Living Within Stigma

Welcome to Living Within Stigma!

Our mission is to cultivate a vulnerable conversation surrounding mental health for people of color. We vow to you and ourselves to be present and authentic. Together we will create a space of hope.

This Week's Episode

Forgiving yourself is about more than just putting the past behind you and moving on. It is about accepting what has happened and showing compassion to yourself. In this episode we explore how to go about forgiving yourself. We even share real moments where we had to forgive ourselves to move forward.

Stay Connected with Us

Follow @livingwithinstigma on Instagram

Sierra’s Socials: @sierratamirin & @sacredodybeads

Sydnie’s Socials: @uselessimagination_

Our Lifelines

Sydnie’s Recommended Resources: Headspace App: Guided meditations

We’re Not Really Strangers: Self Reflection Questions

Sierra’s Recommended Resources: Willow Weep for Me by Meri NaNa-Ama Danquah,

Therapy For Black Girls: https://providers.therapyforblackgirls.com ,

Until Next Time

We hope you stick along for much more to come. Together, we will create a space of hope.

Love,

Sierra and Sydnie

Feel free to email us at [email protected] with any questions + concerns + suggestions + collabs

The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Welcome back to The Living Within Stigma Podcast! Today we end the season talking about the different ways we both self reflect, how it has changed our lives, and how self-reflection can go wrong. Self- Reflection is a great way to begin healing from trauma, it's not always easy, but something that is 100% worth it. As we encourage you, we also are encouraging ourselves, as we are all in this together. 

We hope you stick along for much more to come. Together, we will create a space of hope.

Resources:

Willow Weep for Me by Meri NaNa-Ama Danquah

Therapy For Black Girls: https://providers.therapyforblackgirls.com

I Am App: Daily affirmations

Headspace App: Guided meditations

We're not really strangers for Self Reflection: https://www.instagram.com/werenotreallystrangers/

Our mission is to cultivate a vulnerable conversation surrounding mental health for people of color. We vow to you and ourselves to be present and authentic. Together we will create a space of hope.

Love,

Sierra and Sydnie

The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Welcome back to The Living Within Stigma Podcast! Today we chatted with a very special guest (Diamond) about all things art, ATL, passion, creating safe spaces, and resiliency. This season we are highlighting amazing young & black movers and shakers in our community. Mental health and blackness is a common denominator for so many of us, it's only right to share and cultivate more conversations about our experiences.

We hope you stick along for much more to come. Together, we will create a space of hope.

Where you can find Diamond:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/d.muse_

The Primary IG : https://www.instagram.com/theprimarymovement

Resources:

Willow Weep for Me by Meri NaNa-Ama Danquah

Therapy For Black Girls : https://providers.therapyforblackgirls.com

I Am App: Daily affirmations

Our mission is to cultivate a vulnerable conversation surrounding mental health for people of color. We vow to you and ourselves to be present and authentic. Together we will create a space of hope.

Love,

Sierra and Sydnie

The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Welcome back to The Living Within Stigma Podcast! Today we chatted with a very special guest (Didi) about all things travel, nursing, micro-aggressions, residency, spirituality, and more! This season we are highlighting amazing young & black movers and shakers in our community. Mental health and blackness is a common denominator for so many of us, it's only right to share and cultivate more conversations about our experiences. 

We hope you stick along for much more to come. Together, we will create a space of hope.

Where you can find Didi:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq-1TdsP2cKUmDrPIfkqDrw

IG : https://www.instagram.com/whatdidisaid_/

Resources:

Willow Weep for Me by Meri NaNa-Ama Danquah

Therapy For Black Girls : https://providers.therapyforblackgirls.com

I Am App: Daily affirmations

Our mission is to cultivate a vulnerable conversation surrounding mental health for people of color. We vow to you and ourselves to be present and  authentic. Together we will create a space of hope.

Love,

Sierra and Sydnie

The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Welcome back to The Living Within Stigma Podcast! This episode features two special guests!! (Eden + Miata) We talk about our experiences at our respective universities; the trials, traumas, tribulations and what resilience looks like in an educational setting. 

We hope you stick along for much more to come. Together, we will create a space of hope.

Resources:

Willow Weep for Me by Meri NaNa-Ama Danquah

Therapy For Black Girls : https://providers.therapyforblackgirls.com

I Am App: Daily affirmations

Headspace App: Guided meditations

Our mission is to cultivate a vulnerable conversation surrounding mental health for people of color. We vow to you and ourselves to be present and authentic. Together we will create a space of hope.

Love,

Sierra and Sydnie

The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Welcome to Season 2 and Happy Black History Month!

Welcome back to The Living Within Stigma Podcast! Today we chatted about all things generational trauma, micro-aggressions, resiliency, family and more. Mental health and blackness is a common denominator for so many of us, it's only right to share and cultivate more conversations about our experiences.

We hope you stick along for much more to come. Together, we will create a space of hope.

Where you can connect with us:

Email: [email protected]

 IG: @livingwithinstigma

Resources:

Willow Weep for Me by Meri NaNa-Ama Danquah

Therapy For Black Girls : https://providers.therapyforblackgirls.com

I Am App: Daily affirmations

Our mission is to cultivate a vulnerable conversation surrounding mental health for people of color. We vow to you and ourselves to be present and  authentic. Together we will create a space of hope.

Love,

Sierra and Sydnie

The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Welcome to our very last episode of Season 1.  It has been quite the journey and we have grown in ways we couldn't imagine.. thank you for being here and growing with us. In our finale episode we relax and recite affirmations that help with anxiety. Reciting affirmations is a wonderful coping strategy. We hope you all can sit back, reflect, meditate, and breathe through this quick bonus episode. We hope you stick along for much more to come in Season 2. Together, we will create a space of hope.

“Affirmations are our mental vitamins, providing the supplementary positive thoughts we need to balance the barrage of negative events and thoughts we experience daily.”

Resources:

Willow Weep for Me by Meri NaNa-Ama Danquah

Therapy For Black Girls : https://providers.therapyforblackgirls.com

I Am App: Daily affirmations

Our mission is to cultivate a vulnerable conversation surrounding mental health for people of color. We vow to you and ourselves to be present and  authentic. Together we will create a space of hope.

Love,

Sierra and Sydnie

Welcome to episode four where we discuss how to navigate different kinds of relationships while dealing with anxiety.  We speak from our research and personal experiences to hopefully give a new insight or outlook on the matter. We kept it all the way real and we hope you stick along for much more to come. Together, we will create a space of hope.

“You cannot always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside.”

Resources:

Willow Weep for Me by Meri NaNa-Ama Danquah

Therapy For Black Girls : https://providers.therapyforblackgirls.com

I Am App: Daily affirmations

Our mission is to cultivate a vulnerable conversation surrounding mental health for people of color. We vow to you and ourselves to be present and  authentic. Together we will create a space of hope.

Love,

Sierra and Sydnie

Welcome to our third episode where we discuss the six types of anxiety with our special guest Jada Hammond. 

We hope you stick along for much more to come. Together, we will create a space of hope.

6 Major Types of Anxiety Disorders

Resources:

Willow Weep for Me by Meri NaNa-Ama Danquah

Therapy For Black Girls : https://providers.therapyforblackgirls.com

I Am App: Daily affirmations

Our mission is to cultivate a vulnerable conversation surrounding mental health for people of color. We vow to you and ourselves to be present and  authentic. Together we will create a space of hope.

Love,

Sierra and Sydnie

Welcome to our second episode where we discuss our experiences with anxiety. From the day we first realized we had anxiety to present day. We both open up about our symptoms. We talk about how we can cope and help ourselves. As always, we are not mental health professionals and we encourage you to get help from a licensed mental health professional.

 We hope you stick along for much more to come. Together, we will create a space of hope.

“Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it— just as we have learned to live with storms.”

Resources:

Willow Weep for Me by Meri NaNa-Ama Danquah

Therapy For Black Girls : https://providers.therapyforblackgirls.com

I Am App: Daily affirmations 

Our mission is to cultivate a vulnerable conversation surrounding mental health for people of color. We vow to you and ourselves to be present and  authentic. Together we will create a space of hope.

Love,

Sierra and Sydnie