Season 1

For many people, marriage is a loving, enriching experience. However, there are many couples who are dissatisfied with their relationships and remain married. According to the interdependence theory, people evaluate their personal satisfaction with a relationship by assessing costs and benefits. On average, nearly 2 million people get married every year and approximately 876,000 divorce….

On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. Furthermore,1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking which…

Women of Black/African descent experience the worst health outcomes within the breast cancer continuum (e.g. screening, diagnosis, treatment, survival). Though they get mammograms at normal rates, Black/African American women experience the lowest rates of breast cancer screening and are more likely to be diagnosed at a younger age than the national average. Furthermore, they are…

What are the lived experiences of a young person living with a serious illness? Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a chronic health condition that disproportionately impacts Black and Brown communities. In the Black community, SCD occurs in 1 out of 365 births and 1 in 13 births in the Black community have the Sickle Cell…

The rates of suicide have increased tremendously within the Black Community over the past decade. In the first episode of Reflection in Color : Celebrating Journeys to Wellness, we meet Kenny Goudy, mental health advocate for suicide awareness. In this episode we identify 1) symptoms of depression and signs of suicidality, 2) impact of social…