About this Event
Join us for Mental Health Check-In: Food, Feelings & Connection, a preventative wellness conversation centered on how food impacts our overall well-being beyond diet culture and restriction.Globally, food is recognized as medicine, culture, and a cornerstone of community. This check-in invites us to begin approaching it in the same way, examining how our relationship with food shapes our well-being across multiple dimensions:
Mental | Emotional | Social | Physical | Sexual
From hormones and mood to energy, body confidence, libido, and interpersonal connection, food profoundly influences how we feel — and how we show up for ourselves and for one another.Guided by an interdisciplinary panel of professionals and community leaders, this conversation will explore:
- Food as Information, Not Morality
Releasing shame, diet culture, and “good vs. bad” food thinking - Food as Comfort — Without Guilt
Understanding emotional nourishment and compassion - From Our Plate to the Bedroom
How nourishment supports energy, hormones, confidence, and intimacy - Food as Preventative Care
Using nourishment to reduce stress, burnout, and long-term imbalance - Nourishment vs. Restriction
Shifting from control and deprivation to balance, sustainability, and care - Food, Culture & Connection
How ancestry, shared meals, and cultural traditions support belonging and social wellness - Organic: Marketing or Meaningful?
Understanding labels, access, and how to make informed choices without pressure or shame
This experience reflects a grassroots approach to wellness—neighbors, professionals, and organizers working side by side to ensure our community has access to holistic, non-clinical support. Trust is built not only through systems, but through shared spaces, honest conversation, and showing up for one another.Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
💜 Community support helps sustain this work.
Donations are welcome and directly support preventative, community-based wellness programming. 501(c)(3) status pending.
Come curious.
Come open.
Come as you are. 🧡
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
John P. "Top" Greene African American Cultural Center/Park, 401 Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, Raleigh, United States
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