# No Trifling Matter

Weekly reflections from a psychologist and womanist theologian on faith, justice, and healing for people who are "ready to be healed, cause wholeness is no trifling matter"

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## [Now We Both Get to Grow Up](https://drchanequa.substack.com/p/now-we-both-get-to-grow-up)

_2026-08-16 · Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes_

An open letter to my son as he leaves home

## [Saying No to Hustle, Hustle, Hustle, Crash](https://drchanequa.substack.com/p/saying-no-to-hustle)

_2026-08-09 · Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes_

What a summer away from academic productivity taught me about rest

## [What My Bald Head Says About You](https://drchanequa.substack.com/p/bald-head)

_2026-08-02 · Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes_

The surprising things people reveal when they think they're talking about my hair

## [The Spirituality of Going Natural](https://drchanequa.substack.com/p/the-spirituality-of-going-natural)

_2026-07-26 · Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes_

The mirror, the big chop, and learning to see the image of God in myself

## [Rest Is Not a Means to an End](https://drchanequa.substack.com/p/rest-is-not-a-means-to-an-end)

_2026-07-19 · Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes_

Reclaiming rest from our culture of endless achievement

## [As Long as I Got King Jesus, I Still Need Somebody Else\[ARCHIVE\]](https://drchanequa.substack.com/p/as-long-as-i-got-king-jesus-i-still)

_2026-07-12 · Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes_

Humans were made for relationship, but we seem to keep forgetting that.

## [When Your Abuser is Your President \[ARCHIVE\]](https://drchanequa.substack.com/p/when-your-abuser-is-your-president)

_2026-07-05 · Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes_

A lot of us are feeling off-kilter and there’s a good reason for it

## [Parenting, Anxiety, and Reckoning with My Limits](https://drchanequa.substack.com/p/parenting-anxiety-and-reckoning-with)

_2026-06-28 · Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes_

As my son wraps up 11 years of Scouting, I am reflecting on how much I’ve grown through the process

## [A Love Letter to Black Men](https://drchanequa.substack.com/p/a-love-letter-to-black-men)

_2026-06-21 · Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes_

In honor of Father's Day and Men's Health Month, it's time for my annual plea to Black men and boys to take care of their health. Because we need you.

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## [The Problem with Calling Yourself an Ally](https://drchanequa.substack.com/p/the-problem-with-calling-yourself)

_2026-06-07 · Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes_

Allyship, like listening, can only be judged by people on the receiving end