By Monique LeNoir, African American Wellness Project

As a Black woman, I felt compelled to write this article after reading the heartbreaking news about Tyra Spaulding, the former Miss Universe Jamaica contestant who died after publicly sharing her struggles with mental health. I also recalled Cheslie Kryst, Miss USA 2019, who died by suicide at only 30. Two young women who seemed happy and accomplished on the outside were, in truth, battling pain within. Their deaths are painful reminders that depression is real and that even those who appear to have everything can be suffering in silence.

This year has been heavy for so many of us. Between the nonstop political news cycle, the pressures of returning to office life, persistent racial injustice, and the violence and division that weigh o

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