The Audacity to Heal: Black Women, Mental Health & May’s Sacred Invitation

May is here. And with it comes a sacred invitation to pause, reflect, and remember that your mental wellness is your birthright.

For us, Mental Health Awareness Month is a community-wide, shared moment to name what often goes unspoken: The weight Black women carry. The resilience we wear like armor. The healing we deserve but are rarely given space to access.

This month, we are centering rest, truth, and radical care.

Through workshops, healing circles, storytelling, and content that nourishes the spirit, SousSHE is creating space for:

Conversations around generational trauma & joy
Boundaries and what we refuse to carry
The beauty of asking for help…yes
The relationship between wellness and worth
Celebrating the ways Black women heal, cope, and reclaim

This Week’s Prompt:

What does it look like for YOU to be well? Not just functional, not just present—but whole?

Write it down. Say it aloud. Let that truth shape the rest of your month.

Why Prioritizing Space Matters

Black women are often the backbones of their families, communities, and movements—but rarely invited to prioritize themselves.

In a recent study by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), only 25% of Black women who experience mental health conditions receive adequate treatment.

Systemic inequities, cultural stigma, and a lack of culturally competent care continue to keep wellness out of reach for too many.

That’s why SousSHE invests in safe, culturally rooted spaces. From intimate Healing Circles to our “Sis, Let’s Talk” gatherings and personal development cohorts, every space we hold centers Black women as worthy of care, rest, and restoration.

Your Soundtrack for Softness

Welcome to your sonic sanctuary—created with care and intention to accompany your healing journey and mindful wealth—wherever it takes you.

Press play when you’re journaling in the early morning, moving through grief, celebrating your joy, or just trying to catch your breath—there’s a soundscape here for that. A new curated playlist will be dropped each week in May. Each a love letter to our emotions, our rituals, our resistance, and our rest. Each enveloped in an abundance of love, intention, mindfulness, creativity and stillness.