Speaker 1: Therapy, therapy, therapy, that word, that term alone just carries
Speaker 1: a stigma in communities of color that makes it very
Speaker 1: difficult for those that don't need to actually seek therapy.
Speaker 1: With my nager mind, I wanted to showcase how helpful
Speaker 1: therapy can be. I wanted to start meeting people where
Speaker 1: they are at as opposuaiting for them to come into therapy.
Speaker 1: So by having a podcast where there's actual therapy taking
Speaker 1: place and there's a therapist that's highly involved, my hope
Speaker 1: was that others will gain a better understanding of therapy,
Speaker 1: will realize that black mal therapypist look just like them,
Speaker 1: speak just like them, behave just like them, and would
Speaker 1: allow him to be very comfortable and more aware of
Speaker 1: the process and therefore would be more likely to seek
Speaker 1: out therapy. With Orlando, I've known him for a few
Speaker 1: years now, and I knew that he needed a place
Speaker 1: where he could be honest, where he could work through
Speaker 1: his traumas, where he could really truly express himself, and
Speaker 1: in front of a mic is where his comfort zone was.
Speaker 1: So we matched it to a podcast within therapy that
Speaker 1: allowed him to be able to voice how he feels
Speaker 1: work through his trauma be vulnerable, be honest, and learn
Speaker 1: and build the coping skill that he needs to survive.
Speaker 1: Therapy is for everyone. It was just a reminder of
Speaker 1: how helpful therapy can be and how creating a space
Speaker 1: where others can have a true understanding of the process
Speaker 1: and have hands on experience and behind the scenes will
Speaker 1: make therapy less taboo in the Black community. With Monage
Speaker 1: your Mind, my hope is that we are strategically removing
Speaker 1: the statement around therapy, making it a day to day
Speaker 1: conversation and just showing people that therapy can be sexy,
Speaker 1: therapy can be healing as we go through this process,
Speaker 1: as we go through life. Welcome to Monas your Mind.
Speaker 2: After thirty years of life, I decided to start therapy
Speaker 2: and it's talk therapy, the one I hate the most.
Speaker 2: Talking about the problems of my past was never an
Speaker 2: issue until I was faced with challenge after challenge that
Speaker 2: honestly broke me. Losing my job, leaving the city I
Speaker 2: grew up in, and being surrounded by deaths of people
Speaker 2: I know brought me to a point where I can
Speaker 2: no longer recognize myself. My mental state was shattered, My
Speaker 2: emotions were all over the place, and honestly, I tell
Speaker 2: my therapist that I think I have multiple personality disorder.
Speaker 2: I truly believe that there was multiple personalities living inside
Speaker 2: of me as I speak into this mic. Now I
Speaker 2: can say that I've done the work to not feel
Speaker 2: as crazy as I think I am. But the journey
Speaker 2: to wellness and healing doesn't end with just therapy or me,
Speaker 2: but it can start with me and my stories. Welcome
Speaker 2: to minaj Min, where you get to listen to a real,
Speaker 2: live and honest session of my traumas and triumphs. The
Speaker 2: therapy isn't just for me, it's for us listening to
Speaker 2: my stories and my therapist's responses. I hope that we
Speaker 2: can help you with your journey through healing or help
Speaker 2: start it. Every month you'll get two episodes of Gotman, Certified, Train,
Speaker 2: Max Stanley, and Die, but you'll also get an episode
Speaker 2: from me yours truly from the point of view of
Speaker 2: someone in therapy, and an episode from Mac to have
Speaker 2: conversations from the therapist point of view. We also have
Speaker 2: a Patreon to give you bonus content, and it's a
Speaker 2: lot of content. I hope our stories, responses and conversations
Speaker 2: help you on your path to therapy, wellness and healing.
Speaker 2: Menage mind years of therapy in one podcast,