struggles in the Black community and share our genuine compassion for those who are struggling. Black adults are more likely than white adults to report emotional distress. According to the Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, Black adults in the U.S. are mor

introduction Hi everyone, Thank you for all the support on last week's blog post and last week's content. We really appreciate it! This week, we wanted to tell our founding story at Voices Meet Minds, since it is key to understanding where we're at right now and how we want to grow and move forward as an organization. Feelings AS our foundation Voices Meet Minds didn't start as a nonprofit. It started as a feeling. A feeling that people were carrying so much inside them with

Welcome to the Voices Meet Minds Blog! We’ve been updating the blog for a while now with the Collective Journal, Thought Wall, and Stories of The System. But we know that’s not all we have to offer or to share, so we’ve decided to add blog posts to share our perspectives on the millions of things going on in the mental health space right now.