Black Mental Matters

On this Episode we talk with Economic Empowerment Broker and Economic Evangelist, Henry Golatt about Entrepreneurship and the vast economic opportunities available to and within the Black Community! Whether you are working a 9-5 and considering or have business ownership aspirations, this is an episode you don't want to miss!

This Episode we talk with Disruptive & Innovative Entrepreneur Coach C. Sunny Martin (inspired by the late great Mayor of Atlanta, Maynard Jackson) grew and sold his publishing firm (largest minority owned in the US) and is now devoting his skills and experience to mentoring, coaching, and working with entrepreneurs, and small business owners who are thirsty to learn. Hear his story and plot your...

“I Can’t Breathe” is echoing across the planet. Black, Brown, Indigenous and lower-wealth communities have disproportionately been the dumping grounds for our country’s deadliest toxic pollutants. These continuing actions have created sacrifice zones, filled with smelters, coal-fired power plants, incinerators, petrochemical facilities and a host of other polluters. We talk with BJ Johnson and Lyn...

To start out this new year, we welcome Dr Tarece Johnson an activist, advocate, self-published author, self-taught artist and poet, as well as Board Member of the largest school district in Georgia. She shares her infectious passion for diversity and inclusion which has more benefits for your mental health than you think

On this Holiday Special I talk with my adult son about the challenges, as well as some strategies to overcome them while growing up Young Gifted and Black in America. Hope you enjoy!

At the intersection of social justice, political empowerment, human development and the cultural arts one will find LaTosha Brown. As the co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund and the BVM Capacity Building Institute, LaTosha is adamant about ensuring that all human beings have access to quality education, safety, security, peace, love and happiness. Learn about her journey and how using YOUR...

“…All of us have our moral convictions and concerns, and so often have problems with power. There is nothing wrong with power if power is used correctly. You see, what happened is that some of our philosophers got off base. And one of the great problems of history is that the concepts of love and power have usually been contrasted as opposites – polar opposites – so that love is identified with a...

Many of us are experiencing new or worse mental health symptoms due to intense fear or stress relating to the pandemic, election, job situation, and more... Those with a mental health disorder may be at risk for a mental health crisis. A crisis can be overwhelming not only for those experiencing it, but also for their friends and family. If you or someone you know has a mental health disorder, it’...

According to our guest, Cary Valentine - Turn your doubts inside out. Rearrange the letters in the word doubt and you come up with “to bud.” Which is to grow and to blossom. So the doubts and insecurities are not what they appear to be. The guiding point is that the doubt is our friend and not our enemy. It’s trying to help us realize and actualize our potential, our gifts, our passion and our des...

For most Americans, the 2020 presidential election is a big source of stress. For Black America, 71% of Black adults said this election is a source of stress, compared with 46% four years ago. Add to that the racial turmoil in our cities, the unsteady economy and climate change that has fueled widespread wildfires and other natural disasters... If election-related stress is getting to you, there a...

Emotional Wellness is critical to our well-being and health! The more you act on your feelings and emotions, the more reliable they become. Being emotionally well doesn’t mean that you’re happy all the time, but that you’re self-aware and able to shift and move as a way to feel better. Being emotionally well leads to a happier and more blissful life, and also allows you the opportunity to attain y...

It’s very easy to suppress or hide our feelings when there’s so much else going on in our lives. With distractions coming at us from every direction, it’s important to quiet the noise and check in with ourselves. Too often we forget to pause our busy lives to reset and reflect. During the month of October, we celebrate Emotional Wellness Month which reminds us to prioritize our mental health and p...

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month—a time to share resources and stories in an effort to shed light on this highly taboo and stigmatized topic. We use this month to reach out to those affected by suicide, raise awareness and connect individuals with suicidal ideation to treatment services. If you or someone you know is in an emergency, call 911 immediately. If you are in cris...

Grief can be one of the most intense emotions of the human experience. It can leave us feeling drained and depressed. You may be grieving about anything you've lost, whether it's a loved one or a job. If your grief is severe, you may need extra help to heal and move on. Understanding that loss is a natural part of life and learning to accept the loss are the best ways to begin coping with it. Vinc...

Studies have shown that People with untreated mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed during a police encounter than other civilians approached or stopped by law enforcement. Individuals with untreated severe mental illness are involved in at least 1 in 4 and as many as half of all fatal police shootings. By dismantling the mental illness treatment system, we have turned the mental he...

Simply put, hope is a belief — a knowing — that things will get better... Millions of Americans have found themselves underemployed and jobless in this pandemic. Tens of thousands have lost loved ones to this virus. Countless people are living with uncertainty, stress, and loneliness brought on by the coronavirus. That’s in addition to the myriad other problems individuals face, even without a pan...

In February of 2000 of Gary, Indiana, Christopher “Chris” Bynum was arrested for 5 counts of murder. He was ultimately falsely convicted on all counts. At Bynum’s sentencing hearing, he spoke directly to the victim’s families– suggesting that, if they truly loved their deceased loved ones, they’d force the police to do their jobs. For Bynum, that was a plea of innocence on his behalf. Bynum was se...

During this trying time of Covid-19 and the uncertainty surrounding all of us, we want to encourage all to not only survive, but thrive! We talk with special guest Tammy Nordheim on strategies we can employ to increase our personal growth and wellness so we can come out on the "other side" even better than before...

Black Mental Matters Episode #42 Getting Back To Being Black Members of Black America are citizens of the United States of America. Also they are citizens of the states, counties, cities and municipalities in which they reside. Now, during, and after this pandemic and protest period, The Black Community is a society whose culture is ready to be refined and re-defined. This definition or concept is...

There is a huge debate going on right now, particularly in social media, about the state of Black Americans, Black Protests, why Black Lives Matters, etc... For certain the racial disparities in every domain—health, homeownership, education, criminal justice, and beyond—reveals the fact that government-sanctioned policies and practices have facilitated the upward mobility of white Americans and cr...

"Policing While Black" is a term we've coined due to the prominence of case after case of white police killings of unarmed Black Men, and the resulting clashes between an enraged, pandemic stricken, mentally and physically tired community and Law Enforcement. We talk with Retired Commander and Lt Colonel Leonard Stallworth of the Illinois State Police about the current situation and what strategie...

The demonstrations that have seized America’s cities, towns, and villages, including the nation’s capital, have no national leader. There are only people, hundreds of thousands of them, spilling into streets, clogging bridges, and filling parks. Nor does the movement have a single objective. Or does it? We talk with Community Activist and Therapeutic Support Specialist Clifton Crawley who has been...

Since the beginning of this country, the contributions of Black Men and Women to its development has been undeniable. Yet today we find ourselves still having to protest and fight hard to get basic and equal rights in housing, education, politics, the justice system, etc... And what has been accomplished has benefited everyone, no matter what color... We talk with Distinguished Attorney and Social...

On this Episode we talk with Robin Lucas, Mother of Hannah and Charlie Lucas who are the Founders of the notOK App. By dealing with the individual mental health challenges within the family, the Lucas’s created a revolutionary app that is now helping over 100,00 individuals (and growing)! Robin shares her challenges and triumphs, and encourages all parents to listen and work with their children to...

TW - Nearly half of Americans report the coronavirus crisis is harming their mental health and yet, out of the trillions of dollars Congress passed in emergency coronavirus funding, only a tiny portion is allocated for mental health. Social distancing and quarantines could increase suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, and depression and anxiety is on the rise... On this episode we discuss Mental H...