TASIRISOUL articles
Thoughtful commentary and insights exploring the intersection of health, culture, policy, and healing.
The Cost of Carrying Everyone: What the Strong Black Woman Schema Does to a Body
She's the dependable one. The one who remembers everyone's birthdays and doctor’s appointments. She works all day, checks on her parents, helps her children with homework, comforts her friends, and somehow still manages to smile when people ask how she's doing. People admire her. Little do they know she's also the woman who is quietly unraveling.
Sound familiar?
Your Zip Code Is a Better Predictor of Health Than Your Genetics
There's a statistic that's been floating around public health circles for years, and it still stops me every time I encounter it. Where you live predicts how long and how well you live, more accurately than the genes you were born with.