Welcome to Grandma Knows Best
Rooted in Black love and legacy, Grandma Knows Best is a home for storytelling, healing, and intergenerational wisdom.
Here, stories become medicine, lived experience becomes wisdom, and care is treated as something we build together.
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Black therapists try to offer low or no cost mental health services. The Black therapists provide free & timely accessible therapy services to the Black community.
Founded by Monica Samuel, this Toronto-based organization provides consent and mental health education, advocacy and support for Black women and non-binary people, and survivors of sexual violence. “It is my duty as a community member, more importantly as a black women to ensure the well-being, prosperity and advancement of my people, particularly Black women. Black women have endured the unfathomable – and we are still here,” Samuel writes on the organization’s.
Black Women on the Move: Unstoppable and Unyielding.
Free Resources
Sis To Sis
Sis To Sis Toronto is a youth-led grassroots organization that emerged out of the Westend of Toronto in January 2019. They hold vibe-filled spaces that allow young women to show up authentically while working towards becoming their best selves.
BlackMentalHealth.ca
The mission of Black Mental Health Canada is to improve the mental health and well-being of Black individuals and communities in Canada by advocating for culturally competent mental health services and promoting community education and empowerment.
Daily Gratitude Movement
The Daily Gratitude Movement is a global movement of people who believe in the power of gratitude practice to transform the world.
By practicing gratitude regularly, people can experience positive changes in their lives and well-being.
HEY BLACK GIRL
A Black-led, feminist, non-profit focused on the progression of Black women & non-binary folk
Free Self-Help Book Recommendations
Courtesy of the Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies
Decolonizing Therapy
Dr. Jennifer Mullan is the author of the book “Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma & Politicizing Your Practice,” and is a dynamic and highly sought after international speaker.
In December 2017, Dr. Mullan created the Decolonizing Therapy Instagram, which has grown a large, enthusiastic following and profoundly shifted the world’s understanding of therapy and mental health.
Decolonizing Therapy shines a bright and loving light on the core wound of colonialism so that we can begin to heal.
Black Men Therapy Fund
Black Men's Therapy Fund is a small team that works to remove barriers of entry to mental health/wellness tools, and the stigmas around Black men seeking mental health supports.
As a solution-oriented artist, Grandma writes as part of her DIY approach to mental health and well-being. Some of her reflections are being developed into booklets for others to use at their own discretion.
XOXO Grandma With Love