Your Mind Matters: A Mental Health Awareness Month Podcast Collection

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. But the truth is, taking care of your mind is a year-round practice. It's found in the quiet moments between meetings, the drive home after a hard day, the walk you take when you need to clear your head. And sometimes, it's found in a voice coming through your earbuds that makes you feel a little less alone. This collection brings together some of the most powerful, honest, and hopeful conversations from across the iHeartPodcasts network. Because mental health isn't one story. It's anxiety and grief and burnout and joy and everything in between. It's therapists breaking down the clinical, and survivors making sense of the personal. It's scientists explaining what's happening in your brain and storytellers reminding you that being human is hard, and that's okay. You don't have to listen to be fixed. You can listen to feel seen. To learn something. To find language for what you've been carrying. To hear someone say the thing you've been thinking but couldn't say out loud. Hit play when you're ready. Or when you're not. Either works.

Episodes

  1. DJ Hesta Prynn's Music is Therapy: This Is Why You Cry in the Car (with Vienna Pharaon)

    May 4

    DJ Hesta Prynn's Music is Therapy: This Is Why You Cry in the Car (with Vienna Pharaon)

    Vienna Pharaon is a licensed marriage and family therapist, author of The Origins of You, and one of the most followed therapists on Instagram. She also played violin at Whitney Houston's wedding! If you've ever wondered why you keep choosing the same relationships, reacting the same way, or feeling stuck no matter how much work you've done, this episode is the answer. May is Mental Health Awareness month, and all month we’ll focus on helping you understand why you feel what you feel, and what to do about it. TRY THIS: Think about a pattern in your life you're tired of repeating. Now ask yourself – what is that pattern trying to protect you from? That's where your origin wound lives. Take Vienna's quiz at theoriginsofyou.com to find out which one is yours. 🎵 May Playlist - Songs That Hold the Feeling For You https://open.spotify.com/playlist/60acajddWy8eNcAX2GOzl6?si=4287c83a40a54ead **And if you want something more specific, email me, tell me what you’re dealing with, and I’ll send you a song Free workshop Sun May 17:  https://mct.hestaprynn.com/may17 📖 The Origins of You by Vienna Pharaon · Vienna on Instagram What's Your Origin Wound FREE quiz: https://1wsm6geg69z.typeform.com/to/d981R7Cl?typeform-source=viennapharaon.com www.newyorkcouplescounseling.com https://courses.viennapharaon.com/the-origin-healing-method Find the show: Substack · Instagram · musicistherapypod@gmail.com Send this to the person who always says they're fine. You know exactly who. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    56 min
  2. Deeply Well: "Take Your Life Seriously” with Nedra Glover Tawwab

    Apr 30

    Deeply Well: "Take Your Life Seriously” with Nedra Glover Tawwab

    Today we sit with our very first guest of Season Five - therapist and bestselling author Nedra Glover Tawwab, who talks about what it means to “take life seriously” through intention, and why success doesn’t have to start perfectly. Her new book, The Balancing Act, is about learning the difference between “tolerable annoyance and abuse and neglect,” so we stop cutting people off for normal friction and end up lonelier. She reminds us, “we are in charge of our phone,” and sometimes the healthiest move is just not answering, without turning it into a relationship-ending talk.  What is a healthy community? Tawwab jokes about how important our interactions are, even with the baristas at our local cafe.  Every interaction, especially the reliable day-to-day interactions hold value, and often can be healthier than the relationships we put the weight of expectations on.  We also elaborate on "how useful it is to know how you show up in the world" and not get pigeonholed into an attachment style. Therapy and our conversations shared within those sessions are to help us identify our patterns and why and how they show up, and create outcomes that don't align with our desires. Tawwab points out these scenarios, how they’ve shown up in her life, and allowed her to acknowledge how she’s grown. As always, we end the episode with soul-work. Nedra offers the question: “What is your relationship with offering people grace, extending it to yourself as well?Connect with Nedra Website https://www.nedratawwab.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nedratawwabConnect with Devi:Website: https://devibrownwellbeing.com/ Substack: https://substack.com/@devibrown Living In Wisdom Book: https://www.devibrown.com/book Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/devibrown/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deeplywellpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/devibrown?s=21&t=… Merch: https://devibrown.myshopify.com/ Threads - https://www.threads.com/@devibrown See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1h 5m
  3. Therapy for Black Girls: Session 460: Self-Worth, Reinvention, & Realness

    Apr 30

    Therapy for Black Girls: Session 460: Self-Worth, Reinvention, & Realness

    This week we’re back for another session of “Ask Dr. Joy, our exclusive Patreon segment where I answer questions submitted by our community members. Today, we’re talking about the journey of getting back to yourself. If you’ve ever wondered, “Who am I when I’m not performing?” If you’re learning to trust your voice, reclaiming your worth, or finally choosing you after years of everything from caretaking to code-switching, you’ll want to check it out.  About the Podcast The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves. Resources & Announcements Want to reflect on this conversation in community? Join us inside our Patreon community where we’re unpacking this episode together. You can now catch episodes of the Therapy for Black Girls podcast on YouTube. Be sure to subscribe to get new episodes every week.  Did you know you can leave us a voice note with your questions for the podcast? If you have a question you'd like some feedback on, topics you'd like to hear covered, or want to suggest movies or books for us to review, drop us a message at memo.fm/therapyforblackgirls and let us know what’s on your mind. We just might share it on the podcast. Grab your copy of Sisterhood Heals.   Stay Connected​ Is there a topic you'd like covered on the podcast? Submit it at therapyforblackgirls.com/mailbox. If you're looking for a therapist in your area, check out the directory at https://www.therapyforblackgirls.com/directory. Grab your copy of our guided affirmation and other TBG Merch at therapyforblackgirls.com/shop. The hashtag for the podcast is #TBGinSession.   Make sure to follow us on social media: Instagram: @therapyforblackgirls Facebook: @therapyforblackgirls   Our Production Team Executive Producers: Dennison Bradford & Gabrielle Collins Director of Podcast & Digital Content: Ellice Ellis Producers: Tyree Rush & Ndeye Thioubou  Production Assistant: Bria Mosley See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    13 min
  4. Learned The Hard Way: EP 4: Are You Listening… or Just Waiting to Respond?

    Apr 30

    Learned The Hard Way: EP 4: Are You Listening… or Just Waiting to Respond?

    You want to have the answers. You want to be solid. You want to be the one people can rely on. But here’s the question most men don’t ask themselves: What is it costing you to always be right? In this solo episode, Kier unpacks the hidden price of certainty and why the need to always have the answer can quietly damage your relationships, your growth, and your self-awareness. Using a real conversation with his wife about money, he walks through how quickly defensiveness can take over when your identity feels challenged and how that moment right there is where most men lose the opportunity to grow. Kier breaks down why curiosity feels so uncomfortable, especially for Black men who were raised to equate confidence with safety and uncertainty with risk. From being taught to “look strong” as boys to navigating spaces where being wrong can feel dangerous, this episode gets to the root of why so many men struggle to ask questions instead of proving points. Because the truth is when you always need to be right, people stop being real with you. Conversations turn into debates. Intimacy fades. And over time, people don’t get closer… they just get quieter. This episode challenges you to rethink what strength actually looks like. Not as having all the answers but as being willing to sit in discomfort long enough to understand something new. In this episode: Why defensiveness shuts down connection faster than you think How the need to be right can cost you intimacy, trust, and respect The link between masculinity, control, and fear of uncertainty Why criticism often holds the key to your blind spots (Johari Window) How curiosity can shift your relationships, leadership, and self-awareness The difference between proving a point and actually growing Key Quote: “Certainty is armor. Curiosity requires you to take it off.” If you’ve ever felt the urge to defend yourself before you fully understand what’s being said this episode will challenge you to slow down, ask better questions, and choose growth over ego.   The Challenge: The 7-Day Curiosity ShiftPick one area of your life home, work, friendships, or your relationship and for 7 days: Ask more questions than you make statements Wait 60 seconds before responding when you feel triggered Notice what changes in your conversations and connections   Connect With Us🌐 Website: www.learnedthehardwaypod.com🎙️ Leave a Voice Note: Drop Kier a message directly on the site📧 Email: learnedthehardwaypod@gmail.com📱 Follow the Show: @learnedthehardwaypod 👤 Follow Kier: @kiergaines Tap in: Share your thoughts, leave a review, or send this episode to someone who needs it. Produced & Edited by Idea to Launch Productions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    52 min

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. But the truth is, taking care of your mind is a year-round practice. It's found in the quiet moments between meetings, the drive home after a hard day, the walk you take when you need to clear your head. And sometimes, it's found in a voice coming through your earbuds that makes you feel a little less alone. This collection brings together some of the most powerful, honest, and hopeful conversations from across the iHeartPodcasts network. Because mental health isn't one story. It's anxiety and grief and burnout and joy and everything in between. It's therapists breaking down the clinical, and survivors making sense of the personal. It's scientists explaining what's happening in your brain and storytellers reminding you that being human is hard, and that's okay. You don't have to listen to be fixed. You can listen to feel seen. To learn something. To find language for what you've been carrying. To hear someone say the thing you've been thinking but couldn't say out loud. Hit play when you're ready. Or when you're not. Either works.