Charmaine Perry

July is Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month!

Excited to be hosting this panel to strength mental health awareness in our communities.

The wisdom of my mom before lives in me.

The generational trauma of past generations that I strive daily to overcome and surpass.

The hope that I have for your futures also lives inside me.

Everyday, every time that I show up, is fueled by my joy of you both stepping into your callings and purposes.

And I just can’t wait to bear witness.

Thank you for sharing this song with me. It blessed and filled me in ways you can’t yet know.

❤️

So, I’ve been off all social media since the start of April as I was doing a corporate 21-day fast. Even before the fast, I was finding myself going on social less and less. My head was getting crowded with a lot of noise. With really long days, I was finding myself feeling less peaceful, and more and more overwhelmed. It appears that burnout was not far off.

During my fast, I was pondering if I wanted to continue engaging with social media, and if so, how. I realized that I do find social media useful as I’ve met and connected with some amazing people who are truly pursuing purpose, faith, and intentional living which aligns with my own vision and kingdom-focused living. But over the last few months, socials gotten darker and opinions focused. A break was truly needed.

Now, I feel the value is worth it but I’ve recognized that my bound have to change. The work that I do daily is crisis-based and I’m also in the process of transitioning my therapy private practice into a full time practice. My capacity and focus has shifted, and such, my use of, the value that I find in, and the value of my time has to, by extension, shift. Therefore, my boundaries must be shifted to align to match my newly identified priorities. I deleted Twitter (nope, not calling it X), and Pinterest; I was never on Tik Tok. I lit how much scrolling I engage in. I relinquished the need to post just to post, and I have not commented on most news cycles. I do miss engagement and will return to posting but posting when it’s meaningful and reflects this newest version of me. My desire is to engage with my 40s, post-cancer, and recovering self with integrity, intentionality, purposefully, and obediently. I do look forward to chronicling this new journey of life.