Black Girls Have Anxiety Too – Details, episodes & analysis

LaToya De'Shaun joins host, Ashley Noz to talk about how living with chronic pain and fibroids has affected her life. From developing social anxiety, people pleasing and trying to create healthy family boundaries, LaToya shares the ups and downs of her journey. We also discuss how traveling was a part of her healing and how she found community all the way across the world in Botswana.

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Podcast Guest: Latoya De'Shaun, Life Coach, Founder + Chief Personal Development Strategist
Email: me@latoyadeshaun.com
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Mind Game Segment Answer

https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/fearful-avoidant-attachment

https://www.aacap.org/aacap/families_and_youth/facts_for_families/fff-guide/Attachment-Disorders-085.aspx

Host, Ashley Noz, kicks off the first episode of the Black Beauty Series with an insightful conversation with Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka, Founder of PsychoHairapy.

She dives into the connection between mental health and hair in the Black community. Dr. Afiya shares how the origin of "PyschoHairapy" and emphasizes the importance of community in hair and beauty spaces and the unique opportunity of hair professionals to support mental health.

--Podcast Guest: Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka, Clinical Psychologist + Hairstylist, Founder of Psychohairapy
Email: afiya@psychohairapy.org
Instagram: @psychohairapy
Website: http://www.PsychoHairapy.org

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Black Beauty Plug

Behind The Silk Podcast hosted by Ericka Nicole

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Today, host, Ashley, chats with Dr. Tiffany Smith about what it means to be a Functional Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and the unique holistic ways that she approaches mental health with her patients.

--Podcast Guest: Dr. Tiffany Smith, Functional Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.tiffanymsmith
Website: https://www.afnpsych.com/PPD

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*Trigger Warning: discussions of child abuse and childhood trauma

Today, we sit down with Author, Dr. Marie Brown Mercadel, to discuss her journey through self-healing after a tumultuous and traumatic childhood. Dr. Marie shares the power of forgiveness, overcoming shame and how to move from being a victim to becoming a survivor. We learn about the community work that Dr. Marie is doing and how she chose to share her story in her memoir, “Getting To My Enough.”
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Podcast Guest: Dr. Marie Brown Mercadel, Author, Facilitator & Keynote Speaker
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Website: https://mercadelconsultingsolutions.net/

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*Trigger Warning* Discussions about war, violence, death and apartheid. Please listen with care.

Host, Ashley Noz sits down with author, Suzanne Yatim Aslam, who shares her personal experience as a Palestinian-American and her thoughts on the ongoing conflict between Palestine & Israel as well as the recent events in Gaza.

I pray for peace in the region and send healing and light to those who have been and continue to be affected by these tragedies.

*Suzanne will be returning to the pod soon to speak about Post-Partum Depression and her book, “Post Pardon Me.”

--Podcast Guest: Suzanne Yatim Aslam, Author of “Post Pardon Me”
If you'd like to reach out to our guest, you can contact them using the information below.
Instagram: @‌SuzYatimAslam
Website: https://www.suzanneyatimaslam.com/

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Today, we’re exploring talking about our relationships with our bodies and the intersection of science and spirituality when it comes to holistic wellness. Rebecca Nunez, Founder of Trust Your Body, and host Ashley Noz get deep about the things we say to our bodies and discuss the role of energy in healing.

--------Podcast Guest: Rebecca Nunez, Owner of Trust Your Body
If you'd like to reach out to our guest, you can contact them using the information below.
Email: fasciadancer@gmail.com
Instagram: @‌bendwithrebecca
Website: http://trustyourbody.com

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Mind Game Segment Answer

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/somatic-symptom-disorder/what-is-somatic-symptom-disorder

This episode, we sit down with Dating Coach, Beaonca Ward, to talk about the various levels of self-differentiation and how it can play a part in how we connect with others platonically and romantically. We also discuss how she applies the philosophies that she is learning in her Marriage & Family Therapy Graduate Program in her coaching sessions.
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Podcast Guest: Beaonca Ward, Dating Coach & MFT Graduate Student
Email: beaoncaward@gmail.com
Instagram: @‌therealbeaonca
Website: http://www.beaoncaward.com

Schedule your free 30-minute consultation today!

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Mind Game Segment Answer

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/beverly-daniel-tatum-41

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/09/beverly-daniel-tatum-classroom-conversations-race/538758/

https://www.thebowencenter.org/differentiation-of-self

Host, Ashley sits down with Alisha Chelsea Jones as she shares her journey growing up in the church and the way that it impacted her view on religion, acceptance, and spirituality. We get into different paths to healing from therapy and medication to tarot, psychedelics and Ayahuasca.

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Podcast Guest: Alisha Chelsea Jones aka “Tricky Vibes”, Published Author, Independent Musician, and Spiritual Advisor

If you'd like to reach out to our guest, you can contact them using the information below.
Email: alishajcotton@trickyvibes.com
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Website: https://www.trickyvibes.com/

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Mind Games:

https://drugfree.org/article/lsd-as-a-treatment/ 

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*Trigger Warning*- Eating Disorders

Host, Ashley sits down with Registered Dietitian and Nurse, Whitney Trotter to have a candid conversation about eating disorders and the misconceptions within the Black community. Ashley shares about her struggles with an eating disorder and how it shaped the way she viewed her relationship with her body and with food.

-------Podcast Guest: Whitney Trotter, Registered Dietitian, Nurse, and Yoga Instructor
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Website: http://www.whitneytrotter.com

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Mind Game Segment Answer

https://centerfordiscovery.com/blog/african-american-eating-disorder-statistics/#:~:text=The%20National%20Survey%20of%20American%20Life%20(NSAL)%20also%20found%20that,met%20criteria%20for%20a%20disorder https://centerfordiscovery.com/blog/overcoming-an-eating-disorder-minorities/

https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/statistics-research-eating-disorders

https://www.koruspring.com/

https://www.alsana.com/livechat/?campaignid=6481764644&adgroupid=137759386953&creative=598009753914&matchtype=b&network=g&device=c&keyword=bulimia%20support&utm_source=adwords&utm_campaign=DOM+-+Bulimia+(September+2019)&utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=bulimia%20support&hsa_kw=bulimia%20support&hsa_mt=b&hsa_tgt=kwd-93037841&hsa_src=g&hsa_ad=598009753914&hsa_ver=3&hsa_cam=6481764644&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_acc=9884161513&hsa_grp=137759386953&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuZGnBhD1ARIsACxbAVhiorpYXYYWlwGqrnKHetbetcTAlgDC3isu5a6KFpwNp9bwilaB0sMaAs24EALw_wcB

https://anad.org/

https://www.alsana.com/livechat/?campaignid=6481764644&adgroupid=137759386953&creative=598009753914&matchtype=b&network=g&device=c&keyword=bulimia%20support&utm_source=adwords&utm_campaign=DOM+-+Bulimia+(September+2019)&utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=bulimia%20support&hsa_kw=bulimia%20support&hsa_mt=b&hsa_tgt=kwd-93037841&hsa_src=g&hsa_ad=598009753914&hsa_ver=3&hsa_cam=6481764644&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_acc=9884161513&hsa_grp=137759386953&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuZGnBhD1ARIsACxbAVhiorpYXYYWlwGqrnKHetbetcTAlgDC3isu5a6KFpwNp9bwilaB0sMaAs24EALw_wcB

https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-information-and-support/support-someone-else/tips-for-supporting-somebody-with-an-eating-disorder/

https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/

Host, Ashley catches up with Dr. Chandra Smallwood to talk about how she's managing this unexpected new chapter of motherhood. Dr. Chandra also shares how she is dealing with her own relationship anxiety while co-parenting and looking after her own mental health.

---------Dr. Chandra Smallwood, Pharmacist & Anxiety Coach
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Email: Chandralsmallwood@gmail.com
Instagram: @Iamchandralynne
Tiktok: @Chandrasmallwood2

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