Category Archives: Social Justice

Suicide While Black

September 14, 2020 0 comments Children's Mental Health, Family, Health, Health Education, Mental Health, Racism, Social Justice Dr. Leesha

Sound the alarm Black children are in danger. From trauma to poverty to educational inequality to racism, our children face very real threats to their […]

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Higher Love

July 8, 2020 0 comments Family, Motherhood, Parenting, Racism, Social Justice Birmingham, Birmingham Alabama, drleesha, love, Psychiatrist Dr. Leesha

Love – both heady and sweet, passionate and tender, heavy and carefree. Love inspires. Love accepts. It encourages. It creates a magical holding space. It desires good things – if it’s healthy love. But, toxic love harms, constrains, belittles, and wreaks havoc upon the soul. I want healthy love, a higher love; a love that endures, that earnestly seeks the best even when overwhelmed by the worst.

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Crushed by the Weight of My Pain

May 27, 2020 8 comments Racism, Social Justice Birmingham Alabama, drleesha, Mental Health, racism Dr. Leesha

This poem is not meant to offend nor condemn but instead to ease the torment lying on my heart and to shed light upon the […]

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Sick While Black: An Exploration of Health Disparities

April 14, 2020 2 comments Health, Social Justice Birmingham, Birmingham Alabama, drleesha, health, health equity Dr. Leesha

News to some, a well-known reality for people of color It’s been said that when white people catch a cold, black people catch pneumonia. This […]

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To Whom Does My Black Life Matter?

March 13, 2019 9 comments Children's Mental Health, Mental Health, Social Justice children, Dr. Leesha, Dr. Leesha Ellis-Cox, Mental Health Dr. Leesha

A Tough Question That’s really the question at the heart of the issue, isn’t it? Does my black life matter to you, my friends, my […]

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I love that she was real and talked from a parent’s perspective. She talked on our level and not like a psychiatrist with terms we didn’t know. I loved when her daughter jumped on her lap. I though she really gets it. She is realistic and a mom, too.

—Paige L.

The whole woman was ministered to: mind, body, spirit.

—Simone C.

Ditch the Mommy Guilt is a book that ushers mothers through an insightful journey to healthier, happier parenting. Motherhood is one that typically comes with little or no guidance, but Dr. Leesha's brilliant text will assist many mothers in parenting without guilt or second guesses. You must read this smart guide to healthier and happier motherhood ... without any guilt.

—Dr. Ty Moody, Worship Center Christian Church

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