Africans Heal The Africans Heal Platform

This is Episode 13 of The Africans Heal Podcast.
🎙In this episode, Paakow Essandoh, Founder of  MIZIZI International shares his story.
💡Paakow Essandoh launched MIZIZI, an athleisure lifestyle brand at the age of 20.MIZIZI has been featured on VOGUE, Good Morning America, Forbes, Essence among other renowned platforms.
💡MIZIZI is Swahili for roots - staying rooted.
💡Mentioned in the show plus resources:
+MIZIZI Shop: https://www.mizizishop.com/
+MIZIZI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mizizishop/
+Paakow's Coaching Business: https://www.paakow.com/
+Paakow's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paakowessandoh/
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🌍The Africans Heal Platform is here to help foster a healthy African diaspora community and promote mental health wellness through storytelling and celebrating our cultures. We are here to heal together, TUPONE PAMOJA!
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Website: www.africansheal.com
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This is Episode 12 of The Africans Heal Podcast.

🎙In this episode, Brittany Jade Anthony shares her story - her journey through drug addiction, treatment, and recovery. 

💡Brittany Jade Anthony lives in the Pacific Northwest. She is a content creator, wife, and mother to 3 beautiful children. She runs a blog and youtube channel where she loves creating content around motherhood & lifestyle. She is also a small business owner and considers herself a health-conscious person after losing over 100lbs, and also going through addiction and recovery. She shares more on her story in this episode!

💡Mentioned in the show plus resources:

+Brittany's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrittanyJade/videos

+Brittany;s Blog: https://www.brittanyjadeanthony.com/

+Brittany's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittanyjadeanthony_/

+Brittany's Fitness Accountability Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399135891265868

+Alcoholics Anonymous: https://www.aa.org/

+Narcotics Anonymous: https://na.org/

+Celebrate Recovery: https://www.celebraterecovery.com/resources/cr-tools/12steps

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🌍The Africans Heal Platform is here to help foster a healthy African diaspora community and promote mental health wellness through storytelling and celebrating our cultures. We are here to heal together, TUPONE PAMOJA!

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Website: www.africansheal.com

Inquiries: africansheal@gmail.com

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This is Episode 11 of The Africans Heal Podcast.

🎙In this episode, Christine chats with Shena Tubbs, MFT, LPC. They discuss Love Addiction, Love Avoidance, and Codependency; how they affect how we show up in relationships, and steps we can take to begin the healing process so we can have better relationships with ourselves and others. 

💡Shena Tubbs is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor. She is the Founder of the organization Black Girls Heal. Through her organization's course work and podcast, she helps women heal from love addiction and unresolved trauma so they can build healthy relationships with themselves and others.

💡Shena also hosts the podcast, Black Girls Heal, available on all podcast platforms.

💡Mentioned in the show:

+Shena's organization Black Girls Heal: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/

+Black Girls Heal Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-girls-heal/id1448286071

+Healed and Loved Woman Membership: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/membership/

+Shena's Recovery School Coaching Program: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/recoveryschool/

+Shena's FREE roadmap to heal Love Addiction: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/roadmap/

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🌍The Africans Heal Platform is here to help foster a healthy African diaspora community and promote mental health wellness through storytelling and celebrating our cultures. We are here to heal together, TUPONE PAMOJA!

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📲Follow Africans Heal: Instagram: africansheal

Website: www.africansheal.com

Inquiries: africansheal@gmail.com

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This is Episode 10 of The Africans Heal Podcast.
🎙In this episode, Christine interviewed Lukogho Kasomo, MBA. Lukogho Kasomo is the Co-Founder of The Congolese Diaspora Impact Summit (CDIS). She is the daughter of Congolese immigrants. Lukogho was raised in Southern California, graduated from San Jose State University in the Silicon Valley with her undergrad degree, and holds an MBA from Howard University. She was born in The Democratic Republic of Congo, and has had the privilege of living in The USA, DRC,  Kenya, and Ghana. In this episode, she shares her story on what life has been like navigating western spaces as a daughter of African immigrants.
💡Mentioned in the show:
+Congolese Diaspora Impact Summit Website: https://congolesediasporaimpactsummit.com/
+Congolese Diaspora Impact Summit September 17th - 19th, 2021 Conference in Washington, DC TICKETS! : 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cdis-2021-reimagining-diaspora-engagement-through-technology-tickets-162510169291?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb
+Congolese Diaspora Impact Summit Instagram Page: @congodisummit
+Reach out to Lukogho Kasomo, MBA: @the_afronista
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🌍The Africans Heal Platform is here to help foster a healthy African diaspora community and promote mental health wellness through storytelling and celebrating our cultures. We are here to heal together, TUPONE PAMOJA!
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📲Follow Africans Heal: Instagram: africansheal
Website: www.africansheal.com
Inquiries: africansheal@gmail.com
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⚖️Disclaimer The information contained on The Africans Heal Podcast is for general information purposes only.  The Africans Heal Podcast assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in the contents of this podcast. Africans Heal is not here to offer medical advice or guidance. If you or a loved one are experiencing any mental illness-related symptoms, please seek guidance from a licensed mental health professional.
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This is Episode 9 of The Africans Heal Podcast.

🎙In this episode, Christine spoke with Amanda Blainey. Amanda is the Founder of Doing Death, an organization that fosters authentic conversations about death and dying. She has also authored the book "DO Death For a Life Better Lived", in which she seeks to transform how we live our lives, by helping us build a better relationship with death. Through her DO Lecture, book, and Doing Death Organization, Amanda is inviting us to accept death as a natural part of life and to live life more consciously.

Amanda is also an end-of-life doula, and works in hospice care, in addition to running a Death Cafe in Hertfordshire, UK.

💡Mentioned in the show:

+Death Cafes: https://deathcafe.com/

+Amanda's DO Lecture: https://vimeo.com/281587938

+Amanda's Book "DO/DEATH/ For a life better lived.": https://thedobook.co/products/do-death-for-a-life-better-lived

+Amanda's Doing Death Website: https://www.doingdeath.com/about

+Doing Death Instagram: @doing_death

+Bronnie Ware - The Five Regrets of the Dying: https://bronnieware.com/blog/regrets-of-the-dying/

+Elle Luna's Medium Article: https://medium.com/@elleluna/the-crossroads-of-should-and-must-90c75eb7c5b0

💡Other Resources:

+Atul Gawande's Book: Being Mortal

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🌍The Africans Heal Platform is here to help foster a healthy African diaspora community and promote mental health wellness through storytelling and celebrating our cultures. We are here to heal together, TUPONE PAMOJA!

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📲Follow Africans Heal: Instagram: africansheal 

Website: www.africansheal.com 

Inquiries: africansheal@gmail.com

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⚖️Disclaimer The information contained on The Africans Heal Podcast is for general information purposes only.  The Africans Heal Podcast assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in the contents of this podcast. Africans Heal is not here to offer medical advice or guidance. If you or a loved one are experiencing any mental illness-related symptoms, please seek guidance from a licensed mental health professional.

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🎙This is Episode 8

💡In this episode, Christine talks with Jackline Naitore, who shares about:

+The death of her mother

+Grieving

+How her life changed after her mom passed away

+How her mom's death has changed and shaped her perspective on life and death 

+Support for those who are missing and grieving the loss of their mom on this mother's day weekend

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🌍The Africans Heal Platform is here to help foster a healthy African diaspora community and promote mental health wellness through storytelling and celebrating our cultures. I believe that African voices matter. This platform is here for us to share our stories, our stories of joy, our stories of pain, and celebrate our diverse, rich cultures and heal together. We are here to heal together, TUPONE PAMOJA!

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Website: www.africansheal.com

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The information contained on The Africans Heal Podcast is for general information purposes only.  Africans Heal is not here to offer medical advice or guidance. Please seek guidance from a licensed mental health professional if you or a loved one are experiencing any mental illness-related symptoms.

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