when I moved from New Orleans, where I had finished college and grad school, and I moved back to New York.

This was back in 1998.

Because in New York City, in Manhattan, there are so many tall buildings.

There were times when I could see the sun, but for the entire day, I had never felt the sun on my skin. There wasn't like everything. I was

completely engulfed in shadows. So when I moved from New Orleans to New York, it was very

difficult for me. And I began to notice that my mood had changed and I got depressed. And I really

started to have a lot of dread about just, oh God, you know, the winter's coming and, you know, thinking about three months of winter in New York was really hard for me. And I was thinking the other day that, like, it's already November. This year has gone by. Like when the pandemic first started, it was March, right? And I couldn't even

wrap my head around like, where am I going to be mentally come September? Like I couldn't even

think that far into the future, but now it's like November, right? So, you know, now that I think

about that we're in the in the pandemic with coronavirus happening, you know, the cases of coronavirus are ramping back up.

And it got me really thinking about, oh, my God, we're going to enter into a time where we are going to be spending more times indoors and therefore more times around each other.

And therefore, we could actually be therefore more times around each other.

And therefore, we could actually be spreading the virus to each other a lot easier.

So with this year, and it's been so unpredictable, I just really don't know what the winner is going to bring.

I just want to drop it hello. Taking care of our minds is just as important as taking care of our bodies.

But how do you even start that journey?

Think of Emani's state of mind as your beacon of sanity on your path to getting your mind right.

We're in this together, y'all.

Let's get into an Emani state of mind.

Hey, what's up, y'all?

Hey, girl.

Hey, girl, what's going on?

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