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We are cultivating, creating, and collaborating to understand and uncover the Indo-Caribbean womxn?

07/13/2026

Culturally responsive wellness professionals that you don’t have to spend your first few sessions explaining your upbringing, family dynamics, or cultural experiences to. 🤎🌴

The Caribbean Mental Wellness Directory was created to connect our community with wellness professionals who understand the nuances of Caribbean culture, identity, and healing.

Whether you’re looking for:
✨ Therapists
✨ Social Workers
✨ Family Therapists
✨ Somatic Practitioners
✨ Reiki Healers
✨ Naturopathic Doctors
✨ Massage Therapists
✨ Breathwork Facilitators
✨ Wellness Retreats
✨ Fitness & Wellness Professionals

…and so much more, our directory features 100+ Caribbean wellness professionals ready to support your journey.

Because healing feels different when you feel understood. 💛

Questions about finding the right provider? Send us a DM, we’re happy to help you find the best fit.

🔗 Save this post for when you need it, and share it with someone who could benefit from culturally responsive care.

07/07/2026

Our next digital safe space happens next Tuesday and this time we are exploring the experience and struggles of being Q***r in the Caribbean Community.

Charika White, owner of Charika White, LICSW 🇯🇲 | Immigrant Therapist Disrupter 💪🏽 , and a Q***r-Identifying Caribbean Woman, is helping us explore what many would consider a difficult conversation in the Caribbean.

What does it mean to navigate your identity as a Caribbean person? When we explore the experiences of our community and the nuances that exist, it has been difficult place for Caribbean q***r individuals to be their true self without judgement.

Together, we are going to discuss from the perspective of a licensed therapist, what these concepts mean and how do you navigate it in a Caribbean family or in the Caribbean community You’re a part of.

Click the link in our bio to register for the workshop today 🔗🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

06/29/2026

🌈 DIGITAL SAFE SPACE | FREE ONLINE WEBINAR

What does it mean to be both Q***r and Caribbean?

For many, it means navigating the complexities of culture, family, faith, identity, and belonging—often feeling like you have to choose between parts of yourself.

This month, Brown Gyal Diary and the Caribbean Wellness Directory are creating a space where you don’t have to.

Join us for an honest and meaningful conversation with Charika White, a q***r-identified Jamaican therapist, as we explore healing, authenticity, and what it means to be fully seen—in the therapy room and beyond.

Together, we’ll discuss:
✨ The intersection of LGBTQ+ identity and Caribbean culture
✨ How history and cultural norms have shaped silence
✨ What culturally affirming care really looks like
✨ Creating space for healing without leaving parts of yourself behind

Whether you’re:
🤎 Q***r and Caribbean
🤎 Supporting q***r Caribbean loved ones
🤎 A clinician looking to deepen your cultural humility
🤎 Or simply someone who believes these conversations matter…

This space is for you.

📅 Tuesday, July 14, 2026
🕖 7:00 PM (ET)
💻 Online & Free

Come as you are. Cameras are optional. Your presence is enough.

🔗 Register today through the link in our bio.

06/24/2026

✨ DIGITAL SAFE SPACE IS BACK TOMORROW ✨

Some of our strongest reactions, deepest fears, and hardest-to-break patterns were shaped long before we had the words to understand them.

Join us for Writing Inward: Writing to the Child in You, a healing-centered workshop led by Yessenia Lajara, The Healing Bestie, designed to help participants explore the connection between childhood experiences and present-day emotional responses.

Through guided writing prompts, reflective exercises, and gentle psychoeducation, we’ll begin the journey of reconnecting with our younger selves with compassion instead of criticism.

Together, we’ll explore:
- Emotional triggers and protective responses formed in childhood
- Inner child wounds and self-compassion
- The foundations of reparenting and emotional self-support
- Unprocessed grief, unmet needs, and survival patterns
- How early experiences continue to shape our relationships and sense of self

This trauma-informed, culturally grounded experience is especially meaningful for cycle breakers, people of colour, and anyone who has ever felt the need to shrink, overachieve, over-apologize, or prove their worth.

No writing experience is required. There is no pressure to share. Just bring your curiosity, your journal, and yourself.

📅 Thursday, June 25, 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM
💻 Online
🎟️ Free

Click the link in our bio to register today!

06/17/2026

✨ JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR DIGITAL SAFE SPACE ✨

The child you once were still deserves your compassion.

Many of the ways we respond to stress, relationships, conflict, and self-worth were shaped long before we had the language to understand what we were experiencing.

Join us for Writing Inward: Writing to the Child in You, a healing-centered workshop led by Yessenia Lajara, The Healing Bestie, where we’ll use reflective writing and guided exercises to gently explore the connection between our childhood experiences and our present-day emotional lives.

Together, we’ll explore:
🤍 Emotional triggers and protective responses
🤍 Inner child wounds and self-compassion
🤍 Reparenting and emotional self-support
🤍 Unprocessed grief and unmet needs
🤍 How early experiences continue to shape our relationships and sense of self

This trauma-informed, culturally grounded workshop is for anyone seeking deeper understanding, healing, and self-connection.

No writing experience is required, and there is no pressure to share. Just bring yourself, a journal, and an open heart.

📅 Thursday, June 25, 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM EST
💻 Online
🎟️ Free to attend

Registration is now open! Click the link in our bio to reserve your spot!

06/10/2026

✨ DIGITAL SAFE SPACE IS BACK FOR ANOTHER WORKSHOP ✨

Some of our strongest reactions, deepest fears, and hardest-to-break patterns were shaped long before we had the words to understand them.

Join us for Writing Inward: Writing to the Child in You, a healing-centered workshop led by Yessenia Lajara, The Healing Bestie, designed to help participants explore the connection between childhood experiences and present-day emotional responses.

Through guided writing prompts, reflective exercises, and gentle psychoeducation, we’ll begin the journey of reconnecting with our younger selves with compassion instead of criticism.

Together, we’ll explore:
- Emotional triggers and protective responses formed in childhood
- Inner child wounds and self-compassion
- The foundations of reparenting and emotional self-support
- Unprocessed grief, unmet needs, and survival patterns
- How early experiences continue to shape our relationships and sense of self

This trauma-informed, culturally grounded experience is especially meaningful for cycle breakers, people of colour, and anyone who has ever felt the need to shrink, overachieve, over-apologize, or prove their worth.

No writing experience is required. There is no pressure to share. Just bring your curiosity, your journal, and yourself.

📅 Thursday, June 25, 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM
💻 Online
🎟️ Free

Click the link in our bio to register today!

06/02/2026

Next Wednesday at 7PM, we’ll be hosting a FREE workshop exploring something many of us experienced growing up in Caribbean and Afro-Caribbean homes:

What happens when every emotion becomes spiritualized?

In many of our homes, faith shaped how we understood emotions, struggle, anxiety, and pain. For many of us, prayer was presented as the only acceptable response to emotional distress.

This conversation is not about removing faith. It’s about exploring how faith has sometimes been used in ways that increased fear, silence, emotional suppression, and anxiety in our communities.

Healing is not abandoning God.
Healing can also mean relearning safety, honesty, emotional awareness, and peace.

Join us next Wednesday at 7PM as we have an honest conversation about faith, culture, and mental health in Caribbean homes.

Click the link in our bio to secure your seat.

05/27/2026

✨ Brown Gyal Diary is proud to be a supporting partner of the alongside !

We’re excited to celebrate the culture, creativity, community, and talent that make Scarborough so special. Join us for an unforgettable 3-day festival filled with live performances, local vendors, family-friendly experiences, and community connection.

Scarborough has been at the heart of so much of our work in the Toronto community and we are happy to be a part of this amazing festival that highlights the vibrancy that exist in our community.

📍 Hosted at Event Centre
🎟️ Get your tickets now at ScarboroughOneLoveFest.ca

05/26/2026

Digital Safe Space returns with a conversation many of us have needed but rarely had openly: The Cost of Spiritualizing Mental Health.

In many Caribbean families and communities, mental health struggles are often met with spiritual advice before emotional support. But what happens when “have faith” becomes a replacement for understanding, boundaries, therapy, or accountability?

Join us for an honest, judgment-free discussion exploring the intersection of faith, culture, and mental wellness. Come as you are with camera on or off, no pressure to participate, no social battery required.

Listen. Learn. Reflect. Heal.

🔗 Register through the link in our bio.

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