The Beneficial Black Man: Faith, Personal Development, Creativity, and Mental & Emotional Health

Sometimes we can feel like our thoughts, feelings, and stories don't matter. Especially, if we're not famous...or feel like we haven't done anything of importance. Well...that's not true. Your story, your words, your feelings, and your thoughts matter. So...share it. Or, at least express it creatively. 

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You ever feel stuck, drained, frustrated, or overwhelmed? 

Struggling to find a healthy way to deal with the stress of life?

You might need to use that energy to create something.

Welcome to the "Dude, Make Something Podcast: Stop Living Mediocre and Become Excellent" where every week I'll encourage you to create something to help your mental health. Each episode I'm sharing advice on how to keep creativity alive in your life, why it's important to do so, and how it can help you to live better. 

The goal is to help black men to protect and cultivate their creativity so they can be healthier for themselves, their relationships, families, and community.

Having a creative outlet is definitely a great thing to have, but so is counseling and therapy. I'd recommend Betterhelp.com and Whole Brother Mission for affordable counseling solutions. There's no shame in getting help. Remember you gotta be good for you so you can be of some good to those you care about.

https://www.betterhelp.com/

https://wholebrothermission.com/join-the-mission/

Some times creating just doesn't cut it. You're stressed, you're depressed, you're feeling anxious, adulting is just winning the day...but making something isn't helping you win the fight. 

What do you do?!?!?!?!?!?

In this episode I share some 3 things that I've found to help me when creating just isn't working as an emotional release. I hope you find this stuff helpful!

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You ever feel stuck, drained, frustrated, or overwhelmed?

Struggling to find a healthy way to deal with the stress of life?

You might need to use that energy to create something.

Welcome to the "Dude, Make Something Podcast: Stop Living Mediocre and Become Excellent" where every week I'll encourage you to create something to help your mental health. Each episode I'm sharing advice on how to keep creativity alive in your life, why it's important to do so, and how it can help you to live better.

The goal is to help black men to protect and cultivate their creativity so they can be healthier for themselves, their relationships, families, and community.

Having a creative outlet is definitely a great thing to have, but so is counseling and therapy. I'd recommend Betterhelp.com and Whole Brother Mission for affordable counseling solutions. There's no shame in getting help. Remember you gotta be good for you so you can be of some good to those you care about.

https://www.betterhelp.com/

https://wholebrothermission.com/join-the-mission/

Time is fleeting, especially when you're trying to be a responsible adult human being. But, we make time for the things that are important to us, so why not include our creativity in that important list. We understand that creativity is a helpful tool in managing our mental health. It's important that we find a little bit of time in the day, in the week, to make sure we're good, so that we can be good for others. Even if it's just 15 minutes.

In this episode I share some tips on how to find some time in our busy lives and schedules to create something. I hope you find this stuff helpful!

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You ever feel stuck, drained, frustrated, or overwhelmed? 

Struggling to find a healthy way to deal with the stress of life?

You might need to use that energy to create something.

Welcome to the "Dude, Make Something Podcast: Stop Living Mediocre and Become Excellent" where every week I'll encourage you to create something to help your mental health. Each episode I'm sharing advice on how to keep creativity alive in your life, why it's important to do so, and how it can help you to live better. 

The goal is to help black men to protect and cultivate their creativity so they can be healthier for themselves, their relationships, families, and community.

Having a creative outlet is definitely a great thing to have, but so is counseling and therapy. I'd recommend Betterhelp.com and Whole Brother Mission for affordable counseling solutions. There's no shame in getting help. Remember you gotta be good for you so you can be of some good to those you care about.

https://www.betterhelp.com/

https://wholebrothermission.com/join-the-mission/

Often times we may turn to entertainment to help deal with our stress and internal problems. I don't think it's as helpful as we may think...

In this episode I discuss how entertainment doesn't give you the same results as actually creating or making something.

Thanks for tuning into another episode of the "Dude, Make Something" Podcast

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You ever feel stuck, drained, frustrated, or overwhelmed? 

Struggling to find a healthy way to deal with the stress of life?

You might need to use that energy to create something.

Welcome to the "Dude, Make Something Podcast: Stop adulting from killing your creativity" where every week I'll encourage you to create something to help your mental health. Each episode I'm sharing advice on how to keep creativity alive in your life, why it's important to do so, and how it can help you to live better. 

The goal is to help black men to protect and cultivate their creativity so they can be healthier for themselves, their relationships, families, and community.

Having a creative outlet is definitely a great thing to have, but so is counseling and therapy. I'd recommend Betterhelp.com and Whole Brother Mission for affordable counseling solutions. There's no shame in getting help. Remember you gotta be good for you so you can be of some good to those you care about.

https://www.betterhelp.com/

https://wholebrothermission.com/join-the-mission/

Perfectionism can be a hard thing to deal with. Especially when it's getting in the way of you making stuff. I share my own struggles with perfectionism and why it's important to fight it so you can be healthier. 

Let's talk about it!

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You ever feel stuck, drained, frustrated, or overwhelmed? 

Struggling to find a healthy way to deal with the stress of life?

You might need to use that energy to create something.

Welcome to the "Dude, Make Something Podcast: Stop Being Mediocre and Become Excellent" where every week I'll encourage you to create something to help your mental health. Each episode I'm sharing advice on how to keep creativity alive in your life, why it's important to do so, and how it can help you to live better. 

The goal is to help black men to protect and cultivate their creativity so they can be healthier for themselves, their relationships, families, and community.

Having a creative outlet is definitely a great thing to have, but so is counseling and therapy. I'd recommend Betterhelp.com and Whole Brother Mission for affordable counseling solutions. There's no shame in getting help. Remember you gotta be good for you so you can be of some good to those you care about.

https://www.betterhelp.com/

https://wholebrothermission.com/join-the-mission/

There are so many different ways to deal with stress: exercise, taking a nap, creating something, but very often we can choose to turn to a vice to try and deal with our problems.

Whether it's alcohol, drugs, or even sex, it's easier to find something to numb the pain and pressure rather than actually dealing with it.

In this episode I share some thoughts on why it's not such a good idea to depend on vices to deal with stress. I also encourage you to use creativity in its place.

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We know life can cause a WHOLE LOT of stress and pressure. So what do we do about it? It's super important that we find a healthy way to release that pressure.   

In this episode I share some thoughts on why that's so important for black men to have a healthy creative way to release their emotions.  Let me know what you think in the comments below.  

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Follow me on Twitter: @JamielCalPin

Subscribe to the podcast to get the first episode coming out Tuesday, July 6th, 2021.