Welcome to The Roundup - a monthly overview (and recap) of all the articles + content we’ve shared this month, plus reminders, updates + curated resources for you to save, download or pass along to someone who needs it!

One week left until pre-orders close for our ‘Healing in Community’ crewneck sweaters! ⚡️

It is honestly THE coziest fit we have in our Bloom shop, and always sells out when we bring them to events. Snag yours now before they disappear, but no pressure to do so if it’s not in the budget. If it helps, use the promo code: BLOOMWITHUS2025 for 15% off your order ☺️

🛋 The sale of these sweaters support Bloom to offer free and pro-bono care with our incredible therapists in training. Therapy isn’t always something accessible or affordable, so if you do purchase one — know that your dollars are going into black business in Ontario, and toward a mission we stand 10 toes behind.

👀 ICYMI: What we wrote about this month

Save & share, or bookmark for a rainy day read ☔️

• 🚩 Why Do We Ignore Red Flags in Relationships? — Are we committed to a fantasy? Or do we fear being alone? The real answer is that it’s complicated, but it doesn’t always have to be. → Read more here

• 🔗⚡️Breaking Cycles, Building Legacies: Healing Beyond Generational Trauma — How are you holding the weight of what came before us? A dive into the ways we can break the cycle and speak truth to our collective pain + purpose. → Read more here

🌳 Bloom in The Media

When we’re not writing here, find us sharing our thoughts across social media and publications across the web 👩🏾‍💻

💜 Essence Magazine | 4 Easy Ways To Be A Better Friend This Year — 2025 is all about strengthening your community. Here’s how you can start to breathe life into relationships. Written by Dominique Fluker. → Read online

🧠 Article Breakdown | Sober Curiosity & The Desire Not To Drink — TLDR; We read the articles so you don’t have to. What does the research actually say about being sober curious? Is it worth it to cut back? → Read online

📖 Books we love & recommend 🤓

If you’ve ever wondered what your therapist is reading, or what books they really recommend, check out the latest in our series What’s On Your Therapist’s Bookshelf? Growing Pains readers get the full list we don’t share on IG, so tap in below and add a few to your TBR list (or bookmark this post for later!)

(Notion Link) ☞ Bloom Book Recommendations 🌷📚 (edits ongoing!)

📅 Where to find us: upcoming events

Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) “Black Flourishing” Conference
📅 Friday, March 14th, 2025
⏰ 3-6pm
📍TMU
🤎 Bloom founder Meghan will be presenting a workshop at the Toronto Metropolitan University Black Flourishing Conference from 4:30pm-5:30pm with the topic: Piecing Together Possibility: A Creative Collage & Writing Workshop. More information and registration here.

Villij Talks: Redefining Womanhood
📅 Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
⏰ 4-6pm
📍The Villij Studios (5 Dickens St, Toronto)
🤎 Our next Villij talks discussion group will be on the topic of Redefining Womanhood in honour of Women’s History Month. If you’re a woman of colour looking to explore, understand, and redefine your identity as a woman and the expectations that come with it, this workshop is for you. Get your tickets here.

Group Therapy: Navigating Relationships With Emotionally Immature Parents & Families
📅 Weekly on Saturdays from May 10th-June 7th, 2025
⏰ 2-3:30pm
📍The Villij Studios (5 Dickens St, Toronto)
🤎 We’re back with another group therapy experience this spring, facilitated by Bloom founder Meghan Watson, RP, and Bloom therapists Sandeep Marwaha, OT, and Tracy Amponsah Owusu-Gyimah, RSW. This group is designed for women of colour to share, process, and connect around experiences navigating emotional immaturity in families. Learn more and sign up for the group here.

💻 Digital downloads: resources curated for you

• Healing Forward: Unpacking Generational Wounds & Trauma

• Ontario-based Resources for Domestic/Partner Violence, Sexual Assault & Abuse Survivors

Catch you next month.

With love,

The Bloom team 🤎

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