7 Wellness and Black Mental Health Podcasts to Watch in 2022 1- Live Hangouts Tahyira Keeps It Too Reel with Tahyira Savanna
Tahyira was prematurely diagnosed with bipolar disorder after being placed on a 5150 hold in Los Angeles, California back in 2017. She had only been living there for six months and had never experienced a psychotic break from reality. It was scary. This podcast is Tahyira’s second run at podcasting. She launched another version of the pod in 2019 when she was in group therapy in New York City. Realizing she was too fragile of a patient to share anything, she scrapped the podcast in place of continuing her live Instagram-hosted show Live Hangouts with @iletthegoodtimesroll. Then in 2020, the pandemic hit the world and mental health seemed like the only thing to talk about. Especially, after the very public death of George Floyd. She put out the first episode, Anger vs Woke, as a way to be there with her fellow Black Americans. Where is there space to be loud about our mental health and how we feel about being Black in America? She produces the show independently, and it is now in its second season. Her goal for the podcast listeners is to seek solutions, find advocacy, and build community. Black Americans are suffering silently and Tahyira is too loud to be quiet about it. You can find the podcast here (insert link) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/livehangouts-tahyira-keeps-it-too-reel/id1517815801
community and used her platform for good. Lawson has worked with Fortune 500 brands such P&G, BET, and DELL under her own marketing company, Joy Collective. If you’re looking for a safe space, this is one. You can find the podcast here https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/ a37708847/sonrise-project-podcast-kellirichardson-lawson-interview/
3- Mind Body Wealth with Lauren Simmons
2- The SonRise Project with Kelli Richardson Lawson Sponsored and distributed by Oprah’s OWN network, Kelli Richardson Lawson launched a companion podcast under the same name as her nonprofit organization, The SonRise Project. The organization intends to empower Black families in the areas of mental illness through transparent story sharing. Lawson’s son was diagnosed to her and her husband’s surprise in 2018. She claims that her life on the outside looking in seemed, picture-perfect, but behind the scenes she was a mother feeling scared, lost, and helpless.She found SwagHer Magazine
Lauren Simmons made big financial headlines back in 2017 becoming the youngest stock trader at the New York Stock Exchange at the age of 23. Her podcast, as she says in her own words, is not about what stocks to invest in or how to Page 66
