Proceed Accordingly.
Because sometimes the most useful thing another woman can give you is information.
The thing she learned too late.
The question she didn't know to ask.
The resource she didn't know existed.
The thing she wishes somebody had told her sooner.
Proceed Accordingly is where we keep the information, resources, lived experience and practical things worth knowing.
Not instructions for how to live your life.
Just: here's what we know. Here's what may be useful. You know your life. Proceed accordingly.
Start where you need to.
You deserve support that meets you where you are. These resources offer free and low-cost mental health care, crisis support, and therapy access.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
FreeFree, confidential crisis support for people in emotional distress or suicidal crisis. Available 24/7 by call or text.
Crisis Text Line
FreeFree, 24/7 text-based mental health support. Connect with a trained crisis counselor by text.
SAMHSA National Helpline
FreeFree, confidential treatment referral and information service for mental health and substance use disorders.
NAMI Helpline
FreeThe National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline offers information, referrals, and support for people living with mental illness and their families.
Open Path Collective
Connects individuals with therapists who offer reduced-cost sessions ($30–$80) for those who cannot afford standard rates.
Black Mental Health Alliance
FreeConnects Black communities with culturally competent mental health professionals and resources.
Silk Robes & Survival Mode
Some things you only understand
because you've lived them.
Stories about illness, grief, caregiving, recovery, loss, disruption, starting over—and what it actually looked like to move through them.
Not every story ends with a lesson.
Not every difficult season needs to become a transformation story.
Sometimes survival is enough.
Effective Immediately
The things worth knowing
before you need to know them.
A screening. A question to ask. A document to have. A resource to save. A conversation worth having.
Practical information that might change what you do next.