Dr. Nicholas Grier
Community Advocate, Public Scholar, Musician, and Mental Health Therapist.
Community Well-Being
True wellness isn’t just about how someone feels in their body or mind.
It’s about the relationships, communities, and systems we live within every day.
When families are fractured, workplaces are toxic, and policies prioritize profit over people, individuals end up carrying the burden.
I believe that when we reimagine and rebuild our relational, political, and cultural systems to truly support human dignity and connection, we create the kind of environment where everyone has a real chance to flourish.
CARE for the MENTAL and
SPIRITUAL HEALTH
of BLACK MEN
Black men need hope to survive and, ultimately, flourish. As mental health is a critical but often neglected issue, especially among Black men, Care for the Mental and Spiritual Health of Black Men examines that sensitive topic in conjunction with reflections on race, gender, sexuality, and class to offer a hopeful and constructive framework for care and counseling, particularly for Black men. These are not separate from spiritual health and growth, as well, but both are integral to holistic, dynamic wellbeing. In this, the author provides a careful and critical analysis of spiritual hope and healing as ingredient to individual and communal flourishing. As such, this volume will be a vital resource for health practitioners, spiritual caregivers, and providers in community care who serve to bolster the mental wellbeing of Black men.
Meet Nicholas
Nicholas Grier is a community advocate, public scholar, author, mental health therapist, and ordained minister who integrates justice, healing, faith, and music. He leads the Coloring Mental Health Collective, teaches at Claremont School of Theology, and helps communities live authentically in their power through listening, community organizing, writing, and speaking rooted in liberation, care, and spiritual resilience.
Inspiring Teacher & Writer
Opportunities to Care for the Well-Being of Black Men
Barbershops as Healing Community
Importance of Home: A Community Approach
Paying Attention to the Emotional Lives of Black Men: A Community Approach
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Nicholas Grier Inspires at Loma Linda University
Dr. Grier captivated audiences as the keynote speaker at the Biopychosocial Spiritual Reseach Leadership Conference in San Bernardino, CA.
His message, Healing Our Souls, Transforming Society Through Music explored the profound impact of music on personal healing and societal transformation.
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In the News
OPB sat down with Dr. Nicholas Grier to discuss his powerful book, Care for the Mental and Spiritual Health of Black Men.
In it, Grier explores how racism, trauma, and neglect impact the inner lives of Black men—and how healing must move beyond survival toward communal and personal flourishing.