Thoughts & Tea

Life can be shitty, but even its messiness will not last forever. This week episode is the 1st in a two part talk with Dr. Kamesha Spates on suicide particularly in black communities. For the longest time, we as black people have had to be strong and endure so much so that we do not talk about uncomfortable yet real things like suicide. The first step to healing is acknowledging and BLACKLIVESMATTER… YOURLIFE MATTERS so please if you ever feel like you are alone and don’t want to live anymore I am opening my door to you. Send me a message on instagram @visionary_tamakloe or email me at [email protected]. YOU matter and your future can be the light for another. I love you all!

Music by: Joyner Lucas - I’m Sorry , D Smoke & Snoop Dogg- Gaspar Yanga (I do not own the rights to the music)

This is the most unusual time to say “thank you, I love you mom!” But nonetheless, these superheroes have always made the impossible possible so why can’t we? I will like to; on behalf of EVERYONE who has had some form of mothering from a form of a mother / mother-like figure, say THANK YOU.

Music: Jah Cure- This one is for you mom, Kanye West - Hey mama ( I do not own the rights to the music used)

When the world seems like it is crushing you and unexpectedly unpleasant things seem to occur, our bodies and mind WILL react in ways to keep us alive sometimes to the detriment of self. However we need to always remember that we are NOT our situations and everything that has a beginning has an end. Image by: Markusspiske

Music: Janelle Monae: I like that, Erykah Badu : Otherside of the game (I do not own the rights to the music used)

Our mind has a wonderful way of drawing from things around us to protect us… sometimes to an extreme detriment of ourselves and that is FEAR. I was schooled to get out of my head after seeing a bird who traveled from one side of a river bank to another so effortlessly. If a bird can reach its destination, so can i… so can we all. (please do not go jump into a river though lol) Image by: Kunj Parekh, Music: Fela Kuit- Water no get enemy

For centuries, others have decided what they think is best for black and brown people all over the world. Separation and mutual ignorance has isolated us from each other but that needs not be the case. We can meet in the middle of this labyrinth and MOVE! Music: Brymo- Adedotun, Down

As we conclude our talk on anxiety, lets take a minute to look at the forces in the world that are hell bent on forgetting the golden rule of the world (KINDNESS). We are responsible for our well being and external factors will take only over if we let them. Lets educate and implement that knowledge to achieve our success. Music: Daniel Cesar: Are you okay, Gyptian: Serious Times, Mabel: Ok

Anxiety! the fear of the unknown. A sensation that creeps up and can become so strong it own and dominates the body. Where the h*ll does it come from and why does it have so much power. The best remedy to anything in life is to first identify what needs remedying.

Music: Logic-Anziety, Sia- Breathe

photo credit: Ian Espinosa

In wake of epidemics and disasters such as what we are facing with CoronaVirus, who are our most vulnerable via circumstances? Who has it hardest and how can that change?

Music: T.O.K- Footprints, Gyptian- Serious Times, Jah Cure- True Reflection, Jah Cure- Nothing is impossible

As we take this month to celebrate the woman, lets not forget the battles she fights on the daily. It is up to the system, society and individuals to make sure the woman is appreciated every single day of their lives. Women are the axis on which the earth rotates.

I do not own the soundtrack used in this presentation.

Music credits: Allison Hinds- Roll it gal, Shaggy- Strength of a woman, Janelle Monae- Pynk, Solange- Don't touch my hair, Vanessa Mdee- Kisela