Dr. P is looking ahead to all of God's blessings in 2023 while she muses on World AIDS Day 2022 and gives thanks for a successful Healthy Churches 2030 Conference.

The 9th Annual Healthy Churches 2030 Conference is about to happen and Dr. P and Tanya Reid are giving you real-talk on why the conference is so life-changing for so many!

Tanya Reid is a mental health advocate who founded the SoundsMinds Mental Health Awareness & Solutions Conference—an initiative focused on educating and empowering people to be mental health advocates in their homes, neighborhoods, communities, and for themselves. She is also a certified nonprofit consultant and a nationally certified mental health first aider. 

With an explanation mark of prophetic joy and power, Jackie Hendricks brings to the podcast a motivational moment of restoration and birthday wishes to Dr. P! 

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Dr. P and Quannecia, a “Community Queen” in Houston, TX discusses her life with Sickle Cell and her passion for educating her community and raising her two sons, both with the sickle cell trait. 

September is Prostate Awareness Month. Dr. P chats with Dr. Moore, who provides essential, life-saving information for Black men and women about prostate cancer. Be prepared to take notes. You don’t want to miss anything!

On this week's episode of Dr. P on the Pod, Dr. P is joined by Dr. Hansie Mathelier, a cardiologist at Penn Medicine specializing in amyloidosis, cardiomyopathy, and congestive heart failure along with Randy, a person living with hereditary transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (or ATTR-CM).

This podcast episode is sponsored by Pfizer Inc.

Self-care is essential to a person's overall well-being and influences how people go through life. Dr. P and Rev. Aquarius Gilmer explore powerful reflections and key tips during difficult times on this week's Dr. P on the Pod. 

Although life can seem to be a never-ending journey of hardships, Dr. P. and Rev. Aquarius Gilmer emphasize the necessity of reconnecting with something larger than oneself when practicing self-care. This helps you clarify what it means to you and inspires you to reconsider how you use it in your own life.

To conclude, Dr. P. and Rev. Aquarius Gilmer discuss male self-care and the necessity of men being able to voice their needs. Self-care is frequently an outlet for reflection and assessment. Through this segment they stress the importance of males understanding their specific requirements and recognizing what techniques of self-care have a beneficial effect on their well-being.

On this week's episode of Dr. P on the Pod, Dr. P discusses severe mental illness and how greatly it challenges diverse communities. As mental health awareness continues to grow in the United States as a whole, African American communities continue to have trouble getting the right care and resources.

Dr. P is joined by Pastor Shirley Wilkins McFarlin and Cassaundra “Cassie” Hayes , who give their heartfelt testimony relating to their personal and professional experiences with mental health. 

Lastly, they will talk about how important it is to get more churches in African American neighborhoods to support mental health education.
This podcast episode is sponsored by Janssen Neuroscience as part of "The Community Health Equity Alliance." 

Bio 
Pastor Shirley Wilkins McFarlin is the co-founder Ray of Hope Christian Center in Whitakers, North Carolina, with her husband, Pastor McFarlin. Shirley knows she can do all things through Christ, who strengthens her, as a breast cancer survivor and person who has battled with mental illness.

Cassaundra "Cassie" Hayes: After trauma, drug abuse, drug use, depression, and a planned suicide attempt, Cassaundra Hayes was born again on September 29, 1990. Evangelist Hayes is an ordained minister who serves at Genesis Victory Outreach Center, Inc. by ministering the Word of God, teaching Sunday School, and leading Bible study.

What does joy mean to you? This morning Dr. P woke up with joy on her mind! Being that Joy is the word of the year, Dr. P couldn’t think of anyone better to invite on the podcast, other than her sister-friend Yolanda Reid.

During this episode, the discussion will be based around the power of positive thinking and the importance of remaining rooted in joy, despite what the outer world may reflect.

In addition, Dr. P and Yolanda Reid will share the importance of claiming your morning. Though weeping may endure at night, always consciously keeping in mind that joy is to come in the morning. To close, Dr. P and Yolanda Reid will capture the essence of how increased mindfulness can be a vehicle that can determine the amount of distance between you and your joy.

"I am the thinker, that thinks the thought, that makes the thing.”
- Reverend Dr. Johnny Coleman

About our Guest: Yolanda Reid, President/CEO, Credential America Inc. Richmond, VA