"T" Time with Dr. Tarver

July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month which is celebrated in honor of Bebe Moore Campbell. Since I took a break last month, episodes this month are going to highlight men, the LGBTQIA+ community, and accessing culturally responsive mental health care. Check out this episode entitled “The Effects of Rejection.”

Welcome to May! It’s Mental Health Awareness Month and episodes this month are going to focus on wellness. Today’s topic is social wellness. So, let’s figure out how to engage with people (even when we don’t feel like it). #peopleareexhausting #introvertedextravert #socialwellness #playingwellwithothers #MentalHealthMoments

Welcome to May! It’s Mental Health Awareness Month and episodes this month are going to focus on wellness. Today’s topic is occupational wellness. What’s above and/or beneath your paygrade? #jobhopping #careerstudent #workingmyselftodeath #preparetheothers #occupationalwellness #MentalHealthMoments

Welcome to May! It’s Mental Health Awareness Month and episodes this month are going to focus on wellness. Today’s topic is financial wellness. What’s in your wallet? #shoppingtocope #debtcycle #outsidemyfinancialweightclass #MentalHealthMoments

Welcome to May! It’s Mental Health Awareness Month and episodes this month are going to focus on mental wellness. So, my question to you is “How are you sleeping?” #whyamIawake #insomnia #sleepytime #MentalHealthMoments  

Welcome to April! This month has a lot of awareness events including Black Maternal Health Week, Minority Health Month, Stress Awareness, Alcohol Awareness, Autism Acceptance, Counseling Awareness, and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention. In this episode, Dr. Tarver focuses on ways to support parents of children with autism spectrum disorder. #autismacceptancemonth #MentalHealthMoments #advoca...

Welcome to April! This month has a lot of awareness events including Black Maternal Health Week, Minority Health Month, Stress Awareness, Alcohol Awareness, Autism Acceptance, Counseling Awareness, and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention. In this episode, Dr. Tarver focuses on the sexual assault awareness and prevention for women who are currently or formerly incarcerated. #sexualassaultawaren...

Welcome to April! This month has a lot of awareness events including Black Maternal Health Week, Minority Health Month, Stress Awareness, Alcohol Awareness, Autism Acceptance, Counseling Awareness, and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention. In this episode, Dr. Tarver focuses on the benefits of counseling and reasons people don’t think counseling is helpful. #CounselingAwarenessMonth #MentalHeal...

Welcome to April! This month has a lot of awareness events including Black Maternal Health Week, Minority Health Month, Stress Awareness, Alcohol Awareness, Autism Acceptance, Counseling Awareness, and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention. In this episode, Dr. Tarver focuses on the maternal mental health of African American women. #BlackMaternalHealthWeek #blackmamasmatter #mentalhealthawarenes...

Welcome to April! This month has a lot of awareness events including Black Maternal Health Week, Minority Health Month, Stress Awareness, Alcohol Awareness, Autism Acceptance, Counseling Awareness, and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention. In this episode, Dr. Tarver discusses managing stress.  #mentalhealthmoments #blessedandstressed #counselingawareness #selfcare

Welcome to March! It’s Women’s History Month, so episodes this month will focus on women. In this episode, Dr. Tarver discusses asking for help, self-care, and affirmations. #mentalhealthmoments #womenshistorymonth #selfhelp #affirmations #selfcare

Welcome to March! It’s Women’s History Month, so episodes this month will focus on women. In this episode, Dr. Tarver discusses what happens when we put people on pedestals.  #mentalhealthmoments #womenshistorymonth #pedastallove #foolsgold #creatingauthenticrelationships

Welcome to March! It’s Women’s History Month, so episodes this month will focus on women. In this episode, Dr. Tarver discusses the repetitive thoughts that affect our moods, behaviors, and self-talk. #minimentalhealthmoments #womenshistorymonth #thoughtstopping #affirmations

Welcome to March! It’s Women’s History Month, so episodes this month will focus on women. In this episode, Dr. Tarver discusses ways to support women.  #minimentalhealthmoments #womenshistorymonth #supportingoursisters

We made it to February or maybe February made it to us. Either way, we’re here working on being healthier. One of my most recommended topics is relationships, so that’s the focus for this month. Why do we lie to the people that we love and care about? Check out this episode entitled “Pretty Lies vs. Ugly Truth” as Dr. Tarver discusses some of the reasons why withhold information. #minimentalhealth...

We made it to February or maybe February made it to us. Either way, we’re here working on being healthier. One of my most recommended topics is relationships, so that’s the focus for this month. How many people of you have experienced the effects of people “loving you the way they knew how?” Check out this episode entitled “The Limitations that Affect Love: Doing What I Saw” as Dr. Tarver discusse...

We made it to February or maybe February made it to us. Either way, we’re here working on being healthier. One of my most recommended topics is relationships, so that’s the focus for this month. What are realistic expectations in relationships? Check out this episode entitled “The Beauty of Boundaries” as Dr. Tarver offers some guidance. #minimentalhealthmoments #relationshipexpectations #boundari...

We made it to February or maybe February made it to us. Either way, we’re here working on being healthier. One of my most requested topics is relationships, so that’s the focus for this month. How do you know when you need to grow in how you love people or when you're losing yourself to love people? Dr. Tarver offers some guidance in this episode entitled "Loving or Losing Me: Determining...

Happy New Year! It’s 2024 and we’ve got a lot to do this year. So, I’m going to be trying different things. This month I’m going to do shorter videos more frequently. So, you are going to get “mini” mental health moments that you may be able to use to kick-start your wellness goals. This episode will be focusing on addressing goal interfering behaviors. #minimentalhealthmoments #goalinterference #...

It's the end of the month! How's that motivation for your New Year's Resolutions and goals holding up. It may be time for a "pick me up." Check out this episode of T Time with Dr. Tarver entitled "Maximizing Your Motivation." #minimentalhealthmoments #arewethereyet

Happy New Year! It’s 2024 and we’ve got a lot to do this year. So, I’m going to be trying different things. This month I’m going to do shorter videos more frequently. So, you are going to get “mini” mental health moments that you may be able to use to kick-start your wellness goals. This episode will be focusing on addressing when our goals are not aligned in our relationships or work environments...

Happy New Year! It’s 2024 and we’ve got a lot to do this year. So, I’m going to be trying different things. This month I’m going to do shorter videos more frequently. So, you are going to get “mini” mental health moments that you may be able to use to kick-start your wellness goals. This episode will be focusing on accountability for reaching our goals. #minimentalhealthmoments #accountabilitypart...

Happy New Year! It’s 2024 and we’ve got a lot to do this year. So, I’m going to be trying different things. This month I’m going to do shorter videos more frequently. So, you are going to get “mini” mental health moments that you may be able to use to kick-start your wellness goals. This episode will be focusing on the things that interfere with us reaching our goals. #minimentalhealthmoments #run...

We made it to December! I can’t believe it is the end of 2023. We are wrapping up this series and have been focusing on navigating the holidays. In November we discussed boundaries, veterans and homelessness, trans and non-binary family members, and loved ones with disabilities. In this episode, Dr. Dolores Tarver discusses caregiving and the holidays. #mentalhealthmoments #caregiving #askforhelp...

We made it to December! I can’t believe it is the end of 2023. We are wrapping up this series and have been focusing on navigating the holidays. In November we discussed boundaries, veterans and homelessness, trans and non-binary family members, and loved ones with disabilities. In this episode, Dr. Dolores Tarver discusses the guilt that drives us to give and over-extend ourselves during the holi...