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