Life by Amarachi Podcast

Mother's Day just passed, and fathers day is on its way, so I thought I'd have an episode to continue the conversation on childhood trauma as well as to highlight how celebrating these holidays affect some of us who don't have parents living or have complicated and unhealthy relationships with our parents. I am joined in conversation with an amazing friend of mine, she's a Doula Extraordinaire and my fellow Artist sister, Aisha Awadallah. She and I dig deep in this episodes, y'all! We focus in on our nonexistent, complicated, and unhealthy relationships with both our mothers in this episode as both our fathers have passed away. Listen in on an how the unhealthy and troubled relationship with our mothers affected us and our mental health in our growth journeys.

Connect with Aisha Awadallah here: https://www.instagram.com/aishaawadallah/

Mother's Day just passed, and fathers day is on its way, so I thought I'd have an episode to continue the conversation on childhood trauma as well as to highlight how celebrating these holidays affect some of us who don't have parents living or have complicated and unhealthy relationships with our parents. I am joined in conversation with an amazing friend of mine, she's a Doula Extraordinaire and my fellow Artist sister, Aisha Awadallah. She and I dig deep in this episodes, y'all! We speak in detail about the nonexistent, complicated, and unhealthy relationships with both our fathers and mothers and how it has affected us and our mental health in our growth journeys.

I had a Live Instagram conversation with Soultry Sisters to start off May Mental Health Awareness Month where they asked me a few questions to bring more awareness to why our mental health is important and how creative expression can also be a tool for mental health. 

Connect with Soultry Sisters: https://linktr.ee/soultrysisters | Soultry Sisters Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soultrysisters

In this episode I am in conversation with my dear friend Karen Pancho about our experiences as Conscious Creatives in this not so Conscious world. We share our fear, frustrations, and all around experiences in navigation our careers as Conscious human beings.

Connect with Karen Pancho at: https://www.karenpancho.com or Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/pancho.vision/

Therapy Is Important For Children.

“When we talk about children’s mental health and learning to help them cope with trauma or mental illness, we become a bit misguided. Naturally, we need to address issues like stigma, lack of resources, and the challenges of working with a child’s brain to repair any damage before it becomes a long-term problem.

But we also need to see mental health work as an opportunity. Therapy should not only be about reacting to a breakdown and restoring someone to normal. Rather, we should aim to transform the people around us and empower them to grow beyond who they were when they started to have the issues. It’s even easier to accomplish this when we take the time to talk about children’s mental health.” - Michael Noker

Understanding PMDD, Sadness, and Depression

In this episode I'm going to dig into trauma responses and the influence trauma has on how we respond to triggers from people, things, and situations around us. We hear the word Trigger and Trauma thrown around a lot these days but some may not know that they are also dealing with trauma by ow tey response to certain tin tat trier tem. Some may not even know when they are triggered and how to work on those triggers because they are so used to responding in the ways they do.  This episodes touches on triers, trauma responses, and what to when you find yourself in these moments.

Happy New Year! In this episode I welcome the year with some news and change of agenda. It's a different year and some new developments are happening in my own personal life that will create shifts that are necessary to flow into!

In this episode, the last episode of the year, I sit in conversation with Alyssa and Toni Junious founders and creators of Soultry Sisters, a community-based organization that empowers diverse and multigenerational women to live creative and healthy lives. I speak to them about their journeys into the wellness community, how they found Soultry Sisters, what Radical Soulcare means, and how we can incorporate Radical Soulcare into our individual lives and community as a whole.

Connect with Soultry Sisters here : https://www.soultrysisters.com/

In this episode, I discuss reasons why people avoid therapy even for those on the path towards healing. I combat some excuses, and share my own therapy experience. Take a listen, and I hope you leave feeling enlightened, and aware.

Check out 5 Common Fears: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-13317/5-common-fears-that-keep-people-out-of-therapy.html

Check out List of Excuses: https://theeverygirl.com/excuses-not-to-go-to-therapy/

Therapy Resources: https://linktr.ee/TherapyResources