Who Wants to Talk ABout That? | Episode 5

07/16/20 • 74 min

In this podcast we will be focusing on mental health characteristics and the process of identifying them through counseling.

We also highlight how some of these mental health conditions are hereditary and can be unconsciously conveyed through generations of shared stories. Through these discussions we see how generational trauma creates patterns of learned behaviors and language that develops internal biases in ongoing family lineage.

In conclusion, We believe what “Big Momma” told us!

In this podcast we will be focusing on mental health characteristics and the process of identifying them through counseling.

In conclusion, We believe what “Big Momma” told us!

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Take it Back | Episode 4

A mother hears another black man was shot at the same time and in the same vicinity of the establishment in Hamden, CT where her son was murdered - by mistaken identity. She decides to no longer remain numb to the repeated gun violence and criminal activities surrounding that restaurant. This news triggered a different response and springs her into action.

She reaches out to CONECT Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut (a broad based organization of which she is a member), Hamden Police and the Mayor’s Office to assist CONECT in finding a way to stop the violence and prevent another mother from waking up to a 1:30am phone call which began unfolding the layers of trauma that socially and emotionally cripple a family and their friends.

With the additional support of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. New Haven Alumnae Chapter, local Black Churches, Southern Connecticut State University and the Hamden residents, the call to action began. Hear the process of how the lawyer, also a member of CONECT, volunteered his time and the detective assigned to her son’s case, aided this community to submit a petition to the Liquor Control Division in efforts to cancel their liquor license which led to their closure.

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How Did I Get Here Part II | Episode 6

We witnessed the unfolding of the layers of trauma that socially and emotionally crippled this family and their friends; the domino-effect of consequences that unfolded in the wake of that fateful night her son was murdered.

As an ordained minister, the mother felt an emotional conflict between her family's inherited traditions of their faith practices and Christian language that did not help to lessen her anger and hostility. As a servant of the Gospel, the mother took God’s lack of intervention personally. ONLY to discover, four years later that God was always present, always intervening and had a plan for this servant's life. The mother has learned to reinvent herself and has emerged as a playwright, author and continues to be an advocate not only in her community but to a global audience.

In today's podcast we asks again, "How did I get here?", and the response is, only through the Grace of God. We meet another servant of God that played a special role in the mother's healing and reconciling with God.