- Life Style, Live Your Best Life
- June 9, 2021
Wanderlust…Barbados Edition
In our first installment of our Wanderlust travel series, AmPopsy Founder & Executive Editor, Palanda Brownlow, shares her favorite experiences from her visits to the Caribbean island of Barbados.
- Letter From The Editor
- May 26, 2021
Coming Soon (To a Computer Near You)
We’ve been hard at work over here at AmPopsy creating content to better meet your needs, and we’re so excited to share a preview of the monumental things that we have in store for you this summer. Read on to find out just a few of the things that we’ve been cooking up for you…
- Health & Wellness, Talk Wellness to Me Podcast
- November 9, 2021
The Wonderful Benefits of Therapy
In Episode 4 of Talk Wellness to Me, Ashley Johnson and Delilah DaSilva speak with David Hernandez, Therapist and Host of “Beyond the Pulpit”, a KJLH radio show that hosts provocative conversations with prominent faith leaders. In Episode Four, the hosts speak with Hernandez about all things therapy – from surviving an abusive, alcoholic father and honoring his calling to become a therapist to pointers on finding the right therapist for you. This episode is a fantastic listen for anyone who’s ever been to therapy, considered therapy, or is just plain curious about how it works. Key Popsyisms From This Episode… “I had an innate desire to help and connect with people that were hurting like me.” – Hernandez on honoring his calling to become a mental health provider “When you go through anything traumatic…you always feel like (1) It’s your fault, and (2) No one else understands…” – DaSilva on the emotional effects of trauma “One of my greatest tools in connecting with other people is just sharing my story…I want people to know that talking to me is safe.” – Hernandez on how he approaches his role as a therapist “There are not enough men of color in,...
- Life Style
- July 25, 2021
Four Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy
Your digital footprint is all the information about you that exists on the internet as a result of your online activity. This includes your search history, your photos and videos (Including the deleted ones like those pesky photos you told your drunk friends not to tag you in, but they did anyway), as well as every single time you like/love something on a social media site. Even your text messages leave a digital footprint.
- Money & Career, Resiliency Series
- January 28, 2021
Surviving a Lay-Off… Essential Questions to Ask Your Employer When Facing a Lay-Off
Job loss of any kind can be hard. But it’s especially hard when that loss is unexpected and due to no fault of your own. Aside from the loss of income, which is no small thing, many people also struggle with feeling displaced and devalued. Combine that with feelings of loneliness and grief for the relationships and daily routines that used to provide a sense of comfort and familiarity, and you’ve got a ready-made recipe for panic, anxiety, and depression. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. A job loss, though difficult, is not the end of the world, and can actually serve as a launchpad to the next best thing for you and your career. The key is to approach it with mindfulness, patience, self-compassion, and a bit of strategy. In this two-part series, we offer some tools and advice to weathering the storm of a lay-off. In Part One, we take a look at some of the things you want to ask for and about from your employer when and if you’re laid off…. You sit silently in the room with your boss and the HR rep. They’ve just explained that this is a business decision, nothing,...
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