In part one of this series, Chris opens up about his diagnosis with borderline personality disorder and substance use disorder. He shares his journey to receiving the diagnosis and the challenges he faced in coming to terms with it

In this final part of this series, Theresa discussed her recovery journey and offered tips on building a support network to aid in her recovery. She shared, despite her challenges, she continues to thrive.

In this second part of this series, Theresa opened up about her struggle with low self-esteem and how she used humor as a coping mechanism for daily suicidal thoughts. She also discussed her experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder and shared her story of leaving home

In this first part of this series, Theresa shares her experience of childhood sexual assault and its impact on her mental well-being. She describes the painful experience of not being believed by her parents and the lack of action taken to protect her from her brother.

Trigger Warning: We do talk about suicide in this episode, which I know can be distressing. If you want to avoid this content, skip the first half of the episode.

In this episode, we talked about depression in men and how stigma can be a roadblock to seeking help specifically African men. Mr. Victor shared his personal experience and some tools for managing depression.

We continue our conversation on parenting in this generation and how we can balance religion and culture this time. There is a need to balance the 3, especially the first two because many have used them inappropriately. This has created a dislike of religion, in particular, which can be sweet and helpful. Also, we talked about balancing being your children's friends while maintaining your parental authority. It's possible.

Please be advised that this episode contains explicit language.

Here, we talked generally about being aware of how we parent. We need to keep in mind that we are not our parents and the time we were raised in is different from this generation. So, there is a need to be aware and find ways to build an appropriate parenting style that balances cultural sensitivity and time or generation.

In this episode, we talked about depression from a cultural lens and the belief of traditional African immigrants that the causative factors of depression are supernatural. We discussed how this long-held belief is problematic and how myths about depression can act as roadblocks to seeking professional help when needed. Furthermore, we talked about what depression might look like in African American/immigrants patient.