Here’s one more episode from one of the podcasts we’ve had the pleasure of joining over the past few months.
In this episode, we joined forces with Celeste the Therapist and really dug deep on healing the Black community. Traumas, triggers, and even slavery came up on this one. Hard truths and healing revelations, y’all.
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR:
Therapy, religion and suffering [4:24]
Struggling with depression in the church
Long suffering, hellfire and brimstone as badges of honor
The roots of Christianity and slavery
The scarcity mindset
The turning point [7:13]
Personal therapy
Being everything for everyone else
Realizing when your needs change
Black men and mental health [11:23]
How black men have to show up in spaces
The idea that men have to be stoic
Using vices to cover up emotions
Functioning but unable to hold weight
Stuffing feelings away
Racial trauma
The tendency to suffer in silence
Black women and mental health [16:11]
People pleasing and anxiety
Unlearning things as an adult
Reading and learning different perspectives
Physical manifestations of emotional pain
Black women in corporate America [27:28]
Watching your face and reactions as a black woman in corporate America
Having conversations in the workplace about race
The importance of self-advocacy and articulation
Creating The Love Haze [30:38]
A space to speak truth
Having conversations no one was having
Guilt vs. shame
Figuring out the art of transition
The struggle to begin [39:19]
Making choices towards who you’re trying to become
Accepting fear and evolving from it
Seeing yourself as something other than what you are currently
RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:
Listen to Black Folk, song by Tank and The Bangas
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