Why Mindfulness Feels Different for Black Men
Before mindfulness can work, the nervous system has to feel safe.
A few years ago, I was sitting in an interdisciplinary meeting at a hospital...
Breathing While Black: The Sleep Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
Nearly one in four Black Americans has Sleep Apnea. 95% have never been diagnosed.
Patient stories in this piece are composites drawn from years of...
Sleep Deprivation in Black Communities: When Exhaustion Becomes a Measure of Worth by Derek H. Suite, M.D., M.S.
What generational beliefs about rest are doing to Black health — and what can change
A patient I'll call Marie was in her mid-forties, raising...
Why Black Women Aren’t Sleeping, Her Body Never Got the All-Clear Signal: The Science of Hypervigilance, Stress & Reclaiming Rest
It is 6:47 in the evening when Melissa walks through her front door. She is 52 years old, an administrative coordinator at a nonprofit...
Before the Civil Rights Act, Dr. Jane Cooke Wright Was Already Changing Cancer Treatment By Derek H. Suite, M.D.
The physician whose research helped bring scientific precision to early chemotherapy
Cancer touches nearly every family in America. If it has not reached your own...
