Check out this blast from the past! In honor of Throwback Thursday @ImJustJoslyn finally decided to come on back to the podcast streets, and this time she’s talking about grief! Don’t worry everyone it’s definitely her shortest episode to date, so you won’t be in your feels for too long. This is a special episode with only her talking around grief that she’s experienced personally, as well as breaking down the different stages of grief and loss. So sit back, relax, light some candles and even some sage or palo santo, grab a sip, whatever you need to do in order to tap in to your feelings for a bit! It will be quick don’t worry!

Call to Action

1. For this week just have grace with yourselves! I challenge all of you to say 5-7 amazing things about yourself and the grief you have experienced for the next week Monday-Sunday. Even if you’re repeating those 5-7 positives each day that’s okay. Find the good in your grief.

2. Some book recommendations for this episode are:

◦ Grieving While Black: An Antiracist Take On Oppression And Sorrow by Breeshia Wade

◦ Notes on Grief by Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie

◦ The Pain We Carry by Natalie Y Gutierrez

3. Podcast recommendations:

◦ Small Doses “Side Effects of Healing After Loss” (with Maya Jaye) and host Amanda Seales

◦ The Friend Zone ep 375 “The Fifth Member” with hosts HeyFranHey, HeyAssante and Dustin Ross

◦ Can’t Afford Therapy Podcast with hosts Antoinette, Josh, and Savon

Music
1. Know That You Are Loved by Cleo Sol
2. Don’t Hurt Yourself by Beyonce
3. If You Let Me by Sinead Harnett
4. One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
5. W.A.Y.S. by Jhene Aiko

Research article credit:

The Stages of Grief: How to Understand Your Feelings (healthline.com)

@ImJustJoslyn is back again with another episode, and this time, she sat down with a fan favorite special guest! It’s her wonderful and magnificent MOTHA!!! Rose aka @RosaHiggins4 on IG got real candid about her views on therapy, and how they have evolved overtime. She gives her personal definition of what therapy means to her, talks about the terrorism on the twin towers, and bridges. She even went back down memory lane and recalled that time when a certain professor named Mr. Guns, put her on to a song that goes down in history as one of the most powerful and relevant protest songs of all time! Y’all don’t want to miss this one!!!
Call to action:
1. Talk to your parents, guardians, or even elders around their views on therapy. Open up the conversation. See what their thoughts are about it and why. This could open their minds to the possibility of considering getting out there and going to therapy! They could even take sessions straight from home. It is merely practicing good mental wellness.
2. Podcast recommendation for this week is called “Can’t Afford Therapy” with hosts Antoinette from the podcast Around the way curls, Josh aka “Fazefunk”, and SaVon from the “Need to know Podcast”.
3. Book recommendation for this week is called “The Book You wish your parents had read (and your children will be glad that you did) by Philippa Perry.
Music:
1. “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye
2. “Love Train” by The O’Jays
3. “Grounded” by Ari Lennox

On this episode not only is it @ImJustJoslyn’s birthday, but she is joined for the first time ever by the lambent, lovable, licensed clinical Psychologist Lee Thompson! They talk about what drove her into Psychology as a profession, she explains the difference between a psychiatrist, psychologist, and therapist, and gives her perspective on whether or not racism is a mental illness! Given its mental health awareness month Lee drops gems on how to search for a mental health professional, the different resources you can use to afford it, and how to practice good mental health hygiene. You don’t want to miss this one! 

Call to Action

1. Don’t be afraid to take that first step if you haven’t already and get a checkup on your mental. Talk to yourself and loved ones about self-care and best practices in centering yourself and clearing your mind. Check out psychologytoday.com to find your next mental healthcare professional. However you will be able to find the incomparable Clinical Psychologist Lelieth (Lee) Thompson’s decorated profile on the website. I also have a link her profile as followed: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/lelieth-thompson-colorado-springs-co/465415 

2. Book recommendations for this episode: 

• The Color of Hope: People of Color Mental Health Narratives by Iresha Picot M Ed, and Vanessa Hazzard 

• Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education by Mychal Denzel Smith 

• The Fear Fighter Manual: Lessons of a Professional Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones 

3. Podcast recommendations:

• NPR Code Switch hosted by journalists of color
• Therapy for Black Girls hosted by Dr. Joy Harden Bradford a licensed psychologist 

• The Read hosted by Crissle West and Kid Fury 

• In Real Life (IRL) hosted by Angie Martinez  the Janelle Monáe interview 

Music 

• Missin You by Tori Kelly 
• Hey Mickey by Baby Tate 
• Give it to Me by Miguel 
• I Like That by Janelle Monáe