A Healthier Rhythm for Black Life
Mental wellness is more than surviving difficult moments. It’s about creating healthy spaces where our families, children, and communities can grow, connect, and thrive.
This November, Kourage & Kulture explores emotional wellness through meaningful conversations, professional insights, and practical resources.
From the pressures facing Black men and women to the importance of nurturing our younger generation, this issue focuses on healing, understanding, and building healthier futures.
Because protecting our peace is part of reclaiming our narrative.
INSIDE THE NOVEMBER ISSUE
WELLNESS NEEDS A PLACE TO LAND
Dr. Lia Knox on Building Healthier Spaces for Black Communities
Mental wellness doesn’t begin when a crisis happens. It begins in the homes, workplaces, schools, and community spaces we create.
In this powerful Kourage & Kulture conversation, Dr. Lia Knox explores how Black communities can move beyond survival and build environments where emotional wellness, support, and healing become part of everyday life.
WHO GETS THE REST OF YOU?
Giovanna Burgess Geathers on Emotional Exhaustion, Boundaries, and Finding Balance
Being strong for everyone else can leave little room to care for yourself. Between work, family, relationships, and everyday responsibilities, emotional exhaustion can become a silent burden.
In this Kourage & Kulture conversation, Giovanna Burgess Geathers explores the importance of healthy boundaries, recognizing emotional overload, and making space for rest without guilt.
A DIFFERENT SEAT AT THE TABLE
Understanding Grief, Family Traditions, and Healing After Loss
Grief doesn’t follow a calendar, and the holidays can make the absence of someone we love feel even greater. Family gatherings, familiar traditions, and empty seats can bring difficult emotions to the surface.
In this upcoming Kourage & Kulture feature, we’ll explore how families navigate loss, support one another through grief, and create new traditions while honoring those who are no longer with us.
THE WEIGHT WE DON’T TALK ABOUT
When Survival Becomes a Permanent State of Mind
What happens when the danger is gone, but your mind is still fighting to survive?
Some battles leave no visible scars. The pressure to provide, protect, succeed, and remain strong can become an invisible weight carried every day.
In this powerful Kourage & Kulture original editorial, we examine chronic stress, emotional exhaustion, the psychological cost of constant survival, and why Black families deserve more than simply making it through another day.
Survival brought us this far. But healing must take us further.
COMING NOVEMBER 1, 2026
Kourage & Kulture — Reclaim the Narrative. Build the Future.
BEHIND THE PAIN
Dana Teate on Mental Health, Addiction, Freedom & the Courage to Heal
What happens when emotional pain goes untreated and silence becomes a way of life?
Licensed chemical dependency counselor and entrepreneur Dana Teate joins Kourage & Kulture for an eye-opening conversation about Black men’s emotional health, addiction, incarceration, protecting our freedom, and breaking harmful family cycles.
From her work in criminal justice to building community behavioral-health businesses, Dana challenges the stigma surrounding counseling and shares a powerful message for the next generation.
FULL INTERVIEW FEATURE — NOVEMBER 1, 2026 | 12:05 A.M. ET
Reclaim the Narrative. Build the Future.