Black Mental Health Podcast 008: If He Keeps Whooping Your Ass Then Leave

On today’s episode we have activist, poet, mother and businesswoman Evita Colòn @poeticsoulqueen and some of the things we discussed were: - What is speak to my soul - Staying connected with kids in your community even when you don’t relate - The importance of the arts in the black community - Allowing kids to express their emotion for mental health - the mental fatigue of balancing following your dream and keeping a job - The struggle of wanting to help your people but charging for your services - Balancing being a parent and running a business - Staying in a unhealthy relationship because of the image - The mental woes of not getting credit for your ideas - the push back from being Afro-Latina and talking about black struggles - Breaking the stigma of mental health in the black community We like to thank our guest: @poeticsoulqueen Please follow them on social! Thank you for tuning into the Black Mental Health Podcast. We appreciate all the love and support for our weekly mental health discussions within the black community. We will continue to provide conversations spanning from stress, suicide, anxiety, depression and a host of other topics. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute and leave a quick rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts by clicking on the link below. It will help us to keep delivering life-changing information for you every week! Click here to subscribe via Apple Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/black-mental-health-podcast/id1394583671?mt=2 Click here to subscribe via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1RoRdLUiPeh7Yr26MC113g Click here to subscribe via Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=215605 Click here to subscribe via Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/464IOIGOsIUZPDV7ani1VB?si=5x4fYA3IQya5a6nnCpnnTg Click here to subscribe via Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Intpgdsif3iub4vdq7ndjkbecxi?t=Black_Mental_Health_Podcast Follow Reginald A. Howard on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reginaldahoward/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reginaldahoward/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReginaldAHoward LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/reginaldahoward Reginald A. Howard understands people. His life purpose is to help others by using his natural ability to relate with anyone. His platforms are dedicated to the advancement of society by problem solving through communication. He plans to be the bridge that brings the world closer together because most problems in the world stem from lack of communication. He doesn't care who you are and what you look like he's here to help.