23. The Power of Community in Healing & Surviving Mental Illness with Camesha Jones, LCSW
Breathe. Elevate. Heal. Podcast
English - September 09, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAlternative Health Health & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In todays episode Dr. K is joined with Camesha Jones, LCSW to discuss the power of community in healing and surviving mental illness. Camesha is a licensed clinical social Worker, a Community Mental Wellness Advocate who serves at the intersection of culture, community, and social justice. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Sista Afya Community Mental Wellness, which is a social enterprise that provides low-cost mental wellness services that center the experiences of Black women in Chicago. Camesha is a millennial leader who is shaping the leadership needed to fight the battle of the mental illness crisis in younger minority generations.
Episode details:
{0:00 - 05:39}-Episode details—Importance of Community Healing and Introduction of Guest
(5:40-06:54}-Camesha discusses inspiration behind mental wellness work
{07:05-09:34}-Mental health conditions (trauma, depression, anxiety, burnout, multiple roles) and systemic issues (affordability, accessibility) complicating mental illness
{09:35-13:59}- Other barriers to seeking mental support (conditioning, learned behaviors, generational norms, superwoman mentality, mental illness stigmas, time barriers)
{14:00-16:22}- Sista Afya whole-person services and community support (workshops, wellness classes, groups, individual therapy, yoga classes, solution focus, creating goals and attaining goals, combination of coaching and therapy.
{16:35-18:43}-Empowerment for mental wellness (support and encouragement for vision of health and life---validating experiences of race & gender)
{18:57-20:25}-Camesha discusses inspiration of overcoming her own journey of mental illness (establishing a new narrative of self and strengths, coming out of a victim mentality)
{20:38-23:23}-Camesha offers mental wellness tips (social and community support, staying active, making time for yourself, spending time with others)
{23:30-29:17} –Controlling stress, setting boundaries, expressing limitations, honor and respect your needs, unpacking root causes of becoming stuck in old habits
{29:24-35:02} Key takeaways and conclusion
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