Take courage for your personal wellbeing
So often the stigma surrounding mental health issues and therapy prevents Black women from taking the step of seeing a therapist. This space was developed to present mental health topics in a way that feels more accessible and relevant.
“Black people self harm, too”
Cindy Võ - You Are Magik
— You Are Magik was birthed in South-East Asia in 2017 by Vietnamese-American San Jose native Cindy Võ, a queer multi-dimensional artist and facilitator of healing.
A wellness hub dedicated to [w]holistic healing arts, integrative bodywork, energy healing, Qigong, inner alchemy, reiki infused jewellery, divination, and offering practical tools to assist folx towards igniting their inner power. I am passionate about creating safe and sacred spaces to make wellness and healing accessible for BIPOC LGBTQIA+ communities.
Slow Down With Lisa
Laotian-British relaxation teacher in South London known for her calming and therapeutic sessions. Lisa is passionate about helping people feel their best, providing sessions that bring you into a state of relaxation, gently revitalising your mind-body.
Ananda Milea
A lifelong student and writer with an expansive and ongoing relationship with the Tarot. I neither identify myself as a 'tarot reader' or 'coach' because my work is rooted in my experience as a woman, writer, and mother.
Osteopath • Zero-Balancer • Doula
“Touch remains core to everything I do, complemented by aspects of lifestyle medicine.
My approach brings together East and West, bridging the relationship between body and mind. Who I am today and my mission to champion personal wellness has been influenced by my passion for health and wellbeing, psychology, personal development, education, spirituality, nature and movement practices.” – Avni Trivedi
Counselling + Group Therapy
Specialist counselling for women based in London; to help them address the complex psychological impact of different types of domestic abuse, on their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Our independent, confidential services are specifically for women who have experienced:
domestic violence
emotional abuse
sexual abuse
financial abuse
controlling behaviour
other forms of domestic abuse
Gurls Talk is a community-led non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the mental health and wellbeing of adolescent girls and young women*. Following Adwoa Aboah’s personal experience with mental health, Gurls Talk was formed with the goal of creating safe spaces – both on and offline – where gurls can access mental health resources, share their experiences and support each other so they never feel alone or have to reach a breaking point.
“We are building a new, community-driven media company that doesn’t diminish women's power but gives them the knowledge, insight and information that we all need to make choices with consciousness and autonomy.
We will write about, and investigate, the topics that matter to all women with scrupulously nonpartisan, authentically serious and uplifting editorial standards.
We pledge to ban language which perpetuates internalised misogyny and instead, we will tool women up.” – Sharmadean Reid, CEO
A charity providing advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. Mind campaigns to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
Leading UK-based LGBTQ+ charity, renowned for its successful campaigning and lobbying. Helping to achieve the equalisation of the age of consent, lifting the ban on LGB people serving in the military, securing legislation which allowed same-sex couples to adopt and the repeal of Section 28. More recently, Stonewall has helped secure civil partnerships and then same-sex marriage and ensured that the recent Equality Act protected lesbian, gay and bi people in terms of goods and services.
Founded by workers from different organisations including Solace Women’s Aid, Rape Crisis South London, Refuge, Women and Girls Network, the Nia Project and other sister organisations, we are a feminist and trans-inclusive trade union that exists to organise and improve the working conditions of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) workers by combating increasingly exclusionary and discriminatory services, low wages, unsafe caseloads, anti-feminist policies and a culture of unchecked systemic bullying by senior managers.
Supporting those who have experienced violence and abuse is at the core of everything we do. No matter what your experience – domestic violence, sexual violence, ‘honour’ based violence, forced marriage, FGM, human trafficking or modern slavery – we are here to support you.
‘Growing up with gal-dem’ - podcast
Over the course of the series Liv Little, Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff, and Natty Kasambala invite a different guest to respond to old diary entries, text messages, or letters from their younger selves – nurturing important conversations about growing up.
Gendered Intelligence, established in 2008, is a registered charity that exists to increase understandings of gender diversity and improve trans people's quality of life.
We are a trans-led and trans-involving grassroots organisation with a wealth of lived experience, community connections of many kinds, and a depth and breadth of trans community knowledge that is second to none. We believe everyone can be intelligent about gender!