It’s always personal in Philadelphia

Unlearning the Inheritance: Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Self-Hatred, and the Path to Healing


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In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Parham for one of the most vulnerable conversations I’ve ever recorded.


We explore how Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome doesn’t just live in history—but in habits, coping mechanisms, and quiet forms of self-hatred we normalize every day. I openly unpack my own relationship with smoking—not as a moral failure, but as a learned survival behavior shaped by unexamined agreements with myself.


Blending insights from Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome and the audiobook The Four Agreements, this conversation moves beyond theory into embodiment—what it actually looks like to heal in real time. We talk about how self-hatred can disguise itself as comfort, routine, or “just the way I am,” and how vulnerability becomes the gateway to self-respect, clarity, and freedom.


This episode isn’t about shame.

It’s about awareness.

It’s about unlearning.

It’s about choosing to live in integrity with yourself—one honest moment at a time.


If you’re ready to listen deeply, reflect courageously, and begin rewriting the agreements you’ve unknowingly been living by, this conversation is for you.

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It’s always personal in PhiladelphiaBy Paul

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