"T" Time with Dr. Tarver

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and one of my favorite months of the year because the rest of the world is more likely to get exposed to mental wellness events happening in your communities and social media hastags such as #mentalhealthawarness month are trending. This month we are looking at people, activities, and thoughts that encourage wellness in the “Maximizing My Mental” series. In tod...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and one of my favorite months of the year because the rest of the world is more likely to get exposed to mental wellness events happening in your communities and social media hastags such as #mentalhealthawarnessmonth are trending. This month we are looking at people, activities, and thoughts that encourage wellness in the “Maximizing My Mental” series. In toda...

Happy April!!! This month is about renewal, reinvestment, and resurrection! That’s the inspiration for the “You Thought I Was Worth Saving” series. Dr. Dolores Tarver discusses the effects of family abandonment on self-worth. Check out this episode of "T" Time with Dr. Tarver entitled: “Home Alone: When Family Abandons You.” #mentalhealthmoments #nobodycametosaveme #allalone #freedom #wo...

Happy April!!! This month is about renewal, reinvestment, and resurrection! That’s the inspiration for the “You Thought I Was Worth Saving” series. Dr. Dolores Tarver discusses the effects of illness and loss of abilities on self-worth. Check out this episode of "T" Time with Dr. Tarver entitled: "I Can’t Do What I Want, So I Won’t Do What I Can." #mentalhealthmoments #broken #...

Happy April!!! This month is about renewal, reinvestment, and resurrection! That’s the inspiration for the “You Thought I Was Worth Saving” series. Dr. Dolores Tarver discusses the difference between guilt and shame and how they affect self-worth. Check out this episode of "T" Time with Dr. Tarver entitled: "The Guilt and Shame of it All." #mentalhealthmoments #ashamed #guiltan...

It’s April Everyone!!! This month is about renewal, reinvestment, and resurrection. That’s the inspiration for the “You Thought I Was Worth Saving” series. Dr. Dolores Tarver is providing strategies for addressing mental health and addiction with loved ones and how worth is affected by guilt and shame, illness, and family of origin. Check out this episode of "T" Time with Dr. Tarver enti...

It’s March Madness Everyone!! This month episodes of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver will focus on things that make us “mad.” Mad can be an emotion and a state of mind. Sometimes our interpretations of events and consequently our reactions can lead to “madness.” In this episode entitled, “The Parent (Child) Trap: The Madness to My Method,” Dr. Dolores Tarver is addressing parent-child dynamics. #mentalhe...

It’s March Madness Everyone!! This month episodes of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver will focus on things that make us “mad.” Mad can be an emotion and a state of mind. Sometimes our interpretations of events and consequently our reactions can lead to “madness.” In this episode entitled, “I’ve Got to Get to Work: I’m too Busy to Be Burned Out,” Dr. Dolores Tarver is addressing the occupational phenomenon...

Pastor & Author Anthony Jameyson Smith joins Dr. Tarver in this episode of "T" Time with Dr. Tarver in this episode entitled "Moving Past the Madness to Seeing Each Other in Dating Relationships." Episode highlights include things that make us "mad," things that can be destructive to relationships, healthy approaches to dating, self-work, and knowing when to &quot...

It’s March Madness Everyone!! This month episodes of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver will focus on things that make us “mad.” Mad can be an emotion and a state of mind. Sometimes our interpretations of events and consequently our reactions can lead to “madness.” In this episode entitled, “You’re Headed for Self-Destruction,” Dr. Dolores Tarver will be focusing on self-destructive behaviors and healthier...

Check out February episodes of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver! The “Free to Be Me” Series will be focusing on strategies for recognizing your worth, recognizing destructive relationship patterns, ending unhealthy relationships, and having healthy relationship expectations and patterns. In this episode entitled “The Affirmations Episode,” Dr. Tarver is wrapping up the month of February with one of her fa...

Check out February episodes of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver! The “Free to Be Me” Series will be focusing on strategies for recognizing your worth, recognizing destructive relationship patterns, ending unhealthy relationships, and having healthy relationship expectations and patterns. In this episode “Where the Value Resides: Success in Relationships,” Dr. Dolores Tarver identifies why at times we are...

Check out February episodes of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver! The “Free to Be Me” Series will be focusing on strategies for recognizing your worth, recognizing destructive relationship patterns, ending unhealthy relationships, and having healthy relationship expectations and patterns. In this episode “Caught in the Shrinkage: Ending Unhealthy Relationships,” Dr. Dolores Tarver identifies the hurtful dy...

Check out February episodes of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver! The “Free to Be Me” Series will be focusing on strategies for recognizing your worth, recognizing destructive relationship patterns, ending unhealthy relationships, and having healthy relationship expectations and patterns. In this episode “Pressure Free: Loving Relationships with Self and Others,” Dr. Dolores Tarver provides tips to limit s...

Check out January episodes of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver! The “Be Ye Not Discouraged” Series will be focusing on strategies to overcome the barriers that interfere with setting, reaching, and maintaining goals. In this episode “When You are the One—Working Through Intimidation and Expanding Your Network,” Dr. Dolores Tarver addresses how feeling inadequate can keep a person stagnant and fearful abou...

Check out January episodes of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver! The “Be Ye Not Discouraged” Series will be focusing on strategies to overcome the barriers that interfere with setting, reaching, and maintaining goals. In this episode “Change, Consistency, and Clarity: Setting and Reaching Goals,” Dr. Dolores Tarver addresses tools to improve consistency and create long-standing change. #mentalhealthmoments...

Check out January episodes of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver! The “Be Ye Not Discouraged” Series will be focusing on strategies to overcome the barriers that interfere with setting, reaching, and maintaining goals. In this episode “Free Your Mind (From Distractions) and the Rest Will Follow,” Dr. Dolores Tarver addresses tools to help decrease the distractions that interfere with goal setting and attain...

Check out January episodes of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver! The “Be Ye Not Discouraged” Series will be focusing on strategies to overcome the barriers that interfere with setting, reaching, and maintaining goals. In this episode “Removing Doubt So You Can Shine Out,” Dr. Dolores Tarver addresses the fears that paralyze us and stop us from moving forward into our greatness. #mentalhealthmoments #stuckl...

In this episode of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver, entitled “Deflatables: Dealing with Post Holiday Blues,” Dr. Tarver offers 5 tips to help deal with the depression that can occur when the holidays end.

Dr. Curtrina Strozier, Obstetrician/Gynecologist, joined Dr. Dolores Tarver on this episode of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver entitled “’Tis the Season for Your Self-Care.” Dr. Strozier dives into why women have difficulty focusing on their self-care, reasons why women are overwhelmed, the difference between being tired and more serious health concerns, and boundaries that help create wellness.

Dr. Siraj Abdullah, Sports/Family Medical Practitioner, joined Dr. Dolores Tarver in this episode of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver entitled “Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: Men and Wellness” to discuss health issues men face including anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, and loss of sexual interest. He offers recommendations to promote wellness.

It’s Time for the “T!” Social media has been abuzz over Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders’ decision to leave Jackson State University to take a position at Colorado. People have expressed a range of emotions from feelings of abandonment, feeling used, feeling grateful, and being unconcerned. Let’s talk about what is underneath those reactions in this episode of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver entitled “I Can’t...

Louis York, veteran and masters level professional counselor, joined Dolores Tarver, Ph. D., Licensed Psychologist, in this episode of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver entitled “The Cost of Serving: Veterans and Mental Health” to discuss mental and physical symptoms, suicide prevention, managing isolation, relationships, and navigating the holidays. #veteranshealth #veteransandholidays #22adayistoomany #m...

Dr. Ashley Hill joined Dr. Dolores Tarver on this episode of "T" Time with Dr. Tarver entitled "ABCs, 123s, and STIs: Reducing Our R.I.S.K.S." to provide information about getting non-coerced culturally responsive care, healthy sexual behaviors and communication, and destigmatizing living with a sexually transmitted infection (STI). She also recommends watching the Principles of Pleasure on Netfli...

It’s Time for the “T!” We have made it to the mid-terms and you may be absolutely exhausted with the phone calls, texts, social media, TV ads, leaflets, debates, and conversations. Let’s talk about all that election anxiety you might be feeling in this episode of “T” Time with Dr. Tarver. #makeitstop #nomorepolls #doomscrolling #twitterwars #mentalhealthmoments