Nourich, LLC
A Harlem Renaissance for the Mental Health Crisis
Nourich NeuroArts Neighborhood
We bring healing to the people—through pop-up wellness events where soulful expression, communal creativity, and cultural power become mental health intervention.
When the system is overwhelmed and people are hurting, we show up. With art. With food. With rhythm. With community. We create spaces where the neighborhood becomes the healer, where creativity is accessible medicine, and where every person's humanity is restored through collective care.
What we do:
Pop-up NeuroArts events that meet communities where they are—parks, community centers, tailgates, gatherings
Mental health crisis intervention through creative expression that soothes the nervous system and rebuilds hope
Medical literacy that empowers people to understand their own healing
Cultural wellness rooted in the revolutionary spirit of the Harlem Renaissance—where art, music, storytelling, and soul food become tools of resistance and restoration
We serve:
Individuals facing darkness for opportunities for growth
Families seeking connection.
Communities needing collective healing
Organizations wanting to build empowered teams
Freedom, Flavor, & Undeniable Growth to Flourish.
Join the Nourich NeuroArts Renaissance—where healing is a movement, not a Big Pharma or Big Insurance algorithm.
The Crisis We're Answering
The mental health system is broken. Wait lists are months long. Treatment is expensive. Communities are hurting. People need healing now—not next quarter, not after insurance approval, not when they can afford it.
Nourich NeuroArts Neighborhood was born from a simple truth: healing can't wait, and it shouldn't cost your humanity.
Inspired by the Harlem Renaissance—a time when Black artists, writers, and creators transformed culture through collective expression despite systemic oppression—we bring that same revolutionary energy to mental health crisis intervention for all humans.
We are:
A veteran-founded, black and woman with disabilities owned with her school teacher husband, creating community-centered wellness movement
Neuroarts practitioners & researchers who blend neuroscience with soulful healing arts while pursuing art therapy and acupuncture licensing.
Renaissance woman and man who believe art is accessible medicine
A neighborhood that shows up where healing is needed most
Our founder's journey from child exposed to trauma since the womb to combat medic to anesthesia tech, mental health grassroots visionary taught us this: the most powerful medicine isn't locked behind clinic doors. It's in our creativity, our stories, our shared meals, our communal rhythm. It's in what happens when we gather, create, and witness each other's humanity.
Nourich is healing as resistance. Wellness as a Renaissance. Community as a cure.
What is Nourich?
Nourich NeuroArts Renaissance
Nourich [noun, verb] | pronounced: NUR-ich
A holistic philosophy and practice that combines nourishment with flourishing—the intentional act of feeding the whole person through neuroarts, empathetic connection, and bioethically grounded wellness.
To nourich is to create conditions where art becomes medicine, color becomes language, and rhythm becomes healing; where every person's dignity is honored as sacred; where community becomes the canvas for transformation.
Etymology:
Nourish (sustenance + growth) + Neuro (brain + nervous system) + Rich (abundant + meaningful)
Together, Nourich becomes a living neighborhood of creativity and care—where the whole self is nourished, art meets community, and our shared humanity rises into its own cultural renaissance.
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Nourich is for all of humanity seeking healing and joyful interactions using the neuroarts and mental health wellness.
What We Offer
Pop-Up NeuroArts Events We bring the healing to you—parks, community centers, tailgates, churches, anywhere people gather. Through creative expression (mixed media collage, expressive painting, ceramics, kintsugi (Japanese golden repair art), suminagashi (Japanese water ink marbling), printmaking, songwriting, poetry, storytelling, etc.), soul food, and communal rhythm, we create immediate relief and long-term resilience.
Perfect for: Community organizations, neighborhoods in crisis, cultural events, family gatherings
Mental Health Crisis Intervention When traditional systems fail, creativity steps in. Our interventions use artistic expression to regulate nervous systems, process trauma, and restore hope—providing immediate support that honors humanity.
Perfect for: Emergency response teams, community health workers, organizations serving vulnerable populations
Corporate & Healthcare Wellness Programs We bring the Nourich Renaissance to workplaces and healthcare settings—creating experiences that reduce burnout, build resilience, and restore humanity to systems that forgot it.
Options range from: Single-day events to ongoing partnerships, lunch-and-learns to comprehensive wellness strategies
Medical Literacy Workshops We demystify mental health and wellness science, empowering communities to understand their own nervous systems, advocate for their needs, and make informed choices about their healing.
Perfect for: Schools, community centers, faith organizations, mutual aid networks
Cultural Wellness Programming Drawing from the Harlem Renaissance model, we create ongoing programs where art, music, storytelling, and communal gathering become preventive mental health care—building resilience before crisis hits.
Perfect for: Long-term community partnerships, cultural institutions, grassroots organizations
Nourich Neighbors
Nourich’s audience is a community of seekers and storytellers — people who carry quiet burdens, bright hopes, and the belief that art can lift the spirit, steady the heart, and bring souls together. They come seeking expression, wellness, connection, and a place where creativity feels at home.
Our Nourich Neighbors want content that focuses on art as medicine, color as language, and rhythm as healing — the kind of neuroarts and community storytelling that turns lived experiences into something shared, something powerful, and something beautifully human.
Nourich Neighbors want content to feel uplifting, like a warm, comforting meal on a cold night; authentic, like a handwritten letter; transformative, like a poem or song that finds you at the exact right moment; and inclusive, like a room where every voice is welcomed and every story is an opportunity for growth.
Welcome to the Nourich NeuroArts Neighborhood — where we are empathetic, educate, and empower the neighborhood—
Freedom, Flavor, & Undeniable Growth to Flourish.
Join the Nourich NeuroArts Renaissance.
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MISSION STATEMENT
Nourich NeuroArts Neighborhood transforms mental health crisis response by deploying accessible, evidence-based neuroarts interventions directly to underserved communities—reducing barriers to care, preventing escalation, and building sustainable community wellness infrastructure through pop-up events, corporate partnerships, and cultural programming.
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VISION STATEMENT
To scale community-based mental health intervention nationwide, establishing Nourich as the leading neuroarts crisis response model—where every community has immediate access to culturally responsive, neuroscience-informed wellness support that prevents psychiatric emergencies, reduces healthcare costs, and empowers collective healing.
We're building a future where mental health care meets people where they are—not where insurance says they should be.
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THE NOURICH PROMISE
🧠 Evidence-Based NeuroArts
We ground every intervention in neuroscience. Art isn't just expression—it's measurable medicine that changes brain chemistry, regulates nervous systems, and rewires trauma responses. We don't hope it works. We know it does, and we practice accordingly.
💜 Radical Empathy
We meet people where they are—in crisis, in grief, in hope, in resistance. No clipboard assessments. No diagnoses required. Just compassionate witnessing that holds space for pain and possibility simultaneously. Healing is relational, not transactional.
🌍 Humanity-Centered Care
We see humans, not case files. Every person has inherent worth, capacity for growth, and the right to self-determination. We honor the whole person—cultural identity, spiritual practice, lived experience, and the journey itself, not just the destination.
⚖️ Bioethics in Action
Every practice respects autonomy, prevents harm, pursues justice, and centers humanity. We commit to informed consent, cultural humility, accessibility, and equity in every interaction. No exceptions. No excuses.
🌿 Global Healing Wisdom
Healing isn't one-size-fits-all. We weave together ancestral traditions, cultural rituals, and science-informed practices from across the globe—honoring what communities have always known while applying what neuroscience confirms. From contemplative arts to communal rhythm, from ancient philosophy to modern research—we celebrate the many pathways to balance.
This is healing that's both timeless and evidence-based. Rooted and routes to a revolutionary renaissance.
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Briana “Briwolf” McCrae Carr
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Frank Carr