Month: May 2023

Mental Health

Bryte and Fullpower-AI Partner to Develop Next-Level Sleep Technology

Bryte, creator of the Bryte Balance smart bed, and Fullpower-AI, an artificial-intelligence (AI)-powered biosensing platform company, are partnering to develop new smart solutions to improve the sleep experience. The collaboration aims to integrate Bryte’s restorative sleep mattresses into Fullpower-AI’s vetted and deployed biosensing platform. The Bryte Balance mattress contains connected technology designed to help users…

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Mental Health

Session 309: Black Women & The Beauty Industry

The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves. Whether your beauty routine simply includes sunscreen and a scrunchie or…

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Physical Health

Junk Food May Impair Deep Sleep

Researchers at Uppsala University investigated how junk food affects sleep and found that it may negatively impact deep sleep.  For the study, healthy participants consumed an unhealthier as well as a healthier diet in a randomized order. After the unhealthier diet, the quality of the participants’ deep sleep had deteriorated, compared with those who had…

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Emotional Health

Why Real Discipleship Starts in the Basement

Years ago, we were doing some strategic planning at the church I had founded in Queens, NY. We were reflecting on what contributed to our growth over a 26 year period. A single word kept reappearing on the whiteboard – “BASEMENT”. How did we disciple so many quality leaders, many of whom are still leading…

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General News

Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity Webinar Series: Addressing the Risk for Persistent Effects of Trauma in the Mental Health of Women Across the Lifecourse

Date and Time June 14, 202312:30–2:00 p.m. ET Overview Trauma-related psychiatric disorders such as PTSD and depression affect more than twice as many women as men. Women are also more likely to experience a chronic illness that persists for more than a year. Despite the evidence of sex differences in the epidemiology of trauma-related disorders, little…

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